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Who: John Sheppard, Ianto Jones & TJ!
What: Florida California Man introduces air-force medic to his roommate
When: Early in the month, when the new folk are waking up!
Where: Mess hall!
Warning(s): N/A


John had deferred the giant mech adventure for now -- since TJ was new and all, and it seemed like there was probably a lot of context and... general local information that might be beneficial to go over before plunging down in a time-frozen dystopia to tidy up after a dragon.

He's been evasive, which he feels a little bad about but overall he's not... quite sure he wants to open with 'oh, yeah, I was a branch of the US military which did space travel' right off the bat. It's meant to be classified, and sure he's... reasonably sure all that stuff no longer applies when Earth, New Lantea and probably all the other off-world bases have been eaten by the storm but --

But it's just such a long conversation, and people ask questions and he's tired and just wants to be normal for five minutes. So he's briefly mentioned Antarctica, Afghanistan, a vague summary of how he's flown in every continent and is currently idly going through 'my first adventure with the Natha' over a cup of tea and a plate of cheesy fries.

"So they finally beam us down to the planet," John is saying, "And this guy Voss is giving this twenty minute speech on how the Light of Thesa is a blessing or something and Thesa is a goddess who watches over them -- and I'm pretty sure the light is the teleport. But -- we're not meant to say, right? We've got to blend in. Pretend we're just local refugees even if we're all mismatched and weird. So --"

He pauses to take a sip of his drink, then something in his expression changes and he begins waving at someone behind TJ.

"Hey! There you are! TJ, this is Ianto Jones! Ianto, First Lieutenant Tamara Johansen -- Air Force. I was just giving her the delightful story of our first adventure out on the surface." Which was... definitely memorable, but John hasn't actually gone over all the more memorable bits and was probably planning to skip those. He glances back at TJ and flicks an idle smile. "Ianto's my roommate, he's in charge of telling me no. Ianto, sit!"

Apparently the 'no' part doesn't apply to things like diet choices. So Ianto should join them and eat more cheesy fries! They're in the middle of the table for a reason.

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[torchwoodteaboy]

Ianto glances up at the sound of John's voice calling out his name from across the room, though it takes him a moment to locate him. Especially because he isn't anticipating the other man having company at his table.

He takes note of the plate of cheesy fries in front of them as he approaches. Cheesy fries John, really? He supposes they must not be for special occasions after all. He hopes that he's offered her real food to eat on top of this.

Sliding into the offered seat, he sets his mug down in front of himself and reaches for one of the fries, shooting a sideways look at the other man at his words. Their first adventure on the surface? What part had he been detailing first, Ianto wonders darkly, the moment where they'd run into John's memory of his dying friend or the part where he'd had to shoot his cyber-possessed girlfriend in order to rescue them from the loop.

"Well. I do my best to try," he notes aloud. Pointedly, before turning to TJ with the flick of a smile. "Sorry, TJ was it? You were in the Air Force too then?" he asks curious as to whether John had known her from before. He'd never mentioned her name but then that meant next to nothing, since getting information out of John was like pulling teeth even at the best of times.