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Post by Edenecho on Jan 28, 2012 1:02:40 GMT -5
It was early in the morning, and the sun was just peaking over the horizon. Jake was already awake, and stood just outside of the Torchwood hub, by the big sculpture. He was watching the sun rise, as he did every morning. He was always an early riser, and he slept at the Torchwood base, so it was easy to get to work. After a bit, he turned and headed over to the black of cement on the sidewalk that was the elevator that went down into the Torchwood base. He pressed a button on his arm-band and the elevator descended into the hub. Once it stopped, Jake stepped off and headed for his office to wait for everyone else to arrive.
{Emilia} Emilia skateboarded towards the Hub. She, unlike Jake, was never very good at mornings, and she tended to be a late a lot because of it. She took a sip of her coffee, which she was managing to drink while ridding her skateboard, then skidded to a stop outside the more normal entrance to torchwood. From outside, it just looked like a kind of run-down building, and from the inside it did, too, until you hit a button, hidden behind a counter/desk in the room. The Button opened a hidden door, which lead to a passage, which in turn lead to an elevator, which would take you down into the Hub. Once you got to the bottom floor, there was a large door that rolled off to the side and also had a gate made of black steel bars in front of it, which opened when the door opened. Once you got past all that, you were free to wander around the Hub.
Emilia went through all that and headed over to the computers, nodded politely at Jake as she did.
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Post by Alan Haskayne on Jan 28, 2012 1:56:43 GMT -5
Tabitha hit her alarm clock, hard, she looked up and said "Varför kaptenen älskar morgnarna så mycket?" she shook her head and sat up. She looked around, and got up. She wandered into her kitchen and made herself a tea and said " Ah te, hur skillnad från Sverige." she began sipping her cup and looked at the clock again and exclaimed "Jävla!" and quickly got dressed, she had her uniform on under her clothes because she enjoyed wearing it around her job, made her feel more official, plus she thought it was insanely funny for some reason. She picked up her phone "Bil mitt hus, tio minuter." and walked out the door. She got in a car on the curb waiting for her, setting her sword next to her. She had the driver drive to the same entrance Emilla used, and walked through the main entrance into the hub. She took off her coat showing her uniform and putting the sword on her belt, then put the Pickelhaube on her head. She looked at the two co-workers who had arrived and leaned against the wall in a seductive pose and joked in her Swedish accent "Your sexy Swedish soldier is here." then walked over to her medical station and leaned over it and started reading a book in Swedish.
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Post by Edenecho on Jan 28, 2012 2:07:25 GMT -5
Jake nodded to Emilia when she came in, then went back to his work. When Tabitha came in a bit later, he got up and went to greet her,"You know, I'm never going to get tired of that hat," He said lightheartedly, his voice tight and sounding like he was trying not to laugh. He then turned to Emilia,"Any Rift activity?"
Emilia pressed some buttons on the computer, then said,"Nope, all looks fine for now. Let's hope it holds out until the other lazy butts get here," She said, referring to Victoria, the second in command, and Aaron, who took care of the coffee and stuff.
Jake nodded,"Thanks." He then turned and went over to Tabitha,"Whatcha' reading?"
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Post by Alan Haskayne on Jan 28, 2012 2:19:47 GMT -5
Tabitha smirked at Jake and said "Hey this is a helmet, not a hat. That said I may never take it off, it kinda deducts from the whole sexy Life Guard image." of course her uniform had no attempts to make it look sexy other than her poses and the fact she called it sexy.
She glanced up and said "Nybyggarna, classic saga of Swedish literature, this is the third of four books. It isn't that bad actually." she reached up and grabbed her helmet as it almost fell off her head and sliced her finger on it exclaiming " knulla!" and reached for a alcohol pad and put it on her finger.
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Post by Edenecho on Jan 28, 2012 2:50:15 GMT -5
"Either way," Jake said,"I don't think I'm ever not going to be entertained by it." It was fairly clear that he thought it was kind of ridiculous and dorky, but in an entertaining way. "Might keep people busy so we can catch them with that. What's the point in the spike, anyway? So they can headbutt someone to death?"
