The Bird Watcher by rinsbane (author’s journal)
Pairing: John/Rodney, Rodney/Atlantis
Rating: PG
Genre: episode tag (‘Last Man’), drama
Author’s Summary or Teaser: Rodney’s standing in the middle of the woods, face turned to the sky, with a pair of binoculars mashed against his eyeballs when some idiot runner mows him down. “Hey,” the man drawls from above him, all loose limbs and tanned skin. “Did you know people use this path to run?” and Rodney snaps back, “Excuse me? That was a black-throated blue warbler. Do you have any idea how rare that bird is here?” and Atlantis helpfully supplies: data: dendroica caerulescens; data: subset: probability of extinction: 99.3%
Story length: ~10,300 words
In the story, Atlantis shows the following specific signs of sentience:
Atlantis targets and/or communicates with: Rodney
Means of communication Atlantis uses: direct
Atlantis expresses the following feelings: want, persuasion
Atlantis takes independant action that affects others, i.e. meddles into the affairs of others.
Atlantis is referred to as female.
