Chapter 2 - Guessing Game
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SG-1 landed on the top of some stone steps, all except Daniel who rolled down them and landed on a climp of grass at the bottom. He stood up and looked up at them all. He put his glasses on and sighed. "You'd think it was your first time" Jack said, with a pointless shrug.
Daniel didn't say anything as the rest of his team came down to meet him.
They looked around at the scenery that surrounded them. It was late afternoon bt the looks of it. The trees around them were natural summer trees, it looked to be the middle of summer, even though it was February back on Earth. They were in the middle of a field, with stone shrines leading down from the stargate, a dialing device at the end and baskets of flowers by the gate. The trees were in the distance on way and the other way, a cliff edge, with steps leading down.
"Carrter?" Jack asked, as they walked down past the shrines.
"Everything's normal sir, this planet is exactly like Earth as far as i can see" She said.
"That's good"
Daniel stopped and looked at the shrines, looking at the writing. "You recognize any of it Daniel?" Jack asked.
"No idea" he said without emotion and turned back to them. Jack raised an eyebrow and then bit his lip.
"Oook then, let's just go over there" he pointed the cliff edge, the steps.
As they walked Jack began to talk, again. "So, what you lot expecitng to find this time?" he sighed.
"A goa'uld mothership" Daniel said.
"Thank you for that Mr positice" Jack said, "I'm going for . . . a primative culture that thinks we're evil"
". . . Because that hasn't happened" Sam said, speaking for the first time in a long itme.
"Well, that's the way you play a guessing game Carter, pick the simplest option"
Eventually they reached the steps, and all four of them stopped, gobsmacked, standing at the top of the winding stone staircase sliding down the cliff. At the bottom was another field, it was huge, and in this field were ruins, a lot of ruins, ruins of an ancient city.
" . . . Or you could just pick something like this"
"This is amazing" Daniel cried, he ran down the steps first, faster then usual and stopped at the bottom to check he wasn't dreaming.
"Oh now he's happy" Jack snorted as he reached the bottom.
Daniel turned to him, "Of course i'm happy!" he cried, "these are ruins of a whole city, do you know what we coudl learn from this?"
". . . That they were wiped out by the goa'uld"
"Probably" Daniel sighed, "but that's not the point!"
"So what . . . ? you wanna' stay here and check it out . . .?"
Daniel nodded and Jack sighed and nodded too, he learned not to say no to Daniel when it consurned ancient ruins.
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Almost an hour later Daniel was still trying to work out some of the writing on the ruins. They had found some old pots and artifacts, Sam was stroing them up in a bag while Jack and Teal'c watched out for trouble. "You nearly done Daniel, your taking your time"
"This does take a while Jack . . ." he said, and closed the book he had in his hands with a giants sigh. He stood up and walked over to what looked like a ruin of a chapel or a church. He knelt down and began to move the rubble away with his hands.
"What you found Daniel?" Sam asked, coming to kneel by him.
"It looks like an old chrurch or something . . . this would be the best place to learn anything" Sam nodded and they both tried moving the rubble.
Jack whistled as he circled Teal'c aimlessly, Teal'c didn't look at him, he just looked at the cliff. "What are you doing O'Niel?" he eventually asked.
"Oh nothin'. . . Just bored, don't you ever get bored Teal'c?"
"Indeed"
"And you just stand there . . . ?"
"What do you do when you are bored?"
"Watch TV mostly . . . have i told you about TV?"
"Indeed"
"Yep, Oh, maybe you should watch star wars, I think you'd like that"
". . . Indeed"
"Daniel, i found something" Sam said, pulling something out of the rubble. It looked like a mask of stone, decorated in ruunic symbols. Daniel glared at it and then took it from her without sayign anything.
"It looks Norse in orogin . . . maybe this was an Azgard world . . ."
"We taking it?" Sam asked, starting up and rubbing her hands together.
"Um, yeah, it might help us learn alot" Daniel said, he handed it back to her and she nodded.
Jack shouted from metres away. "COME ON GUYS, ROUND IT UP, WANNA' GO HOME, TEACH TEAL'C ABOUT STAR WARS!" Sam rolled her eyes and walked back to her bag, where she placed the mask inside. She was closely followed by Daniel, who was as ever reluvtant to leave.
