Voice testing!

[not_poppins]

You know, most of them around here would say "Honestly, what ARE you doing", but I think it's a fabulous idea. If nothing else, I'll have a lot more stories to tell. And well, you know me. Love keeping people entertained, love ... just about everything, really.

And don't even worry about theories. Could you just let me be me? Please? I'd love it if you could. We'll worry about the rest when it gets here. It's what I've always done.

... Now then. Anyone else feel like playing Madame Vastra's one-word game?

Comments

[impossibled]

[Well this is

awkward.]

They do get sort of annoying, don't they? I've got no idea why...we've got to be related to someone from his past, but then again, there's not many that can appreciate a good mystery without trying to figure out exactly what's going on. My guess' that none of them will be able to see whatever it is coming.

[And oh, is that a challenge? Bring it on, other her.]

Go.

[not_poppins]

[awkward, or brilliant? Clara isn't sure why this girl looks and sounds like her, but it makes something in her head itch. like that moment she cried and didn't know why. but if there's one thing that can't be stopped, it's her curiosity. she smiles. normally she'd say it wouldn't be a mystery if the answer's known, but this girl has made it plain that the game's afoot, so...]

Enigma.

[impossibled]

[A little bit of both, if you ask Oswin. Who knows what horrors would be unleashed upon the Doctor if he found out there were two of them in the same place? Her grin in response matches the word given exactly.]

Definitely.

[Perhaps not exactly Madame Vastra's game, but two can play at it, surely.]

[not_poppins]

[oh, he wouldn't like that at all. then again, the Doctor she knows doesn't seem to like much anymore. and besides, why should she play the game as it's meant to be played with ... well, someone so different? when you're breaking rules just by conversing, changing the game is the most fun option. shaking things up always makes them better]

... Contrary.

[impossibled]

[And shaking things up is what Oswald women do best, isn't it? Not that either of them's aware, but still.

Her eyebrows briefly raise in a silent 'oh?', but Oswin knows much better than to waste her word.]

How?

sorry for the lag, work ate my brain

[not_poppins]

Mmm... [vaguely poor choice, she realizes, in retrospect. she meant contrary in the Secret Garden sort of way, the mischievous rebellion sort of way ... but well. room for interpretation. she thinks more carefully, this time, about what she means. about how the fact that they're even playing this at all is strange but somehow wonderful]

[apologetically - sorry, her bad:] Phantasmagoric.

no worries!

[impossibled]

[Apology accepted. Oswin's knowledge of literature is less than stellar.

Phantasmagoric. Strange and wonderful indeed, but fitting also in the nature of both of them.]

Maddening. [But it's said with another grin, so it's clearly not the bad sort.]

[not_poppins]

[ha, yes, now they are on the same page. she thinks of all the strange and wonderful things out there besides their own personal paradox, the things no one else seems to see, or care about, and wonders if this stranger with her face feels the same way. as though she needs to point them out, to bring a bit of - yes, that's the word exactly]

Illumination.

[impossibled]

[Oh, she does. In fact, Oswin sees things just the way Clara does. Which isn't really surprising, but you know.

There's a smile in response.]

Wanderlust. [Lovely word, really.]