even though the mun hasn't seen the latest season...

[madmaninabox]

Hello, hello! Thought I heard someone calling out. Just took me a moment to get moving. Young face, old bones; you know how it is. But what's the buzz? What have I missed?

...oh, I see. That is different.

[Is it?]

Maybe. Possibly. It's always a bit different. Still, four limbs, one head, not ginger... the more things change, eh?

[He almost gets sad there, for a second. Almost.]

So! Time for both of us to start catching up. Come on. Let's shake the dust off!

((OOC: I'm okay with Bill or any other characters from season 10 responding, but please refrain from dropping any specific spoilers. Vague allusions are A-okay.))

Comments

[demonicbeauty]

[Confused demon is confused.]

I can't say I've ever seen a ginger root with four limbs before.

...or a head.

[madmaninabox]

Ginger roots, no... although they can sometimes look surprisingly like people. And Krynoids could sometimes look surprisingly like ginger roots, when they were small enough, which is a distinction you would not want to get wrong.

[demonicbeauty]

It sounds like it could be very...disgusting.

[madmaninabox]

It would be, for a whole host of reasons.

'Ginger,' though. That's twenty-first-century-ish Earth talk for redheads. I'm going to take a wild guess you're from somewhere else.

[demonicbeauty]

Oh, yes. Never been to Third Earth.

We have redheads here. But we just call them...redheads.

[madmaninabox]

Third Earth? What happened to the other two?

[demonicbeauty]

Isn't that what it's called? For each of the three dimensional rotations?

I think that's what it's called. I could be wrong. Common isn't my first language.

[madmaninabox]

[Confused Time Lord is confused. Now they're even.]

Just 'Earth,' at least in my neck of the multiverse. Been a while since the dimensions did any rotating.

[demonicbeauty]

Oh, well. Like I said, I've never been.

I love the stories about it, though.

[Which would be your cue, Mister Not Ginger.]

[madmaninabox]

Those I have by the dozens. Bundles. Oodles, you might say.

[demonicbeauty]

Then you must tell me one.

[madmaninabox]

But how to choose just one? Thing about stories — there's all different sorts.

[Is he teasing her now? Probably. Is he having actual trouble picking just one? Also probably.]

[demonicbeauty]

Well, of course they are. They're as different as snowflakes falling to the ground, or footprints forming in the sand.

[She may be bouncing up and down a little, like an overly-excited puppy.]

Tell me one about a great victory.

[madmaninabox]

A great victory. Well, that narrows it down.

Once upon a time on Earth, a thing fell from out of the sky — thinking about it, a lot of my stories are going to start that way. I might skip it in future.

Barely anyone noticed the thing, because there was a war on, and things were falling out of the sky all the time. Usually the falling things would explode, but this one didn't. It'd come from somewhere else, y'see, and it was full of nanogenes — little programmed micro-organisms that only want to help. Can fix anyone, so long as they have the DNA mapping.

The nanogenes had never seen a human before. First one they found was a child — a dead child, which was the only type of child they wouldn't have been able to fix. But they tried to be clever, the little nanogenes. Tried to learn what they could about this type of life they'd never seen before. But as so often happens with first tries, they got it wrong.

[There's a brief pause there, a breath's space for her to get a word in edgewise, if she has any questions or reactions so far.]

[demonicbeauty]

[Ariadne stares a little bit blankly. Falling from the sky, she gets. War, she gets.

But the rest of it is a little harder...]

DNA?

What's DNA?

[capj_harkness]

All I hear are rumours anymore. Still, can't say I would turn down the chance to test drive a new set of equipment if I could. Do you know how long it's been since I could say I was a virgin?

[madmaninabox]

[Hang on, give him a second...]

...is that a trick question?

[capj_harkness]

Okay. Granted. Can I guess how long it's been since you were a virgin?

[madmaninabox]

I have lost count a few times. Your guess is as good as mine.

[capj_harkness]

Well, I've been out of the picture for a while now. I doubt I'll be back in it again, as much as I'd like to see if we can rescue any of the old times.

[madmaninabox]

The previous me didn't give you much incentive to come knocking, I know.

He could be a bit of a brat.

[capj_harkness]

He had his reasons, I guess.

[madmaninabox]

Having reasons — not the same as doing the right thing.

I wouldn't mind our paths crossing again. At least, I imagine I wouldn't. If the next new me is anything like... well, me.

[capj_harkness]

I do regret not getting the opportunity to meet you you.

[madmaninabox]

Makes it a good job we've got places like this, then, eh? A place for all those things that never were.

[capj_harkness]

The never weres and never will bes? It's like the opposite of the TARDIS.

[madmaninabox]

The anti-TARDIS, if you will. Although I won't. Also, pretty sure I've seen her around here a time or two.

[capj_harkness]

The TARDIS? Really?

[oispaceman]

Mind you don't shake it off too hard, spaceman. You're still skinny as a twig.

[madmaninabox]

I'd prefer the word 'spry.' [And he does a little twirl in place, just to prove it. And then grins like he's proud of himself.]

[oispaceman]

Helpful hint: anyone who calls himself spry is too old to actually be spry. Tell my granddad the same thing all the time. 'course, he just laughs it off.

[madmaninabox]

Well, I'm much older than your granddad. Have been for some time.

[oispaceman]

[ She pulls a face. ]

Yeah, but he wears it better, doesn't he? Still, glad to see you've kept that energy up between faces. Hate to see you slow down just 'cause you've swapped your trainers for a bow tie.

[ekho]

A bit different, yeah. You could say that.

[A teasing smile.]

Though now I have to wonder why this hasn't happened to you before. Unless it has and you've just gone and forgotten to mention it.

[As per usual.]

[madmaninabox]

How about this, Clara Oswald. You try living two thousand years and see how much you remember.

[So there.]

...but no. This is a new one. I always knew it was possible. Only I never got 'round to it.

[ekho]

After I get that old I'll be sure to look you up and let you know the outcome.

[Fixes his bowtie even though it technically doesn't need fixing.]

Though I'd think that maybe your people could have come up with a better name than Time Lord if you were all going to swap genders on occasion.

[madmaninabox]

Easy enough to switch to Time Lady when it's appropriate. Easy as falling off a bike.

[unpossible]

[ hello eleven, clara is happy and sad to see you all at once. how confusing. ]

Took you long enough spaceman.