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So I've got a dilemma. One that I'm hoping that someone on the ship can help me with.

[Cue the flash of a charming, Harkness grin. C'mon, whoever you are, you know you wanna.]

I need something made for me. For a friend. And while I'm good at a lot of things - a lot of things [yes, Jack, please spare us the innuendo] - metalworking really isn't one of them. Give me an Arcateenian psychic melder or a W'narian battle cruiser any day, but metal arts - arts in general really - are a bit beyond me. Especially on as small a scale as I'm looking for.

Anyway, I've heard there are a few on board with the sort of skill that might be able to help me. I know that payment doesn't really work in any normal sort of way in this place, but I'm sure we'll be able to work something out.

[Way to be kind of cryptic, Jack. Hopefully it gets enough of the point across though.]

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I'm not brilliant, but I'm willing to give it a try. What exactly do you need?

As long as you're not terrible, you're more than welcome. It's a pretty specific request, after all. I could bore you with a pretty long explanation of the why's and how's or I could just come out and say that I'd be asking for a ring, I guess.

[Jack Harkness, awkward at relationships? Never...]

Edited (phoooone o999) 2014-04-16 05:50 (UTC)

I can do that. It might take a bit of time, to make sure I get something that's ...well, it's an important thing to get right.

Does the type of metal matter?

I don't think so? Something nice but sturdy. I don't think he's allergic to anything.

We could meet up, if you want. I've got a measurement for the size, at least. [Which he may or may not have taken while Ianto was sleeping. ~~Because that's not creepy at all or anything, Jack.~~]

I've got most of my equipment down on the flight deck. We can sketch out a few ideas and I can show you the metals I've got handy.

[And in the time it will take Jack to get down there, Harry can tidy up his slightly disastrous magical experimentation area. There are warning signs.]

I've got time if you've got it. I'll meet you there?

[Jack may or may not be chomping at the bit here to get this done ~~before he loses his courage~~.]

See you soon.

[And in due course, Harry will have tidied up his corner of the shuttle bay and set out a few different hunks of metal. He doesn't have gold or silver, but he can put a non-reactive sheen on just about anything.]

[That's okay the sturdier the better as far as he's concerned.

Jack makes his way down to the shuttle bay, a more familiar scene now that he's switched jobs to straddle the Engineering and Flight Crew both. He flashes the other a charming smile as he approaches.]

Hey. [Out of habit - military habit, no doubt - he reaches out a hand to shake Harry's in greeting.] Thanks for doing this.

[Harry always enjoys being useful, but as Jack reaches out and they shake hands, his posture shifts to one that's a great deal more relaxed and genuinely pleased to see him.]

It's no trouble, really. I've been learning how to bend metal into gaskets and bolts for the shuttles. A ring ought to be easy in comparison. Do you have a design you want or just a plain band?

[Jack shakes his head. He has the image of the ring he wants in his mind, and it's really nothing all that complicated.]

A plain band should do nicely. Nothing too fancy, he wouldn't care for a design I don't think. As long as it's shiny, and, well. Obvious. [He grins, slightly sheepishly.

[Harry nods and instead of sketching something out on paper or on a tablet, he gestures with his wand and spreads out what looks a bit like a translucent tablecloth. Then, with just his bare hands he begins to mould and shape the substance.]

Like this?

[It's a plain, unmarked band.]

Or would you rather this?

[Also, fairly plain but with a bit of faceting around the edge.]

[Jack shakes his head at the second one.] Honestly, I don't think he'll want too much attention drawn to it. Plain and simple should do the trick - he isn't really one to wear jewelry, not usually. But with a nice shine, if you can. It is still a wedding band, after all. And comfortable.

[He reaches in his hand and pulls out a piece of paper that he used to get Ianto's exact measurements.] This should be the right size.

No problem.

[It really isn't an issue. Harry's been experimenting with what he can do and if he's able to make a self-sealing stembolt, a ring won't be a problem.]

If you want, I can put a charm on it? So you can always find it or record a message?

[This has Jack thinking suddenly, and it takes him a moment before he can really respond.]

What... What could you do for protection for the wearer?

Most of it would need magic to activate or at least be worn by a wizard. I can make it so that the ring never catches on anything, which is a danger, but really there's not too much I can do, but...

[Harry tilts his head to one side and runs through all the charms he can think of and dearly wishes he'd had a chance to actually talk magic with Lily.]

I could do a sort of call and response? If I made two. Or a ring and something else.

Call and response? [Jack's more than a little intrigued. He perhaps shouldn't be as presumptuous as to get two rings made at the moment, but a ring and something else might do the trick. That is, if he's thinking he's understanding Harry right, here.]

Two items, made from the same metal, with a core of something that can hold a magical charge. I could set it up so that one of you could 'ping' the other, just to know that someone's there.

[He's certain he can set it up to do that for non-wizards.]

And, if you want, I can leave the charm open enough so that if you've got a wizard handy, you can use it like a game of hot and cold. Like a compass. Just in case the hallways decide to lead us on a merry chase.

[Jack's got his eyebrows raised. Color him intrigued. That ping could come in handy, especially if he and Ianto set up some sort of code for it together. And tracking. That could be more than a little useful as well.]

