Double Drabble: Monumental Task

[bk_forever]

Title: Monumental Task
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: Ianto.
Rating: G
Written For: Challenge 595: Gadget at tw100.
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Ianto tries to figure out where to begin the task of putting the archives in order.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.




To Ianto’s eyes, the Torchwood Three archives resembled a cross between a jumble sale, a junk shop, an eccentric relative’s attic, and a rubbish tip. Standing there gazing along a narrow, cluttered aisle between two equally cluttered rows of shelves, he began to wonder whether he’d been temporarily out of his mind when he’d suggested he might take on the task of sorting the contents of the maze of rooms and passageways. Maybe if he had a dozen or so trained assistants it might be doable, but he didn’t; there was just him.


Shaking his head, he wandered between the shelves, studying their contents; weird objects, contraptions, devices, and gadgets, the purpose of which he couldn’t begin to imagine. Some were piled in cardboard, wooden, or plastic boxes, others just sat on the shelves. He could see labels attached to about a third of them, while other labels lay scattered on the floor, where they’d fallen after coming adrift from the things they were supposed to identify, only to be trampled into the dust.


Looked like that should be his first step: gather the fallen labels and try to match them to the unlabelled gadgets. Maybe he’d find something useful.



The End

Comments

[raynewton.livejournal.com]

Poor Ianto. I have a fellow feeling for his problem, on a much smaller scale. I once had to deal with the fiction reserve for Glasgow libraries, they were roughly in order of author's surname. Had to sort by first name, then by title.Took ages, but it made a big difference when done. He'll have a great feeling of satisfaction, and it will help when it's all in order

[bk_forever]

I love doing that sort of sorting, putting things in their proper order. I miss working in the university library *sigh*

Ianto will indeed feel very proud and satisfied when the job is done.

Thank you!