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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Good muse, good episode

[fifthdoctor]

Er...I assure you their intentions are not what you think. [Whisper as if in confidence] They're a bit more of the bored and imaginative variety of human. Not evil really.

I'm definitely liking her! Also Five!

[adooronceopened]

[She knows him, in so much as she knows this was once a form of her Doctor. Regeneration was a funny thing she didn't really understand but had seen enough of it in the Doctor's mind. She knows this is just another version of him. She gazes easily at him with recognition, though he likely doesn't know her in the slightest.]

Hello, Doctor, a different face but still so much faith in people. Clearly, that is the same no matter the face you wear. However, you've been quiet rude, not even introducing yourself.

My only doctor I'm afraid. Unless you want Dr Watson. Or a Dalek

[fifthdoctor]

[He's quite taken aback at his own name.]

Me? I could say the same...you have the advantage, knowing who I am before you should.

I love Five, it's all good :D

[adooronceopened]

[She keeps an easy enough smile, though the knowing smirk behind it is perhaps harder to keep hidden.]

Reinette, you have only ever called me Reinette, at least to my face.

[fifthdoctor]

Reinette.

[He says the name but can't quite place it.]

French, of course. Do we meet in France?

[madman_in_abox]

Reinette. It's good to see you again. [The last time was rather sad, seeing her be taken from the world far too soon. Also, the kiss on this fireplace. He remembers it all.]

How's Louis doing?

[adooronceopened]

Quite a few times in France, actually, mostly in my bedroom. [She teases.]

[adooronceopened]

[She's quick enough to figure it out, to figure him out; it's not hard to know that this must be a new form of the Doctor. While she did not see this version of him in her Doctor's mind, his tone, his words, his ease and the smile? Oh yes, it was most certainly her lonely angel. She reached out to hold his cheek. So young...]

How rude of you Doctor, to get even younger while I must grow older with each passing day.

[She ran a hand through his hair.] Goodness, look at you, still the smile of a boy, though. [She tapped his chin before smiling.]

And his majesty is quite well, a bit upset to know I've such a fondness for someone other than him.

[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.]

[madman_in_abox]

I'm actually getting older, believe it or not. This face is just the exterior. You know I've seen many things in my life time, yet there is still more to see all the time. [He smiled fondly at her.]

Oh, I imagine he would be. You did kiss me that time, remember?

[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?

[adooronceopened]

[She does believe it, when it concerns the Doctor. One does not observe an older man suddenly becoming younger and younger in his own head to not know it.]

A lovely exterior, all the same.

[She quirks a brow.]

I daresay, I hope that isn't a complaint on the matter. [Because she is quite tempted to do it again.]

[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.]

[keening_phantom]

[Anyone who dared to call themselves an artist within the borders of France would surely recognize Madame de Pompadour, even if it's over a century after her passing. Erik bows to no man or king without some measure of farce in his actions, but he's star-struck by her and gives a low, respective bow as he speaks.]

These creatures who claim power over us are foolish in their ways, Madame. I trust you'll have no trouble teaching yours to respect your wishes.

[adooronceopened]

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

[adooronceopened]

[She watches as he bows to her and she smiles at the respect he shows. While it is expected, in some small manner, as the King's Mistress, she does not always receive such genuine respect. She inclines her head and offers him a smile.]

You strike me as the sort who could not possibly fall to the power of another person. And so far, I have kept this child from doing anything too foolish. We will have to see what whims and flights of fancy I can keep from getting out of hand.

[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?