Week One
Day One - P4X-347
After Teal's had left Daniel turned to jack, "Well Loran said he has some of his fathers' research, from before he got addicted to the light, so I'm going to have a look at that"
"Ok Daniel you go research. Carter and I will have a look round, again."
Daniel and Loran went back to the room were Loran had been living and started to go through his fathers paper.
"So Carter, where do you want to start?"
Sam smiled at him "this one?" she said pointing to a random corridor.
They agreed to meet up later when Teal'c was due to return and then they all went there separate ways.
SGC
Teal'c did as Colonel O'Neill had asked and headed back through the Stargate.
General Hammond was there to greet him "Welcome back Teal'c. What's the situation?"
"SG1 will be able to return in approximately 3 weeks. If the device is turn of slowly then there should be no ill effects."
"That's good news. We'll get supplies sorted straight away"
"I request that I accompany the supplies as I am unaffected by the planet"
"Good thinking"
General Hammond put together enough supplies to last the 3 stranded SGC members, and Loran, and week. As well as food supplies Hammond also sent, sleeping bags, toiletries and spare clothes. If they were going to be there for 3 weeks then he wanted them to be comfortable as the situation allowed. He also sent instruction that he would be checking in them regualry, incase they wee in need of anything. Teal'c would also make a weeky trip with any further supplies.
P4X-367
Teal'c arrived back with the supplies General Hammond had sent. He stayed long enough to relay messages from the General and from Doctor Fraser before he headed once again through the gate.
The four of them had already decided were they were going to sleep. Daniel would share the room with Loran. It was a fairly large room so Daniel would take the opposite side to Loran. It had been at Loran's request that Daniel stay with him, he had been alone for quite some time and he would enjoy the company. Carter and O'Neill had found two smaller, neighbouring rooms that perhaps, once upon a time, had been bedrooms.
After moving all the supplies to a storage room they settled in for the night.
Day four
Being used to a daily routine on Earth meant that one was formed here quite quickly. They would meet in the main hall, where the stargate was, for breakfast and then Carter would amend the level in the light room. Loran and Daniel would spend the morning trying to translate the words in and around the light room while Carter and O'Neil explored some more. Then they would gather again around 1300 hours for lunch and discuss, if anything, what they had discovered. They would split up again after that, and gather once again for there evening meal.
"How's it going Daniel?" Jack asked.
"Good, I think. The writings definitely say to decrease in increments."
"Well that's good."
"Yes and no."
"Why 'no'?" O'Neill said, he hated it when Daniel was cryptic.
"Well, we were slightly off with the calculations. We may have to stay a little longer."
"How much longer Daniel."
"Another week or two."
"A week or two?"
"It's not that bad Colonel, not really, just think about how much more we can learn in the time we are here." Sam said trying to sound optimistic.
"Well if you put it like that Carter, I guess I don't have a choice" Not that he was complaining, not really anyway. He got to spend more time with Carter and that was definitely a good thing.
Day six
Things were going well on the planet. Since the light had been turned off there was no compulsion to stay in the room, although Daniel spent most of his time there anyway. There wasn't a lot of things Daniel could do except translate those inscriptions. It was nice for him to not have to rush anything; he could actually do his job properly for a change.
Loran was being very helpful. It had taken Daniel a while to persuade him that he could go in the light room with no ill effects. Sometimes they would translate and other times they would just sit and talk.
If Loran would be going back to Earth with them Daniel wanted to make sure he knew what to expect. This afternoon they sat and swapped stories from there home planets. Daniel told Loran about the many things that American teenagers could do, like baseball and American football.