01 [LOCKED TO TORCHWOOD MEMBERS] I wish I could apologize, be dignified

[itsadeadmansparty]

Did you three really think I wouldn't figure it out?

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[51stcentury]

Owen, you're going to have to stop being this obtuse if you want answers.

[itsadeadmansparty]

No, I don't have to be, because you already know what the hell I'm talking about. You're not stupid, Jack, and you're not that oblivious.

[51stcentury]

Really. I don't see what's wrong with that statement. Honestly, I thought I was doing pretty well with hiding it from you.

[itsadeadmansparty]

Yeah. Well. Surprise!

[51stcentury]

Fine, alright? Fine. What do you want, Owen? A medal, for figuring it out, or something? A trophy? A pat on the back for a job well done, what?

[itsadeadmansparty]

I don't know what I want, Jack.

[51stcentury]

You must want something. What are you getting out of this, huh? What are you getting out of rubbing it in our faces that you've figured it out? Does it make you happy? Because it sure as hell doesn't have that effect on me.

[itsadeadmansparty]

I
I don't

Answer what Ianto can't. How long do I get?

[51stcentury]

Not nearly long enough.

[itsadeadmansparty]

[After taking three shots of straight whiskey:]

Bloody hell. And just as I was making friends.

[51stcentury]

Look. I'm sorry. You're the one who asked, alright? [Jack's upset now too, and so he's going to be pissy about it all. He missed Owen, he likes having him back, and this is not how he would've wanted things to go for the other man]

[itsadeadmansparty]

I know I'm the one who asked. What else could I do?

[51stcentury]

What do you want me to say, Owen? That I expected you to just accept this? That I was hoping you'd just ignore it? I knew exactly how you'd react, and I didn't want to subject you to this, not if I could help it, not where you are in the timeline, but. You figured it you. You always were too clever for your own good.

[itsadeadmansparty]

Clever is what I do best

I don't think I can talk to any of you any more.

[51stcentury]

Because we know what's going to happen?

[itsadeadmansparty]

Yeah. And because I'm making things worse.

[51stcentury]

Owen. You've got to be fair to us, too. I mean. If you want to ignore us, I guess that's your right. But we don't have you around here, anymore, and for you to do that to us... Wouldn't be the best of feelings, I can tell you that much.

[itsadeadmansparty]

This is fair to you. You already said it. I'm too clever for my own good, yeah? Well, give me a week and enough contact on this community and I could probably figure out the exact date of my death, the exact way, and then what if I try to change it? Jack, this is dangerous. I shouldn't have even asked. I knew I shouldn't have. But then people started asking me to make promises and I realized I had to know, and now I'm in enough trouble as it is.

[51stcentury]

I know it's dangerous. And I'm sorry. I really am. This... Things definitely didn't work out the way that I had expected them to, that's for sure.

[itsadeadmansparty]

Do they ever?

[51stcentury]

No, not really.