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Nov. 23rd, 2009 06:34 pm
[identity profile] ancient-monkey.livejournal.com
Daniel had been moping. Plain and simple. He'd holed himself up in his lab when he could get away with it-which only lasted a couple days before he had to seek Vala out to avoid the lingering side effect of the bracelets. It had been bad enough finding out the first time around the hard way that Vala had not been affected in the slightest.

And he'd discovered the hard way that Vala had been going through all of his computer files, everything that was in his lab. Which, really, considering his job, was quite a lot. He'd even be impressed at the amount she'd managed to get through if he hadn't been so irritated that she'd invaded his personal space. Again. He really should stop being surprised by that, it happened so often.

"What a mess.." He muttered, rubbing a hand over his eyes. He didn't realize his tablet had switched to visual on its own. He'd been ignoring it as much as possible, occasionally using the map to get around. But it seemed that Taxon was tired of that, and wanted to make him be heard.
[identity profile] ancient-monkey.livejournal.com
It had been a couple days since Daniel had returned to the SGC with Jack and Vala, and he was heartily sick of being poked and prodded. The..fake..people didn't seem to be doing anything different, just the usual check up and never-let-the-patient-go sort of thing.

And he was bored. There was only so much entertainment he could take from Jack. At least Jack left long enough to take care of himself and bring back actual food for both of them, otherwise Daniel would've had to have had a few words with him.

For a while, Vala had been doing the same. But he'd not seen her since that morning. So, as he still had his tablet nearby, he picked it up from the table and turned it to visual.

"Has anyone seen Vala today?"
[identity profile] islegendary.livejournal.com
Jack wasn't exactly surprised when the stumbled upon the caves. It did figure with Daniel's luck. Jack had still been holding out hope it would be something less... less rife with emotional attachment. He placed a hand on the wall of the entrance. He drew in a careful breath, he had his own memories of this place. When Ra came to Abydos. When everything went to hell. When he was ready to... All right, stop that train of thought right there, said internally to himself. Times like these he was thankful for his sunglasses.

He cleared his throat, "Well, this is..." he paused as if to find the word, "...creepy." He glanced over to guage how his friend is dealing with... well, with everything. Daniel didn't seem to be looking too good, that was understandable, after all. But this felt like something else, "...Daniel?"
[identity profile] hearts-of-gold.livejournal.com
Inara wakes up gradually, and as she becomes more conscious a few things become obvious more or less right away.

First, she is not in her shuttle. She's in a fairly featureless room, sitting in--

Make that confined in a large chair of some kind.

Secondly, she is sore. She feels as though she has been through a very vigorous fight, and was not exactly on the winning side.

Third, her clothes are...odd. She's in some sort of clingy black outfit and her hair is up.

"Hello?" She calls out, and her voice is hoarse. As if she'd done a lot of shouting recently. She tugs at the restraints that are holding her in the chair and they prove to be quite firmly secured, but after some wriggling she feels her tablet in her pocket. She shifts and wriggles some more until buttons are pressed more or less at random by the arm of the chair, and is now broadcasting a visual feed. Even if the only visual supplied is the black fabric of her pocket it should still pick up her voice, though.

"Hello?" She tries again. "This is Inara Serra of Serenity's crew...I seem to be...captured? Is anyone there?"

[OOC: There we go, glitch end! Huzzah! You may all go about your business now >D Unless you want to get in on the big last confrontation with Adria which is still being planned out, in which case go here!]

[identity profile] xthchance.livejournal.com
[Daniel's current thought process: sldkjf;alskdfjlskdf]

Okay. Where's Vala?

((ooc: Liiiittle bit backdated... >>))
[identity profile] hearts-of-gold.livejournal.com
The visual comes on, sent to as many people as possible, and Inara's looking a bit...different-ey. Her hair is swept up into a refined, almost regal style and her expression is far harder than usual. Something in her eyes suggests that she is both very focused and very displeased about something, but when she speaks it's with a smile.

A not at all reassuring smile that seems like a thin veneer over superior disdain.

"I am not familiar with my surroundings. I can only assume that I have been captured by the enemies of the true path of Origin. This will prove to have been a mistake." She ponders her tablet for a while, tilting her head with detached curiosity.

"In the meantime, I sense many new souls in this place, unfamiliar ones. I would like to extend the opportunity to them to come to the power and the glory of Origin. The power and the greatness of the Ori cannot be denied, and those who accept the one truth of Origin into their lives and their hearts will be richly rewarded with that truth. Blessed are those who walk in unison, and hallowed are the Ori. Those who follow the path of righteousness shall be raised up high..."

