[11] This is Gallifrey; Our Childhood, Our Home.

[coolbowtie]

[VOICE]

[A voice comes over the Mayfield network. It's rather fuzzy, as though it didn't orginate from the phone given to every Mayfield Citizen, but another signal getting picked up by the network.]I know you're looking for me. But I'm not going back to the Academy. I don't need a TARDIS. I'll travel the universe without one. Just try to

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C. still normal Empress because sob icons are hard to find but yeah

[kindlichekaiser]

[She's heard around town about this strangeness with people suddenly becoming older or younger, and after Doctor's message, well...

She went out after dark to go find him, of course! When she finally see him at the playground, so approaches slowly] Excuse me?

IT'S OKAY EMPRESS YOU ARE STILL SO PRETTY

[coolbowtie]

...[He looks up at her, he's not looking very good.]

Yeah? Who's there?

/PREENS

[kindlichekaiser]

Are you alright? [She makes sure to ease into a streetlight so he can see her better, clasping her hands gently in front of her]

You look awfully cold. Do you want me to get you a jacket?

[coolbowtie]

I'm fine, the atmosphere is just colder than I expected. If I'd known I was coming, I would have planned better.

[But still he shivers]

[kindlichekaiser]

[She makes a quiet noise and leaves. She comes back roughly 10 minutes later with a jacket--a little too large for him really--and moves to climb up and drape it around his shoulders]

It won't do anyone any good if you get sick. [She smiles sweetly and takes a seat]

What are you doing out here so late anyhow?

[coolbowtie]

[He blinks at her. He's never really seen anyone who isn't a Time Lord up close before, only in textbooks. She looks Time Lord, but the feeling he gets around her is different, better]

I won't get sick.

[He looks back up at the sky]

I'm keeping a watch out.

[kindlichekaiser]

It's better to be safe, than sorry. How old are you? [Doctor you are so tiny she doesn't even...

She raises her head to look at the sky as well] A watch out for what?

[coolbowtie]

I'm nine. So I'm pretty grown up, I've already started at the Academy and seen...

[he trails off, clearly not wanting to talk about what else he's done, and so he sniffles instead]

That's what I'm looking out for. I know that my teacher is going to come looking for me and drag me back there.

[kindlichekaiser]

Ahh, I'm much older than you, it seems. [A WHOLE HELL OF A LOT OLDER jfc.

She quiet a moment, thinking about this] I can offer you protection if you like, as an Empress I'm sure I can do such a thing.

[coolbowtie]

...How old are you?

[He blinks at her] You're an Empress?

[kindlichekaiser]

200,001. [she laughs a little, rubbing her arms against the cold.]

I am. The Childlike Empress. I can give you diplomatic immunity, or something like that, if you'd like?

[coolbowtie]

...So you're not a human?

[He notices her rubbing her arms]

We can share the jacket.

[kindlichekaiser]

No, I'm not. You're not either, right?

[She looks pleased with the offer and shifts to huddle under the large jacket with him]

What do all those symbols mean?

[coolbowtie]

Nope, I'm a Time Lord.

It's a map of the universe. I was trying to find out how far Gallifrey is from here.

[kindlichekaiser]

[She smiles a little] What's Gallifrey like?

[because Doctor never really told/mentioned it to her before]

[coolbowtie]

Terrible, I hate it there, the academy is boring and I always wanted to just leave.