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"Hey" Jack said as he found Ianto in the stables with some kittens. Mid evening and Jack was bored.
"No, it's straw" Ianto said distractedly, then blinked and laughed at himself. Jack pulled him in for a kiss and Ianto sighed happily.
"So what now handsome?"
"Well, after that hello… bed?" Ianto suggested with an eyebrow waggle that made Jack's smile widen.
"Ho ho… I agree but I did mean… plans… ideas… chores?" Jack laughed.
"Ah. Myf is swimming with the kids before bed like a bath but with more fun involved. Toshiko is talking with one of the others from here about the possibility of creating a false wall at the entrance to the little valley. Back at the break in the cliff and the rock fall where we entered… maybe if we can sort out some sort of barrier that fools them into thinking it's a full rock fall and as we know they are shit at climbing over things… they will not climb over the rocks to see what is on the other side. They are most likely going to see the huge pile of rocks and move on." Ianto supplied and Jack was interested
"How?" he asked.
"Ask the mad wench tomorrow... right now.. I want to … dance… hello darling" Ianto said and Mica brushed past Jack with her arms out so her uncle could lift her and dance around the barn. Jack laughed at being caught out then blew a kiss as he sashayed away to get ready for "BED" with Ianto promising to follows soon.
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"So… like railway tracks?" Jack asked as he canted his head, drinking in her plans she had scribbled out on a piece of board at breakfast.
"Yes… we have the old railway trucks there… so… we make it like a door that is hinged one side, can roll on the tracks, back to let us in and out but when closed the rocks will all meet and it will look like the cave-in blocked it all off." Toshiko said.
Jack stood at the entrance they had passed through, easily able to fit a tank or two through and knew this was a wild idea that would be hard to pull off… but it was doable "Right… first of all the scale is off. Too much and the weight would be a pig to try and move. I suggest we cut it to a single lane in and out. We don't need to get wider than a tractor or bus right? So… we use that big bulldozer as our measure. We put real boulders up to where we feel is best, close in the entrance a bit more. Create the curved track… but the way … Alice is a licensed metal welder from her youth … we can then get a gate or door that swings back, when closed it mimics the rest of the rocks so it looks solid wall."
"Will still be heavy." Oscar said, looking from his bulldozer to the entrance.
"Do they all have to be real rocks?" Rhys asked suddenly "There are those huge polystyrene sheets that were packing for something… roofing or glass sunlights or something? Can't we use those and some expanding foam to create fake ones that are light? Glue on the surface and then small rocks and sand over them so they are the same colour as the rest? Then just the front ones most likely to be touched will be rock… half the weight just like that."
Oscar turned to stare at Rhys, looking him up and down "And… you… OK. OK… I like that. Yeah… we have a shit-ton of building supplies for the police station they were going to build to replace the one that burnt down. We have enough expanding foam there to be used to fill the walls… we can create light rocks and shit… I like that idea."
"Right… you three will be in charge of making the rocks" Jack said "Toshiko is in charge and you will need to find some helpers for the metal side."
"And Jack… you and I will use some of my kind to help move the huge boulders… we cannot have bulldozer tracks left in the dirt outside the wall or it will be pointless putting them there. If the dozer can push them close, then we can push them the rest of the way with Jack helping us 'see' how it looks from the outside." Ianto added.
"See?" Toshiko asked.
"With his mind… you know…psychic" Ianto tapped his forehead and some laughed softly, then the laughter died as Jack sent an image of Ianto playing with Myfanwy in long grass. Ianto grinned "Yeah… he can do that."
"Well now… cool" Oscar nodded, "Right… let's get to it."
Myfanwy sat back watching with mild amusement as any of them could have done the 'seeing' part. Ianto was deliberately including Jack so those without the gift would see him as part of the pack.
Safe.
Untouchable.
Most importantly… dangerous.