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fallen_april

AU: Timelines

Dec 12, 2007 19:07

It was amazing, really, how her life had changed all of the sudden. One minute she was in the Park, trying to get up the courage to go home and end it all, the next some tall, leather jacket-wearing Brit is grabbing her hand and dragging her with him ( Read more... )

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timelord_lastof December 13 2007, 00:26:54 UTC

"You thought wrong," the Doctor said distractedly as he worked the controls of the TARDIS, barely glancing at the girl. "I'll explain later, for now... we have to go."

He paused and frowned, then looked over at her, one hand hovering over the coordinates setting. "What do you think of the Empire State Building?"

He was more or less certain there wouldn't be any squirrels up there.

fallen_april December 13 2007, 00:35:03 UTC

April raised an eyebrow, just... utterly bemused and unable to figure out what the help was going on.

"Um... I think it's a building? I have no particular feelings one way or the other."

timelord_lastof December 13 2007, 00:36:45 UTC

"Fantastic. Right then, off we go!"

And he's back to focusing on the TARDIS and apparently ignoring the girl's existence for the moment. Alien squirrels are far more important than one little American girl's confusion and million and one questions.

fallen_april December 13 2007, 00:39:55 UTC

"I'm hallucinating," she declared after a moment, to no one in particular. "I'm going through withdrawal and I've had a really fucking stressful week and I've had a psychotic break and I'm hallucinating."

She fiddled with her necklace, a fob watch pendant on a long chain, the pendant clasped in her hand, out of sight.

timelord_lastof December 13 2007, 00:44:54 UTC

There's the sound of the TARDIS engines firing up, the center column pistoning, and now the Doctor leans back against the console, arms folded over his chest.

"No you're not. Well, maybe the withdrawal and stress part, I can't be sure about that, but the rest of it, no."

fallen_april December 13 2007, 00:48:13 UTC

"Yeah, well, you're a hallucination, you would say that."

She sighed and perched on the railing, letting go of the pendant. It was relatively small, not the most noticeable, with an etching of cogs and clockwork on the front. "Okay, fine, say I'm not hallucinating. Who are you, where are we, and why were those squirrels chasing you?"

timelord_lastof December 13 2007, 00:49:38 UTC

"I'm the Doctor, this is my TARDIS, and they're aliens." Simple, direct, and to the point. It seemed like the best way of going about it.

fallen_april December 13 2007, 00:51:13 UTC

"Doctor who? And what the hell is a TARDIS?"

She'll take the alien thing in stride, for now.

timelord_lastof December 13 2007, 00:58:18 UTC

"Just... the Doctor," he said, as if that was painfully obvious and the question was one of the stupider things he'd ever heard. "The TARDIS is my ship." He rested his hand on the console. "It travels in time and space. And we should be..."

He tilted his head to one side, listening, and then grinned and nodded to the door. "Actually, you might want to go look for yourself."

fallen_april December 13 2007, 01:06:29 UTC

April raised an eyebrow, then stepped cautiously over to the door. She didn't get how a blue phone box that was bigger on the inside could fly, but...

She opened the door, and her suspicious expression melted, and she lit up. "Oh! Oh!"

The city was spread out at her feet, as she stood on the tip-top of the Empire State Building, the lights starting to glow as the sun set. It was beautiful, her city. The sunset turned the sky a deep red, and it made something in her chest twist, and she couldn't say why. "It's beautiful."

timelord_lastof December 13 2007, 01:11:01 UTC

The Doctor walked up behind her and looked out over her shoulder, beaming. "Isn't it? So there's no need to go looking at me like I'm some kind of madman who grabs people off the street and drags them into blue boxes. Yes, I saw that."

He'd get around to the more important things like, oh, say, explanations in a minute. This was more interesting just now.

fallen_april December 13 2007, 01:15:35 UTC

April beamed, glanced up at him with a wide and awe-filled grin before looking back to the city. "At this point, I don't think I'd give a fuck if you were. This is..." She shook her head. "I don't know. It's so beautiful its heartsbreaking."

She blinked, shook her head. "Bleh, heartbreaking. Tripped over my tongue."

timelord_lastof December 13 2007, 01:21:02 UTC

The Doctor blinked as well at the slip of the tongue, but decided not to comment on it. Could happen to anyone. Especially distracted by a view like this.

"I always loved New York. All of them. Though it is a lot nicer when the squirrels are all really squirrels."

fallen_april December 13 2007, 01:22:22 UTC

April started twirling her pendant between her fingers, absently, and looked back at him, wide-eyed. "There's more than one New York?"

timelord_lastof December 13 2007, 01:25:14 UTC

"Fifteen, as a matter of fact," he said brightly. "At least, as far as I know. There could be more, I haven't been paying much attention."

fallen_april December 13 2007, 01:26:13 UTC

April laughs, and glances back to the TARDIS. Then she grins and slips her hand into his, tugging him back in. "Well, c'mon! Show me one!"

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