"What's it about?" He asked. In his head, he tried to figure out how to say the name of the book. He frowned slightly when she cut herself,"You OK? If you plan on never taking that off, you may want a better way to keep it on, so no one losses any toes or anything if it does fall off," He said, half jokingly.
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Post by Alan Haskayne on Jan 28, 2012 3:19:51 GMT -5
Tabitha chuckled and said "It is an old helmet, like a real one. So it is cool too." she laughed at him slightly and said "Oh yeah I'm sure I will be like 'Oh I dropped my Gevär, maybe you have something like that. Something that I could have instead." she made an overbreathy voice and gave him very subjective looks. She then laughed and said "I could totally make a bunch of people stop in their tracks with that." she laughed at what he 'thought' the helmet's spike was for and said "It is so you can attach big flashy like you know those those fluffy things."
"It is about the group and how they settle into America, it is good." she looked at her cut and said "Yeah I will be fine. I'm actually more concerned about the helmet." she took a cloth out of her pocket and wiped the blood off then shook her head and said "I forgot to tighten the chin strap, because my ass of a boss makes me come in early every morning." she then smiled at him and playfully said "Oh right, sorry boss, love your hours."
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Post by Edenecho on Jan 28, 2012 3:32:47 GMT -5
"How old is it?" He asked, then tilted his head slightly at the next thing she said, clearly not really understanding what she was talking about. He raised an eyebrow at her overbreathy voice and subjective looks, but didn't say anything. "I was thinking along the lines of stopping them in their tracks because of just how...out of place the helmet looks," He said, then raised an eyebrow again," 'fluffy things'?" He asked.
"Cool," He said, nodding slowly. It was kind of hard to tell weather he thought it actually sounded interesting or not. He chuckled slightly and said,"Well, I figured you were going to be fine. I mean, if you were going to die from that, I'm not sure a job fighting aliens would be the best job for you," He said jokingly. He put his hands up fake defensively when she said 'my ass of a boss'. "What? Would you rather some aliens rampage around Cardiff so you can get a few more hours of sleep?" He asked jokingly.
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Post by Alan Haskayne on Jan 28, 2012 4:05:12 GMT -5
"World War Two life guard troop, it is Swedish built." Tabitha turned a bright red and said "Oh I thought you ment. Oh right, how out of place it looked. I thought you ment, you know, I am attractive, or at least so I'm told. I am willing to make people stop with a pretty look and a overbreathy voice." she thought and said "You know like what the British royal guard wore at the royal wedding, the big fluffy things that look kind of like a mop on someones head."
She believed he was interested in the book genuinely, though she figured he couldn't read Swedish. She chuckled at him and said "Geez thanks for all the concern boss, I could die from an infection you know. I'm not sure fighting Aliens is a great job anyway, I could have managed a hering company back in Sweden." she smirked at him and said "Well if it is Liverpool let me sleep, but when it is Cardiff I guess you have to wake me don't you."
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Post by Edenecho on Jan 28, 2012 4:19:59 GMT -5
"Cool," Jake said, leaning back against the wall, "That might work, too, depending on who you try it on. If it's an alien or something that thinks all humans look like hairless apes, I don't think that would work to well," He said, then nodded slowly,"I think I know what you're talking about."
He laughed slightly, then said,"I trust a doctor like you to be able to take care of herself enough to prevent infection." He frowned slightly,"Why'd you join if you don't think fighting aliens is a very good job? It pays well, and you get to help people with stuff, and you get to see stuff no one else can." He smiled slightly,"I don't wake you," He said in a smart-ass way. "Speaking of waking, it seems our other team members are slacking a bit."
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Post by Leslie on Jan 28, 2012 5:31:47 GMT -5
There was a loud, overly noisy-sounding rumble coming from the parking lot area. That was the indication of Aaron arriving in his American Muscle Car that was painted a boring red, and was also a bit overly high-tech inside. Also for some strange unknown reason, he decided to make the doors on the car lift up instead of just being how you usually saw American Muscle Car doors open. Which he opened his door in it's over dramatic way and stepped out, then shut said door.
He was late for work, and it was not because of sleeping in like it usually was when he was late. It was because he went on some dumb detour route to enjoy his car a bit more before work. Of course he would never tell his boss that, because that would obviously get him in trouble. He'd keep that quiet, and just hope his boss wouldn't get on his case.
