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[Private to Ianto]

That's not it at all, babe. I didn't mean just that comment. I meant this whole thread. Both of us. It was...intense and desperate and...good, I think.

You didn't sound insincere at all.

[Private to Lorne]

Oh. Well, good. Intense is good.

Perhaps we are a little desperate. We're so close to getting what we want but so much could still go wrong.

[Private to Ianto]

Don't say that, babe. It's going to work out. It is.

[Private to Lorne]

I hope so. I feel a bit like throwing salt over my shoulder, though.

[Private to Ianto]

You're making me a little nervous here. Got something on your mind?

[Private to Lorne]

Celtic melancholy, probably. Or that I'm just not used to being happy.

[Private to Ianto]

Oh, darling.

Start getting used to it now. I don't think I could stand it if you came all the way out here and you were unhappy just because you weren't used to being happy.

Is there anything I could do right now to make you happy?

[Private to Lorne]

I'm trying to, love. I am. It just seems like every time I think I'm getting what I want everything starts going wrong.

Tell me you love me. Tell me you believe in me.

[Private to Ianto]

Oh, babe, that just kills me. I want you to be happy. You know that, right? More than anything else, I want you to be happy.

And I love you so much. And I believe in you.

[Private to Lorne]

I know you do. You do make me happy.

Like I said, Celtic melancholy. It's all the rain.

[Private to Ianto]

You're sure? You're really doing okay?

[Private to Lorne]

Yes. I'm really okay.

I'll tell you something. At Torchwood 1 they gave us psychic training--mostly so we could fend off unwelcome communication. But it gives me vivid dreams and sometimes I pick up on things and I don't quite know what or why. There's just been an undercurrent lately. I feel it.

[Private to Ianto]

Okay.

Like you're having some sort of premonition?

You should definitely put that on your application. Both the Wraith and the Asurans can sort of probe people's minds. Having some kind of defense against that would be a great asset.

[Private to Lorne]

No, not a premonition. It doesn't work like that. It's just . . . if people start feeling things strong enough I start feeling them too. I don't always know why--I'm not even sure who this is coming from. I never was very good at control.

I'll remember to do that.

[Private to Ianto]

You feel other people's emotions? God, I can't even imagine that. I have a hard enough time with my own most of the time.

[Private to Lorne]

If they're feeling things strongly enough, yeah. And things have been so rough fore everyone lately, I shouldn't be surprised. I suppose.

[Private to Ianto]

Yeah, you guys have had a pretty rough week.

Anything I could do to help?

[Private to Lorne]

You're doing it, love. You're here, that's the important thing.

[Private to Ianto]

Good. I'm always available to talk about nothing, if that's what you want.

[Private to Lorne ]

I love talking to you about nothing.

Is Atlantis observing Halloween?

[Private to Ianto]

Depends who you ask.

Some people are ignoring it completely, and some others want to have a big party. It's unclear at this point who's winning.

[Private to Lorne]

I vote for a party. Dressing up and eating too many sweets are a fun way to pass the night.

I'm going to Near and Matt's party. Sam's trying to convince me to dress up as a redneck.

[Private to Ianto]

But what would we dress up as? We don't exactly have a costume shop in the city.

Damn, I wish I were going too. Think you'll black out a tooth for that? Wear a mullett wig?

[Private to Lorne]

Oh, that's true. No native costumes you could borrow?

*laughs* Sam said if I wear jeans and carry a can of Pabst Blue Ribbon I'd be fine.

I don't know, though--I was thinking of wearing a tuxedo and carrying a martini and saying I was James Bond.

[ooc: Bedtime. ZzzzZzz.]

[Private to Ianto]

They mostly go for leather pants and cotton shirts. I don't know if they do costumes as such. I could ask Teyla or Ronon, I guess.

That would actually work. In Virginia, they call PBR with lime a redneck on vacation.

Ooh...if I were going to be there, that would be my vote.

[ooc: Goodnight.]