Junkyard (Sunday Morning)

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Sam breathed in the slightly less than autumn-fresh air as she approached the junkyard. Her homework was done, Daniel was back (and humiliating himself in fine style, as was appropriate), and she could think of almost no better way to spend her lazy Sunday than by rebuilding the Harley she and John had found.

She climbed over discarded automotive parts, refrigerators, stoves, a sink and what appeared to be an infinite amount of tires until she reached her destination. She knelt down in front of the motorcycle and ran her hand along the exhaust pipe. Rust flakes fell to the ground in the wake of her motion, but she was already visualizing the shiny chrome.

"Right, then. Let's get to work."



ooc: Please feel free to harass her/join in!

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[names-ash.livejournal.com]

::stumbles into the junkyard, bags under his eyes, blood still dripping from his forehead, and an extraordinate amount of yellowy powder caked around his mouth::

::The Cap'n Crunch cereal that he's shoving into his mouth in huge handfulls probably has something to do with the powder::

::Walks over to the one living thing he sees::

Hey baby... want some cereal? ::laugh:: Or perhaps we should just cut straight to the sugar?

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Sam looked up and took in the sight standing in front of her. "No, thanks, I'm trying to quit. On both counts." Okay, I've seen insane people under alien control who looked more together.

"Um, Coach Ash? Are you okay? You're," she gestured to his head, "bleeding."

That didn't stop her from keeping a tight grasp on the wrench in her hands though.

[janet_fraiser]

"Hey, Sam," says Janet. She'd been taking a walk when she'd seen Sam in her natural environment--around mechanical objects. "How's it going?"

She saw Coach Ash out of the corner of her eye.

OOC: Couldn't think of an easy way to get in this without making it awkward. Works?

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

"Mass was cancelled," Elizabeth announced as soon as she saw Sam. "Chatted with Charlie for a bit, and then figured I'd head out here."

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Sam waved at Janet with a "well, it's no worse than usual," gesture of the wrench. "Hey, Janet. And, well, yeah..."


OOC: No, this is fine. Because, really, what would Janet be doing down there otherwise?

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Sam waved with the wrench. "Look who else was kind enough to drop by," she said, gesturing towards Ash.

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

Elizabeth grimaces. "How.. uh... nice?"

She sounds less than sincere.

[names-ash.livejournal.com]

::reaches up to his forehead::

::brings down his hand, and sees the blood::

Huh. Thought that might've stopped already.

::shakes the box of cereal::

Sure you don't want any? The Cap'n and the King have become bosom companions. And it totally doesn't cut the roof of your mouth, like some people would have you believe.

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Sam's grin is about as sincere as Liz's statement. "Isn't it? Such a...surprise."

"How was the run? I'm sorry I missed it, but I woke up late."

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

"It was good... went out to Galactica Point. Chatted with Cam and John," she smirks slightly evilly. "Woke Janet up by throwing water over here beforehand."

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"Oh, yeah, thanks, I'm sure." This guy might actually be the strangest guy on staff.

"So," she says, gesturing to his forehead, "how'd that happen?"

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"Okay," she says, still keeping one on on Ash and his cereal, "remind me not to sleep in your room if I actually want to sleep."

[names-ash.livejournal.com]

::stands, his lips mouthing the words as he thinks::

Uhhh... I got hit by a truck on Thursday. Yesterday! Saturday. Not Thursday. I coulda sworn it was Thursday yesterday. ::munches more cereal::

What're you doin' in junkyard, baby?

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

"One, it was Cam's idea. And two, I wouldn't have done it if she hadn't slept through all day yesterday," Elizabeth protests. "I'll make it up to her."

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"That's true," Sam said, giggling, "She slept through Daniel's virtuoso recital of Shakespeare's finest works."

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

"And our laughing and mocking, which I think is even more impressive," Elizabeth giggles.

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"Hit by a truck?" Sam motions Janet forward, hoping the woman has her medical supplies (and a large, pointy syringe full of sedatives) with her, even though that seems unlikely. "Should you be walking around? And...today's Sunday, if you're keeping track."

"I'm going to rebuild this Harley," Sam says, gesturing to the sad-looking and rusted piece of machinery in front of her.

[names-ash.livejournal.com]

::shrugs::

I figure if I shouldn't be walkin' around, I wouldn't be able to. ::eats another handfull of Cap'n Crunch, and brushe his hand off against his shirt::

Harley, huh? Motorcycle girl? Really like the feel of metal between your thighs, and all that? ::laughs, scratching his chin::

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"Okay, then. You're the *cough* adult, so I guess you know what's best for you."

She'd turn around and go back to work on the bike until he went away, but Janet and Liz are here and she's the one who knows hand-to-hand.

"Gearhead, actually,although at least the metal's reliable and turns on when I'm ready to go somewhere,"

She resists the urge to smack him in the overlarge chin with the wrench. He's a teacher, after all.

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"How'd the movie-watching go? Sorry I left early, but I didn't get much sleep Friday night. I needed to catch up."

[names-ash.livejournal.com]

Gearhead? That some weird new term for crack addict or something?

::starts chewing another handfull of Cap'n Crunch, open mouthed::

Cause if you're on drugs, it's my job as a teacher and a responsible adult to make sure you're taken care of, baby.

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

"To be honest, I don't think I saw much of the movie! Daniel was a much more interesting form of entertainment, and then even I went to bed before he was finished!"

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"At least you had nice poetry to sleep by," Sam grinned, then pointed to Ash. "Any ideas?"

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

She snickered. "Yeah, that was true."

Elizabeth looked at Ash. "Without getting into trouble for assaulting a teacher? Nothing much comes to mind unfortunately."

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Sam rolls her eyes behind his back. "No, actually...it just means..." Oh, how to put this... "that I like putting things together and taking them apart to see how they work. Kinda like Janet does, but without the blood and goo.."

"No drugs," she said raising three fingers of her right hand in the Scout oath position, "I swear."