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buckle_berry hosted a Valentine's Day cardathon, whereby participants made in-universe Valentine's cards and sent them to each other via post.I am going to assume that this is the reason for the delightful thing that appeared in my inbox last night! I thought it would be snail mail, but considering the pairing email would of course make all kinds of sense. :D It was all wonderfully formatted as well, which alas I have not the know-how to reproduce accurately, but it went something like this:
TORCHWOOD Internal Memorandum
To: All
From: Ianto Jones
Date: 14/02/2008
Re: Care and feeding of pterodactyl
Could whomever keeps moving the feeding trough to the left of the mail centre, please cease and desist? I have had to rescue the daily papers twice this week, and the basket of biscuits (sent to us by that nice woman we rescued from the Weevil last month) has been decimated. And not by Owen, for once. Need I remind you all that shortbread is not on the list of recommended dietary requirements for pterodactyl?
To: Ianto
From: Jack
Date: 14/02/2008
Re: Care and feeding of pterodactyl
Do you know if our darling pet interfered with yesterday's internal mail?
To: Captain Jack
From: Ianto Jones
Date: 14/02/2008
Re: Care and feeding of pterodactyl
I believe so Sir. Was there something you needed re-sent?
To: Captain Jack
From: Ianto Jones
Date: 14/02/2008
Re: Care and feeding of pterodactyl
Unfortunately it was a rather unique piece of mail. Intended for you. And you can save the Sir talk for outside the office.
To: Jack
From: Ianto
Date: 14/02/2008
Re: Care and feeding of pterodactyl
If it was the report on yesterday's mission, Gwen has already emailed it to me. Alternatively, it may be in one of the pterodactyl's usual hiding places. It seems to prefer the pipes leading out of the kitchen. And I think I saw some envelopes stuck in its nest near the exhaust fan.
To: Ianto
From: Jack
Date: 14/02/2008
Re: Care and feeding of pterodactyl
It was mail of a more personal nature. I will investigate those hiding places. But on the offchance that it takes a few days to locate it, I'd like to wish you a very happy Valentines Day. Did you know that when you compose scolding memos you get a lovely flush on your cheeks? And that I have sent the rest of the team on an overnight mission? If you are free for a one-on-one meeting, I'd like the opportunity to show you just how much I appreciate you. In and out of the office.
To: Jack
From: Ianto
Date: 14/02/2008
Re: Care and feeding of pterodactyl
Yes, Sir. I'll get the ruler and the stopwatch. And I look forward to receiving the mail. Though I'm quite happy with the male I have.
To: Ianto
From: Jack
Date: 14/02/2008
Re: Care and feeding of pterodactyl
That was a terribly cheesy comment. I approve! Now get your cute ass down here.
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*squees* Oh, that made my day when I logged in to see that this morning. Mystery sender, thank you so much, what a brilliant idea, I am thrilled to bits!
Also, somewhat hilariously, I initially thought this was an official BBC email, as I get emails for the online mission thing they're running. And then I read down a bit and decided that possibly not so much! Hahaha.
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ETA: EEEEEE!!!
morebliss is possibly the greatest person ever, because in fact the above was an additional gift, as she thought the card she'd sent me in the post was going to be late! Which it was, it came today straight from Myfanwe's clutches and now I definitely feel like a couple of snippets of the Torchwood universe have floated through the Rift over to me, or something.I wish to goodness I could find my camera to take photos and show the beauty, but here is my best approximation of the card, though I fear I cannot fully capture the AWESOME.
The card is the inner square of that photograph by Robert Mapplethorpe, and on the back there's information about the artist - to take a couple of excerpts, he "began taking photographs of friends and acquitances ... and members of the S&M underground ... In 1988 he established the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation ... to fund HIV/AIDS research and related projects."
Jack would approve, y/y?
And then, on the inside, in the most beautiful handwriting, such that it is now entirely canon in my head that Jack has lovely writing, is the following:
Dear Ianto,
In China the lily means 'forever in love'. In Greek mythology it stood for 'tenderness'. The photograph on this card has been described as 'starkly sexual' & 'erotic'.
For all these reasons it seemed an appropriate image to give you. Also, it's very pretty.
Happy Valentine's Day.
Love From Jack
xo
P.S. I hope you wear your cute suit tonight, but not for long.
... That puddle on the floor? Would be me. Oh, Jack!
morebliss, thank you so, so much, this is fantastic and I really appreciate the effort that went into it!