Not scolding, just concern.

[gallifreytotrenzalore]

Are you sure it is really a good idea to try and drag all the other castmates you want to Ruby City? 
I mean, sure, I'd enjoy seeing some of them again, yes. And I understand that you think this is a good idea but ...
Try not to be too forceful or you'll end up alienating your friends. 

That list of yours is much too long. You can't have it all, you know? Try to focus on what and who you already have, okay? 

Oh, right, and I am not the cheese you use to catch mice with. ... well, okay, I might be. Fine. 

Comments

[riverborntorun]

...Sweetie, did you intend the alienating pun?

[gallifreytotrenzalore]

Yes. Yes. Obviously.

Who do you think I am? Of course, I did!

[riverborntorun]

[Sorry Doctor dear, she's still skeptical.]

..Awfully insistent, aren't you?

[gallifreytotrenzalore]

Me? Never. I was just answering your question. Nothing suspicious about that at all.

[He is just maneuvering himself into deeper problems without noticing.]

[riverborntorun]

[This face, Doctor. This face.]

You're up to something.

Spill, Time Lord.

[frocks]

M'sure with that recent very big deal, there'll be a few of them coming your way at least.

[gallifreytotrenzalore]

Let's hope you'll be right, Clara. Don't know what she'll do if they won't.

[notgonnastay]

Can't have it all? Says the man with the whole of time and space in his reach.

[gallifreytotrenzalore]

Shush, you. I am trying for modest here. Don't spoil my cunning plan.

[notgonnastay]

I'm sure it's the most cunning plan ever too. Don't let me spoil your fun~

[gallifreytotrenzalore]

Oh, mocking me now, Rose Tyler? [He tries to keep a straight face, but it crumbles into a happy smile halfway through saying her name.]

It is so good to see you, you know?

[notgonnastay]

Would I mock you? [She grins when his straight face falters and wraps her arms around him.]

It's good to see you too.

[gallifreytotrenzalore]

[Sweeping her up, he spins around with her locked in an embrace once or twice before he sets her down again.]

Glad you think so. Despite the new face and all. Look! I wear a bow tie now, bow ties are cool. [He tugs at it, smiling like Christmas has come early.]

[notgonnastay]

[She holds on tight and laughs, definitely more than a little happy at seeing him.]

You may not look like my Doctor anymore but you're still him.

[She shakes her head, just a little.]

I liked the tie better but this suits you. It'll take some getting used to though.

[gallifreytotrenzalore]

[He grins, but still looks a bit confused at that comment. Okay, more than a bit. Thinking, he stops and stares at her in wonder, knitting his eyebrows.]

Who ... is your Doctor anyway? Buzzcut or Stripey?

I look rubbish with a tie, trust me. Also, it's really impractical. Some people like to get you stuck with it in car door and stuff! Nearly got me strangled. [Totally exaggerating but well ... Amy was pretty angry then, so who knows?]

[notgonnastay]

Stripey. Didn't look half bad with the buzzcut though.

[She looks him over thoughtfully for a moment, reaching for a second to straighten his bow tie before shaking her head.]

I dunno. You'd need just the right kind of tie. It's only impractical if you leave it hanging loose and it has... other uses.

[NOT SUGGESTIVE OR THE REASON SHE LIKES TIES AT ALL. NOPE.]

[gallifreytotrenzalore]

Who would have guessed that.

[His voice is not bitter or anything just ... stating something he considers a fact.]

Stripey definitely won the ear lottery over the two of us.

[Not going to say anything to that suggestion, nope. Just shaking his head as hard as he can.]

[notgonnastay]

[She sticks her tongue out at him anyway.]

Look better with more hair on your head though.

[Oh man, she hadn't even noticed the difference in ears.]

Never really paid a lot of attention to your ears. What's wrong with your then?

[gallifreytotrenzalore]

We do. But you know what? I have been laughed at for saying that, despite it being the truth! Two times already.

Some people have no idea what fun really is.

[theendiswherewestartfrom]

Hello, sweetie.

Oh! You're the one in Ruby City! Hi! Uh, Celty's been trying to enable me to that game for ages, and the mun mentioned you were looking for more castmates.

[gallifreytotrenzalore]

Burrowed catchphrase much, Jack?

Yes, that's me! Good place to be, really, lots of lovely people.

She did, didn't she? Well, I can't deny that I'd love to have more friends around. Being stuck is decidedly more fun with familiar faces to keep you company.

What do you think? Mind spending some time in the TARDIS again? Pretty sure your room's still around somewhere!

[theendiswherewestartfrom]

Well, geez, with a sales pitch like that, how can I resist?

Hmm. If I come and Zidane doesn't, then there'll be problems, but maybe I should sneak in first, scout ahead for monkey boy?

[gallifreytotrenzalore]

I don't know? I personally think that it is a really good catchphrase, so ...

Very understandable, that. I'd very much like you joining the band. Haven't seen you in far too long, Capt. Harkness.

Would your mun have enough time to handle both of you boys?

[theendiswherewestartfrom]

She certainly seems to think so, although both of us are a handful. But she really wants to see how you and I would work out.

So who else you got playing backup for you?

[gallifreytotrenzalore]

And? What does she think thus far? She is informed that it's possible to throw you at the test drive, isn't she? Which might be a little more ... informative that this here.

For me? Nobody. I - quote - am "enough of a handful". No idea what she means by that, though. Do you?

[theendiswherewestartfrom]

She already stalks the game relentlessly; she knows...three or four of the players in there? It seems neat, but she at least wanted to wait until after the whole Holy Grail War thing was over.

Nope, don't have a clue what she's talking about, of course not. [Grin.]

[gallifreytotrenzalore]

That event was such a mess if you ask me. Don't want something like that ever happening again. [A pause.] But it is just a matter of time.

I am still not sure whether death not being permanent there is a good thing or not.

Well, I have done what I always do. Made friends, some catching up with the family. You know how it goes.