With the ability to travel in time, Jack foud he really wished he could go back a couple seconds and clamp his hand over Logan's mouth. The announcement of marriage was likely to go over poorly with John.
But then there were the magic words. Artifact from 8302819. His mouth practically watered. Jack kept it all in check, though, and shook his head.
"Bad idea," he said, then looked at Logan and Joe and Dale in turn. He knew what he should do- but damned if he didn't crave another trip. John was psychotic, but there was no question that he could be fun when he wanted to be.
"I can't go without them, and they're civilians," he repeated, sounding more than a little disappointed. "Unless..."
He looked at his companions and smiled.
"It's not a good thing that anything from 8302819 is anywhere on Earth before 3476. Do you guys...I mean, we could just stay here and have fish and chips and find a hotel, or we could do another jump and you could see Victoria's London," he said. He'd always been so much better at the whole temptation thing than John.
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Date: 2009-09-10 01:07 am (UTC)But then there were the magic words. Artifact from 8302819. His mouth practically watered. Jack kept it all in check, though, and shook his head.
"Bad idea," he said, then looked at Logan and Joe and Dale in turn. He knew what he should do- but damned if he didn't crave another trip. John was psychotic, but there was no question that he could be fun when he wanted to be.
"I can't go without them, and they're civilians," he repeated, sounding more than a little disappointed. "Unless..."
He looked at his companions and smiled.
"It's not a good thing that anything from 8302819 is anywhere on Earth before 3476. Do you guys...I mean, we could just stay here and have fish and chips and find a hotel, or we could do another jump and you could see Victoria's London," he said. He'd always been so much better at the whole temptation thing than John.