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When: Masters Wardrobe Plot
Who: Jack Harkness

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Where: The Camp

What: Jack was outside and he's interacting with his new friend a brilliantly silver colored baby dragon that's the size of a retriever. The immortal is giving his new long lived pet a chicken leg. "I still need to name you there!" The young creature that one of the members of the camp gave him is quite hungry as he snatches up the chicken from Jack's hand. The baby red dragon was quick to abandon him for Ianto instead. Its okay, Jack's grown fond of this guy.

"I'm terrible at giving things name. Okay, you're not a thing.." Jack's stumped at finding a name for his newly found friend. "Still you're a bit much for a gift."

It huffs out a bit of frosty air at Jack and he's ready for something else to eat. "Frosty? No. I don't think that sounds dragonish. St. George? You're not red. Draco? Its not imposing enough. Maybe we can get Ianto to figure out something clever in Welsh."

There's a burp and a little spark of electricity that follows it. Jack's not sure he wants to figure out what the frost is. "At least you're a lot better than a dog in the end. Intelligent, loyal, strong and my guess is you have something to do with weather instead of fire."

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To say that Meredith was lost...that was understatement. To say that Meredith despised the Rift as of right now...Yeah lets not even go there.

She huffs softly as she continues to trudge along, thankful that with this regeneration she had taken a liking to combat style boots. Otherwise she'd of been in heels dying. "Stupid rift...stupider woods. Uncle Owen is right. The outdoors suck." She growls pausing when she caught sounds of someone talking. The girl purses her lips and followed the sound. "Hello? Is someone out there?"

The young silver dragon is a bit better behaved than Owen's and Jack may rub that in a little bit as he offers the rest of the chicken to the baby dragon.

He hears the girl talking over the chewing of his pet and he calls out. "Hello!" Jack wonders if its another of the planet's natives and he heads over to go meet her. The dragon seems interested in following after Jack more than food so the chicken is drug behind him.

"There's someone here if you want to show yourself!" Jack calls out.

She perks and hurries her steps till she sees Jack. She slows to a stop and frowns. It wasn't the dragon that confused her. She could get to that later. What she didn't get was Jack himself. "Mom...why are you using the perception filter again? I thought you said you wouldn't use it anymore." Meredith crosses her arms then addresses the dragon. "What's with the arian ddraig?"

Jack comes to a stop and he looks a bit confused. "Mom? Sorry, I'm not your mom and no this isn't a perception filter. You're not some kind of strange fairy are you?" Jack asks and he's been a bit weary of the supposed good ones that flit about the camp.

He looks at the dragon on his shoulder and back to the girl who speaks Welsh. "So Welsh is a native language of this planet? We're doomed!" Jack points over to the dragon and he could just name it exactly what it is in Welsh. "He was a gift by someone who works here."

She frowns at him. "No. I'm not a fairy. I'm a Time Lord human Hybrid. That you gave birth...wait." Meredith leans back. "Name, rank and organization?" She asks before huffing. "I'm not from this planet. I was dropped here. By the rift."

"Just becareful then." Jack's weary of the people of this planet too. He's not sure what their motives are and until he can relax he's going to be on his guard. "Hold on, I didn't give birth to anything."

He raises an eyebrow and he's going to need to look into the Rift activity on this planet to prevent anything from spilling back to Earth. "Captain Jack Harkness, Leader of Torchwood."

Jack holds his hands up and he ums. "Okay, so you're a Time Lord hybrid.. Who's the father?"

"I..." She her lower lip wobbled. Though she looked older and had matured mentally to match her body there was still a small bit of the child she regenerated from. "The Master. My mother is Captain Jacklyn Harkness. She's the leader of Torchwood 3. I thought..I thought you were her cause she uses a perception filter sometimes when dealing with the PM, Unit and the like. She disappeared several months ago." The teen looked close to tears.

"Meredith!?"

The teen to be swept up by a tall woman in a familiar RAF coat. Behind her Iorwen in her leather, Joan and Harry were walking up followed closely by a familiar little girl in simple yet out of date clothing.

