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[onerthes]

[A tinny man's voice gives what is clearly a default answer machine message. Vira-Lorr is still figuring the phone out it seems.]
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[onerthes]

Ah, he was awake. She smiled over at him and motioned towards the chair opposite her, taking the water off of the heat where it had been kept close to simmering and pouring so that his tea would be ready soon.

"Good evening, Doctor. Why don't you come have some tea when you're ready," she said as smoothly as possible. "It's good to have you back, by the way, though Theta is adorable in an endearing sort of way." Somehow, referring to his childhood self in the present tense felt... appropriate.

[borntolove]

There is also that nagging and lingering feeling of that The Doctor doesn't belong here. Not here in Deerington - not really anywhere in the multiverse.

"Hi."Is the loud harsh whisper, "Suppose that's just what I needed - tea." However, this time around he's not so cheeky about that. Then rubbing his hands down his cheeks, "Yes, that sounds brilliant. Is it my photosensors or has the world become various shades of grey?"

A pause; "Glad you liked him. Me. Then."

[onerthes]

She leaned over the counter and nodded, letting the tea seep while she waited for him, putting the water back on the heat to keep it warm. This was definitely a two or three cup situation. Meanwhile, Susan leaped onto the table in front of him and squawked. Brilliant green, that one...

"It's not your eyes. Colors have been wrong for about a week now, maybe more. I've been putting up with it." She sighed, taking a sip of her own. "I won't be calling you Theta, by the way, Doctor. I just didn't want to alarm you then... your awareness was hit and miss."

[borntolove]

Ten watches Susan and gives a weak smile and gives a head nod; "Quite alright. Theta Sigma doesn't mean anything to me anymore."

And even more so - wasn't his real name; just what someone was called at the Academy.

"What do you expect? Never was off of Gallifrey at that point."

[onerthes]

"To be clearer... you were aware that something might have been going on. It seems natural to your existence regardless of age to think of time differently than most people, and to perceive it in a less... linear way." She shrugged and closed her eyes. "But I'm not entirely sure how well you would have coped with the implications at the time of the reality. You didn't speak in terms of regenerating."

[borntolove]

"Oh, well. That's how my people were." Why yes, that is past tense, "They were always able to perceive time in such a way..."

A pause; "Remember back in that other dimension about how I was asked to kill the Daleks? I was asked that because that was a possible future outcome of the universe.

Time is a big ball of timey wimey stuff. Humans and most species believe time to be a strict cause to effect but that's because they can't see everything; that can has, will and could be."

That all said, there's something of a hard look because he's been time sight blind for quite awhile and then a big smile; "But you're clever and thank you for making the right call."

The smile fades and angles away; "Shouldn't be possible for me to reverse like that either."

[onerthes]

Yes. He is present. They were past. She frowned, tapping at her lips. "I do remember, yes. And the basic problem is exactly what you said, that we cannot see time. Even my visions were glimpses along a branching path forward, not of the wholeness of time and space. Your people's perception is beyond mine." A shae of her head. "And good. I don't like deceiving you or holding back, but ... I knew it would only be temporary and didn't want you uncomfortable."

She snorted, raising an eyebrow. "Aren't you used to the impossible being possible here, Doctor?"

[borntolove]

If Vira manages to catch his eyes; she'll see the pain, the lonely, the regret of something big, that he hasn't told her yet and sadness that he hasn't seen with his time sight at all; outside of seeing in The Void - there is nothing and gives her a sympathetic look and reaches a hand out to her.

Then a pause; "It's not impossible to create a self-contained pocket universe that pulls stuff in from beyond it. It's not impossible to fool the senses. It's not impossible for the Great Sleep to be a place to store all of our memories." After, all The Time Lords have the Matrix. A deep inhale, "But it is beyond impossible," and a bit scary because that was sort of like what The Time Lords did to The Doctor on Gallifrey in the Death Zone sepereting his lives to be pitted against each other;

"That my clock could be turned back like that... It would be like humans being turned back into apes."

[onerthes]

"I... don't believe that it actually happened, not physically. I'm growing comfortable thinking of this as a lucid dream. In a dream, the impossible is made possible because it is not truly real. We are affected because we are too deep in the dream, but you were not truly regressed." A shake of her head. "You dreamed of being regressed or she dreamed of you in a regressed state and you saw that dream, experienced it. But the fundamental laws of what is, and is not? They were not transgressed."

"Does... that make sense?"

[borntolove]

The Doctor is waggling his tongue suggestively as Vira talks but he's thinking, "Yes, it does but in the letter Ramona said the layers are growing thinner. And in space-time thar's a veil, The Void of nothingness between the universe's in the multiverse - my people The Time Lords - use to watch those walls -," Ten pauses for a moment, "We're in trouble if we start getting too many cracks in there."

[onerthes]

"We are, yes. But we'll have to save that discussion for a moment down the road, I think. It isn't something that we're going to solve with you like this. You need to rest a little and have that oh so rejuvinating tea." A shake of her head. "Let us hope the impossible does not become reality too much in the coming months."

[borntolove]

"Oi, I'm fine." Which seems to have jinx himself and bends quickly to the floor and looks like he's in pain.

"Still cooking." Then continues to look like he's in some kind of abdominal pain

[onerthes]

She raised an eyebrow. "I believe you just went through every one of your regenerations a second time in a matter of minutes. I doubt you'll be one hundred percent today. Is there anything I can do to help the discomfort?" she offered, not getting up quite yet. She needed a bit more direction than that first.

[borntolove]

Ten replies as he's clenching his teeth; "No but I appreciate it." The Doctor crawls back to the sofa.

