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With a single expanding plume of what looked like water that promptly went 'kawoosh!' the Stargate slurped the plume back into itself, leaving only a shimmering wall of water held within the it's circle of engraved symbols, metal, and stone. One by one, a single person stepped out of the watery wall with soft and very odd suctioning sound. The first to appear was a well built man with gray white hair in uniform and wielding a single rifle. He looked around carefully. Finding only a neatly paved road and the DHD a little bit away, the old soldier relaxed slightly and moved forwards. Just as he did so, another appeared, this time a woman. With short shaggy hair, the scientist-soldier found her superior waiting for her and moved forwards with her eye along the sights of her curved P90. The last two visitors to this world entered from the stargate and the gate shut down. The third was a heavily build man with dark black skin and a well defined face, he had no hair that the eye could glean, and he wore only the face of expressively no expression at all. In his hand was staff that ended in a bulbed head, with another rifle slung around his shoulder. The last had a scholarly face of a young man, the historian and archeologist looked like a newborn babe in between the rest of the team, but he had his fair share of experience in battle and could hold his own relatively well.
A bird chirped and twittered, breaking the dramatic silence. Teal'c silently glared at the innocent avian, his finger tightening over the upper middle of his staff weapon. The feathery creature wisely flew away. Silence was restored.
The four had come to this planet to investigate it, to see if there were any technology to discover in order to defeat the Goa'uld once and for all. Anubis was still at large, and though his fleets were gone and perhaps so was he, the majority of the Goa'uld were still dangerous adversaries. The MALP had been sent to scout ahead and had sent back a video feed of a large city several miles ahead. There were forest trees some ways further beyond the paved roads, but the spires and towers of the city could be seen from afar.
"So...what do you think we'll find this time, Jack?" Asked Daniel conversationally, "So far we've encountered parasitic snakes, incorporeal goa'uld, man eating giant rats, and flying bird-"
"We
agreed not to speak of that incident," rumbled Teal'c.
"Sorry."
"Whatever we find, whatever we do find, I'd rather you not jinx anything," replied the Colonel, turning slightly to look at the younger man, "You've a habit of doing that."
"What, jinxing?"
"Yes."
The four of them walked on, exchanging snippets and remarks to each other until they reached the edge of the forest. Teal'c still twitched every so often when a bird made it's presence known. Thankfully, he had not gone about shooting any of them when they reached the edge of the city. Numerous small farms and houses were scattered about here and there, with carts and horses with drivers with their whips cracking here and there. The city was much more visible now, with an impressive wall that stood hundreds of feet into the air. The city was colored bright gold and dark yellow by the setting sun.
They had stopped as they neared a large cart filled with wheat, a bearded farmer caught sight of them and quickly tossed a new bushel of wheat into another cart and made his way to them. Tall and muscled, the farmer was an imposing sight to SG1 as they had their hands on their weapons. However imposing the farmer seemed, he continued smiling as he spoke to them: "Welcome strangers, to my humble farmland, I expect you're heading for the city some ways further?"
"Yeah, pretty much," confirmed Jack, as Carter asked, "How do we get in?"
"Oh, just follow any of the roads, they all lead to a gate," said the farmer, who seemed happy enough to prolong his work just to make conversation, no matter how brief, "There, the guards will question you on your business and they will give you a pass, depending on whether or not you plan to stay, its a temporary one. Though, with this one at your side, I think you can persuade them to let you through anyway." The farmer chuckled and patted the jaffa's shoulder, "Tell a few jokes, make a few boasts, and you're in for sure!"
"Alrighty, thanks for the info," Jack thanked the farmer and motioned for the team start moving. It wasn't long before the four of them reached what was, thankfully, a rapidly decreasing line of people. Tucking their weapons into discrete sections of their packs, SG1 took their place at the very end of the line behind a dozen children and their harried looking mother. After listening to twenty minutes of a mother shushing a gaggle of children constantly whining about how they wanted to go someplace new, it was a god's blessing for SG1 to finally move forwards.
"NEXT!" Shouted a bored looking guard. He only gave them a cursory glower as they approached, speaking in a monotone, practiced, and well used line: "Hello, what is your business in the city?"