To say that Gwen was confused would be putting it mildly. Being five months pregnant had meant that Gwen wasn't going out as much on jobs. She had to be safer and she promised both Jack's that she wouldn't endanger herself or the baby. Unfortunately, that meant she was lost too.

Like, why was there a woman in an RAF coat that looked like Jack. And why was there a real dragon in front of her.

"Is this a private party or can anyone crash?"

Jack's a little confused by everything and the silver dragon is just going to flop himself on Jack's foot to finish up the rest of the chicken in peace. Then he hears the name Master and he shudders. "That's the most disgusting thing I've ever heard." Jack is blunt, his opinions of The Master are anything but negative and it will take a lot of work to convince him otherwise. That year on the Valiant never will be forgotten, there are still some scars that are still healing.

Then he spots Jacklyn and a bunch of other people that he doesn't exactly know. He's confused and he turns around to look behind him to see a familiar face. "No, I think its anything but a private party."

"Welcome to the land of confusion and that there." Jack points to his new found friend. "Its a dragon. Someone who reminds me of the wizard in the Harry Potter movies just gave him to me. Its something about teaching him about humanity."

Meredith gave a squeak as Jacklyn hugs her tightly wiggling enough to give Jack a very even look. "Trust me when I say Mom was happy about the father either."

Jacklyn tensed sharply, her expression going dark and distant for a long moment. She buried her face against Meredith's hair swallowing back the shame best she could. "Yes well. Definitely not my first choice for a lover. Or my second or even my last." She muttered darkly before straightening. "Jack. This is Ianto...or rather Iorwen."

The woman nods slightly in greeting.

"The woman in the red coat is Joan Hart. And I heard you met Harry...and of course our favorite gypsy girl. Seems we aren't the only ones who were brought here."

Gwen is quiet, watching it all unfold in front of her and taking it all in. It's something that she is always good at, even with hormones surging through her body. Her eyes flick back and forth between Jack and the group assembled there with them. Her eyes flit around, not focusing on one person in particular. As she listens, she hears, reaching out to gently squeeze Jack's shoulder.

"You got a dragon from Dumbledore?" She blinks. "You get all the best stuff, Jack." She smiles, turning her attention to the girls. Her instincts as a former cop take over. She can't help herself, especially when she sees people upset.

"It's not his fault. The Rift does seem to play tricks. Sometimes very cruel ones." She sighed and stepped forward, her hands raised in front of her. "My name is Gwen. Gwen Cooper. I... It's nice to meet you all." She smiles at them, one that is genuine. "Oh, Owen would love this so much right now."

Jack's jaw tenses and the little guy at his feet senses this and there's a little spark of electricity poofed from the creature. The little guy is smarter than he's given credit for and that's just fine.

"Ow!" Jack grunts and he stares down at the dragon at his feet. "Okay, I'm not going to dwell on this."

He looks at Harry and he gives him a nod with a smile. "No, it doesn't." Jack finally spots the young fortune teller and he's lucky he ran across her. He was able to stay, he was able to find The Doctor and one can only imagine what would of happened to him if he didn't.

"He's roaming around the camp sometimes so you might be able to catch him. He's a bit pushy with this husbandry thing. I just need a name for the guy instead of, 'you'." Jack slides his hands into his pockets and the dragon goes to investigate Gwen. Maybe she'll have something tasty to give him to eat.

Jacklyn sniffs at her male self in a way that speaks deeply about just how much she's NOT impressed by him before turning a warm smile on Gwen. "I know a version of you." She reaches out and lightly shakes her hand. "And Owen."

Hart flashes a flirting smile. "Same. You chained me too you. You were all for dragging me back into the rift." Oh yeah..she's a version of that man.

Harry also shakes Gwen's hand. "Nice to meet you."

"Jack." Faith inclines her head. "It has been a while."

Gwen sighs. She's not exactly sure what to do with Jack. She hates to see anyone that she cares about upset. Sometimes the Rift has a terrible sense of humour. Her gaze is dragged away from him, however, down to the little guy at her feet. The guy suddenly nibbling on her leather boots.

