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[sometimes_boe]

[Hello, City, this is your captain speaking..only he doesn't sound his usual self. In fact, he sounds terrible and if he sounds this terrible, you can be certain he looks just as bad.]

You know..funny thing about being immortal: you don't really get sick...ever.

I guess two-hundred-ish years of a clean bill of health have finally caught up with m- [Somewhat distant coughing fit as he tries to hold the device away. His voice only sounds worse when he starts speaking again.]

...either I've forgotten what a cold feels like or this is some super-cosmic cold out to kill me.

So...don't suppose anyone's got some magic cold-curing ideas from their home worlds? This isn't exactly something I'd like to suffer through over the next week or so.

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[coyote_walking]

Mercy made her way in with a cup of hot tea.

"Hey you. You should be in bed, not on the Network."

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[sometimes_boe]

He covers his mouth with his arm with another round of coughing.

"...I ccan multitask."

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[coyote_walking]

"Oh yes," Mercy said, attempting to herd him back to the bed. "Clearly this is helping you."


She stopped and put her hands on her hips. "What do I need to do to get you back into bed?"

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[likesavantgarde]

[welp. They are going to have something to discuss later. Little hold outs of pretty big bits of info like this. But right now, Ianto is fixing soup.]

It might not feel like it now, but I think you'll live. In the meantime, get back to bed, try to get a bit of rest. I'll bring you soup.

[iwasherefirst]

[Rose actually still thinks Jack is immortal as well.]

Maybe it's a curse today?

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[sometimes_boe]

[He's always getting in trouble.]

Thanks, Ianto.

[sometimes_boe]

[Oops. He's just getting in trouble with everyone today.]

That would be nice. I don't want to feel like this longer than I have to.

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[sometimes_boe]

"Well, I'd say a kiss, but I don't think that would be the best idea, considering. How about a bedtime story?"

He smirks but gets back into bed anyway.

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[coyote_walking]

Mercy tucked him in, then curled up next to him. "I can do that. What do you want the story to be about?"

[iwasherefirst]

[Not in trouble really. In fact, it might be something of a relief to her. Making someone immortal is a lot to be responsible for.]

Sorta just wait 'round 'til midnight I guess. Have you got tea and soup?

[valentineluke]

Didn't know you were so long lived.

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[sadandsingle]

[Tosh has only been here for a day, and she's still a little bit put out about, um, everything.]

You think a cold is bad, try being shot in the stomach.

[designedtoparty]

Try telling that to my power. It seems to have no problem letting me come down with man flu and various STDs.

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[likesavantgarde]

[a few minutes later, the door opens and Ianto is carrying a bowl of soup with one hand and a hug in the other.]

Soup, tea. Just what the doctor ordered. I made it myself.

[he sits on the edge of the bed and hands Jack the bowl. Just to be sure:] Is this another curse?

[negativegate]

It's only a week. Do what regular mortals do and deal with it until it's over.

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[leathered]

What have you been up to, Captain?

[ He sounds amazed. ]

[oceantrauma]

...you're immortal? Those exist in your world?

As for colds, tea and soup will help some of the symptoms, if you can find proper cold medicine here in the City.

[likeabreath]

There were still plenty sick when all of humanity was immortal, Jack.

I'll fix something and bring it by later, if you want.

[sometimes_boe]

You know that wasn't the same thing. That wasn't immortality.

[sometimes_boe]

Was. And it wasn't a common thing, even in my world.

I think my 'loved ones' are going to drown me in tea and soup at this point.

[likeabreath]

I know.

You need rest, Jack. That's really the best medicine.

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[sometimes_boe]

[Sounding a bit like a child caught doing something he's not supposed to.]

Ah, Doctor. We never did get that drink, did we?

Long story short: I got zapped with immortality, lived for nearly 200 years, went back in time and...well..sort of lived through another 2000 and then got the immortality sucked out of me. If that makes any sense.

[sometimes_boe]

Well that's hardly any fun.

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[sometimes_boe]

Thanks

[He takes a sip of soup before answering Ianto's question.]

If you mean the cold, I hope so.

...If you mean the 'I'm mortal' thing...no. I've been mortal for a few months now.

[sometimes_boe]

Really? That hardly seems fair. You live forever and still get sick?