[onerthes]

"Listen, for the time being, I would prefer it if you were staying somewhere safe, Doctor. You're welcome to remain here. I've got space for you and the shark... though I think we might want to recommend your old place for the Thestrals. It is, after all, only a townhouse. We can worry about that tomorrow, though, when you're feeling a little better, yes?" It seemed the wisest thing to do. For being as all powerful as he was, there were times when it felt like he had trouble tying his shoelaces. Those had gotten worse since Rose disappeared...

...

Not that she was unwise enough to say that.

[borntolove]

There's a non-verbal, yes but at least a direct eye contact before someone passes out again.

The Doctor is passed out again; at various points, Vira might hear Ten saying;

Susan

Romana

Sarah

Leela

Adric

Ace


Some of these sound very long ago with his voice and all of them also non-romantic but still important to someone at some when.

Master

Jack

and of course the deepest and most painful moan;

Rose

Someone isn't just cooking as far as his body but also in his mind seems to be straightening out as well.

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[onerthes]

She checked in on him from time to time, to make sure his breathing and pulse were stable... or stable-ish anyway. Occasionally, she'd leave a cold compress on his forehead to ease any feverish symptoms, but she didn't intervene further.

Eventually, she'd sleep, but she was up pretty early in the morning, and by the time he would awake, there was he smell of eggs and bacon cooking and a pungeant coffee odor. If he looked, the bottle of Irish Cream was out and ready to be added. She'd given up on trying to play at being the peak of sobriety. She was an alcoholic and this town wouldn't let it be easy to be otherwise.

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[borntolove]

The Doctor had been cooking with his cells all night and the cool cloth on the forehead helps. Though-out the night, his mind is also meshing around and sorting through all of his lives.

Finally, wakes up mid-morning; he does smell the breakfast but he's all sweaty; and goes to the shower first and comes out casually nude; as his grow up clothes are back over in the apartment and the bathrobe is all sweaty.

However, he's overall rather quiet; "Hi."

Noting the Irish Cream but doesn't say anything about; goodness knows he's had his moments and right might be. The Doctor goes over and makes the kettle before sitting down across from Vira.

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[onerthes]

Hey, the irish was for him too if he wanted it. She poured coffee for them both and set a plate of something, double portions in front of him and one in front of her before she irished her coffee and set the cream out if he wanted it. A quick stir and she settled down into her chair, absolutely unconcerned about the nudity and at the same time making no note of it, other than.

Sip. "Morning, Doctor." Sip. "You realize that if I have to dress you in drag, you're not leaving my house naked to get the rest of your clothes, don't you?"

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[borntolove]

Ten proceeds to start eating the eggs, and once swallowed pauses to stare at Vira for a moment. A good long moment, directly in the eyes and confusing remarks, as a hand of his ruffles the back of his hair a bit,

"Why?"


No, really. He may know science and math beyond that of Earth. However, human social norms or norms of any species that isn't his own - does not do.

[onerthes]

She chuckled. "One. People will talk, but that's the least important," she said over a bit of bacon and a bite of english muffin. It was pretty clear that amused her more. "Two, I'm pretty sure it's illegal. Something about public decency. If the cats get involved, I'd prefer not to get wailed on by them too for something quite that silly. Three, Doctor, dear, you're a bit of a mess. You don't need that much sun right now, and I'm fresh out of suntan lotion. Which reminds me to pick some up next week."

This was an entirely normal conversation that normal people could have.

[borntolove]

Munch, munch on the harshbrowns and is mixing those with the poached eggs and another pause and stare; "Talk about what?"

See, this is why The Doctor says humans dance with everything in his universe; look at what all of you think about.

Ten grabs a muffin, which is when the kettle goes off and slides out of the chair to make his tea and comes back.

The Doctor remarks slowly; "Public decency. Says the species that went out among the stars and danced with everything."

Then blows a raspberry; "Gallifrey had two suns."

[onerthes]

"Oh, people will assume I'm sleeping with you, silly little Galifreyan. And I wouldn't want that." Mind you, she didn't feel like bringing up the Rose colored Elephant in the room that was why. That would have been cruel. But it was definitely there in her mind.

"Hah. Perhaps, but humans have always been a bit hypocritical at times. It is the way of their laws, and the cats will enforce it." She winked. "One, two... you can still get a burn you know."

[borntolove]

The Doctor is drinking his tea, pauses, "For your sake, I will." Even if he's still making a 'what' face on why others would just assume that but again - humans; so much and so little time.

More nibbling at his breakfast, "Yeah, I don't - with their laws." If it's not obvious. Which really why should he? the way humans break up the universe into segments in space; and each planets having their own way of things. He's a traveler. Always on the move. The Shadow Proclamation and Laws of Time is all he needs; after all - usually The Doctor has decent moral compass.

The Doctor eyes over at the silver Gallifrey plants in the living room;

"You should have seen that old planet.... The second sun would rise in the south and the mountains would shine. The trees on the leaves were silver. When they caught the light every morning it looked like the forest was one fire. When the autumn came, the wind would blow through the branches of the tree like a song..."

[onerthes]

"Oh, believe me, I understand. You should read something called "Blue Laws" one of these days. I've been meaning to ask them all about this when my life is not in peril on a daily basis." She took a sip and settled back, glad he'd play along, but not really pressing further.

"It sounds lovely. You sound distinctly like you miss home, even despite the time that has passed. I guess we all pine, at times, for the lands of our birth." She certainly missed the forests of the frontier. "So... you'll be staying for a bit then, I assume?"