On considering Asgard...

[notthedoctor]

It will be fun! I've only been here on Pete's World for a little while, but it'll be an adventure. How couldn't I look forward to that? Being stuck on the slow path hasn't been all that interesting.

Wait, what do you mean he wears tweed? And a bowtie? No regeneration of the Doctor would do something like that! The fez is a joke, isn't it? Right? Must have been a horribly traumatic regeneration if he is wearing those things. It's not his fault. Five had problems of that sort. Have you seen any of us wear a vegetable before or after?

The TARDIS is a person? Are you sure about all of this? Things like that don't just happen.

I can do it! Trust me! Have I ever failed? Have I ever failed you except for that time with the SUV and the sharp turn at the head of the Bay that I missed? I don't see why everyone harps on that. Jack had the SUV pulled out of the water the next day. It wasn't that bad. If I can pilot a TARDIS, why do I need one of those human licenses anyway?

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Here, Doctor. A Jr. Eldritch Abomination :3

[controledfreak]

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The more I see you, the more I wonder how you pass as a human among them.

Watch Theta stare a little and run with it!

[notthedoctor]

It's a lot harder than one might think. Some of them are so odd.

Just another Tuesday, eh?

[controledfreak]

Don't worry too much about it. I think you're all odd. HEHEHE

For the likes of him, yep.

[notthedoctor]

They're much stranger than I am. Who other race willing jumps into freezing water that can kill them and call it fun?

[comeonthensexy]

...

Oh, dear.

[notthedoctor]

[See what happens when you go dropping body parts willy-nilly, Doctor? Bet you won't do that anymore.]

Hello!

What?

I didn't do it. I wasn't nowhere near there. I do have a witness.

[comeonthensexy]

[ No, he most definitely will not. It was dumb, if very useful when it ended up like... well. This. But. Oh, dear. ]

Don't recognise me? Even with the new face, you should.

[notthedoctor]

[Dumb? Cruel, man. Cruel.]

Should I?

[There is creeping suspicion, something about the man's old eyes no matter the body. The new face bit kills any denial Theta might have been pinning hope on.]

A bowtie?

[Big picture. Focus on the big picture.]

Doctor! [Theta might just be getting closer for a hug. Ten was a hugger.] I found you! I knew I would sooner or later. Would have liked it to have happened after I got my triple shot mocha but this is good too! How have you been?

[comeonthensexy]

[ Dumb of him to lose his hand, yes! Also Eleven has no idea how to deal with this. Probably no hug (yet), sorry. ]

Hello again. I've been. Busy. As usual. But what about you?

[notthedoctor]

[It came in useful. Once. After being a bad thing with Jack finding him and then that bit with the Master. But! If it hadn't been for the hand, Eleven might be Twelve.]

[Catching on that the Doctor doesn't look near as pleased to see him is acknowledged but filed under 'Things I Can Ignore' in Theta's mind. It certainly doesn't affect his bright smile.]

Me? A little busy. TARDIS growing mostly and learning to drive Torchwood's SUV. They said I had to get something called a license. It's a bit more difficult than it sounds. Then there were cows, but I'm here now! This should be so much better than puttering about there and upgrading some of Torchwood's things.

[comeonthensexy]

[ Indeed.

There are Issues, that's why. ]

TARDIS growing? Knew you had it in you.

That license is a troublesome thing, isn't it? But cows?

[notthedoctor]

[Theta can take a guess at a lot of those Issues. He's just more likely to shove them to the side or pack them away until they blow up with building pressure.]

Of course I do! I didn't fall out of a banyan tree. Part of you. What Time Lord can't grow a TARDIS. Honestly. [Sly teasing undertone] Suppose some could steal them instead.

[As if he hadn't been part of the Doctor then and all that. The mention of cows gets a concerned look around, covered up by him dusting his leather jacket off. ]

Yes. Cows. Those.

[comeonthensexy]

Most beautiful thing I've ever seen, Theta. You know exactly why I stole her.

[ HUFF. ]

What's wrong with cows? Very useful creatures, those.

[notthedoctor]

I heard it from someone that it was more that she stole us.

[Uh-huh. That's right. 'US'. How do you like that one?]

Cows are evil. Very evil.

[Don't go there.]

[comeonthensexy]

We stole each other. And, no, cows are wonderful! So... versatile.

[notthedoctor]

That sounds more true.

No, no, no. We're not talking about cows.

Aren't you excited to see me? Think of all the things we can do! All the people to go meet! [All the things of yours that had best be nailed down before they end up in a packrat's pockets!]

[comeonthensexy]

I didn't expect to see you.

[notthedoctor]

I didn't expect we'd ever like bowties again! Thought we outgrew that phase. I suppose not.

[Relentless Going-To-Mars-For-Fun cheer.]

[comeonthensexy]

Oi, watch it.

[ He narrows his eyes, briefly, and then spreads his arms with a smile. ]

Come here, you.

[notthedoctor]

I guess I should be happy you didn't go all the way back to the funeral director black or that blue-yellow-red coat thing.

[There's a reason he doesn't mention Six often.]

[At the spread arms, Theta grins and heads in for what he hopes is a hug and not a thump on the head or something else odd.]

[One can never tell with the bowties.]

Admit it. You missed me. I was a good hand.

[comeonthensexy]

[ Oh, Six. Nothing can be more ridiculous than that. Not that Eleven minds that coat much at all. It has character.

No worries, it is a hug, along with a thump on the back and everything. ]

You were. Faithful for nine hundred years.

[notthedoctor]

[Theta will always pick the Janis Joplin coat over that thing. One colour. That's it.]

[On Theta's end, the hug is a little tenative and then a full out one. His next words come in a small whisper.]

I had dreams that you were in danger and hurt.

[A slight draw away with Ten's wide smile and bright view of anything that could be ahead of him.]

Best hand ever. Now I'm here! Boe was right: You are not alone. Now where can we go for a snack. I'm starving!

[comeonthensexy]

[ Oh.

For a moment, he looks entirely shocked, and almost a little guilty. But in a true Doctor fashion, Theta smiles like a trooper. So the Doctor does the same. ]

I don't know, actually, I've never gone for a snack around these parts. Let's go have a look.

[notthedoctor]

[Eleven may come to discover that Theta is like that. He can seem the silliest creature in the universe, but how much of that is an act as Ten would put on? How often does he speak Donna's too close to home truth and follow it with a Doctor-like non sequitur as if he were a child hiding under a blanket from the closet monster? Or a creature trying to disguise how close to the heart of the Doctor he could strike?]

Yes! Come on!

[No idea where he's going but Theta is there ready to charge off! Directions? We don't need no directions!]

What's going on lately?

[comeonthensexy]

[ Nope, no directions needed, indeed! Would be a bit less exploring if they had those. ]

Nothing, really. Which is a big problem.