STUFF.
me: http://adravet.net/misc/img/jack_dolphin.jpg
I have discovered Jack's spiritual underwater animal.
5 minutes
9:49 PM foppishtrollop: snerk
9:50 PM me: He'd make a good dolphin, really. Sex for pleasure, and no stigma.
And they're playful, and can be quite loyal, and intelligent, and everyone seems to love them. He'd love it!
9:51 PM foppishtrollop: YES.
1:29 PM 10:01 PM Can we just turn Jack into a dolphin? As the result of some bizarre alien technology? Put him in a tank in Torchwood, with a little machine to translate his dolphon-speak?
10:04 PM foppishtrollop: OOOH. I like the idea of tank!Jack.
He could be like that dolphin with the name I don't remember from Johnny Mnemonic!
10:05 PM me: IANTO: He looks sad.
OWEN: He's not sad.
GWEN: How can you tell? He's a dolphin.
OWEN: •groan• Jack, are you sad?
JACK: :<
GWEN: Is there anything we can do? Would you like some company?
JACK: :D
IANTO: ....
TOSH: ....
OWEN: ....
GWEN: What?
OWEN: I'd say it was the oldest trick in the book, but I don't think they thought to include "turning into another species."
10:09 PM me: "He keeps nuzzling into my ribcage. I can't tell whether he needs my attention or is trying to seduce me." "And this differs from Jack's normal behaviour... how?" "...good point."
10:15 PM I have this mental image of them chasing someone into the Bay, something activates, Jack falls over. All they see is Jack's coat and a lot of turbulance and spray being kicked up, think he might be injured (or possibly getting attacked by, er, bay sharks), and run over to render assistance.
What they find is a very, very confused dolphin hopelessly entangled in Jack's clothes, and chattering at them in patterns sounding suspiciously like human speech.
1:30 PM foppishtrollop: And it would have to be Gwen that stares at the dolphin and goes, "Er... are you Jack?"
10:19 PM me: Jack gives her that LOOK. No one is sure how he managed That Look as a dolphin, but no, that's Jack's Look.
10:20 PM foppishtrollop: ^_^
10:22 PM me: They're all standing there, up to their waists in the Cardiff Bay, staring at Dolphin!Jack. Eventually Owen makes a noise that might be construed as "Ianto," and Ianto is off toward the hub jabbering on about tanks and subaquatic sonic resonators and how to reroute the pipe systems. Jack lets out a small, and very squeaky, sigh.
10:23 PM Toshiko is still trying to deconstruct the situation in her mind.
10:24 PM Owen is fed up with Jack's drama-queening. He's knows Jack can't have had any control over it, but he's still sure it's his fault.
10:25 PM "He turned himself into a /dolphin/." "It was hardly Jack's idea!" "A /dolphin," Ianto. How can it not have been?"
10:31 PM me: Jack is lonely in his tank. Tries to speak to them in morse code, but apparently the only one who knows morse code is Ianto. Long hours of Ianto standing by the tank, tapping on the glass.
foppishtrollop: AWWW
10:32 PM me: Eventually they get a translator set up, and are about to ask Jack if he has any idea what the hell happened to him. The first words out of Jack's mouth are "Hey, guys, remember when I tried to instate Team Swim Days?"
10:33 PM They feed him fish. He asks for chips. Toshiko spends two hours on the internet trying to figure out if dolphins can digest fried potatoes.
10:34 PM I think, at this point, it's too good not to happen.
1:31 PM me: ...Ianto eventually has to install a screen above the tank. Jack and Myfanwy keep getting into fights.
Jack insists that they was just wrasslin.
10:42 PM foppishtrollop: ..... <3
10:44 PM me: Owen, just to be a little bitch, find a way to always drink his coffee right in front of the tank. And starts complimenting Ianto on the quality. On one hand, Ianto knows it's a mean-spirited jab at jack. On the other, it is nice to finally have some recognition.
I have discovered Jack's spiritual underwater animal.
5 minutes
9:49 PM foppishtrollop: snerk
9:50 PM me: He'd make a good dolphin, really. Sex for pleasure, and no stigma.
And they're playful, and can be quite loyal, and intelligent, and everyone seems to love them. He'd love it!
9:51 PM foppishtrollop: YES.
1:29 PM 10:01 PM Can we just turn Jack into a dolphin? As the result of some bizarre alien technology? Put him in a tank in Torchwood, with a little machine to translate his dolphon-speak?
10:04 PM foppishtrollop: OOOH. I like the idea of tank!Jack.
He could be like that dolphin with the name I don't remember from Johnny Mnemonic!
10:05 PM me: IANTO: He looks sad.
OWEN: He's not sad.
GWEN: How can you tell? He's a dolphin.
OWEN: •groan• Jack, are you sad?
JACK: :<
GWEN: Is there anything we can do? Would you like some company?
JACK: :D
IANTO: ....
TOSH: ....
OWEN: ....
GWEN: What?
OWEN: I'd say it was the oldest trick in the book, but I don't think they thought to include "turning into another species."
10:09 PM me: "He keeps nuzzling into my ribcage. I can't tell whether he needs my attention or is trying to seduce me." "And this differs from Jack's normal behaviour... how?" "...good point."
10:15 PM I have this mental image of them chasing someone into the Bay, something activates, Jack falls over. All they see is Jack's coat and a lot of turbulance and spray being kicked up, think he might be injured (or possibly getting attacked by, er, bay sharks), and run over to render assistance.
What they find is a very, very confused dolphin hopelessly entangled in Jack's clothes, and chattering at them in patterns sounding suspiciously like human speech.
1:30 PM foppishtrollop: And it would have to be Gwen that stares at the dolphin and goes, "Er... are you Jack?"
10:19 PM me: Jack gives her that LOOK. No one is sure how he managed That Look as a dolphin, but no, that's Jack's Look.
10:20 PM foppishtrollop: ^_^
10:22 PM me: They're all standing there, up to their waists in the Cardiff Bay, staring at Dolphin!Jack. Eventually Owen makes a noise that might be construed as "Ianto," and Ianto is off toward the hub jabbering on about tanks and subaquatic sonic resonators and how to reroute the pipe systems. Jack lets out a small, and very squeaky, sigh.
10:23 PM Toshiko is still trying to deconstruct the situation in her mind.
10:24 PM Owen is fed up with Jack's drama-queening. He's knows Jack can't have had any control over it, but he's still sure it's his fault.
10:25 PM "He turned himself into a /dolphin/." "It was hardly Jack's idea!" "A /dolphin," Ianto. How can it not have been?"
10:31 PM me: Jack is lonely in his tank. Tries to speak to them in morse code, but apparently the only one who knows morse code is Ianto. Long hours of Ianto standing by the tank, tapping on the glass.
foppishtrollop: AWWW
10:32 PM me: Eventually they get a translator set up, and are about to ask Jack if he has any idea what the hell happened to him. The first words out of Jack's mouth are "Hey, guys, remember when I tried to instate Team Swim Days?"
10:33 PM They feed him fish. He asks for chips. Toshiko spends two hours on the internet trying to figure out if dolphins can digest fried potatoes.
10:34 PM I think, at this point, it's too good not to happen.
1:31 PM me: ...Ianto eventually has to install a screen above the tank. Jack and Myfanwy keep getting into fights.
Jack insists that they was just wrasslin.
10:42 PM foppishtrollop: ..... <3
10:44 PM me: Owen, just to be a little bitch, find a way to always drink his coffee right in front of the tank. And starts complimenting Ianto on the quality. On one hand, Ianto knows it's a mean-spirited jab at jack. On the other, it is nice to finally have some recognition.