"Biter sounds like a good name for a start," she teases.

She smiles at most of them. Her eyes roll at John Hart looking one. Some things are universal. "It's nice to meet all of you as well," she says softly. One hand moves down to cover her stomach as she steadies herself.

Gwen felt like she was missing something. Slowly, she moved back over to Jack, grabbing his shoulder as she felt a little light on her feet.

Jack's amused at the sight of John as a woman and he digs into his pocket for a golf ball sized diamond to pass over to Gwen. "Give that to him. He seems to love eating those." The concept isn't totally unusual for Jack.

Still Jack's going to keep his mouth shut before he bites off more than he can chew when its coming to the issue of Master and Jacklyn. There's a reason he has all of these wonderful friends and that's to smack him when he steps over that fine line. "Biter? Sounds like a good name. Just don't call him Sparkles or Sparky. He's not having anything to do with those types of names."

He looks over at Faith and he offers her a warm smile. "It's great to see you again Faith. Its been sometime hasn't it?" The last time he saw her was when he was asking around Victorian Cardiff about The Doctor.

Jack places an arm around Gwen and he goes to offer her support. "Careful there." He promised to keep her safe and a promise he shall keep. "And, Harry's another new face around here. We've been busy. It seems its not just Earth that's being effected by the Rifts."

Edited 2012-02-17 03:53 (UTC)

Jacklyn rolls her eyes at Joan's distressed sound as Jack hands over a diamond to be eaten. Meredith shifts away and kneels to watch the dragon with idle curiosity. It was only then that Jacklyn notices her daughters hair. "What in gods name did you do..."

"Tad helped me."

"...When I get home me and Ianto shall have words about this."

Mere just flashes her a grin that was purely Harkness.

Jacklyn grunts faintly looking over as Jack goes over to support Gwen listening as Faith greets Jack back.

"It is good to see you as well." She smiles slightly. "It has been about that. Almost two centuries. Did I not tell you you'd find your Doctor again?"

Harry shrugs. "I'm doing some reading to see if there's anyway to use magic to make our way back through if possible. So far there's a lot of things to bring...really bad creatures through but nothing to send humans back. Could be cause time travel is a big No in our circles."

Gwen gratefully accepts Jack's arm and leans back a little. The new faces are nice to see, but a little overwhelming for her as well. Especially seeing her friends in different genders. Oh that wacky Rift, she thought to herself with a smile. Her head tilted to the side and she looked back and forth between Jack and the others.

"I think Sparky could be a cute name," she teased. One hand moved down to her stomach and she wondered if maybe she shouldn't have left the house without her Jack.

"You'll like it here. There's more than one Doctor running around. More than one Jack too. Seems to me that we all seem to be collected here." She laughs, reaching up to run a hand through her hair. "Not too many of me yet, though. Kind of glad about that. Not sure what I'd do if I ran into multiples of myself."

Jack looks back over towards Gwen, he's gotten used to the gender swapped version of himself and he heard about Joan. He lets the little dragon nom on the diamond. "I was thinking along the lines of Spike." Yes, yes Jack do it just to pick on poor Liz from when she had her own 'dragon' he wouldn't let her keep.

Jack just uses his arm to keep Gwen balanced and he looks at the kid for a moment. "Yes, you did and I found him just like you said I would. Thanks." Jack can only begin to imagine what would of happened if the two never crossed paths.

"Yes, like Gwen said there's lots of familiar faces and some not so familiar faces here." Jack adds, and he looks at Gwen with a smile. "I'm not sure what I would do myself with duplicates of Alisa, Lyssa or yourself Gwen."

"Orgies." Iorwen put in easily, her tone light and joking. "Its good to see you well Gwen. I suppose I should introduce myself proper. I'm Ianto but due to some circumstances I go by Iorwen. Since this is far from my proper universe I'll respond to Ianto."

Jacklyn laughed at the woman's bluntness. "Well then. There you have it."

"She's alot like Tad huh."

"Uh huh." Jacklyn nodded.

Harry smiled at Gwen and Jack. "So far its been a fairly interesting adventure." He agreed. "Very interesting.." He looked around, leaning lightly on his staff.

