on the other side of the line

[twincityhacker]

"on the other end of the line" UnAuthorized Riff on jadesfire2808's The Key

London, 1978

Jill fucking hated that telephone. Her job was to re-route all the calls Torchwood One received to the proper department or person, and to get rid of the crank callers.

Not that there were many pranksters calling Torchwood, but some idiots just liked pushing the buttons.

Thousands of calls flashed though her board each day, but when it came to a starving man on the other side of the world, there was just... him trapped on an outpost and her trapped listening to his ramblings on the static-filled line. And Jill fucking hated that telephone.

Comments

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I like this. I notice it's locked at the moment - if you unlock it, could you let me know, so I can link to it? It goes really well with the others. Chilling and sad and just right.

[msp-hacker.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I wasn't sure on the exact manners of the situation, so I locked it.

[unfeathered]

Ooh, a very interesting addition to the 'verse! :-)

Poor Jill. Listening to Jack and, presumably, unable to talk to him!

(P.S. I love your banner!)

[msp-hacker.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Jill can talk to him - though, I'm not sure that talking at this point would make any party feel better!

...And I just realized that it's Jack and Jill here. *facepalm*

[unfeathered]

LOL. I didn't notice either :-)

[hellenebright.livejournal.com]

Very.....unsettling. Fits in very well.

[msp-hacker.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It struck me while reading "Antarctica" that since he had phone service to Torchwood that while his mind was wandering he might have started calling in reports ever few hours, not understanding that it wasn't the days that he was thinking it was.

[hellenebright.livejournal.com]

That seems horribly likely...

[hellenebright.livejournal.com]

BTW - just to let you know, I have recced this fic over at my journal

[laligin.livejournal.com]

Hellenebright recced it, and here I be. :)

Lovely tie-in. Very nicely done.

[msp-hacker.livejournal.com]

Thank you!