Aug. 13 - Unanswered Questions
Title: Unanswered Questions
Author: 3am_moonlight
Crossover: BtVS / Stargate Atlantis
Rating: Gen / Teen.
Word Count: 770
Timeline: Post-Chosen / SGA: S04/S05.
Disclaimer: The Buffyverse belongs to Joss and the Stargate 'verse belongs to MGM.
Summary: More emails between B.A.S. and J.S.
Author's Note: This follows last years 'A Face Full of Dust' and this years ' Hello Again', ' Dinner and a Guessing Game', and ' Correspondance'.
From: bas@idc.com
To: j.sheppard@sgc.com
Subject: Re: Teamwork
Rules were made to be broken, some of them at least. There are situations when you just have to throw them out the window and to heck with the consequences because there's no other way. The people sitting in their isolated offices can be as upset as they want, they weren't there, and their hindsight can just go and ...you know.
IDC stands for Including Dumb Clowns.
How soon is soon, and exactly where are you going?
Bast Avenger Slayer
P.S. So not a copycat.
From: j.sheppard@sgc.com
To: bas@idc.com
Subject: Acronyms
Very true, but the consequences will still come back to bite you. Unless it saves a lot of lives, then you might get a medal instead. Maybe, you're a civilian.
Hilarious. What does IDC really stand for? And what does your organization do?
J.S.
P.S. You ran out of my guesses, so you had to either give me your name, or invent something else. And I didn't think you'd be a fan of geeky superhero comics.
From: bas@idc.com
To: j.sheppard@sgc.com
Subject: Re: Acronyms
Anything interesting happening over the rainbow? Things on my side have been suspiciously calm lately.
I was just kidding with the abbreviation, it really stands for I Don't Care.
Also, B.A.S. is an acronym because it can be read as a word, but I.D.C. is an initialism because the words are pronounced separately.
Brizo Athena Saraswati
P.S. They released a movie based on the Iron Man comic last year. They also released a movie called the Incredible Hulk. My geekier friends played dirty to get me to come along to see both. I told them I'd go see Iron Man 2 with them next year, but I'm not wasting money on another Hulk movie.
P.P.S Does that mean you're a geeky comic book fan since you recognized the reference?
From: j.sheppard@sgc.com
To: bas@idc.com
Subject: Smartass
Teyla, one of my teammates, is pregnant and she got kidnapped. I took an accidental side trip and got some much-needed information to find her, but it's a long story better told in person. Spoiler: It ended well and she named her son after me: Torren John.
Want to try and tell me what IDC really stand for? I really doubt it's short for 'Including Dumb Clowns' or 'I Don't Care'. Does Jackson or anyone else in the program know?
They did what? How did I not know that they released an Iron Man movie? I'm surrounded by geeks every day and no one has even hinted about a new attempt to remake any of the Marvel comics!
Edit: Rodney, another teammate, didn't know either but he'll get it and we'll watch it for either team night or movie night. It's also your fault he gave me an endless complaint about this, and for the first time in a long time, I was relieved to attend a boring meeting.
J.S.
From: bas@idc.com
To: j.sheppard@sgc.com
Subject: Re: Smartass
Sounds like a thrilling story I'd love to hear, and congratulations on your namesake. I'll make sure to get all the good details the next time I see you.
No, but Daniel has been pretty insistent in trying to find out. As has someone named Samantha Carter, who is either a doctor or a colonel. So far my computer geeks have been better at keeping her out of our systems than she'd been at getting in. You might want to inform her that our patience is running thin and we'd hate to get her thrown in prison for hacking.
Have fun watching Iron Man, you're probably in for some military hackling from Dr. McKay. It's still a good movie.
Battle Authority Strategist
Buffy re-read her email to John. The story he was hinting at sounded interesting, and she was tempted to just call Daniel and ask him about it. If he wasn't buried in one of his books he was liable to tell her almost anything she asked without hesitation. But. But this was something personal to John and he deserved to tell it himself. After all, you didn't just name your child after someone without a good reason. 'Accidental side trip' was probably secret code for something much more exciting than getting lost in a back alley, with or without the fanged company.
She tapped her fingers on the table. Patience wasn't really her thing but it had been months since he was last on Earth, so an interrogation by his superiors regarding what he'd been up to lately was probably on the table soonish. She could wait. She hit 'send' and watched her email disappear.