Her expression hardens further, her lip curling briefly. "And those who reject the path to enlightenment must be destroyed."

[OOC: Glitch start! For the next two weeks Inara has been possessed by Adria from Stargate SG-1, a half-human, half-godlike-creature imbued with phenomenally powerful psychic powers like telekinesis, mind reading, mind control, summoning fire and magical healing. And she has an agenda. Also, she's Vala's daughter! More details here, and I hope this'll be a lot of fun. Questions, plans, anything, don't hesitate to ask! :D ]


valaunbound: (text → domestic goddess)
[personal profile] valaunbound
Vala had long since abandoned her less than valiant domestic goddess attempts for Daniel's birthday. She was hardly going to impress Daniel with bread that was as dense as a rock and seafood paella that was... well the bottom of it seemed to have become one with the pan. How the hell anybody is supposed to do all that and manage to look glamorous at the same time is beyond her.

The majority of the food has been slung in the trash, Daniel's kitchen looks like the contents of the fridge exploded in there and the paella/pan mutant thing has been flung out of the back door in aggravation.

In lieu of her own cooking, she's going for cheat mode instead - hatched haute cuisine - which Daniel doesn't need to know about. She just needs to get this mess cleaned up and make herself look beautiful again, a dress without paella down the front would probably be preferable.

The table is set, candles ready to be lit, hatched food will only take seconds, so she opts for the change of clothes and sorting out her rollers and hair first, then she'll come back and tackle the mess. She's got loads of time before he'll return by her reckoning...
[identity profile] xthchance.livejournal.com
Of course Daniel isn't bothered by Vala's most recent antics. Of course he isn't bothered by her advertising herself for dates and flouncing around his (his, by the way) house trying on clothes and leaving a pile of discarded outfits in his hallway. Of course he's not bothered that she won't stop being so damn infuriating and, as usual, only thinking about herself.

Then why the hell is he so irritable?

Daniel's in the basement right now, distancing himself by immersing himself in his laundry. Not that there's a lot to do, seeing as he's done the laundry about three times this week to get some quiet, but that's irrelevant.
[identity profile] islegendary.livejournal.com
O'Neill had finally finished the Stargate. While he had the knowledge to save himself. What was more important to him was and always is, getting out. He can't stand to be trapped even if it's nice accommodations. Let's not even go into his P.O.W. memories. But being who he is, he's more concerned with getting everyone else out.
By the time the Stargate is finished he is having trouble keeping steady on his feet and he does not look good at all. He makes it over to the DHD to begin dial. First, he attempted Earth's address. The chevrons lit up and almost looked like it was going to open a wormhole... only to fizle back out with a disappointing 'vrrroooooooop.' Jack slammed his fist against the DHD, "Astria purgamentum!"

He rubs a hands over his face with a groan. He tries a different address, this one too does not connect, "Oh, pro fletus sicco durus!"

As it is called for, he kicks the DHD, "Operis!"

After that though, he nearly collapsed to the ground. He uses the DHD as support to keep himself from falling to the ground. That does little to support him when he loses consciousness shortly after.

{ooc: end of the Glitch...}
{Astria purgamentum -- star trash; pro fletus sicco durus -- For crying out loud; Operis -- Work }
[identity profile] islegendary.livejournal.com
Something trigged the holo function on Jack's tablet. Which is a good thing... Otherwise it would take a little too long for people to discover him.

Jack's body is currently laid out in an unconscious heap near a wall of a building. No signs of struggle, he's even still armed. The only sign something happened to him at all is this strange shaped object on the wall next to him. Of course, that only means something to those who have seen one before.

After about ten minutes from when HOLO was activated, he began to stir, "Guuunnnnhhh....."

[OOC: Glitch start!]
[identity profile] gating-across.livejournal.com
Sheppard had decided that even though it was nice having his old room back in Atlantis? It was also a little weird. Everything was where he had left it. Including the golf set, the skateboard, and even that copy of War and Peace. His closet apparently came too, which was nice.

Atlantis's central tower wasn't in Taxon so he had taken the ear piece off. At least he hadn't seen the tower himself yet. Though if they had managed to get all of Atlantis here, Sheppard would have been the first to think things were fishier than they already were. Maybe it was a bunch of replicators from either Pegasus or the Milky-Way? Or maybe this was all in his head and he was actually dieing on some medical table in Atlantis because of that Wraith feeding on him so many damn times.

