008 | walter reed |

[thatoldthatkind]

[ The Doctor is at the console of the TARDIS this evening, flicking lightly at one of the switches on it. His cowboy hat is firmly on his head and his eyes are on the blinking lights. He eyes the phone on the console before looking back at the lights. He always knows where to go, what to do. What left he can see in the universe before the ... well, end.

Maybe it's time he stopped running. But, he doesn't want to stop. There's so many people he has to meet and to help still. Maybe the universe would be better without the Doctor. River said that the whole of everything would turn against him if he kept carrying on like he does. Maybe it is time for him to stop.

He reaches up and tilts his cowboy hat down, unaware of his company. Maybe the dreamer is new to his dreams, or a frequent visitor. Either way? The Doctor has lost a bit of jump to his step. ]

Comments

[thatoldthatkind]

"Cool"? It's been a long time since I heard her be called "cool"! And, she agrees. [ There is a slight chime in the room. ] Don't you, dear?

[hasevolved]

[She looks around at the sound, impressed.]

"She?" What, it's alive?

[thatoldthatkind]

Yes. She is.

[hasevolved]

Wow. That's a new one. Does she have a name?

[thatoldthatkind]

The TARDIS. Time And Relative Dimensions In Space.

[hasevolved]

It's--she's--a spaceship. ... I'm not surprised.

[Impressed, more like.]

[thatoldthatkind]

A time machine. Spaceship-slash-time machine.

[hasevolved]

[Color her impressed.]

... Who are you, anyway?

[thatoldthatkind]

Oh, I didn't say earlier? Blimey, that's rude. I'm the Doctor.

[hasevolved]

Violet Harmon. Nice to...

[Wait.]

"The Doctor?" You don't have a name?

[thatoldthatkind]

That is my name, Violet! The Doctor. Just the Doctor.

[hasevolved]

[Welp!] O... kay, sure. The Doctor.

Well, it's nice to meet you?

[thatoldthatkind]

It is! Well, I think it is. It's nice to meet you!

[hasevolved]

[Violet laughs briefly, shaking her head.]

Yeah, it is. I'm just trying to get around the 'Doctor' thing.

[thatoldthatkind]

Just think of it as a dashing title.

[hasevolved]

Alright, if you say so.

Anyway... you and the TARDIS. What do you do?

[thatoldthatkind]

We travel in time and space.

[hasevolved]

Sweet. [She's more and more impressed by all this.] What d'you do in all those different places?

[thatoldthatkind]

Learn! Meet new people. Try their food. Get kissed... and slapped. That all depends on the mum though.

[hasevolved]

[Violet laughs again, crossing her arms across her chest.]

Sounds like a cool adventure, seriously.

[thatoldthatkind]

You ought to go on one, then! Lucky for you, I'm a bit short on companions.

[hasevolved]

Easier said than done. Where I'm from? It blows. There aren't any adventures, or anything.

Companions, like... people get to travel around in space with you? [This is getting more interesting by the second.]

[thatoldthatkind]

Exactly! See the universe, just don't step on a butterfly. [ He waits to see how seriously she takes that. ]

[hasevolved]

[She blinks, giving him a definite look of question.]

O... kay?

[thatoldthatkind]

You haven't heard of the Butterfly Effect?