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When: Master's Wardrobe Plot
Who: Ianto Jones

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Where: The Manor House

What: Ianto wasn't sure he wanted to go but perhaps he could get some help as far as Ivy's concerned. That and The Doctor toted the trip as being family friendly. Ianto was checking out the over done kid's rooms with hammocks and the excessive amount of toys in the room. Ianto picks up an old mechanical monkey with the symbols and he stares at the thing. It's creepy that's for sure and the entire place was exactly that. The Welshman can hardly believe anywhere in the middle of the German occupation of most of Europe was safe.

"So this is his idea of a vacation?" Ianto asked the monkey and he goes to put it on the hammock for Ivy. "I'd consider Rio or maybe a pleasure planet to be a vacation. Maybe even Rio in the 24th century would be better than this. At least I brought plenty of coffee. I hardly call postum drinkable coffee."

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"Perhaps you would get a better answer if you did not ask a toy." Ivy comments to her new 'daddy' as she walks into the room. She's holding the plush pony he got for her, if only to show Ianto that she does appreciate his effort. "Or perhaps you should ask a different toy." Ivy comes closer and offers him the pony. That's what a normal little girl would do when her family was discontent, isn't it? Yes, of course.

"I wasn't expecting much of an answer," Ianto says, as he tries to balance himself on the hammock. Ianto looks over at Ivy and he waves a hand at the offering. "I don't think the pink pony is going to give me much of a response either."

Ianto's trying he really is trying and he asks. "So are you enjoying The Doctor's little holiday for everyone?"

She looks at the hammock, a seven year old size pout growing on her face. "Does everyone have to sleep in these?" Not knowing the answers easily is not making Ivy a happy little vessel of all human knowledge. Time Travel muddles things. That's why it's the seventh law for wizards but she realized quickly that Time Lords like the Doctor don't have to follow those rules.

"It is enlightening. Entertaining at the very least." She steps closer to Ianto and pushes at the hammock. "Are you adjusting as you hoped?" Ivy doesn't mean with the trip, but she's afraid her imposition has upset Ianto.

Ianto looks at the bedroom that's more geared for a child Gray and Ivy's age. "I think it was set up for Gray and you. I don't think Gray can sleep in a hammock due to his arm." He lets her push the hammock that he's seated in.

"I'm still getting used to this idea of being responsible for you. I'll get used to it as time goes on." Ianto looks at the hammock and he scoots over so she can seat herself down on it with him.

"I didn't ask for it, and I have not met Gray." She looks less unhappy about not knowing who Gray is. Ivy's nearly getting used to not knowing.

"I did not mean to make things difficult for you and Patrick." Ivy watches her new 'daddy' move over. She looks between him and the hammock a moment before she sets aside the pink pony and climbs up. "It's not easy for me either, but Patrick assures me that we will all be fine."

"The Doctor has a habit of doing before asking sometimes. Its okay, we're all a bit used to it. You might want to say, hello. I think it would be good for the two of you," Ianto suggests, and surely its just to let Ivy have actual children to interact with that aren't drool and shit machines.

He helps her up. "Its okay. I'm sure at some point children may of been in the picture. Well the others would eventually grow-up to be seven-year-olds." Ianto tried to put things in that light and it does make things easier on him in the end. "We will be fine. Patrick was a father before so he's got a bit more experience than I do."

"I..." She hesitates, which Ivy is doing far more than she likes lately. Even if Gray were not confusing to her because he's not of this world, he's a child, a normal child for the most part and Ivy has never interacted with other children. Her former guardian suggested the Girl Scouts, but Ivy dismissed it quickly. "I will." Ivy says, and she means it. If Ianto can try to do something he is not comfortable with for her, she can do the same for him.

Ivy accepts he help with no complaint, sitting awkwardly a moment before she rests her head on Ianto shoulder, snuggling him gently as a child would her father. "He fathered a child, yes." Ivy points out. Sadly Patrick's criminal record is fully documented in Ivy's mind. Even so, she wanted him. In fact, the lengths he went to to find that child was proof to Ivy that Patrick did not easily give up on something he wanted. "You are doing fine." She says, looking down at the plush pony she left. "No one has ever bought me a toy unless I asked for it first before."

He had a chance to read the brief report that Owen wrote out. "Us adults are a bit boring for a kid."

Ianto tries to keep himself from tensing up when Ivy snuggles up against him, he lifts his arm up and he puts it around her for support. He knows all about Patrick's past. The issue with Danny and of course there's Angie still. "I'll grow into it. I'm not alone when it comes to lack of experience at least." His eyes wander down at the plush pony that she left behind. "You didn't have anything. It was a given a kid in your situation would appreciate a couple toys."

Of course Ivy knows that much, but it doesn't make being friends with someone any easier. Not only does she have the ( albeit well hidden) concerns any child would have meeting new people, but she has the added worry that Gray's not going to like her because she's 'weird'.

She notices. "I'm sorry." Ivy nearly pulls back, but Ianto is faster than she is. She lets out a sigh that's a mixture of content and worry. She nods her head gently against him before picking her head up with a smile. "I would like to watch the show, if I may." Yes, she knows EVERYTHING about My Little Pony, but she's never watched. It's not easy to keep a television functioning with how often magic and wizards had been around her before. "Please."

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As if Ianto would even have room to talk himself. He's still happy to live inside of that shell of his at times even if he's gotten a bit better with it.

"Its okay. That's a bit normal even for my close friends," Ianto admits, and of course he still managed to find himself a nice suit in the TARDIS wardrobe that fits with the current style. He stares at the pink pony for a bit. "You should be able to watch it in Jack's TARDIS. I don't believe this is the era of kids television."

Perhaps that's why she likes him. Yes, Ivy likes Ianto very much. She spent great deal of time analyzing who would make a suitable family, and she's confident Ianto is still the right choice for that.

"Why are you afraid?" She asks, her head tilting worriedly. She doesn't care about the ponies anymore. They can figure that out later.

"Afraid of?" Ianto asks, and he knows exactly what she's asking him about. "I've lost lots of people I got close to. I think things have gotten better since we've left Cardiff."

Oh, people can be so silly sometimes. "Did you know that statistically people who have someone who cares for them are less likely to die before their projected age of death?" Ivy asks very seriously.

"They exercise a greater level of caution in dangerous situation with the knowledge that there is someone who wants them to live other than themselves."

"I already beat those odds. I should of died two and a half years ago, I didn't," Ianto says, he knows it had to do with Jack's kiss but somehow he ended up in a UNIT storage facility in New York City. It was an unpleasant experience either way. "I'm getting better." Ianto protests, he's beginning to slowly allow more people get close to him again.

He smiles at that. "I've got more reason to be careful then. I'd hate to see you without a parent again." The words have plenty of sincerity behind them. "You deserve what ever other kid here has."

Ivy listens as he protests. Facts are as easy as breathing for her but emotions, and fear require The Archive to dig into a part of herself she's only recently discovered. The child. "I know it is frightening to allow others to be near you. They could hurt you, but you must remember they can also save you when you need saving."

She nods, pausing a moments before she hugs Ianto tightly. Patrick likes it when Ivy hugs him so she hopes Ianto feels the same. The hugs is quick though. "I have all I need now."

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