001 - Video
[The PCD switches on, showing a woman in her late 50s/early 60s, frowning slightly, not at the feed, but at an open watch, which she's pointing at the device. She's talking to herself more than the feed.]
Alien. But unidentifiable. Not a first, but definitely strange. And not the Trickster, thank goodness.
[She turns, holding her watch out in ( Read more... )
Alien. But unidentifiable. Not a first, but definitely strange. And not the Trickster, thank goodness.
[She turns, holding her watch out in ( Read more... )
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Oh? Why is that?
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Welcome to the great city of Adstringendum.
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Do they speak with us frequently?
Adstringendum.... Interesting name for a city, isn't it.
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I suppose you could say it's still the scientists, since the compression thing is still happening.
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Were the Animus native to this world? And, what is this world, exactly? I assume it has a name beyond the city's name.
And these scientists haven't explained themselves, made any contact?
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What sort of scientists? Does anyone know?
[The lack of authority worried her. All these people, just left to wander about, make do, herself included? That was a recipe for trouble.]
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[It is a worrisome thing, but it's better than some evil dictator being in charge in Kagome's view.]
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How is it people here find out about all this - the scientists and Animus and all? Is it all hearsay?
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Hello, Miss Sarah Jane Smith. My name's Botan, but with the Doctor... Is there a specific Doctor you're looking for?
As for who's in charge... While the Animus hold influence on what happens here, there's no actual leadership here. You aren't the first person to notice that this place is wrong, though. Considering Adstringendum is a universe artificially made with pieces and places from different universes, worlds and times. So really, there's no way to make it right.
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[Your hair is blue. Not the strangest thing she's seen by far. But she does make note of it.]
Ah - no. Just calls himself the Doctor. The definite article.
[Information! She takes it all in with a neutral expression, but she does not like what she's hearing at all. There's a slight frown on her face by the time Botan's done speaking.]
Different places and people pulled through time and space, from different universes and cobbled together here? That shouldn't be possible.
There must be a way to make it right. If it's been done, it stands to reason it can be undone. It's a matter of figuring out how it happened in the first place and working backwards from there.
[Preferably with a TARDIS to help.]
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Yes, well... You still might have to specify, though. I know Amy's called someone Doctor, and he goes around with the given name John. Mister Saxon has someone he calls Doctor, and that's the only name I've seen used for the man, though he calls Mister Saxon Master. It's really quite strange...
The problem with making this undone is that the scientists behind everything have gone missing, and they're the only ones that know how the place was created exactly, including what broke.
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Two different men calling themselves the Doctor? I suppose I'll have to find out when I meet one of them.
[It's entirely possible they're both her Doctor, although the implications of that are not pleasant. Paradoxes are the last thing they need on top of everything else wrong with this place.]
Missing? That will slow things down, but it doesn't necessarily make it impossible to sort. If we can gain access to their files or equipment, it could be done.
[She has absolute faith in this.]
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...Oh, yes. Now he remembers, briefly, from the Death Zone.]
Sarah Jane Smith. You traveled with... Let's see! His...third regeneration? Fourth?
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[Since you got shot by your wife and all.
But, he knows about her travels with the Doctor. She didn't remember him taking such an active interest in UNIT, especially UNIT as it was decades ago, when he was in politics. And even if he had, she was certain there was nothing in the official reports about 'traveling' with the Doctor.]
You're rather well-informed.
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[He simply smiles. This could be fun.]
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Rather more informed than your predecessor. I hadn't realized you had such an interest in the history of international peacekeeping organizations.
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