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It was supposed to be a low-risk mission just dipping their toes back in the water. And of course it's not. There's wraith there and they have to run. The manage to dial fine, they even manage to get to the gate but as they're jumping through several wraith shots hit the gate and something goes strange. The normally smooth passage of the wormhole twists alarmingly and it's normal teal green shifts to a much more menacing red. And when they're finally spat out. They certainly aren't back at Atlantis.
SGA-1 finds themselves at the site of a demon summoning
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a_new_center
He shrugs, "It's an old wound." His expression betrays that it's still not a comfortable topic though.
of-the-ice-and-snow
"Well, are there any ...unambiguous successes, you've had, that you'd tell us about?", Teisiya says, and generally tries to subtly signal she's happy to let things devolve into small talk.
not_so_golden_retriever
"Our fight hasn't really been like that. We did destroy five Wraith Hives the last time they attacked us though and successfully tricked them into thinking we were gone so they left before we were overwhelmed."
greet_the_dawn
"You are greatly underselling the significance of that achievement. There are perhaps a few hundred hives in the entire galaxy. Nobody save perhaps the bravest of worlds would have imagined that was possible. I certainly wouldn't have believed it possible before I met you."
of-the-ice-and-snow
"...Are they as large as that suggests? Nation-sized?"
greet_the_dawn
"A single hive ship is almost three kilometers long and carries several thousand Wraith Darts and many larger craft along with tens of thousands Wraith."
from-the-land
"Druchii flagships. Legend says that they were fortress-cities in the far north of Ulthuan, the elf continent, and were ripped free to bring the Druchii across the sea to their new home, and then kept to sail the waves with and raid ever since, and whether or not it's true they look like it. Crew of thousands, intense magical defenses, but at least they only have relatively small raiding ships to leave with."
of-the-ice-and-snow
"It's pretty bad. There are less than a hundred and they're at war with, well, everyone, but other than a full Norscan Chaos invasion it's the worst news you can hear from the sea. There's virtually never more than one devoted to any one thing except attacking their Asur cousins, though."
of-the-ice-and-snow
"Hopefully we never have to. But if they ever try to sack Erengrad... Well, they may stop underestimating us."
not_so_golden_retriever
"Well, I don't want to keep you, but if you do want to stay do your people play cards or something?"
of-the-ice-and-snow
"I certainly wouldn't mind it. Six players for a game of Fool works."
The deck of cards they introduce has four suits - Suns, Hammers, Bears, and Stones - and four court cards per suit - Rider, Boyar, Witch, and Tzar. This particular game seems to be played without any number cards from 6 to 9, and has rules for 'attacking' other players to get the cards out of your hand which are moderately complicated but not that hard to pick up.
This can take up an hour or two until someone is tired.
a_new_center
They can pass a good couple of hours this way but eventually they call things to a close and say goodbye to their... are they hosts now or still captors. It's a little unclear.
of-the-ice-and-snow
Eh, mostly hosts. 80% hosts.
See you tomorrow to set up that medical exam.
first_chair
"I'll stay with Ronon then. I'm learning a lot from the data we collected today but honestly without a power source and a crystal forge or an existing supply to modify I can't put anything into practice."