When you say a magical charge, are we talking something that needs to be re-upped, like a battery? Or will it be self-sustaining? [Because that will be useful. Especially if, you know. He happens to lose his resident wizard, or it fades out at the most inopportune moment.]

I think I ought to be able to have it self-sustaining, or at the very least, to run without a recharge so long as I'm alive.

[ Harry is already mentally sketching out ideas. He makes a gesture like he unrolling a map and a shimmering translucent plane appears to hover in air and then he's able to 'write' on it, jotting down notes and ideas. It's a portable, wizarding whiteboard. Of sorts. ]

Self-sustaining would be good. I'd hate to have it run out at the worst of times due to some sort of hangup that we haven't thought through here. [Jack wisely doesn't say that maybe they don't make comparisons with it in terms of his lifespan as they don't know how long that will be. It's one thing to think it. It's another thing to say it. He may be immortal but he does know how to be sensitive about these things.

He watches as Harry brings out his magical whiteboard and writes on it in the air. He's seen technology that does almost the same sort of thing, but it's another thing to see the ability conjured out of thin air, as it were. He wonders what life would be like if he were born with the same sort of powers and abruptly quits wondering. Life, he can imagine, would have been equally as difficult, just in different ways.]

I can easily tie it to my lifespan, that's easy, but anything else is a bit of a challenge and I might not be able to get it to work. For now, let's do that and I'll keep tinkering?

[ He has no idea how long it could take him to devise a charm that will continue on and he doesn't want to leave them without a ring for some indefinite period. ]

[Jack nods. He can question Harry about the charm later - maybe even get him to tie it into his lifeforce somehow. It would be kind of risky, and difficult to explain without explaining to Harry the whole fixed point business, but he'll manage somehow. For now he'll let the young man keep tinkering away.]

Anything else you need from me?

No, I think I've got it. I'll get the ring to you soon. Let me know if he likes it?

[ Sorry, Jack, but Jason's seen "charming" too many times from someone else to fall for it. ]

Aren't you friendly? Though I figure this "friend" of yours is luckier than most.

[He would apologize, but. That would require being sorry.]

Luckier than most? What makes you say that?

[Oh, the smile that he is giving you right now.]

[ Jason's resting his chin in his hand as he gives Jack an amused look. Definitely - this one'd be perfect friends with Dick. ]

"Friend" is usually code, from experience. They probably know on a very intimate level how good you are at things. Am I getting warm?

[Jack crooks a smile. Oh, he likes this guy. Not afraid to skip beating around the bush here.]

I'd say you're pretty hot. [Annnnnnd a little wink for effect on that double entendre. Because seriously, you walked right into that one. He doesn't want to scare him off, though, so he backs down, shaking his head.]

Good guess. Although the whole wanting to acquire him a ring thing was probably a pretty big hint.

[Oops that just slipped right out there.]

[ That's Jason: to the point. ]

Wow, you're good at this. [ His grin grows at Jack's little wink. What can Jason say? He works hard so he can play even harder. ]

So how long have you kids been here if you're planning on popping the big one?

[A good reaction to the flirting? Wow, now he really likes you, Jason.

At the question he raises his wrist, flashing the number nano-tattooed there. 001-003.] It's been about thirty jumps now. Not that I've been counting, or anything.

Anyway, the big one's already been popped. The ring is more of an afterthought. A tradition. [He shrugs.] What can I say, I'm an old-fashioned romantic. And at least this way, there's no danger of a "no" in response. [he can't help adding, with a cheeky grin]

[ Jason takes a second to look down at the tattoo on his wrist, even though he's memorized the number by now: 030-156. This has been going on that long? He looks back to Jack and his smile's a little fainter now. ]

By the sound of things, wedding fever's in the air. But I guess anything to keep from going crazy, right? [ He shrugs. ]

Congrats.

Thanks. Although the fever had less to do with it than you might think. Don't worry, as far as I know, we won't be throwing any big to-do's. That whole thing can get a little tiring after a while.

It's Jack, by the way. Captain Jack Harkness. [A grin spreads itself across his face.] Figure I should at least know the name of the guy I'm speaking to, yeah? There are less of us aboard here than you might think.

*((ooc: my apologies for the lateness here! the end of the month plot totally got away with me last month, and things are just now settling down. i'd totally understand if you'd rather not continue this bc of the timing, but if that's the case, would you like to do something more recent to make up for my error?))

Jason Todd. [ His expression continues to ease by small degrees. This guy's about as sunny as Dick, and as much as Jason hates to admit it, somewhere deep down, there had been something he had admired there in the past. ]

So "Captain." Military?

( ooc; Not a problem. I'm good with backtagging and we can always handwave things if you need to. )

Royal Air Force. [Because the American accent really sounds like he should have been fighting in the Queen's forces, right? He lets that sink in for a moment, before he continues to say:] Volunteer.

((ooc: i am a master back-tagger, so if you are alright with that then i am happy to continue here <3 i hope to not leave that much time in between tags from now on, i apologize again, i got lost writing an app for a character with no wiki to help write the history and suddenly it was a week and a half later when i finally emerged from it sob))

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