Gwen held up her hands in protest. "No, please. No more suggestions of orgies or group outings. Team trainings or team events or anything even remotely like that." She smiled and nodded her head to Iorwen. "I can call you Iorwen. It's a beautiful name. You shouldn't have to appease who you are. That's not the Ianto I know."

Her head tilted to the side and she watched them all work together. It reminded her of the way that things used to be, before 456 and aliens came along and took her friends from her. A sad smile crossed her face. "Interesting. You haven't seen anything yet."

He looks at Iorwen and he waves a hand. "I agree with Gwen. Keep Iorwen it suits you perfectly." He looks at Gwen and there's a hurt look on his face. "Okay, I won't continue to goad her on." Jack clears his throat as he looks at Joan.

Then there's the name Tad. Jack raises an eyebrow. "Tad?"

"Yes, just wait until you see a bunch of talking trees. They even walk and now that's what I call pretty wild." Jack's used to things like fairies, dragons, magical horses and other oddities but he laughs a bit. "And the talking flowers. Still there's a pretty active Rift here on this planet. That alone is a major concern of mine."

"Tad. Its what she calls Ianto in our reality." Jacklyn answered, plucking at a strand of Meredith's hair. "Its Welsh. For Dad. Ianto helped me to raise Meredith...after the year that never was."

Meredith looked up at Jacklyn and smiled when the woman cupped her cheek.

Iorwen gave the two a sheepish look, murmuring a small apology before snorting softly as Gwen gently put Jack into place. "Still has the touch." She glanced at Joan who was starting to look bored.

"Oh please...let him continue." Joan purred, winking at Gwen though her flirting had a lighter no so interested tone. She was flirting to flirt. "I must say Jack...Every single one of you lead such glamorous lives~!" She gestures idly to their surroundings before looking at Jacklyn. "I should of stayed in France."

"You are the one that used shoddy parts to fix your VM. Don't go blaming me for your blunder." Jacklyn rolled her eyes. "Though I suppose the poodles can all breath a sigh of relief."

"One joke! One joke and I'll never live it down!"

Harry moved away from Joan some. "Actually I've met talking trees. Wise people them. Live centuries and centuries just gathering knowledge." He smiled slightly. "Reminded me to take you into the Never never when we are done here." The man looked around. "Those this place is pretty close to what its like."

Gwen didn't say anything at first. She understood the Welsh, but it wasn't her place to comment or judge. Hearing them talk about it made her feel a little more comfortable. She could see the love and it touched her heart. "It's a good name, Tad."

Yes, she did like putting Jack in his place. But there was another better at it than she was. "You think I'm good, you should meet Jack's wife. She puts me to shame," she teased.

"Hart, just stop." She was teasing. Mostly. "Your stories are probably only half true. At best. And your charm is just the same as John's was. There are some around here you might have luck with, but it's not me." She winked at Joan. "Wait till you see my Jack."

"Talking trees." Gwen nodded her head. "Interesting. And more than a Lord of the Rings film, I'm sure. And... Oh." Her hand moved on her belly. "Sorry about that. Bloody kid kicks like a Beckham."

"And, I lived in Wales on and off for the last century." Jack laughs, and he doesn't add anymore to it without risking offending Gwen. Then again Jack never wasted time before at taking a jab at the Welsh. "Glad to see he was comfortable and able to help. My own Ianto has been a blessing as well." He smiles and he settles down on the idea of the situation with Jacklyn and Mere.

"Yes, yes I'm a mar5ried man." Jack looks at Joan and he does hope she keeps that in mind. Then again that would never stop John. It might make John more excited about the entire idea. "Actually the poodle had to do all of the work. I'm sure this Hart is the same as all the Harts."

He looks at Gwen and he knows one thing. "I haven't seen your Jack lately. I hope he's okay." Jack nods his head. "Yes, talking trees and then there's this guy. And the flying horses."

Jacklyn gives him an amused look before rattling something off in Welsh. "Dylech ddysgu mewn gwirionedd. Byth yn gwybod pryd y bydd yn dod yn ddefnyddiol." She blows him a kiss.

