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[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

[Oh, look who it is. Not bustling, not running around, not talking. Just quietly there.]

[He's been scarce on the Plane lately, his current situation making him anything but social. As it is, he's here now, staring at the post he has on the Plane, waiting for a promised letter. Feel free to interrupt.]

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[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

[looks over at his wrist]

Did you find a repair shop from the 51st century here? That's dangerous technology to have in the 21st century, Jack.

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

[And Jack will be pulling his wrist away from the Doctor now]

It wasn't fixed in my reality.

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

[the Doctor's irritated by constantly being thwarted by Jack in regards to the wrist device, but he's just going to give Jack a pointed glare]

But you brought it to your reality---what were you doing, fixing up your-universe technology in another universe?

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

[Jack will just be looking annoyed at you now, Doctor]

I didn't go anywhere else to get it fixed. I wasn't looking to get it fixed.

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

So you won't mind if I...?

[pulls out the sonic screwdriver and holds it aloft]

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

[moves his wrist behind his back]

I would, actually.

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

[point]

Fine, everyone deserves a holiday. But I get to disable it once you and Ianto are done traveling. For the sake of the timeline. Agreed?

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

No, not agreed.

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

You want to stay. You stay on Earth, you have to keep the technology of the planet on its proper timeline!

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

I'm not going to let anyone else get their hands on it, Torchwood or not! Don't you think they've tried to analyze it before, even when it was still disabled?

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

I scrambled the signal so displays can't comprehend it until 4555, when it's first invented. But every time you repair it, I have to do it all over again!

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

I was time traveling long before I met you, Doctor.

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

And I've been time traveling long before the Time Agency ever existed.

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

I'm going to be around longer than you, longer than anyone. Why do you get to decide what I'm allowed to do in the meantime?

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

I'm not going to argue with you, Jack. You know that band is dangerous. You know it as well as I do.

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

[Jack doesn't look quite as angry anymore. Just tired] I've also been stuck on one place for too long, Doctor.

I love my team, I love Earth, and know it's my duty to protect them all. But I've been stuck in the same place for a long time now, longer than anywhere else. And I hate it.

All I want to do is be able to travel. Get away every so often, take a break from the death and the killing. This wristband is the only way I can.

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

No, your mobile is the only way you can. One call, Jack. One call and the TARDIS and myself and...well, my human counterpart. We'll be here and you can go anywhere you want.

You don't lose frequent flyer's privileges just because you go away for a few hundred years.

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

[shakes his head] That's not an option anymore. I cause her pain, to a much greater extent than you.

Just let me have a little freedom.

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

She cares about you too, Jack.

Besides, it's not nearly so bad. A little unpleasantness in the back of the mind. I'm sure the faulty rotary system is probably more painful...

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

...if I agreed to traveling with you, would you disable it again?

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

Wouldn't need to. You wouldn't be in a set time lock.

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

For how long?

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

How long would you want to?

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

[laughs] You should know better than to ask me that, Doctor.

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

As long as you'd want. [grin] I'd have to check with my companion, of course, but I think he'd love to have you around.