Homeless

[dreamtofbeing]

It's my birthday! Thank you for letting me out on my birthday. You should let me out more, not just on my birthday. I like getting out and chatting with people. You know that, better than anyone, really.

So, February 29! It only comes around every four years. Didn't really celebrate, last time it did. And before that, it wasn't my birthday yet, so . . . anyone else out there whose birthday it is? How are you celebrating? Why did you pick February 29? Or did you not pick it yourself? I suppose there have to be at least a handful of people out there who are just statistically unlucky.

I think I want cake. And a candle. 44 candles! Or--do you get a candle for every year, or for every birthday? That'd be 12 candles, then. Or actually, it'd be two. That's a bit disappointing.

Mun, why did I pick February 29 as my birthday again?

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[dreamtofbeing]

Time Lord--oh. Him. He's he, is he? Right. [Okay. Yeah. He can process that. His eyebrows draw together in a small frown.]

What about--the other one? You know. Blue suit, one heart. Is he there with you and him? The--you know, him. The Doctor. Time Lord. That him. [Man, this is getting confusing.]

[iwasherefirst]

Yeah. He's him. [She's fairly used to the lack of necessary pronouns when talking about all the time lords in the City.]

No, he's not here. He could always show up though. City works that way. Both my Doctors are here plus the one after. Far as I know, he's with my mum and dad. The City...when they put you back, they put you right back in the same time stream, at the same moment they took you so...he's standing on a beach waiting for me.

[dreamtofbeing]

Oh. Right. [That sounds like a time loop, one of the potentially universe-damaging kind. If he were still a Time Lord, he'd be all over finding out who's behind it. But he's not. So he's forcing himself to disengage. Which is most easily done with a change of subject.]

Plus the one after, huh? Doctor, I mean. [A slight frown; he's totally not incredibly curious.] What's he like?

[iwasherefirst]

[Definitely a time loop of some sort. The Doctor is doing a good deal of investigating into the whole thing.

She smiles at him and nods.]

He's...young. Lookin' anyhow. Wears a bow tie, tweed jacket. M'pretty sure I make him uncomfortable. He's not as good at the tackle hugs as mine are. He's still...the Doctor though. Brilliant. Amazin'. Y'know...