002 - Log

[doc_in_converse]

When: June 5th; Daytime
Where: Somewhere in Nhode
Rating: PG(?)
Characters: The Tenth Doctor (doc_in_converse), Riku (dawnwards)
Summary: With the Doctor working on stuff in Nhode, he finds himself confronted. Well, he's said some things that would probably lead to something like this, hasn't he?

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[dawnwards]

Man, and Riku thought he screwed over Destiny Islands when he opened the Door to Darkness back then.

These days, it's like someone or something found every entrance, every passage, every gate and threw them all wide open, channeling all manner of plaguing monstrosities into the unsuspecting worlds accessed. It kind of put things in perspective.

However, that was furthest from the half-dark Keyblade Master's mind. He'd always had the sort of hungrily inquisitive mind that made him voraciously seek out answers and new experiences. Never quite to the point of hedonism, unless you counted his stint with the Darkness and the power it had given him, a heady influence indeed.

Right now, he intended on wresting a few straight answers from the Doctor, particularly given some of the things he's said. Either he's completely insane, a particularly good liar, or--

There's the man now, with that ... 'ship' of his, and oh shit is he leaving? Riku picks up his pace to a loping sprint, closing in on the Doctor

[doc_in_converse]

Well, not really leaving, but still. The Doctor continues to walk, hands in the pockets of his slacks. He begins to slow to a stop, letting Riku have the opportunity to catch up to him. He finally stops, but doesn't turn his attention to the approaching boy. Not yet, at least. Hands in pockets, he simply waits until Riku's /right there/ before he suddenly turns around, bearing that wide smile of his.

"Oh, really? Story time? Why didn't anyone tell me?" He says quite boisterously. He's definately going to draw attention like this, but... he simply continues, "Well, I've got one. This one's a killer, I promise."

Clearing his throat, the Doctor begins to speak up again. "It's about this guy, with a watch... Then you have this writer... I think the guy's name was... Harold? Yeah, that sounds about right."

[dawnwards]

The Doctor is lucky Riku's never seen Stranger Than Fiction, else he might have hauled off and hit him for taking him for a fool. Instead, the reference is completely lost on Riku, which is a dreadful shame, because it's a brilliant film, and he rather likes watching movies.

...So, one day, should Riku randomly approach the Doctor with his fist flying, one can rest assured that he finally managed to discover it in a cinema somewhere.

In the meantime, Riku simply regards him with deadpan confusion.

"Riiiight," is a slow response made with eyes half-lidding. "Very funny."

Without much warning, Riku reaches for the front of the man's coat, intending on tugging it until he bends his ear for low spoken words. "'You humans', ship that bends reality, suspiciously cheerful, smells like he's done a little more than stare into the abyss?" ...He meant to say seems, right? Seems"Sound familiar yet?" He raps knuckles on the side of the TARDIS, giving the Doctor a grin that could've been described as 'winning' if it didn't quite seem so

[doc_in_converse]

Well, the Doctor does believe he is quite lucky in general. Though he's had his fare shares of punches, slaps, and what have you. So he'd probably just get back up from that, with only a bit of a bruised ego at the most.

But for now, the Doctor simply shrugs- and is caught by the boy and pulled towards him. Whether or not Riku was too fast, or the Doctor is simply letting this happen? He never says. He listens for a moment before he finally moves to try and stand up straight once the questions have been asked and glances to the police box as Riku knocks on it.

"Discuss, hm?" This time, the man's sounding a bit more serious than his normal tone. "...well, what is there to discuss?" It almost sounds like it's going to be a daft answer of sorts, until he says in a rather level manner. "'you humans' because I'm an alien. 'ship that bends reality' because my technology is higher than yours. Suspiciously cheerful, because I like being cheerful; it's better than the alternative... And smells like- wait. What?" There is a blink there.

[dawnwards]

"Did I say smell?" says Riku guardedly, eyes darting away a moment. He'd have carried off bemused ignorance just then, except for the fact that he'll always fail to lie convincingly so long as his damned eyes betray him. It's his curse, what can he say?

He smirks at the Doctor then, fingers dropping away.

"That was easier than I thought--" but no, he's not satisfied. "--Where are you from? You look human enough to me."

Then again, so do certain Nobodies.

"Come on, satisfy my curiosity and I'll satisfy yours." Maybe. ...Depends on the questions, a condition that doubtlessly applies on both sides, whether or not either side mentions this aloud.