Gathering Post

[londoncallingmods]

The best thing about London was that there was always something to do, no matter what your interests were. This weekend there was a jazz festival in Bloomsbury, an ale festival that would take you through a drunken train tour of the city, an African culture festival near Covent Garden, and several movie screenings, parties, and other pockets of fun.

Tourists were flooding in from all over, and many Londoners were slipping off to, or coming back from, their latest trips to Barcelona, Paris, or Ibiza. The weather was warm, and it had been fairly dry and sunny lately- Really, it was the perfect place to be right now. ...At least that's what anyone who wasn't heading off to some tropical wonderland would tell you at least.

As day faded into evening, bars came alive and shop windows lit up, inviting in tourists and locals alike. The city buzzed well into the night, calming only briefly in the morning, before bursting back into life again.

(Have your pup be anywhere in the city you like. This GP is intended to take place over the course of Sat and Sun, but will be open all week long! Remember to add your pup's tag after you tag in!)

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[logan_echolls]

Logan still thought it sounded like a problem, but he didn't argue. Even with his old memories woven in with the newer ones, he still didn't know half as much as Jack did about this stuff.

"Whatever, man. You want to go get something to eat?"

[im_torchwood]

"I'm famished. I'll eat anything," he replied. "What sounds good to you? We can go anywhere...I'm parked just over here."

[logan_echolls]

"Let's just go home and order pizza or something, or back to the hub- Wherever. I don't feel like dealing with a crowd," Logan said, slumping against Jack a bit as they walked towards the rig.

[im_torchwood]

"Had enough of people? I'm not going to protest having you all to myself," Jack grinned. "Pizza and home sounds good. We can watch a movie or something."

Or something with Jack tended o mean getting naked but he could see Logan was a bit down and he wasn't going to push anything on him.

[logan_echolls]

"Do you think we could get out of London for a while?" the younger man asked as they got into Jack's rig. "Maybe England too. ...Hell, I could kind of do without Earth for a while, to be totally honest."

[im_torchwood]

Jack turned over the engine but stayed parked, looking at Logan for a long moment.

"Is something wrong?" he asked gently.

[logan_echolls]

Logan shook his head, looking out the window, rather than at Jack.

"I just- I dunno. I guess I just sometimes feel like I don't fit in here. I have all these memories of all these places, and nothing feels right, you know? I keep trying to fit in, to watch boring soccer games, and read whatever books everyone's reading, but- God, it's all so boring. Aren't you bored?" he asked, turning his head to look at the other man finally.

"All the things we've seen- Aren't you bored, Jack?"

[im_torchwood]

"I have my work, it keeps me going," he said. "But yes...I know what you mean. This is...sedate. I like that it's safe and secure but it's boring."

[logan_echolls]

"So let's do something about it," Logan sighed. "Let's do something stupid. Let's- I don't know. Something. Anything."

[im_torchwood]

"Like what, go to someplace dangerous and try not to get killed?" Jack asked. "Or raid the Torchwood storage facilities and steal a ship and go to Jupiter? You dream big, Logan."

[logan_echolls]

"Maybe not that stupid," Logan replied flatly. "I can die now, remember?"

[im_torchwood]

The simple statement doused him with icy dread.

"I remember," he said quietly, chastened. It took a moment for him to speak again. "I...do know where Torchwood keeps ships..."

[logan_echolls]

"how pissed would they be if you took one though?" Logan replied, sighing a bit. "...Forget it, it's not worth the trouble, right?"

[im_torchwood]

"Are you kidding? Logan, I've been with Torchwood since the foundation almost. I wrote the requisition form. Of course I can get us a ship," he laughed.

[logan_echolls]

Logan raised a brow at that, falling silent for a moment as he thought about it.

"...Can we take the pizza with us? I really am hungry," he said finally.

[im_torchwood]

"No, but we can eat and then go," Jack said. "I'm going to have to work a little technical magic so let's get the pie and you can eat while I forge documents."

[logan_echolls]

"Alright," Logan agreed, nodding and seeming a bit less sullen.

[im_torchwood]

Jack headed for the pizzeria and handed Logan the Torchwood card to pay for it.

"You go in, get whatever. I'm going to hop in the back seat and get things in order."

He sounded so professional but in truth this was a heist. Outright stealing. He had no right to 'requisition' a ship and if they did get caught Torchwood was unforgiving. Which was exactly why Jack was so excited to do it.

[logan_echolls]

Logan only nodded, assuming Jack knew what he was doing as he slipped off to grab their dinner.

He returned fifteen minutes later with a large pizza box and two bottles of Orangina, climbing into the back with Jack he passed the other man one of the glass bottles as he popped open the box and grabbed a slice.

[im_torchwood]

Jack was tapping away, breaking into the secure system. Tosh had always been better at this but Jack knew his fair share. Passwords entered and pages opened and before long Jack had picked a ship, had it being prepped for transport to Wales, and everything was in order.

He took a slice.

"Stealing it is the easy part. Learning to fly it is going to be the challenge," he grinned.

[logan_echolls]

"I thought we weren't stealing," Logan snorted, rolling his eyes a bit as he devoured his first slice.

"I dunno if I remember how to fly, Jack. that might have to be all you."

[im_torchwood]

"We'll figure it out," Jack promised. He enjoyed his pizza, two slices even, then he wiped his fingers on a napkin.

"Let's get going. We'll be out before zero hour nine am."

[logan_echolls]

"Sounds good to me," Logan shrugged, eating another slice, then closing the pizza box up so he could move back to the front seat.

A small part of him felt guilty- Like he was pushing Jack to do something he knew he shouldn't. ...The rest of him, however, was just itching for a thrill.

[im_torchwood]

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