Torchwood drabble: Polypodium polypodioides

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Title: Polypodium polypodioides
Author: rustydog
Characters: Gwen, Owen
Rating: G
Notes: Written for tw100's challenge #116 - Resurrection and writercon100. Set between s1 and s2.



"This plant's dead," Gwen observed while visiting Owen in the new botany lab.

Owen glanced over. "Nah, that's resurrection fern, look." He took a bottle, spritzing the curled leaves twice. "Tomorrow it'll be green, right as rain. It 'dies' without water and comes back when it gets some."

Gwen touched the brown fronds experimentally. "It really looks dead."

Owen shrugged. "It still grows in the Americas. I was going to get rid of it, actually—it's not alien, just in the wrong place and time."

Gwen felt a surprising pang. "No, keep it. I think Jack would like it."

Comments

[topgeargirl2.livejournal.com]

very good

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Awww, I really like this.

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

:) Thanks. It was the *only* thing that came to mind with "resurrection" - tell you where my brain is I guess.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

In a happy plant-filled place?

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Definitely plant filled, and I suppose a place filled with plants can't be entirely unhappy.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Unless they are carnivorous cacti.

[phoenix64.livejournal.com]

Ow ow ow ow ow ow.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Luckily Jack's only come across cannibalistic cacti. And as long as you stay out of their way when they're hunting, you're safe.

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Very true, though in that case I guess my problems would be over quickly!

[lionessvalenti.livejournal.com]

I read it and thought it was nice, and then I reread it, noting the setting the specification of the new botany lab and suddenly it was heartbreaking. Wonderful.

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much!

[phoenix64.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's lovely. Also, at first it made me think of this (http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/science/8039/). Plants are so cool.

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Thank you. And I love the "dinosaur plant"! Enjoys life so much it survived the Ice Age indeed.

[hab318princess.livejournal.com]

lovely

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[aeron-lanart.livejournal.com]

Awww. That's better than a Phoenix! Plants are good, resurrecting plants out of their time are the bees knees.

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Hooray, thank you! Sometimes the real world is too good to be made up. :)

[jo02]

Very nicely done!

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much!