He entered the Hub the same way Emilia did, and waved at everyone once he entered. "Good morning ladies and boss" He said, pretty much saying "ladies" in a way that meant he thought they were the most important of the people there, for different reasons then a lot of people probably think of. As if to confirm that theory, he winked at both Emilia and Tabitha. They were both older then him, but he didn't really care.
Victoria's excuse for getting to work late was different then Aaron's, and even though it wasn't the greatest reason, it was at least better than taking a detour for his own personal appeal instead of actually going to work. She woke up at a decent time, but woke up at a decent time by being jolted awake by one of her nightmares she got here and there. It was a nightmare about the night her parents were killed, and her brother, and every now and then it came back to her in her dreams.
She sat on the couch, staring at the picture in her locket of her family. She was crying at the memories of various times she spent with her family. "Why can't you be here to help me? To help me through hard times?" She said through sobs to her...locket. She shook her head and closed the locket, then put it back into her pocket. If she had spent too much more time crying, she would probably get scolded by Jake for running late for work because she was busy crying.
She grabbed her jean jacket and put it on, more for style then cold, and headed out of Jake's flat and to her car. Once she was there, she did the boring stuff of opening her car door and driving to the Hub. Being her, she did drive a little too fast, probably not at legal speeds. But she did drive responsibly over all, just too fast.
Once she was at the Hub, she got out and all that shiz and headed to the part of the sidewalk that was actually an elevator. Being the Second-in-Command, she also had a way to operate the elevator (I assume). Once she was down there, she smiled at them all and said, "Good morning you guys". She wasn't very far behind Aaron. Probably by like a minute. She looked at Jake and smiled. Even though she hadn't known him for long yet, she felt a liking towards him. Of course she wouldn't tell him that. She was the type to act on her feelings towards people quicker then others, but not that quickly. She just felt like it was too soon and he'd likely not approve of it so quickly.
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Post by Alan Haskayne on Jan 28, 2012 5:53:01 GMT -5
Tabitha leaned against the wall as well, but in a suggestive pose, just out of habit. She nodded and said "Yeah, I realise that, or like an alien without a sex drive. Realistically I could use this for most humanoid species. Which is something you can never do." she nodded and said "Good, because I'm really bad at describing it."
She nodded and said "Yeah, I can take care of myself, but it makes you feel nervous to work on yourself. You know what I mean. This will be fine either way." she put the helmet back on and tightened the strap under her chin saying "That should do it." she shook her head and said "No, no, I think I said that wrong, what I ment is it is a scary job, you know what I mean, it would be safer to own a hering factory."
She looked up at Aaron and said "Hej Aaron." (Hej=Hello) she stood up and in a flirty way leaned across her medical table, even though it showed nothing because of how stiff the collar was on her uniform and said "I knew you would show up, if not for the aliens than for your sexy Swedish soldier." she adjusted the helmet on her head slightly after she said that and winked back.
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Post by Edenecho on Jan 28, 2012 16:26:23 GMT -5
"I once fought an Alien that came to Earth specifically to have sex," Jake said, shuddering slightly,"It wouldn't have been quite as much of a problem if it didn't kill people by doing it, or if it wasn't slowly killing it's host body." He nodded slightly and said,"It seems like a hard thing to explain."
"Why do you feel more nervous when you're working on yourself?" He asked. He watched her put her helmet back on, then shook his head slowly, chuckling quietly. "It's fun, though. Funner then working in any factory."
He shook his head at her, but in a lighthearted way, when she went and greeted Aaron. He went over to Victoria,"Good morning. You're late," He said, but said the last part as if he didn't really care.
[Emilia] "Good morning," Emilia said to both of them without looking up from the computers,"Still no rift activity. It may be a mellow day today, guys." She spun around in her chair, since it was an office chair, and leaned back.
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Post by Leslie on Jan 28, 2012 21:17:04 GMT -5
Aaron laughed at Tabitha trying to be flirty by leaning over her medical table. He laughed again at what she said, and said back, "Yeah, I'm really not sure if I come here for the aliens or you". It wasn't clear if he was joking or serious. He smiled at her winking back to him.