"And goddess bless you too." Joan mutters to her, smirking when Jacklyn flips her off.

"I'd be lost with out my Ianto. That's for certain." Jacklyn nodded.

Joan arched an eyebrow. "Like that's ever stopped me...Or you for that matter." She gasps at Jack's insult before gritting her teeth, her hand going to her gun. As she pulls it Jacklyn reaches out and twists her ear. "OW! Owowow! Stop that!" She swats at Jacklyn's hand. The femme immortal only letting go once the weapon was re-secured into its holster. "Bitch."

"Woof." Jacklyn bares her teeth.

Joan rolls her eyes and turns to Gwen. "Three fourths true. I only embellish a little. Sides I'm probably more charming cause I jiggle." She grins to show she's only joking. "Your Jack huh?"

Meredith edged forward as the group talks, studying the dragon with open curiosity that was nearly child like.

Harry smiled warmly at Gwen. "A strong kick is a sign of a strong baby. You are well blessed." He chuckled. "Talking trees, fairies, flying horses, zombies...Hate zombies."

((OoC: Translations is "You should really learn. Never know when it will come in handy."))

Edited 2012-03-01 02:27 (UTC)

After a while Meredith wandered away from the group of adults. Though she'd regenerated to the appearance of an eighteen year old and had matured a bit mentally with the change she still felt a bit separated from the adults and their banter. She quietly explored the camp for a bit before pausing to munch on a candy bar she'd tucked into her pockets before coming through the rift.

There's a man with fine robes at the camp with a small selection of animals with him and there's something unique about these creatures. They're native creatures of this planet and the old man who's selling them is not just an ordinary man. He looks over at the young woman and he has a small unicorn colt with him. "Can I interest you in anything madame?"

She chews her lip before nearing. "I couldn't possibly take one your pets." Her eyes kept sliding the collection of animals. "They're beautiful though..." The girl went over and knelt to pet a moon dog pup before laughing when a young dragon bumped into her. "You are the one that gave Jack the dragon?"

The man looks at the small unicorn and he will find someone to give the little colt to. "These pets are for the weary travelers. They will be helpful to you in the future." He recalls the man in the big coat he gave the little silver dragon to. "Indeed. How might I help you?"

"I really don't know. I only just got here really." She admitted, as something dark caught her eye. She turned to look and gasped softly. "Oh my." Meredith gets up and carefully approaches a small black unicorn colt. She reaches out hesitantly before gently stroking his neck. "I don't even know where here...is. I never knew a unicorn could be this color..."

"Welcome to the planet Farlorn. It seems a lot of travelers have came here." The man admits and he looks over at the little black unicorn colt. "They're exceptionally rare. Even here they're a legend." He smiles and he goes to let the little white unicorn go about his way. "He likes you. Its better to let them pick you."

Meredith smiles as the colt got up and nosed her shoulder before resting his head there. She gently hugs him. "Farlorn...This is the first time I've heard of it..." She looks up at the man, not yet letting the colt go. "Rare?"

Like herself.

"He picked me?" She asks softly.

"Yes, Farlorn." The man nods after repeating the name of the planet. "We do not get many here. We must not have the resources the travelers from above want."

He looks upwards towards the sky. "Yes. They're quite rare like the dragon. And, yes he picked you. Its better that way. It will improve the bond between the two of you when he grows older."

"People might not know that this planet is inhabited or inhabited by sentient species." Meredith considered out loud, resting her cheek against the colts neck. She looked up at the man. "So they are like...guides?"

"And it is best that it is left that way. I'm sure you can see why." The man says, as he takes a small green dragon in his hands. "You will be given instructions for them at the end of this quest. A messenger will appear to everyone at some point about some very pressing news."

She glanced around then back to the man before nodding. "I do."

Meredith turned back, listening closely. "Yes sir. I understand." She looked at the colt before standing, keeping a hand on him. "Um...Thank you sir."

Before she can even thank him the man has vanished from sight along with the white unicorn colt and the other creatures that were with him.

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