Drabble: The Eighth Day…
Dec. 28th, 2013 02:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Title: The Eighth Day…
Author: ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif){kind=small}
badly_knitted
Characters: Jack, Ianto, Owen, team, OCs
Rating: G
Written For: Challenge 303 – Twelve Days at ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif){kind=small}
tw100
Spoilers: None.
Warnings: Random insanity.
Summary: It’s Christmas, and the Rift is apparently in a giving mood…
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Part 8 of ‘The Twelve Days of Riftmas’. I wasn’t happy with my first attempt, it was a bit on the bland side, so I tried again. I like this one better, but I’m posting my first attempt here too, so you guys can decide which one you prefer.
On the eighth day of Christmas, eight large cows were discovered in the Millennium Stadium. Ianto thought they certainly looked ready for milking. Not that he was an expert on cows or anything…
“Oh look!” said Jack cheerfully. “The Rift almost got it right this time!”
“Yes, Jack, because eight ready-to-milk cows are just what we needed.” Ianto rolled his eyes so hard they nearly fell out. “What am I supposed to do with them?”
“Call a farmer?”
“I was hoping for buxom milkmaids,” Owen grouched.
Ianto sank into a seat. It was entirely possible he was losing his mind.
Alternate Eighth Day…
On the eighth day of Christmas, several crates appeared in a car park.
They had writing on them.
“Maiden’s Milk? What’s that? Some sort of booze?” Owen sounded hopeful.
Prising a crate open, Ianto pulled out a bottle.
“Sorry to disappoint you, Owen, it’s bath oil. ‘You too can have skin as soft as a maiden’s’,” he intoned solemnly. “You should try some.”
“Bite me!”
Ianto smirked.
“Right, let’s load ‘em. Hold on.” He glanced around. “There’s only seven. Where’s the eighth?”
They found it in a ditch, half buried in mud.
“Oh joy,” groaned Ianto. “The Rift hates me!”
TBC in ‘The Ninth Day…’
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Date: 2013-12-28 03:42 pm (UTC)Loved it!!!
Big hug!!!
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Date: 2013-12-28 03:44 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2013-12-28 08:51 pm (UTC)Thank you.
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Date: 2013-12-28 09:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-12-28 10:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-12-28 10:29 pm (UTC)Ianto talking about the phones not working is probably my favorite bit of all time.
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Date: 2013-12-28 10:41 pm (UTC)Yeah, it's nice to have an inner Ianto. He's not snarking right now though because I'm writing Nigel and Nigel doesn't deserve to be snarked at.
I wish my inner Ianto would remind me about things though.
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Date: 2013-12-29 12:05 am (UTC)My inner Ianto tends to be more polite than anything else. I think my grandma will approve of that part next time I see her. She's really big on manners and proper talking.
Maybe he'll start for you. :) I don't know what I'd do without Joe. He's such a help.
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Date: 2013-12-29 11:17 am (UTC)I had a dream last night where JB let me sit on his lap and go to sleep because I was so tired, lol!
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Date: 2013-12-30 03:54 am (UTC)Okay, that's awesome.
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Date: 2013-12-30 11:00 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2013-12-28 10:23 pm (UTC)Thank you.
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Date: 2013-12-28 10:18 pm (UTC)Thank you.
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Date: 2013-12-28 10:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-12-28 10:56 pm (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 2013-12-28 10:55 pm (UTC)I'm just feeling so sorry for Ianto at this point. The Rift better make it up to him!
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Date: 2013-12-28 10:57 pm (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 2013-12-28 11:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-12-29 11:13 am (UTC)Thank you.
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Date: 2013-12-29 03:41 am (UTC)I don't think I want to know how he determined that. :-p
Poor Ianto. Four more days to go!
(I liked the bath oil one too, but as it's less of a pain in the arse for our favorite Tea Boy to deal with, resulting in less eye-rolling and snarking, it's not quite as amusing. :-p It was very clever, though!)
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Date: 2013-12-29 11:12 am (UTC)Thank you.
(I think perhaps the cows were walking funny, lol!)
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Date: 2013-12-30 02:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-12-30 10:59 am (UTC)Thank you.
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Date: 2013-12-30 09:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-12-30 12:32 pm (UTC)Thank you.
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