Monday
Daniel finally emerged from his office, still slightly scorched, still lacking eyebrows. Somehow his frown did seem to have grown as to compensate. He really didn't have much of a choice as we were slated to go off world. I did my best and didn't laugh at him…much. Only once…well, twice or…eh…moderately not to offend him. I was very respectful.
With Sam still doing "Washington" it was only the four of us that stepped through the gate. It was very exciting as this was a first contact mission. It was one of the addresses downloaded by General "Washington" and the next on the list to be explored. The MALP had sent images of a habitable planet with signs of civilisation which had Daniel all up in a twist, eyebrows notwithstanding.
It all went splendidly. We stepped through the gate and while Mitchell and Teal'c secured the immediate area around the gate, Daniel found a rock to drool over. It was all very interesting and productive I'm sure. While the boys did their thing, I decided to do my own exploring at some distance away. I soon encountered a lovely group of women. They seemed slightly apprehensive of my presence at the beginning; someone even went as far as claiming that I was an invasion force. I found that every offensive!
However, as soon as I explained that I and the boys had come through the ring of the gods and that we were friendly explorers, things seemed to settle slightly. Being first contact and all, I clarified we wished to be friends and learn about their planet. I wasn't too sure what had sparked their interest, the fact that we had come through the Stargate (apparently did not know how to use it) or that I hadn't come alone.
Like I said, it had all gone splendidly and I felt that my first contact with these women really warranted a promotion. (I made a mental not to suggest such a thing to Landry upon our return.) I took the women with me back to the gate where I was met by a concerned Daniel who, eh, wished to know where I had been. I explained and presented the women to the rest of the team.
They were an instant hit with the ladies, especially Daniel. The women gathered around them and eyed them quite intently. They were highly appreciative of what they were seeing. Teal'c just stood there stoically with his best First Prime look and held them at arms length with his staff weapon…hrm… Anyhow, Mitchell did his best to fend them off by hiding behind Teal'c. Poor Daniel, he had no way of hiding or defending himself against the women. They could easily have overpowered him, well, really it had been enough with one woman to do that, speaking of experience.
It was rather amusing to witness. They continuously pointed to where his eyebrows were supposed to frame those gorgeous baby-blues and they became more and more forthcoming with where they put their hands. Daniel flinched and tried his best to avoid any unwelcome advances, unsuccessfully. At first I thought it a fitting retribution for him avoiding me all last week, however, when they started to touch certain parts and then tried to remove his pants, well I felt forced to step in. If there was anyone who was going to take off his pants, that woman would be ME!
I made a forceful advance and the women stopped in an instance. I clearly made it plain that touching was not acceptable and they took a step back. Apparently a lack of eyebrows was a sign of virility on their planet and that he was interested in spreading his, eh, virility. It made Mitchell laugh and Daniel look even more uncomfortable.
The oldest women in the group bowed her head and offered her apology and said that they should not have advanced to such behaviour had she understood that he had been mine! I have no idea how they could have come to that conclusion, I had not insinuated anything of the kind. It did seem to do the trick though, so I just smiled. Of some reason, Daniel didn't look as grateful as I would have imagined.
They took us back to their village, it was strange, there were no men to be seen anywhere. Daniel muttered something of a "marsian" culture? Apparently that is when women rule and men don't. That didn't make sense, because I thought women were from Venus?!
It did make me feel right at home though. When we had been introduced to the village chief, an old white-haired woman with more wrinkles than a dried…eh...some earth fruit Daniel told me about. It was made apparent that she only wanted to speak to me. They assumed that I, as the woman was the leader. I thought it only befitting to my station that I would be able to show off my excellent leadership. They really do underestimate me and my abilities, most of the time.
The village chief wouldn't even let the boys speak in her presence, not that it seemed to stop Colonel Mitchell from trying. Eventually he was asked to leave and escorted out. We kept on talking for an entire afternoon and were promised to be welcomed on our return to explore the area. And, yes, including the rocks Daniel had found, as he kept on whispering to me not to forget.
On our way back to the gate I made an observation to Colonel Mitchell and suggested that the next SG team to be sent to this planet could probably interact better with the locals if they were an all female team. He seemed to be of the same persuasion. Daniel didn't say much at all, in fact, he didn't speak, at least not to me directly. I got the distinct feeling that he blamed me for the women finding him overtly attractive. I can't even begin to fathom why. I did nothing but an excellent job, General Landry said as much during our mission briefing. He was really impressed with how I had conducted the whole affair and he commended me on how I had defended Daniels honour. Well, maybe, that last part was Mitchell. Daniel just glared at him and then at me! Just plain rude and ungrateful! He really has some making up to do for his behaviour. See how he likes it if I avoid him for a week! He will be completely lost without me.