Caffeine Fumes

[donutsweeper]

Title: Caffeine Fumes
Pairing/Rating/Warning: none, rated G
Word Count: 100
Summary:  "I have measured out my life with coffee spoons."  ~T.S. Eliot
Author's Note: Written for the "Future" challenge at tw100

Java.  Cup of Joe.  Insomnia in a cup.  Lifeblood.  Black Gold.  Go juice.  Nectar of Life.   Mud.  Elixir of life.  Jet fuel.  Liquid life.  Liquid death.  Coffee.

Jack knew there would be a time, in the far off distant future, when the drink would be so rare it was damned near impossible to get, no matter how willing you might be to sell you soul for one more sip.  And he knew he’d have to suffer through that time, again.  But until then...

“Another cup, Sir?  What is this, your seventh?”

“Thanks, Ianto.  Actually it’s my ninth, but who's counting?”

Comments

[taffimai.livejournal.com]

Nice. But a tiny little nitpick, I think you meant "who's" not "whose."

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

yeah, that would make more sense, wouldn't it? *sigh* thanks

[smithy161.livejournal.com]

I wasn't going to mention it, but since someone else started the nitpicking... 'how much willing' doesn't make sense. Unless I'm missing something.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

no, I just can't write. fixed now

[smithy161.livejournal.com]

COFFEE. I'm actually afraid to imagine a world without it. There'll be tea though, right? Tell me there will be tea...

[kensieg.livejournal.com]

I'm sure there will be caffeinated beverages just not coffee.

[smithy161.livejournal.com]

Speaking as a barista, it looks like a bleak future for mankind.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

and speaking as a coffeaholic I agree wholeheartedly

[kensieg.livejournal.com]

hey there's still gonna be booze and juice so things aren't so bad. I can take this calmly because I don't drink coffee. I'm not allowed caffeine anyway.

In the 18th century people would go to chocolate houses, so no worries about no coffee.

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

Sorry I just popped in to pet your Hex icon ♥

[smithy161.livejournal.com]

Hullo! And yay for Hex.

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

I'm sure there will always be some substance you can steep in boiling water, but if coffee beans have gone away, I fear for the authentic tea leaf as well!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Poor Jack... no coffee is a terribly bleak future, isn't it?

[smithy161.livejournal.com]

I'll have to start stocking the cupboards with BIG boxes of PG Tips o_O

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

::clings to tea::

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Hee. Well, that certainly makes sense of that one :) Just right.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

the world is a better place with coffee in it

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

Since I don't have a "What idiot caffeinated Jack" icon, this will have to do. *g*

Like Jades said, that explains a few things! ...Are there Dr. Peppers in the future, or should I start stockpiling now?

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

well... I think we're safe, but a little stockpiling couldn't hurt. *G*

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

My dad stockpiled Diet Dr. Thunders (the WalMart brand) once. Hee. He stored them behind my bed so that I had a platform of Dr. Thunder cases to crawl over. Unfortunately, they actually lost their freshness after a couple of years.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

awww, poor dad! Methinks Jack could rig up something with stasis chambers thought, to keep things fresh...

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Good point, they're keeping bodies indefinitely, surely Torchwood has some technology they could adapt for Really Important Things like legal drugs in danger of extinction.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

and coffee certainly qualifies as a "Really Important Thing" (and certainly deserves the caps you gave it)

[kensieg.livejournal.com]

I think Dr Pepper is safe as long as Dallas is still here.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

I think you have a point!

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

I love your summary, it's perfect. Good "why" drabble, too. :) It reminds me of those folk stories like "Why the Dog Chases His Tail" and such.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I will not admit how long i combed through coffee quotes to find that one. Is it sad that this is all I could come up with for Jack's future? *shrug* Jack does seem to have a thing for coffee though. *babbles*

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Is it sad that this is all I could come up with for Jack's future?

No! Jack's time (it's hard to even tell what "future" means with him) is so confusing, I think it's best to focus on concrete things, anyway.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

true- just what is Jack's future? He's still in his past and will be for tens of thousands of years, sort of... *brain hurts*

[unfeathered]

Very cute. Poor Jack - I'm sure coffee will be around for a very long time yet though! :-)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

although, the way he drinks it.. maybe he's the cause of the shortage? :D

[kensieg.livejournal.com]

won't there be entire planets raising coffee in the future? Maybe not real Earth coffee but something similar.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

Ooh. That'd be ironic. Yes, Jack, you drank all the coffee in the KNOWN UNIVERSE.

Jack: Well...it was good?

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I believe it!

[eumenidis.livejournal.com]

I guess the exact combination of factors that make for drinkable coffee are difficult to find off of Earth.

I think we also now know why Jack doesn't sleep.