When Victoria came in, he turned to her and said, "Good morning other lady", then winked at her too. Apparently he just winked at every female. Probably because he found every girl here at Torchwood attractive. If anything, he thought that was a plus of the job, the fact it had 3 girls here he found attractive. Meaning 3 more chances of him eventually "dating" one of them, or having a "one-night stand" with one of them.
"Okay Emilia" He said to what she said about the Rift activity. "I like working, but mellow days are nice too. Good pay for sitting around doing nothing" He joked. "Or maybe I could go take my sweet ride for a spin while I wait for some Rift activity" He suggested, smirking. He was just joking, but at the same time he was testing his chances of him actually being accepted to go and just drive his car.
Victoria chose to ignore Tabitha, or didn't notice her in the first plus. When Aaron called her "other lady", she just rolled her eyes. And when he winked at her, she snorted and said directly to him, "in your dreams buddy". He just laughed in response to what she said.
With that, she turned to Jake when he talked to her. "I'm sorry about that Jake. I had a bad morning. Just one of those emotional mornings" She said to him. She had told him a bit about her past, but not really enough about the fact she was afraid of her own house. That would come later.
"I guess we could play cards or a board game or something, to pass the time. Maybe BS, or maybe just Truth or Dare" Victoria joked, not really sure she liked the idea of playing Truth or Dare with some of the people here. "Or we could just chat and get to know each other better" She also suggested.
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Post by Alan Haskayne on Jan 28, 2012 23:28:26 GMT -5
Tabitha looked surprised "That is a weird alien, how come I didn't get to fight that one, I would have been great at it." she then listened to his next sentence and shook her head saying "Never mind, I think I would have been dead. That sucks for everyone. You think your getting someone and boom, your dead." she shook her head slightly, the thought that she might have been by such an alien kind of freaked her out.
She shrugged and said "Well frankly I don't care as much if I hurt you guys than if I hurt myself. I mean I care if I hurt you, but I don't feel the pain, so it won't screw me up too much." she smirked and said "I said owning one, my family is very rich, perhaps you have heard of IKEA? My family owns a large amount of of their stock and stores, we first invested in the second world war."
She smirked at Aaron and said "I'm sure your just here for the sexy Swede, you English are suckers for Swedes." she smirked at him, assuming he was joking and said "But you can only have me when you learn Swedish, oh and you have to divorce your car, you do act like your married to it." she then thought outloud and said "I should buy a Bugatti Veyron just to make you feel bad about your car."
She glanced at Victoria and pointed to Aaron and said "Don't suggest truth or dare around him, he will take it seriously." she smirked and said "We could sit around and chat, oh I could take blood and test it to see if there is any negative, or positive, to the effects of the Rift exposure. Oh there could be tumors growing in you guys, I could see if you guys have them."
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Post by Edenecho on Jan 29, 2012 4:05:05 GMT -5
Jake just shook his head when she said she'd be great at fighting that kind of alien. "No, you wouldn't. It took on a female host body, so it only killed guys. It was probably the most perverted alien ever," He sighed, remembering fighting that alien. It was a good thing that he had been born in the 51st century, around 51st century pheromones, so he was more immune to the pheromones the alien secreted.
"I'd rather hurt myself then hurt anyone else," Jake said,"I can take the pain, but I hate watching others in pain," He then shrugged,"Either way, I'd rather work here then own or work with any kind of factory. I think I've heard of it."
Jake shook his head and muttered,"Why I hired you, Aaron, I'll never know," Then said louder so they could hear him, "You better be here for the aliens, or I'm going to have to fire you," He said, halfway joking.
"No going for drives, we need you ready for if something does come up," Jake said to Aaron, but it was clear he was just joking with him. At the same time he was also serious, though.
When Victoria turned to him, and smiled sympathetically,"It's fine. I was just playing around. Not that I'm fine with you being late all the time, mind, but one day here and there isn't bad," He shot Aaron a pointed glance as he said that.
"There's no way I'm playing truth or dare with Aaron in the room," Jake said, then added,"No offense, Aaron," He then turned to Tabitha,"There are no effects from being exposed to the Rift. Well, depending on weather or not you know what you're doing, shock might be an effect." He knew this because his old boss had worked for Torchwood most of his life, and never had any problems, but he decided to add,"Er, no effects within like, 50 years, anyway."
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