Traces Through Time by Icarus (documentation challenge)

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Title: Traces Through Time (documentation challenge)
Author: Icarus
Website: Icarus Slash Fiction
Pairing: John/Rodney
Spoilers: Season one
Wordcount: ~4,000 (what?)
Summary: John reads Rodney's diary in an attempt to rescue him.
A/N: I love technology gone-wrong stories. I'll have this beta'd later, promise (stellahobbit? You still available?), but I was afraid I'd miss the challenge deadline. Beta'd! Thank you, stellahobbit.

Off-site link to story: Traces Through Time


Excerpt:



Object is roughly spherical; well, oblong to be precise, two m. in length. Emitting a low hum, barely audible. Return to lab for testing for–

Rodney peered at the Ancient device. He frowned as the pitch and volume of the sound increased, bordering on shrill. He continued tapping away on his PDA, pausing to make a quick note in Zelenka's notebook to save himself the trouble of emailing him later.

--scan for subsonic frequency emissions.

The pitch hit high 'C' and Rodney winced, tapping the device to turn it off. Then all the lights cut out, leaving only a faint greenish glow and he swore under his breath. "Could someone get those?" Rodney yelled.

There was no response from his team.

"The lights?! C'mon, man working here. You people are the help, so help." Exasperated, Rodney rolled his head and turned. . .

To find all of his equipment gone. His six-man science team missing. And a fine layer of dust once again all over the entire Ancient lab. The window that just a minute ago had overlooked the southeast pier and lapping blue waves, was now dimly green. And deep underwater.

Dismay slid across Rodney's face.

"Oh. This is not good."

Comments

[torakowalski.livejournal.com]

Aww, wow, I love time-travel stories and this one's great.

I love the idea of Rodney leaving something for John to remember him. But the idea of Rodney all alone for that long makes me feel so sorry for him!

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

But the idea of Rodney all alone for that long makes me feel so sorry for him!

If you think about it, he's a little alone now than he was before he left.

Icarus

[20thcenturyvole.livejournal.com]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! *muffles squees* Ooh, that hit my neardeathconfession!kink so nicely. Mmm.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

(Darn. My reply didn't post. Repeats self:)

Thank you!

Question: is the neardeathconfession eliade's list? Because you know, I think it should be.

Icarus

[affinity8.livejournal.com]

Oh, very nice. I liked it a lot. Poor Rodney, alone in the past. But now he's back. Woo hoo! Thank you for writing and sharing it.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

Poor Rodney, alone in the past. But now he's back. Woo hoo!

Safe and sound. I wonder where he's going to spend the night....

Icarus

[paranoidangel]

Aw, that's sweet. I can imagine Rodney quite enjoying himself at first, but not being able to use anything, just in case, must have been torture!

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Weirdly enough, it wasn't until later that Rodney started enjoying himself a bit. But that was mostly because of the food worries. He is so attention-starved now.

Icarus

[isiscolo.livejournal.com]

Yay, glad you're writing in this fandom. And time travel is one of my favorite devices.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I feel it's official. I've dipped my toes in a few short fics, wrote a longish SG-1/SGA crossover, and now... an actual fic in public.

Time to lure femmequixotic and cursive, right?

Icarus

[cetpar.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed this. And I'm very glad there was a happy ending. I wasn't sure there was going to be. I thought of 'Epiphany' when I read this, and how Rodney's experience could lead to greater understanding of what John went through, and vice versa. Thanks.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I'm a sucker for happy endings myself. Actually, I haven't seen 'Epiphany' so now I'm curious how they relate.

Icarus

[turtlespeaks.livejournal.com]

Wow. This was really good. I love Time Travel stories. Poor Rodney stuck there all alone, composing and writing love letters to John.

I wonder if John ever got to hear the music.

Fantastic work, really!

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

writing love letters to John.

Yes! That's exactly what this was: one long love letter to John (with occasional mentions of more practical considerations). *visualizes the rest of the letter*

As for the music, that would take some convincing.

Icarus

[zoerayne]

I love the little glimpses of Rodney that we see through his journal. Lovely story, thank you!

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I find myself picturing the rest of his journal.

Hopefully John's not too freaked.

Icarus

[svmadelyn.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I really enjoyed this. Thank you for writing!

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I really enjoyed this.

Fabulous. I always worry when I post a story, especially since this is a new fandom for me. *wipes sweat off brow*

Icarus

[casspeach.livejournal.com]

grr, lj ate my first reply.

I really liked this, both the very well voiced Rodney's diary snippets and the imagery of him, all alone and composing his symphony.

Very nice

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

grr, lj ate my first reply.

LJ did that to me today, too.

Thank you very much. Whew! Icarus scampers off. "Yay, they like it!"

Icarus

[amalthia]

wow this was wonderful. thanks so much for sharing.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Hi, thank you. *gives over contraband copy of Rodney's missive, minus the poetry, because revealing that would be too cruel*

Icarus

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Great story. Really well staged. Thanks.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

*beams* Thank you, and welcome to my world.