He flipped the tablet on. The clock on the table next to the bed was set onto the Atlantis Standard Time... but judging by the sky out the window it was late at night.

"Anyone up at this crazy hour?"
valaunbound: (animated  → i'm so bored)
[personal profile] valaunbound
Vala is perched on the edge of and fiddling idly with the things on the table Daniel's sat at. He's reading something, not that it matters what. She's picking up things she shouldn't be touching and that probably make him nervous that she might drop. When she gets bored of looking at that thing and that other thing, and the odd looking tube thing that's standing in the corner of the room (whatever it was - she thought about asking, but really the answer would have bored her to tears - so she managed to refrain herself), she leans over and tries to turn her head upside down from the opposite side of the table to read whatever he's reading.

She offers intermittent sighs and hmphs while she does all this. Someone has seen Dean's entry and wants to go. Thus far she intends on straight out asking, whenever Daniel decides to converse with her. So far the sighs and hmphs aren't working at initiating conversation.

Maybe if she closes the book...
[identity profile] fudgingkillyou.livejournal.com
If people are watching the tablets, they'll see Dean, lounging on a stool. He looks relaxed, totally sprawled out with a cocky grin on his face. The tablet's set to visual, so all that can be seen is him and a bit of the club in the background, which looks like The Bronze. Since this is the only club like place Dean has been to in Taxon, he figures this is the best place to go for relaxing.

His message is to everybody in Taxon.

"Hey, all you people out there. This place is called The Bronze, I think, and it's got a pretty nice set-up. I'm thinking some people need to come on down here and have some fun, yeah? I've got booze and Zep. It'll be a good time, I promise."

Sure enough, as Dean turns his tablet to survey the club, he's got a huge bucket of booze just sitting in front of him. Led Zeppelin's Ramble On can be heard thumping from the speakers. God knows how he managed that; the hatches are handy, though.
[identity profile] damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com
Ianto's stood behind the desk in the tourist office they usually use as a front, flipping idly through a dusty file. Ordinarily he'd be in the small office he has behind the beaded curtain, or even down in the Archives somewhere. Today, however, he feels like a change of scenery. He could be down in the Hub, but even with Jack down there it's too quiet. He's used to the tourist office being quiet, though. And even now this area feels much more his domain than the main part of the Hub ever has. It would almost be comforting if it weren't for the fact they're pretty much stuck here.

He sighs, flipping the file shut and reaching for some outdated leaflets that were standard handouts for Torchwood employees at one time. Unfortunately, that time was the fifties. Ianto hadn't even been born by the time they were deemed old fashioned and pretty much useless.

"You'd have thought," he mutters, more to himself than anyone else, "that with hundreds of years worth of files, there'd be something useful here."

He frowns at the leaflet in his hand as though willing it to suddenly contain useful information. "I think I'd have better luck flipping through the leaflets we have on Cardiff Castle than I've had with anything in the Archives."

What's slightly more worrying is that he'd actually consider doing that at this stage. He shakes his head and flips open the leaflet entitled 'A TORCHWOOD EMPLOYEES GUIDE ON HOW TO DEAL WITH BEING TRANSPORTED TO ALTERNATE UNIVERSES'. He hasn't actually read this one before. Although there do seem to be people from different universes, he's not entirely convinced this will help. That, and he'd only discovered this particular leaflet this morning, wedged down the side of entirely the wrong cabinet. Incidents like that often leave Ianto wondering of how skilled Torchwood Three's past Archivists have actually been.

"Don't panic," he reads aloud. He pauses, considering. "Douglas Adams... wonder if he ever had a run in with Torchwood."
valaunbound: (emote → annoyed but still sexy)
[personal profile] valaunbound
Vala, after being rejected by Xander because he was 'happy' (which apparently is a Tau'ri euphemism for being attracted to men), had initially taken the news quite well and was going to simply return to Daniel's, her absence hopefully gone unnoticed. Until she saw the whole Mary thing. Which, incidentally, hasn't sat well with her at all. Xander lied to her, and she's not happy! She's managed to switch off her location thingy on the tablet, so she can't be easily found. But that doesn't stop her after a few too many drinks in some bar in Central Taxon, bawdily expressing her distaste for the man! Possibly with much slurring and necking more whatever the bottle of clear stuff is that she found behind the bar, she didn't bother checking the label.

