enabled for a muse I've been scared to try and she feels the same

[oi_you]

First off, that name? Not funny.

Second..

No I'm going back to the first bit. It's a cultural expression, it's not my phrase, I don't own it. I use it, and I use it bloody well!

So. now Second, just because someone else thinks you might be up to the task doesn't mean you can write me. I could scribble out "God bless us every one." That doesn't make me Dickens.

Right I know he met him, I was with him when he met Agatha bloody Christie wasn't I?

If we're going to do this, let's do it right at least. Go back, watch through things and try to get a grip on who I am; and I swear if you write some blathering tripe I will personally torment you as loud as possible from inside your own head.

Don't think I won't!

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[littleshops]

Aww, Donna! Don't be like that, that's not fair!

[ Doctor. Doctor no. Don't poke the lion. ]

[oi_you]

Don't you aww Donna me!

How is this not being fair? I think
I've taken enough guff already I don't need some amateur trying to be me now.

[littleshops]

They're not that bad! They're almost always good. Horrible people sometimes, really, but that's another matter entirely.

[oi_you]

Says you! You probably got one of the good ones, and what do I get? A loud, brash redheaded woman who speaks before she thinks and has no end of attitude... [Wait a moment, why does that sound familiar.....]

Shut it right now. Not a word.

[littleshops]

...my lips are sealed.

[ But he is so thinking it. Donna you just described yourself. ]

[oi_you]

[Just that look and a warning finger, you know better.]

And they better stay that way!

[littleshops]

Mm!

[ He'll just keep them shut forever now. Furious nodding and a thumbs up!

Well. He'll keep them shut for a while in hopes that Donna will crumble and tell him to talk and then he'll tease her. ]

[oi_you]

ooh fine! You can talk, but try not to be too happy about it, ok?

[littleshops]

[ Grinning. ]

Poor you. Poor, poor Donna.

[ Getting a taste of your own medicine. ]

[chronosexual]

Calm down. I happen to think it's lovely.

[oi_you]

Oh? And who exactly asked ...

Lovely? Really?

[chronosexual]

Well, it's very... you. Anything less would sound disingenuous. And at least it's not some crack at 'nobility'. You probably got that too much growing up.

[oi_you]

We can skip over my past and discuss the future. [Jack, yes there is one companion who was never against flirting with you.]

[chronosexual]

The future? In what way?

[oi_you]

I don't know really...just sounded like one of those suave things to say when you chat someone up.

[chronosexual]

Oh, so I'm being chatted up now. I see how it is.

This future. Am I in it?

[oi_you]

Am I that out of practice? Note cards might make it easier.

I sincerely hope so.

[chronosexual]

Then I hope to see more of you. Any idea what your particular future might be? Where you might be going, if anywhere at all?

[oi_you]

Not a clue, she has no idea since apparently I wasn't even considered before yesterday. She was given the idea by someone and she talks to and here I am.

Probably nowhere with my luck.

[chronosexual]

That would be really unfortunate. The world could use more spunky girls like you in it. And I know I certainly wouldn't be complaining.

[oi_you]

Keep talking like that and I'm likely to hunt you down myself.

[chronosexual]

I look forward to it.

[oi_you]

You have no idea.

[That grin has got to be illegal somewhere.]

[lightbranded]

[Will was rather confused by this entire lecture.]

Is it a phrase you use often, then?

[oi_you]

No.

Yes.

Sometimes but with good reason.

[lightbranded]

That's it then. I've seen muns take names from less than that. It is some sort of game to them, I think.

[oi_you]

If this is a game then it's more pathetic than I had thought.

[lightbranded]

It is a cruel game, I think.

[As he thinks about his own name, Will traces a finger around the mark on his arm half hidden under his sleeve. The circle. And the cross.]

[oi_you]

You too?

[No, not a kid who was hurt or put n danger, not that. Her better nature takes over in those situations.]

[lightbranded]

For me, the muns use the words lightbranded. It is appropriate, I suppose.

[But his words were melancholy. For Will, it was a bittersweet reminder.]

[oi_you]

You were burned by light? I don't understand.

[lightbranded]

[Will says nothing, but pushes up his lefthand sleeve slightly. The motion reveals a shiny burn scar just above his wrist. In the shape of a perfect circle quartered by a cross.]

[oi_you]

That hurt?

[And there is the change, from brass and obnoxious to quieter, concerned.]

[lightbranded]

At the time. But that was nearly two years ago.

This is the symbol of the Light.

[oi_you]

Meaning what, exactly?

[lightbranded]

That is what it is. It represents the Light, and so in a way it is the Light. In a similar way I am both a creature of the Light and I belong to the Light.

And that is what the name that has been given to me means.

[oi_you]

Right, right I get all that but...'light?' Like sunlight, starlight? Light weight? Light yogurt? The whole vague sort of goodness is light?

I've learned in traveling with people that vague is never a good thing so I ask questions.

[lightbranded]

It is the Light. [He repeats himself.]

It is the cold flame that burns at the center of the universe, just as the Dark is a great dark pit as deep as the universe. It is goodness and mercy and humanitarianism and all the things by which men may live with each other in peace. But it is also justice and the cold sword of the law.

[who_knows]

[Oh. Donna Noble. Hello. It has been so so long but he still remembers.]

...my heart! thank you for the fresh tears. I grew up on 4

[oi_you]

An who're you, whitey?

Lucky you! Grew up on 90's repeats myself. This is the Curator btw.

[who_knows]

I'm.... the Curator of this fair establishment. Sorry if I looked suprised my dear I wasn't expecting a visitor.

old me lol, I'm up to speed just nostalgia bomb

[oi_you]

Story of my life, I wasn't expecting half of what happened to me.

I've seen Who for yonks and STILL haven't seen all the greats like Talons.

[who_knows]

No, I don't think you did... ah, I mean I expect you wouldn't have. Might I show you about since you're here? I might ask if I will be expecting any other company. A fellow in a brown coat with converses, I would think.

working on owning it all, years in the process.

[oi_you]

Skinny bloke? Wild hair? Naa I doubt you'll see much of him. But I'll take the tour.

Ditto! Not too far off all the Classics as it happens.

[who_knows]

[Slightly rueful, he wasn't that skinny, Miss Noble.] If you say so. And that's a slight shame. Still, I'll be happy to show you about since you know the Doctor.

Beautiful! Key to Time remains my favorite.

[oi_you]

[Donna was a roundish sort of woman, she perhaps quantified skinny differently.]

You..uh...you know the Doctor? I mean The Doctor?

Yay! Love that season. Watching City of Death at the mo.

[who_knows]

[And he merely smiles.] My dear Miss Noble, I am the Doctor. Well to be precise I was the Doctor. Rather a long time to come from your fellow's perspective.