*hands you a menu*

Would you like some Rodney with that?

Icarus

[lillian78.livejournal.com]

Two of my all time favorite things (all right the white chocolate peanut butter popcorn combo of Dale and Thomas is still number one) would be be my OTP in the Stargate Atlantis fandom written by you. I just loved it needless to say. :-D

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

*blushes* So I take it you liked it?

Hey, did you read that Great Wall Of China fic? It's here in this community and beautifully done.

Icarus *gleefully rebels* *I was up all night writing*

[lillian78.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes and yes. It was well worth staying up for and writing. Wonderfully done. *loves*

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Fabulous.

I have to ask: what episode has John and Rodney wearing the white coats? I've been noticing your icon for a while now....

Icarus

[sp23.livejournal.com]

Great story. Poor Rodney. As much as he loves to talk you just know it was hell for him to be all alone and fearful of using too much energy so that he couldn't even do his beloved research. I think you really caught the hidden depths of Rodney's inner selflessness when he was willing to die alone in past-Atlantis rather than chance causing a fatal power drain in the future.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I think you really caught the hidden depths of Rodney's inner selflessness when he was willing to die alone in past-Atlantis rather than chance causing a fatal power drain in the future.

Oh. Thank you.

Yes, exactly so, there wasn't even a question for him. Except he really did struggle with his internal attempts to justify the use of the power by convincing himself he was just that essential to Atlantis.

But he forced himself to prove it, with numbers (pages of them), and the numbers didn't hold up.

Icarus

[kajikia.livejournal.com]

Ooo, cool idea. I enjoyed this. I liked how fast John & Rodney figured out what was going on--after that much time in the Pegasus galaxy, you probably don't waste a lot of time on rational explanations.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Hey, thanks.

I liked how fast John & Rodney figured out what was going on--after that much time in the Pegasus galaxy, you probably don't waste a lot of time on rational explanations.

It wasn't that long ago that they came face to face with Atlantis' time travel experiments, so they both knew it was possible. Rodney knew of course that he was experimenting with a time machine. John, well, he's just pretty quick on the update. Yellowed manuscript in Rodney's handwriting was pretty good clue though.

Icarus

[ruggerdavey.livejournal.com]

Dude. Wow. Very cool. I would have loved to read Rodney's electronic files too.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

We'd better hurry then, before he erases them. ;)

Icarus

[threnodyjones.livejournal.com]

Niiiiice. Very, very nicely done. Not overly dramatic nor overly detailed with emotions running amok. Very well paced. Excellent job with the characters, and the journal entries were extremely well done.

(And poor, exhausted Zelenka.)

Thank you very much for writing and posting this!

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Thank you, wow, you certainly know how to thoroughly review a story in a condensed way.

(And poor, exhausted Zelenka.)

I vill pet ze Zelenka. He worked so hard.

Icarus

[magickaldreamer.livejournal.com]

Is it bad that I want more? 'Cause I want more. I just love this.

Also, like 20thcenturyvole said before, the whole neardeathconfession!kink was hit very nicely.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

It's great that you want more. *g* Though at this point it's happily ever after -- or at least until the next emergency.

Icarus

feedback

[suzy_queue]

Oh, I loved this! Great story.

Re: feedback

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

Icarus

[not-sally.livejournal.com]

Wow, gorgeous!

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Coool, thank you!

Icarus

[j00j.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed this!

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

Icarus

[grey-bard.livejournal.com]

Poor Rodney! I wonder how long he was in the past? Sure, 17 hours on *this* end, but... Too bad that John never got to hear Rodney's music. I wonder if he ever will, or if Rodney will squirrel it away somewhere outside of the database and delete all public copies?

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Too bad that John never got to hear Rodney's music.

Well... John might be able to wheedle it out of him. If he's very, very good.

Icarus

traces through time

[laceymcbain.livejournal.com]

I liked the time travelling and that Rodney hid the papers in John's room. The moment when John almost hands them over to the science team was priceless. *g* Nicely done.

Re: traces through time

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

The moment when John almost hands them over to the science team was priceless.

Oh good, I'm glad that moment worked. Yeah, John's heart skipped a beat when he saw how close he came to giving away the store. A lot of what Rodney had in his notes were little observations about John that would make anyone start to wonder....

Icarus

[bibliokat.livejournal.com]

Oh wow! I think I've lost my descriptive words for the moment so let's just go with it's really really good!

I *love* the angsty-sweet image of Rodney sitting alone in an empty Atlantis composing a piano concerto for John. It put tears in my eyes. Thanks for the happy ending;)

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I *love* the angsty-sweet image of Rodney sitting alone in an empty Atlantis composing a piano concerto for John.

Rodney can be a bit of a mushball. But yes, I could never hurt them for long.

Icarus