"Xander, whatever his name is, is a lying cheating sonuva..." Vala pauses and screws up her face in what appears to be deep contemplation as she ditches the glass and just swigs from the bottle instead.

"Hell, I forgot the phrase. But, he's that! Sonuva thingy...thing." Another drink and she exclaims "Female Dog! He's not happy at all, he lied to be with that Mary woman, who's married anyway. I mean, technically I am too, but... no, no I'm not - forget I said that. Am I really that unattractive? That someone would pretend to be happy rather than sleep with me?!"
valaunbound: (silly → grin cheshire ca)
[personal profile] valaunbound
Vala's stab wound in her shoulder had been seen to while she was still unconscious from the zat blast, then she'd been heavily sedated for the pain both for that and the bruising and injuries Buffy had managed to deal her, and to stop Qetesh doing any more damage to Vala, presumably. Then they'd brought her here to a secure holding cell, like the ones at Stargate Command, in the Holodeck and left her under constant surveillance, presumably while they worked out what to do. She's got no tablet, they took that off her, so none of this is being broadcast, beyond the surveillance that's been set up.

She has no idea how long she's been out when she wakes in the empty cell, she remembers coming round though at some point, still hazy and yelling demands and attempting to bargain her way out, but she doesn't remember how that ended or how she'd blacked out again. Had they re-sedated her? It didn't really matter though. She could remember everything else she'd done previously, or rather what Qetesh had done. The pain in her shoulder rips through her as she shifts and collapses back again with a groan.

She doesn't call out, or alert anyone to the fact it's over, that Qetesh is gone. She simply lies there and closes her eyes again. If Taxon can do this to her, give her up to Qetesh at its will, then who's to say she wouldn't return at any moment. Besides, she really doesn't want to see anyone right now anyway, not after what she's done. There's at least one man dead at her hands, maybe two, not to mention the injuries she's dealt out. She doesn't want to face anybody. Behind closed lids, the sting of her tears well up and she swallows hard. She's best where she is, hidden from everyone that won't understand, the people hellbent on revenge for Qetesh's actions. Qetesh, who could reappear at any moment, apparently. And that scares Vala more than anything.
[identity profile] islegendary.livejournal.com
If he was previously bothered by the nature of Taxon(or Tax-son as he calls it.), it seems to be the furthest from his mind. Threat assessment comes first, it makes for nice black and white priorities he can wrap his mind around. He's scouted out a nice empty building; the inside of it looks much like a indoor car park, just without the cars. It has several large concrete pillars that would be perfect cover.
The area is open enough, for getting clear shots from cover. In the back of his mind he hopes it won't come to that. But if he does, Daniel had already gotten his hands on a couple of zat guns. Then on O'Neill's most recent trip to the replicator hatches, he procured a few very important items. First he got himself a whole mess of in'tar rounds(non-lethal) for his P-90 and nine-mil. He still has his lethal rounds at easy access but... you know, he kinda likes Vala. And he is always promising to try it 'Daniel's way' first. Finally, the most important thing is a forcefield trap.
He set the device up where it would be obscured until activated. Also placing it a nice central location a cocky Goa'uld bent on destoying imprudent little humans would likely stand. The remote for the shield device he's already handed over to Daniel. Whom is of course working with him for this. He gives Daniel a short nod once everything is in place.
Jack himself has outfitted himself in his somewhat typical combat gear, opting for black over his usual greens. He easily falls back into his old blacks ops training.

Of course, all of that was not transmitted. The next part is: he turns on his the holo function for his tablet, first addressing everyone but Vala/Qetesh in a locked transmission, "All right, kids. Colonel Jack O'Neill here." He's crouched down in his black uniform with his hand on his weapon. "Ya got my location there on your map. I'm going to say this once: Stay. the. Hell. Away." He shifts on one knee, "If you choose to ignore that advice. You're our back-up."

"Me and Daniel have years of experience with the Goa'uld. We have a way to neutralize her." Jack gestures with a hand, "if you got in your mind to help, do not. I repeat, do not engage Qetesh without my or his go ahead." He raises a finger and says sternly, "If so much as one of you can't follow that simple order, I don't care if you're not in the military, I will shoot you myself. If you think you can do better, wait until we're done."

"And Daniel would like me to remind you folks, we want her alive. So play nice."