"We're explorers and traders from-"
"Here are your passes, try not to lose them. Temporary lodgings and hostels are plentiful, try not to get too drunk or we'll throw you into the cells with the rest of the drunkards," said the man very quickly with relief, all but throwing the passes at them before shouting, "NEXT!" SG1, surprised with the briefness of the inquisition, quickly passed the booth as a woebegone pair of men tried to bribe the guard with shiny trinkets.
They passed under what seemed like a short tunnel underground before emerging into a great bustling city and the beginnings of local nightlife. Stands were full of bartering men and women, their items of fruits, vegetables, packaged meat, livestock, candies, jewelry, and weapons filling the marketplace. Night began to fall, and lanterns were put up, bonfires were lit, and the smell of roasting meat and the pouring of mead and ale filled the air. SG1 had a fine time navigating the place, alleyways and streets crisscrossed the city, leading them to dozens of districts. It was only an hour, but Daniel was babbling about how the city had nothing to show that it was influenced or even conquered by the Goa'uld in the past.
"This place has never been touched by the Goa'uld," said Daniel quickly, running on only a single breath, "The architecture, the language, the writing, the culture is a mishmash; likely immigrants, and even then-"
"Daniel," ordered Jack with a small smile, "Breathe."
They had managed to trade nonessential items at a shop for some food, a stringy thin tough hand-sized bit of meat with a syrupy sweet-sour glaze.
"My hands are sticky," whined the Colonel as he tried to lick the glaze off his fingers.
"Mine aren't," said Daniel, he had wisely accepted parchment from the seller to cover the sweet meat with.
Teal'c raised an eyebrow, "My hands remain-"
"Colonel," called out Carter on the comlink, "Heads up, looks like Daniel is wrong about no goa'uld presence..."
Everyone tightened their hold onto their weapons at hand, except for Jack who was still dealing with the issue of sticky hands. They caught up to Sam, who had taken up position behind an alleyway. Some ways off were three Jaffa, they had the same symbol, a complicated semi-triangle with intricate lines, tattooed on their foreheads. Their staff weapons were propped up against the wall as they tinkered with the large pipe atop the ladder. Two were taking a rest, while another was apparently repairing the pipe.
"Jaffa," murmured Jack, sucking his thumb, "What the heck are they doin here?"
"Well, the people here don't seem to mind their being here," replied Daniel as he cautiously looked around the corner. The third Jaffa was climbing down and was offered a thin yellow paper cigarette by an old man in a turban and a rough-looking trenchcoat. The three bought several, exchanging money for the tobacco. The old man hobbled past them and stopped by the alley and blinked owlishly at the three men and women. Sam eyed the little man curiously as the turbaned elderly opened up his trenchcoat to reveal rows and rows of exotic looking cigars and cigarettes.
Jack eyed a particularly green cigar that bore an incredible likeness to cuban cigars. Daniel shook his head, while Teal'c exchanged money for several pink thin cigarettes. The old man counted the money and promptly left.
"Oi!"
They turned their heads to see the three Jaffa suddenly much closer to them than before, their hands automatically reached for weapons, but stopped when one of the Jaffa addressed them with, "You there offworlder! How many women have you bedded?"
Jack blinked, Sam felt her jaw drop, Daniel went beet red and began stuttering, and Teal'c looked...like he always did.
One of the jaffa, a young man of no more than sixteen pointed at Daniel and crowed laughter, "Why the stutter? He hasn't done any! Ha!"
Another, a burly hairy man chuckled, "The old man is probably too senile and infertile to boot! I've done sixty two virgins, and probably a dozen more tonight!"
Sam felt anger surge up, her eyes gaining a slight yellow tint as she imagine gelding these three men as they boasted of having taken their way with dozens of women in their lifetimes. That is, until the last one, a thin sickly looking jaffa, boasted about his wife "taking on a dozen men twice a night once a week" and had his back slapped as the other two laughed uproariously.
Jack, Sam, and Daniel gawked at the scene, at which point Teal'c straightened his back a little more and spoke softly and surely, "Seven hundred forty three and a half."
The three Jaffa went deadly still and quiet, their mouths still open from laughing.
"Half?" prompted Jack, as he sucked on his pinky, the last digit that required extensive (and tasty) cleaning.
"She was a midget," rumbled Teal'c, "She put up quite a fight, but in the end I had bedded her. She was very talented and a strong woman. Very good birthing hips."
