A new muse and not happy

[adooronceopened]

What matter of trickery is this, child?

You would dare to take me from the king, from France? You will find I am not so easily frightened, even by you and what you are able to do on a mere whim.

Know that I will not yield, even if you insist that this is meant only in jest and levity.

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[fifthdoctor]

......

Oh dear.

[Well, you very well may have broken him, that was not the answer he expected.]

Surely we...you couldn't mean...

[He hasn't been this flustered in awhile.]

[adooronceopened]

[She keeps her smile, as the King's Mistress, she's very good at keeping men on their toes, even men like the Doctor. She merely quirks a brow. Well, she had intended on teasing him a bit more, but she'd release him from his embarrassment.]

No, rest assured we did not. [Though she had certainly wanted to.]

You came to my rescue as a child and continued to do so throughout my life as strange monsters sought my head.

[fifthdoctor]

[He seems a bit relieved. Honestly, he was already a grandfather. Even if this was a very charming woman. Cruel wit but charming.]

Ah. That does sound like me. Were they sort of...metal monsters? Shaped like a large teapot? Affinity for killing people?

[adooronceopened]

Clockwork, actually, always breaking my clocks so as not to be noticed for their ticking noise. You were quite impressed by their intricacy, if I recall, though not impressed by their intelligence.

But they were not your Cybermen. [She knows what he's referring to, seeing as she saw inside his head. She has a name for things, she has a glimpse of enough of it, but she does not understand all of it.]

[fifthdoctor]

[He hums thoughtfully.]

And not the Daleks. I suppose that's something. You would not want to run into either of them on a good day.

Now the Silurians, they are a noble race worth meeting.

[adooronceopened]

No, these ones obeyed me, for all their desire to behead me. If I recall from what I saw, the Daleks would never listen to anyone who wasn't Dalek.

I'll take your word for it, Doctor. [The giant lizards, she didn't know them very well, everything was just glances and glimpses.]

Have you figured out who I am, yet?

[fifthdoctor]

[Rubbing his chin thoughtfully.]

Not a timelord. But you know quite a bit....do you travel with me in the future? Or past, in your case.

[adooronceopened]

You had wanted to take me traveling, but I am not a companion, as you call them. I did not get the chance. [She's very much aware of her death, though she herself isn't there in that timeline yet.]

[fifthdoctor]

No? Hm, that's a pity.

[Not even to see the Tardis? He's got it parked off to the side there.]

[adooronceopened]

I;m afraid I died before you came to see me again.

[fifthdoctor]

....oh.

[Stunned and slightly ashamed of that. Even if it hasn't happened yet. More throat clearing, hands in his pockets.]

I'm...certain I must have had reason to...not come back.

[Yeah, real helpful there.]

Time is such a tricky thing sometimes.

[adooronceopened]

[She doesn't blame him, even if she didn't wish him luck, even if she had wished to be on the slow path with him, she knew one could not keep the Doctor to any one timeline. She knew the Doctor was not and could not be bound to the same rules of time. She offered him a smile, genuine and without anger.]

You would have, I think if you had known. My life was laid out like pages of a book and you didn't have the ability to pick exact pages.

It is not your fault.

[fifthdoctor]

[Usually he was getting yelled at by Tegan for ending up in the wrong timeline. But for some reason, he feels he should make it up to Reinette.]

And now? Are you free for perhaps...a small trip?

[adooronceopened]

Now? Is such a thing possible?

I could set up something? In his journal or a meme?

[fifthdoctor]

Seems I might owe you such a trip...I don't see why not. [If she doesn't mind the change in face for him. He's not quite her Doctor after all.]

Here is perfectly fine!

[adooronceopened]

I will admit, for all my distaste at being taken from my home by this child, the chance to travel with you would... make me quite pleased.

alrighty!

[fifthdoctor]

[He digs in his jacket pocket, looking for the key. Coming up with a cricket ball instead, hm, that's not it. Handing that to her as he keeps looking.]

Hang on, um...

[Scroll from Martian Alliance, pencil, a bag of sweets...these pockets seem like they go on and on.]

Must be here...ah! [The key in hand with a smile.] Shall we go then?

[adooronceopened]

[She smiles as she watches him search, moving to idly roll the pencil with her finger while he looked. When he found the key she brought held out her hand.]

I would love to.

[fifthdoctor]

[He's a bit hesitant to take the hand at first, after all he's only just met her, he doesn't have the history his future self has....will have....whatever. So after the awkward throat clearing, he hands her the key. She can do the honors of unlocking the Tardis.]

[adooronceopened]

[She lifts a brow and knows how well he is scared of things like this. She says nothing, however, as she's given the key. This is as much as a sign of trust as anything else.

She comes up to the bright blue box and opens the doors.]

[fifthdoctor]

[The inside is very different from Ten's Tardis. Five favors the more white and hexagon look. Inside the door was a set of thick white doors that opened inward to the main console room. There's a constant silent hum about it, as if it were waiting for something.]

So, here you are, this is the Tardis. Not bad for a type 40...