homeless, for now

[aciculated]

You are a strange girl.

If you wish to-- ap-ply me to this community of yours, then do so! My history is neither so long, nor so complicated that it should be beyond your pretty words. I do not say that I like this; I do not wish to leave Romana, but it is better to act than to stay still forever in indecision! You are like a Time Lord, and I am sick to death of hesitation and debate.

--Leela

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[cluttered]

How long has she been debating then?

[aciculated]

Doctor!

[She's still kinda new at this whole multiverse thing, and it's at times like this that she really wishes she still had her sight. She knows Time Lords do not see regeneration as something awful, but she cannot help how she thinks, and she had mourned her Doctor, when she had learned that he had died several times over since last she saw him.]

[And oh, right, he asked a question. She shrugs.]

I do not know; some weeks. She already has a man there, from another universe, but she has been distracted-- [rather dryly]-- by you and all your travels, and now she wishes to send me. I do not entirely trust that she will not grow bored of me as well, and leave me stuck there, while there is work to do on Gallifrey.

[cluttered]

Leela!

[ Bright smile? Yay? ]

I'm not surprised; I'm very distracting. But don't worry. You'll still be able to do all those things there is to do on Gallifrey.

[ The smile turns a little more on the genuine side. ]

Good they've got you and Romana there. Goodness knows they need it.

[becauseichooseto]

And where is the Lady Leela headed, dare I ask?

I haven't hear Series 6 yet (no spoilers, please), so I'm not sure when you're taking Leela from

[romana2]

Leela, I am glad you feel so devoted to me, but I will be all right. I used to travel with the Doctor as well.

[She's not trying to push Leela away, but she doesn't want to be the reason Leela makes a decision to stay.]

[beforethewar]

Leela, I completely agree! This person needs to hurry up and make up her mind. No time like the present, after all, and many of these..."game" things have short windows of opportunity!

Does she...happen to have a place in mind?

braaaaaax~

[aciculated]

[She grimaces]

Some place called bigapplesauce. It is a stupid name, if you ask me; I do not see what it has to do with apples. [Possibly that's just her being slightly petulant.]

no spoilers, righto. leela comes from midway through series iii, after the defeat of pandora

[aciculated]

You always say that you will be all right.

[And really now, Romana.]

I-- I do not know if you are the same Romana from my universe; this place is strange. But my Romana, she-- you-- may not need me as a bodyguard anymore, or to aid you in your politics, but I think you do need someone you know is on your side.

Leela!

[becauseichooseto]

Perhaps it was bought for the price of an apple. And then crushed. Which would make think it would suit nicely!

[aciculated]

[Hello, Doctor! Leela smiles, because she is glad to hear him, even if she is still annoyed at her writer.]

It is some place called bigapplesauce. [Which, seriously. Her writer has explained to her that the Big Apple is a nickname for New York City, but she still thinks it's stupid.]

There is a [wait for it] tem-poro-spati-al rift there which pulls people through and entraps them, and two factions warring over what to do with them. It would be good to fight again, but I fear I will find as little satisfaction there as I have in this war.

[aciculated]

[Well done, Brax, you've coaxed a smile out of her. Just a little one.] Perhaps. For what price would you buy a city, Braxiatel?

[And would you look at that, she's actually teasing. It could be that she's missed Brax.]

[aciculated]

You are. She has thought of little else in weeks.

[And then she sighs.]

They do need Romana, but I do not know if they realise it. And even Romana cannot be the lady president all the time; she is weak and tired after the war, but she will not rest.

[becauseichooseto]

[He smiles, enjoying the fact that he's cheered her.] Only what it's worth.

[beforethewar]

Fascinating!

Poor New York. It's almost as bad as London when it comes to bizarre alien disasters.

I've been placed in a strange world that claims to be a city from Norse legend called Asgard, where I'm expected to fight in a war. And I've been made human! One heart and everything! It's disconcerting to say the least, but at least I've got Charley with me, and an unnerving amount of past and future incarnations. It's amazing the universe hasn't cracked yet.

[aciculated]

You are human? How is that-- And you have not changed your face? Your voice is the same as last we met.

[Because in case you hadn't noticed, Doctor, Leela's blind, a fact which she steadfastly refuses to seem ashamed of.]

Haven't listened to that one in awhile, but good to know :)

[romana2]

[Romana smiles slightly.]

I value your opinion. And your... friendship.

[Though that's hard for the Time Lord to admit.]

Though, I am surprised that you claim to not have a complicated history when you live with Time Lords.

Ahh, that's what canon point you're at!

[beforethewar]

My voice? I do-- oh.

[He frowns and is tempted for a moment to offer his sympathy, but he knows Leela better. She'd snap at him for even trying.]

I...well, yes, effectively human. They do claim to be gods, and if they can manage to rob me of my abilities and put me into a one-hearted human body without changing my appearance, I'm almost inclined to believe them.

I didn't regenerate. I just temporarily have a different physiology. It's not so bad once you get used to it.

[cluttered]

No, of course she won't. Silly woman. She refuses to see her own limitations.

[ Which is part of why she's always been able to become greater. That's the thing with all those sorts of people, because others just limit themselves. But he'd prefer if Romana didn't go and get herself killed or something. ]

[aciculated]

She was the same when you knew her?

[And, actually, that gives her a thought, and she tilts her head sharply in the direction of the Doctor's voice.]

You first travelled with the other Romana, yes? The first version of her?

[aciculated]

[dryly] Mmm, of course.

[And then, departing the teasing just for a moment, she frowns slightly in thought.]

Are you in one of these... games? [She puts a weight of distaste and mistrust on the word.]

[aciculated]

[She knows it's hard for Romana to admit; that's what part of what makes it especially sweet to hear. Particularly now. With Romana no longer really president and Leela blinded, she sometimes doubts how useful she is at all. And Romana values utility. So she says simply:]

Good.

[And then a shrug.]

And yet my own time is still-- linear. I grew up as a warrior, and then I was exiled; I met the Doctor and travelled with him, and then I met Andred and we married. It is you Time Lords who have stupidly complicated histories; I merely... stand to the side of them.

i have a deep fondness for that period in the gallifrey audios

[aciculated]

[For a moment, she thinks she will have to deal with the Doctor's pity, questions about what happened, offers of false hope that he knows somewhere that might fix her broken eyes. But he doesn't, and she's pathetically grateful for it. Good. He still knows her.]

[The explanation of how he became human is not really an explanation, but she's used to that from the Doctor. She laughs a little, dryly.]

You, believing in gods? That is human. But you have Charlotte with you? That is good; she was a strong girl.

((OOC: Late!tag is late, whoops))

[becauseichooseto]

[Brax's tone shares her distaste.] I am. Myself and Romana are looking after the Doctor you're speaking to below.

[aciculated]

That is good. Is it true, he is human?

[Beat, and then a little gasp.]

Are you human?

[becauseichooseto]

[He pushes out his breath. It's not the way he'd describe himself.] More accurate to say 'humanised', Leela. My Time Sense has vanished and my innate telepathic skills greatly diminished but I am still me. Apparently, Asgard is not compatible with Time Lord DNA and so I must be bonded to a local 'god' and given skills accordingly.

I have the ability to inspire with my musical skill, the Doctor can heal with his touch. And Romana can create ice. [Bless her.]