Sam blinked.
Daniel covered his face.
Jack didn't know how to arrange his facial expression in any way and settled for sucking ineffectively at his pinkie.
Curiously, the Jaffa were impressed; but not because of the number of women Teal'c had bedded, nor was it because of the utterly deadpan voice the jaffa said it, but only because of the fact he bedded a midget.
"Clearly," rasped the burly black man with all the hair, "You are the manliest jaffa we know of!"
All three bowed their heads before Teal'c. Jack could've sworn a flicker of a smirk had appeared on his buddy's face before they had lifted their heads back up, "Whatever you need of us, we shall grant it to our best abilities."
Carter interjected, "Has this world been recently conquered by the Goa'uld?"
The Jaffa glanced at Teal'c who nodded slightly.
"No," said the burly jaffa, slightly confused, "It has always been like this."
Jack and Sam glanced at each other, while Daniel asked, "Then the goa'uld must have left a long time ago?"
"No," said the thin sickly looking Jaffa, "Our God Eros is currently staying within his summer palace up within the hills. It is his vacationing home from the rigors of taking care of his empire."
"So...er," he murmured as he recognized that symbols of both female and male genitals emblazoned upon the Jaffa's foreheads, "...Eros is deliberately keeping this place luxurious because he vacations here?"
"No," said the young Jaffa, "We're here to help build the aqueducts. I'm going back home to my family offworld in a week."
"Okay, how about this," growled Jack, his pinkie still in his mouth, "Don't you know who we are?!"
"...Why you're SG1 of course," replied all three Jaffa excitedly.
"And why aren't we getting shot at?" Asked the colonel curiously.
"Our God saw you coming and allowed you passage," said a deep voice. The Jaffa straightened their backs and parted, allowing a strikingly beautiful woman in armor to walk through, ignoring the weapons suddenly pointing at her.
Jack let his pinkie slip out of his mouth.
The woman was nearly six feet tall, her body was well muscled, and her hair was short and blond, her face held a roman nose and looked as though she had been sculpted from the finest marble.
"I am Eros' First Prime Psyche," she said.
Teal'c raised an eyebrow, Sam chewed on her lip, and Daniel looked flustered as he tried not to look at the generous chest. Jack blinked and took it all in stride, instead speaking dumbly, "Yes, I can definitely see that."
"My God bids you welcome to his domain," she continued, ignoring their reactions, "He had prepared a banquet for you and wishes to meet you within his great palace."
"Errr," said Jack, "Sure...lead the way."
Psyche gave the Colonel a ghost of a smile and pivoted. SG1 could see a neat pair of lines of a dozen Jaffa each in ceremonial armor ready to escort them. Jack motioned for the team to lower their guns and followed the jaffa.
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It was odd. Usually, this time around, they'd be shot at and being hounded by a hundred Jaffa screaming bloody murder for their heads. Instead, they were being escorted by a killer hot First Prime and a band of armored honor guards towards a stripped down death glider. It was obviously modified for passengers, what with a dozen seats or so built into the rear end, with it's downwards curved wings providing support struts. Both the passenger seats and the canopy of the deathglider were open air. The pilot snapped a salute to SG1 and the First Prime.
"So...er," stuttered Daniel, "beautiful city..."
"It is an ancient city," said Psyche, "and a valuable one. It is neutral ground for any and all Goa'uld and Jaffa of extremely high station who require...relaxation. Eros is a strong goa'uld, if only because he provides lip service to all goa'uld by catering to their appetites of the carnal flesh and beyond. All that is required of those who wish to relax here is that there will be no fighting, no attempts on another's life. This place is free of paranoia, for here we attend to their every and any needs. To do so will leave that goa'uld blacklisted forever. They will be banished, never to return for the fruits of this world."
Daniel's reply became lost in the wind, not that he minded. The symbolic words of the First Prime had sent his temperature spiking up uncomfortably.
The transport landed onto a service pad, and the passengers, except for Psych, shakily got out. Opulent gardens filled with trees and carefully arranged flowers and many young men and women frolicking here and there. A feminine young man greeted them with a smile and glowing eyes,
"Welcome SG1, I am Eros."
Jack tried not to look down, "I can see that."
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End of Part 1