He purposely left out too many details in the semi-public transmission, in the event that Vala/Qetesh managed to hack her way through a locked transmission. He mentioned nothing about the forcefield trap.

THAT little speech out of the way, a speech he hopes doesn't live to regret it. Actually he hopes he doesn't die and regret it. He let out a sigh then messed with his tablet for feed Vala/Qetesh a direct message, "Ketish, babe!"

He beamed his most sarcastic smile, "It's been ages! How ya doing? Must be tough having no Jaffa around to do your bidding. Guess that means you gotta come crush us yourself. Or you know..." he shrugs mockingly, "...just sit there on your thrown tossing empty threats. Not that I mind... with you staying where you are it's like you're not even here. Kinda nice there I bet. What with all your servants--" He grins then snaps his fingers, "Oh, wait! You don't have any servants either."

Yes, it was entirely nesscery to mock her.

(ooc: Of course, you guys can completely ignore O'Neill's advice and run in guns blazin'. He just won't be happy with you~)
[identity profile] xthchance.livejournal.com
On your video screens right now is an extremely no-nonsense Daniel Jackson. He's determined, both intent on seeming as calm as possible and rushing to get this information out to everyone as soon as possible. It's just another day at the office, sure, but Qetesh is supposed to be gone, dead, not inside Vala and attempting to reign over the entire city of Taxon. He understands people, and he knows that if they endanger themselves by confronting her, then someone is going to die. And by God, after losing Sha're to the Goa'uld, he is not about to let Vala suffer the same fate. As for the people here... he's seen so many people die, he's going to try his damndest not to let these ones down.

"Hi, everyone. This is Dr. Daniel Jackson, and I have an extremely important announcement to make, so please pay attention.

"Doubtlessly most of you caught that, ah, speech earlier from a woman calling herself Qetesh - or, as some of you already know her, from Vala acting very unlike herself. I need to urge you not to talk to her. Don't confront her, don't piss her off, don't - anything. Right now Vala has an alien parasite inside of her called a Goa'uld. These things are extremely intelligent, hateful, violent and megalomaniacal, and if anyone - human or otherwise - stands in the way of them attaining power, they won't hesitate to kill you. This is why I need you to stay away, even if you have a means of self-defense. Vala is still in there, and however that parasite managed to get inside her, whether by some freakish coincidence or for the same reason other people here have been affected strangely over the last couple of weeks, I don't know. But this is going to be complicated because we can't let her get hurt.

"There are a couple of us here that are... ah, very experienced with Goa'uld who lay claim to planets like this. We're going to try to get her quarantined until we can figure out what to do next, but until then I'm advising you to be very, very careful. She has a device that can and will kill or seriously harm anyone she turns it on."

He sighs.

"I'm very sorry about this, but we're doing our best to get it under control before she can do any real damage. Thanks."

((ooc: Jack, you've been voluntold for this, not that Daniel's really expecting anything else. |D I also fully expect this warning to not be taken seriously, yo. You crazy hero-types, you.))
valaunbound: (with Daniel  → I swear I'm innocen)
[personal profile] valaunbound
Qetesh is seated on a throne for her announcement, she's in a very elaborate ancient Egyptian styled room and the echo in there amplifies her voice even more than the Goa'uld inside her does. She sounds very different to Vala if you've spoken to her before, much deeper and the sardonic superior tone is clear. Dressed with little left to the imagination, and wearing a Goa'uld hand device that looks like a metal glove, Qetesh crosses her leg and smirks as she switches the tablet to visual mode.

"Residents of Taxon, it has come to my attention that your population is growing by the day. If we are to leave matters as they are then we will be left with nothing short of chaos and anarchy. I'm sure you all agree that the results of such natural progression would be disastrous, so I come to you as your new Queen and your sovereign. I am your saviour, and you will worship me.

With my powers and influence, I can free us from this place. Your captors only wished to convey their needs with a true leader, someone worthy of their secrets, someone they can trust to execute their plans satisfactorily and not risk their exposure. I assure you, that you are in no danger, you only need pledge your allegiance to me, Qetesh - Queen and Goddess of Taxon. Through your service and obedience, I promise freedom. Those who will not serve, will die. Each of you will come to me to swear your loyalty and bow before me. Those who refuse, will be forced to see the error of their ways. It should be noted, my threats are neither idle nor boastful, I am Goa'uld. Your ultimate freedom is at stake, Taxon. Choose wisely."


[[ooc: Qetesh glitch starts!]]

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