Author: 3am_moonlight
Crossover: BtVS / Stargate Atlantis
Rating: Gen / Teen.
Word Count: 770
Timeline: Post-Chosen / SGA: S04/S05.
Disclaimer: The Buffyverse belongs to Joss and the Stargate 'verse belongs to MGM.
Summary: More emails between B.A.S. and J.S.
Author's Note: This follows last years 'A Face Full of Dust' and this years ' Hello Again', ' Dinner and a Guessing Game', and ' Correspondance'.
From: bas@idc.com
To: j.sheppard@sgc.com
Subject: Re: Teamwork
Rules were made to be broken, some of them at least. There are situations when you just have to throw them out the window and to heck with the consequences because there's no other way. The people sitting in their isolated offices can be as upset as they want, they weren't there, and their hindsight can just go and ...you know.
IDC stands for Including Dumb Clowns.
How soon is soon, and exactly where are you going?
Bast Avenger Slayer
P.S. So not a copycat.
From: j.sheppard@sgc.com
To: bas@idc.com
Subject: Acronyms
Very true, but the consequences will still come back to bite you. Unless it saves a lot of lives, then you might get a medal instead. Maybe, you're a civilian.
Hilarious. What does IDC really stand for? And what does your organization do?
J.S.
P.S. You ran out of my guesses, so you had to either give me your name, or invent something else. And I didn't think you'd be a fan of geeky superhero comics.
From: bas@idc.com
To: j.sheppard@sgc.com
Subject: Re: Acronyms
Anything interesting happening over the rainbow? Things on my side have been suspiciously calm lately.
I was just kidding with the abbreviation, it really stands for I Don't Care.
Also, B.A.S. is an acronym because it can be read as a word, but I.D.C. is an initialism because the words are pronounced separately.
Brizo Athena Saraswati
P.S. They released a movie based on the Iron Man comic last year. They also released a movie called the Incredible Hulk. My geekier friends played dirty to get me to come along to see both. I told them I'd go see Iron Man 2 with them next year, but I'm not wasting money on another Hulk movie.
P.P.S Does that mean you're a geeky comic book fan since you recognized the reference?
From: j.sheppard@sgc.com
To: bas@idc.com
Subject: Smartass
Teyla, one of my teammates, is pregnant and she got kidnapped. I took an accidental side trip and got some much-needed information to find her, but it's a long story better told in person. Spoiler: It ended well and she named her son after me: Torren John.
Want to try and tell me what IDC really stand for? I really doubt it's short for 'Including Dumb Clowns' or 'I Don't Care'. Does Jackson or anyone else in the program know?
They did what? How did I not know that they released an Iron Man movie? I'm surrounded by geeks every day and no one has even hinted about a new attempt to remake any of the Marvel comics!
Edit: Rodney, another teammate, didn't know either but he'll get it and we'll watch it for either team night or movie night. It's also your fault he gave me an endless complaint about this, and for the first time in a long time, I was relieved to attend a boring meeting.
J.S.
From: bas@idc.com
To: j.sheppard@sgc.com
Subject: Re: Smartass
Sounds like a thrilling story I'd love to hear, and congratulations on your namesake. I'll make sure to get all the good details the next time I see you.
No, but Daniel has been pretty insistent in trying to find out. As has someone named Samantha Carter, who is either a doctor or a colonel. So far my computer geeks have been better at keeping her out of our systems than she'd been at getting in. You might want to inform her that our patience is running thin and we'd hate to get her thrown in prison for hacking.
Have fun watching Iron Man, you're probably in for some military hackling from Dr. McKay. It's still a good movie.
Battle Authority Strategist
Buffy re-read her email to John. The story he was hinting at sounded interesting, and she was tempted to just call Daniel and ask him about it. If he wasn't buried in one of his books he was liable to tell her almost anything she asked without hesitation. But. But this was something personal to John and he deserved to tell it himself. After all, you didn't just name your child after someone without a good reason. 'Accidental side trip' was probably secret code for something much more exciting than getting lost in a back alley, with or without the fanged company.
She tapped her fingers on the table. Patience wasn't really her thing but it had been months since he was last on Earth, so an interrogation by his superiors regarding what he'd been up to lately was probably on the table soonish. She could wait. She hit 'send' and watched her email disappear.