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SG-1 landed on the top of some stone steps, all except Daniel who rolled down them and landed on a climp of grass at the bottom. He stood up and looked up at them all. He put his glasses on and sighed. "You'd think it was your first time" Jack said, with a pointless shrug.
Daniel didn't say anything as the rest of his team came down to meet him.
They looked around at the scenery that surrounded them. It was late afternoon bt the looks of it. The trees around them were natural summer trees, it looked to be the middle of summer, even though it was February back on Earth. They were in the middle of a field, with stone shrines leading down from the stargate, a dialing device at the end and baskets of flowers by the gate. The trees were in the distance on way and the other way, a cliff edge, with steps leading down.
"Carrter?" Jack asked, as they walked down past the shrines.
"Everything's normal sir, this planet is exactly like Earth as far as i can see" She said.
"That's good"
Daniel stopped and looked at the shrines, looking at the writing. "You recognize any of it Daniel?" Jack asked.
"No idea" he said without emotion and turned back to them. Jack raised an eyebrow and then bit his lip.
"Oook then, let's just go over there" he pointed the cliff edge, the steps.
As they walked Jack began to talk, again. "So, what you lot expecitng to find this time?" he sighed.
"A goa'uld mothership" Daniel said.
"Thank you for that Mr positice" Jack said, "I'm going for . . . a primative culture that thinks we're evil"
". . . Because that hasn't happened" Sam said, speaking for the first time in a long itme.
"Well, that's the way you play a guessing game Carter, pick the simplest option"
Eventually they reached the steps, and all four of them stopped, gobsmacked, standing at the top of the winding stone staircase sliding down the cliff. At the bottom was another field, it was huge, and in this field were ruins, a lot of ruins, ruins of an ancient city.
" . . . Or you could just pick something like this"
"This is amazing" Daniel cried, he ran down the steps first, faster then usual and stopped at the bottom to check he wasn't dreaming.
"Oh now he's happy" Jack snorted as he reached the bottom.
Daniel turned to him, "Of course i'm happy!" he cried, "these are ruins of a whole city, do you know what we coudl learn from this?"
". . . That they were wiped out by the goa'uld"
"Probably" Daniel sighed, "but that's not the point!"
"So what . . . ? you wanna' stay here and check it out . . .?"
Daniel nodded and Jack sighed and nodded too, he learned not to say no to Daniel when it consurned ancient ruins.
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Almost an hour later Daniel was still trying to work out some of the writing on the ruins. They had found some old pots and artifacts, Sam was stroing them up in a bag while Jack and Teal'c watched out for trouble. "You nearly done Daniel, your taking your time"
"This does take a while Jack . . ." he said, and closed the book he had in his hands with a giants sigh. He stood up and walked over to what looked like a ruin of a chapel or a church. He knelt down and began to move the rubble away with his hands.
"What you found Daniel?" Sam asked, coming to kneel by him.
"It looks like an old chrurch or something . . . this would be the best place to learn anything" Sam nodded and they both tried moving the rubble.
Jack whistled as he circled Teal'c aimlessly, Teal'c didn't look at him, he just looked at the cliff. "What are you doing O'Niel?" he eventually asked.
"Oh nothin'. . . Just bored, don't you ever get bored Teal'c?"
"Indeed"
"And you just stand there . . . ?"
"What do you do when you are bored?"
"Watch TV mostly . . . have i told you about TV?"
"Indeed"
"Yep, Oh, maybe you should watch star wars, I think you'd like that"
". . . Indeed"
"Daniel, i found something" Sam said, pulling something out of the rubble. It looked like a mask of stone, decorated in ruunic symbols. Daniel glared at it and then took it from her without sayign anything.
"It looks Norse in orogin . . . maybe this was an Azgard world . . ."
"We taking it?" Sam asked, starting up and rubbing her hands together.
"Um, yeah, it might help us learn alot" Daniel said, he handed it back to her and she nodded.
Jack shouted from metres away. "COME ON GUYS, ROUND IT UP, WANNA' GO HOME, TEACH TEAL'C ABOUT STAR WARS!" Sam rolled her eyes and walked back to her bag, where she placed the mask inside. She was closely followed by Daniel, who was as ever reluvtant to leave.