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

[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?

[hasevolved]

Oh! [She chuckles lightly, bobbing her head in a nod.] Yeah, I didn't... get it at first.

[thatoldthatkind]

Well, that might be for the best. It's absolute garbage. Completely untrue.

[hasevolved]

I guess you'd be the one to know, considering.

[thatoldthatkind]

That is very true. Though, sometimes, even an old Time Lord can learn new tricks.