Title: An Arithmetical Investigation
Fandom: Torchwood
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badly_knitted
Characters: Jack, Tosh, Ianto, Rhys, Gwen, Owen. Mentions PC Andy and Detective Swanson.
Rating: G
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Something is happening to the residents of Cardiff and Team Torchwood need to come up with a plan.
Word Count: 410
Content Notes: None needed.
Written For: Challenge #110: Arithmetic.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters, except for Nosy.
A/N: Silly idea, I just tried to fit in as many basic mathematical terms as I could.
All the members of Team Torchwood were sat around the boardroom table eating Chinese takeaway. Jack looked from one familiar face to another, frowning. They were facing a particularly difficult problem and so far no solution had presented itself.
“Something doesn’t add up,” he said, scratching his head, deep in thought. “We must be missing some elementary data. Either that or there are variables we haven’t taken into consideration. So far we’ve come up with a big fat zero.”
Tosh shook her head. “I’ve been over everything from A to Z; there are no common denominators between the victims that I can deduce, they were all completely average before they were affected. I can’t even isolate any factors that might give us insight into who would be prime candidate to become the next victim.”
“I think we should divide into pairs and look at the situation from different angles,” Ianto put in. “That way we’ll be multiplying our effectiveness, in addition to covering a larger area than we can as a unit.”
Jack nodded. “Good plan. Right now we have an infinite number of potential victims and there’s only six of us.” He nodded towards Rhys, who was helping the team. “We can only canvas a small percentage of the city’s population at a time. Gwen, I think it’s time to get the police involved. We’ll divide the city into quadrants; have Andy and Detective Swanson take one, while our three teams of two take the others. Divide and conquer! We’ll cover the ground in a fraction of the time. Tosh, can you work out which sectors have the most victims?”
“That part’s simple. By my calculations, the greatest concentrations are around Splott and Grangetown, then Cathays and Tremorfa.”
“Good. Ianto and I will take Splott. Tosh, you and Owen head out to Grangetown. Gwen, could you call Detective Swanson and ask for assistance? Have her dispatch teams of uniformed officers throughout the city, and ask if she and Andy would mind taking the Tremorfa district. Then you and Rhys head out to Cathays.” Jack clapped his hands together. “Right, team, to sum this up; we just need to find the right angle for our investigation, and then I’m sure we’ll find the solution. Let’s get to work.”
As the team started to file out of the boardroom, Jack called out one final instruction. “Guys? Be careful out there, okay? None of us want to end up minus our hair.”
The End
Fandom: Torchwood
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Jack, Tosh, Ianto, Rhys, Gwen, Owen. Mentions PC Andy and Detective Swanson.
Rating: G
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Something is happening to the residents of Cardiff and Team Torchwood need to come up with a plan.
Word Count: 410
Content Notes: None needed.
Written For: Challenge #110: Arithmetic.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters, except for Nosy.
A/N: Silly idea, I just tried to fit in as many basic mathematical terms as I could.
All the members of Team Torchwood were sat around the boardroom table eating Chinese takeaway. Jack looked from one familiar face to another, frowning. They were facing a particularly difficult problem and so far no solution had presented itself.
“Something doesn’t add up,” he said, scratching his head, deep in thought. “We must be missing some elementary data. Either that or there are variables we haven’t taken into consideration. So far we’ve come up with a big fat zero.”
Tosh shook her head. “I’ve been over everything from A to Z; there are no common denominators between the victims that I can deduce, they were all completely average before they were affected. I can’t even isolate any factors that might give us insight into who would be prime candidate to become the next victim.”
“I think we should divide into pairs and look at the situation from different angles,” Ianto put in. “That way we’ll be multiplying our effectiveness, in addition to covering a larger area than we can as a unit.”
Jack nodded. “Good plan. Right now we have an infinite number of potential victims and there’s only six of us.” He nodded towards Rhys, who was helping the team. “We can only canvas a small percentage of the city’s population at a time. Gwen, I think it’s time to get the police involved. We’ll divide the city into quadrants; have Andy and Detective Swanson take one, while our three teams of two take the others. Divide and conquer! We’ll cover the ground in a fraction of the time. Tosh, can you work out which sectors have the most victims?”
“That part’s simple. By my calculations, the greatest concentrations are around Splott and Grangetown, then Cathays and Tremorfa.”
“Good. Ianto and I will take Splott. Tosh, you and Owen head out to Grangetown. Gwen, could you call Detective Swanson and ask for assistance? Have her dispatch teams of uniformed officers throughout the city, and ask if she and Andy would mind taking the Tremorfa district. Then you and Rhys head out to Cathays.” Jack clapped his hands together. “Right, team, to sum this up; we just need to find the right angle for our investigation, and then I’m sure we’ll find the solution. Let’s get to work.”
As the team started to file out of the boardroom, Jack called out one final instruction. “Guys? Be careful out there, okay? None of us want to end up minus our hair.”
The End
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Comments
You never realise how many mathematical wordsmith can put in one piece! I'm so rubbish that mine will probably fall face first into poo!
Love it :) x
hank you. Good luck with yours!
Thank you *hugs*
Can't seem to find my party spirit *sigh*
*hugs* everyone deserves a happy birthday :) x
So, here I am, alone, doing laundry because what's the point of leaving it for tomorrow? Might as well do it now.
Thank you *hugs*
Practice makes perfect, you need to be able to drive in all weathers.
Yeah but my dad's a lot calmer than my mum and he's lucky to have basically a mile long drive so yeah I just drive to the bottom and then off we go to do whatever it is we were gonna do! It's fun, but where I live with my mum the most I could do is go round the little bit we live in!
I should really sit and do some writing! I've done five mock theory tests with my dad and have to look over stuff tonight so I have free time now do write! Finally!!
Have fun writing.
Yes of course you deserve some time. Some you time :P
Yeah of course! Everyone deserves to get/have something nice on their birthday! My mum bought me a pandora bracelet for Christmas just gone! She has to get me the smallest one because the one she bought hangs off because my wrists to small XD
Crystals are lovely.
It's hard thinking about mum in the past tense. I don't like it.
She paid for some crystals I bought as my birthday present, but she never got to see them. I bought them just a few hours before she was taken to hospital, and she never came home again. I thought she'd be home by my birthday.
*hugs tightly* I'm so sorry for your loss though and I really am.
*cackles and applauds*
Nice work!