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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[protect-them.livejournal.com]

... what the bloody hell are you on about, Owen?

[itsadeadmansparty]

Do you like how I am in 2010?

[protect-them.livejournal.com]

...... not especially, no.

[itsadeadmansparty]

Why? Am I not as charming?

[protect-them.livejournal.com]

So how'd you figure it out?

[itsadeadmansparty]

I'm in 2007, Gwen. It wouldn't make any sense unless I'm not around in 2010. None of it would. You three were surprised to see me here. Jack made comments. Ianto acted like a twat. You were... you. I'm not stupid, you know.

[protect-them.livejournal.com]

None of us think you're stupid.

[itsadeadmansparty]

But you were hoping I was, weren't you? You were probably crossing your fingers just hoping I'd be dumb enough to not quite catch all the little inconsistencies, the occasional past-tense usage, all that.

[protect-them.livejournal.com]

Shut it, Owen. We did not hope for such a thing.

[torchwoodteaboy]

"Figure it out"?

[itsadeadmansparty]

Just tell me this - it's not a Weevil, is it? I'd hate for it to be something run of the mill.

[torchwoodteaboy]

Is what a Weevil? I have no idea what you're on about.

[Ianto chooses to play dumb here, although it's almost physically painful for him to do so]

[itsadeadmansparty]

Oh, God, it's going to be a Weevil, isn't it?

[torchwoodteaboy]

What are you talking about? [How the hell is he going to keep this up? It seems almost stupid to try, but. He doesn't want to submit and let Owen know that he's right. At least about the dying part, that is.]

[itsadeadmansparty]

Oh, for crying out loud, Ianto. Don't be so stupid.

[torchwoodteaboy]

Alright. Fine. What do you want me to say, Owen? Really, what?

[itsadeadmansparty]

I want you to tell me if I'm right or wrong.

[51stcentury]

...okay. You've got me. What the hell are you talking about, Owen?

[itsadeadmansparty]

"Well. If I had any doubt that this was really you, I certainly don't have any now. It's good to see that you'll always be as much of a bastard to future me as you are to past me."

Do you see anything weird about that statement of yours, Jack?

[51stcentury]

Not really, no.

[itsadeadmansparty]

Something in that comment hints at the idea that I'm not around to be a bastard to you in the future. You don't see it?

[51stcentury]

Nope. Can't say that I do.

[itsadeadmansparty]

Care to reassure me that that's not the case, then?

[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.