[Voice/Failed private call to Ianto and Jack.-Backdated to yersterday]

[clockmaster]

Ey, this is Hakuba. Where are you two?

The weevil that was left in autopsy yesterday is just bones now. No flesh, no organs..I don't know how it happened it was a normal corpse 15 minutes ago. As normal as a dead alien's corpse can be anyway.

I think that something come through the Rift, the computers gone crazy and Myfanwy is in hysterics. Remember me who had the great idea of keep a Pteranodon as a pet? Nevermind.

I don't know what is it yet, I just saw a shadow. I'm locking the Hub to be sure it won't get away.

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[timey_wimey]

... oh, you're not.

[Voice forever]

[clockmaster.livejournal.com]

Uh..what..Ten?

[Also voice, now! :>]

[timey_wimey]

Yep, that's me, the one and only.

You know, for someone who's so clever, you can be astonishingly thick. Now, listen to me very carefully and answer me, because your life may depend on this; how many shadows do you have?

Voice assumed furevah :D

[clockmaster.livejournal.com]

That was supposed to be a private channel but more the merrier when it comes to help.

How many shadows..? One, of course.

Voice~

[timey_wimey]

Your lock failed. Sorry and all that.

Right, good, that's good. Keep an eye on it. Actually, scratch that, keep an eye on all the shadows, every last one of them, and whatever you do stay out of the shadows, you got that? Not a foot, not a finger, not even your own shadow. That thing in the hub, that shadow, isn't a shadow. It's Vashta Nerada.

[clockmaster.livejournal.com]

It's alright, it happens offten.

I never heard of the Vash..[Have a loud sound of an angry Pteranodon.]...I think Myfanwy did, she started flying around and trying to get out. What are those things?

[timey_wimey]

They're living shadows. Or well, they're not shadows, they just look like them. That shadow you saw is a swarm of tiny microscopic beings that can strip flesh from bone in seconds, and once they get ahold of you, you're already dead. There's usually not many on Earth, they just live off roadkill, but if that lot you've got came through the Rift, we could have problems depending on where they came from.

[clockmaster.livejournal.com]

Joy, we always get the most funny things. I wonder when we would get a nice hugging people alien for a change.

I will turn all the lights on and try to keep them inside here. If they manage to get outside they would kill everybody.

How do they reproduce?

[timey_wimey]

Spores inside trees. The spores take hundreds of years to germinate and hatch which is why they can go undetected for so long.

[clockmaster.livejournal.com]

Spores...[he curses under his breath.] Don't tell me that we will need to burn down the hub because of this.

[51stcentury]

What? What is it, Doctor? Do you know what's going on here?

((Let's say that Jack either can't read the other comment thread, or hasn't noticed it. He wants to hear himself directly what's going on. 8P;;))

[timey_wimey]

Oh, I do. It's Vashta Nerada, Jack. Microscopic piranhas of the air that travel in swarms.

[51stcentury]

Shit. Really? I didn't think those things actually existed.

...Hakuba's tripped the lockdown. That means nothing's getting out of here, including us. ...If you've got any great ideas on how to deal with these things, now's a really good time to be sharing them.

[timey_wimey]

Most people don't, because the people who do run into them usually... well, you know.

Right, yes, dealing with them! What's the lighting like down there? The more lights you've got up and the better lit everywhere is, the better, it makes them easier to spot. More to the point, does this lockdown stop a TARDIS from getting in?

[51stcentury]

Thanks. Well, I guess it's better to know that than not to.

Yeah, about the lighting down here. There's kind of something about a secret underground base that makes everything pretty shadowy and generally poorly lit. But no, the lockdown doesn't stop the TARDIS from getting in. We'd have to trip the Time Lock for that kind of level of security, and I haven't taught Hakuba how to do that yet. Why, Doctor? What do you suggest doing?

[timey_wimey]

Knowing is half the battle, usually.

You humans and your underground bases, you don't half make things more difficult for yourselves! And well... Vashta Nerada, Jack. There's no way around it, when you're up against that, you just run. The one time I ran into them I was able to negotiate with them a bit, but that can only get you so far, and it's a little more difficult when they don't have any way of talking to me this time round. I dunno, I could try and get them off-planet, back to the Library with their own kind, but the thing about planet Earth... there's a lot of meat here.

[51stcentury]

Perhaps.

And hey! Usually an underground base is a lot safer and more secret than, let's say, a giant skyscraper. Not a wise decision on Torchwood One's place, in my opinion. And I don't know, isn't there some way that we could maybe get them here? Like, a flame thrower or something? If we could somehow attract them all to one place?

[timey_wimey]

Oh yeah, it's all about extremes with you lot, isn't it? And what would you do with them once you've got them all into one place? Herd them into a pen?

[clockmaster.livejournal.com]

Jack, where are you?

[51stcentury]

Down in the lower level archives. Ianto'd found an artifact that needed further explanation before he could categorize it. And for once, I'm really not making that up, either.

[clockmaster.livejournal.com]

[A short pause, but a pause.]

I trust you, Jack.

I'm in the upper level with a very angry dinosaur and you know how much I love reptiles.

[ooc: for the record, reptiles are to Hakuba what fishes are to Kaito.He freaks out. :|]

[51stcentury]

Honestly, Hakuba, would I lie about something like that? Ianto would, but me?

Yeah, yeah, I know. Look, we'll try making our way up there in a second, but first, get yourself somewhere bright, like... Turn on all the lights you can find in the work area and stay put. I don't need to worry about you on top of trying to get Ianto and I both out of this mess, got it?

[clockmaster.livejournal.com]

True, you wouldn't, more like the opposite.

I turned on all the lights already, I'm getting blinds but it makes easy to spot the shadows. The problem is that Myfanwy is flying around and her shadow moves.

[51stcentury]

Damn it, I forgot about Myfanwy...

Alright, go into the mainframe system control. The password is Rhea Silva. There's going to be an option there to open the exit from Myfanwy's cage. She's got cloaking and tracking devices, so she shouldn't be too much trouble letting her out. I'd just rather see her safe than have her end up food to these bastards.

[clockmaster.livejournal.com]

[You can hear him moving as he does what it's said, the cage opening and Myfawny flying away in a rush.] Done, we will find her later. I hope she doesn't cause much trouble.