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[Mission 007] Video

Oct 02, 2011 17:03

[Coming out of the latest event left Botan feeling almost physically ill. She hadn't been able to react properly to Rachel and Rory's deaths; had actually laughed about it. Between that and everything else she had done... After turning on the PCD, having it propped to stay standing during the recording, Botan walks over to a clear section of floor ( Read more... )

the lowest of bows, !pcd video, feeling super bad, sorry doesn't fix everything, spamming the timeline like a boss, oops, event backlash

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[Video] got2haveasmith October 3 2011, 01:07:54 UTC

[Sarah Jane catches that little detail before the girl bows. She's seen Botan's presence on the network from the last week, and understands why the girl feels the need to apologize. She feels similarly.]

The fact that you are remorseful means a great deal. People will know it wasn't truly you doing and saying what you did.

[Video] genkireaper October 3 2011, 01:15:28 UTC

Still... Knowing, understanding and forgiving are all different things. This is really only the beginning.

[Video] got2haveasmith October 3 2011, 01:27:29 UTC

Indeed it is. Most of us have a lot to make up for, after this last week.

[Video] genkireaper October 3 2011, 01:33:25 UTC

I suppose there are some things to be thankful for, that I didn't go about doing, or helping with.

[Like helping encourage the Doctor, or physically helping.]

How much do you have to make up for?

[Video] got2haveasmith October 3 2011, 02:05:20 UTC

Everything and nothing. I was completely apathetic last week, which isn't like me at all. I couldn't be bothered to do or say anything, even when, looking back, I know I should have.

[If she'd been unaffected, she could have helped the Doctor, or Jack. Or anyone who needed a dose of reality.]

The only person I talked to was a new arrival, and I could barely be bothered to do that. The only reason I did was that she seemed to know the Doctor.

Re: [Video] genkireaper October 3 2011, 02:13:52 UTC

Do you feel partially responsible for some of the things that have been done?

[Because by her tone, Botan feels like SJ shouldn't feel too burdened from those events in particular.]

New arrival? ... So someone from your world, then. She'd have to be to know the Doctor, right?

[Video] got2haveasmith October 3 2011, 02:30:10 UTC

...I do. Inaction is just as bad as a wrong action.

[Sincerity and remorse.]

[And then she switches her feed to private.]

No, not from my world. At least, not according to the Master, who claimed to have met her before. If he's to be trusted, she's from some world where the Doctor, and the rest of us, are characters in a television programme.

[Video | Private | Unhackable] genkireaper October 3 2011, 04:42:05 UTC

Then what would've happened? That inaction may've also saved your life. The Doctor must be feeling absolutely awful for what happened as it is.

[Sighs, but it's the latter part of the message that gets her curiosity back up. Something done for the first time since before the event.]

Saxon makes me uneasy... Do you think it would be possible to put all of your lives in some show? It sounds ridiculously hard to believe.

[Then again, she doesn't know that Harry Potter's got a book series in some people's worlds.]

[Video | Private | Unhackable] got2haveasmith October 3 2011, 23:47:08 UTC

Then I could have done something, tried something. There's always something you can do, always. I've never believed otherwise. To just sit in my room for a week and not care.... It goes against everything I believe in. I don't know if it would have made a difference, and I can never know, since I didn't do anything. And that will haunt me, knowing I could have tried to help, and I just let things go.

[She sets her mouth in a thin line for a moment, refocusing her attentions.]

He makes me uneasy, too. The Doctor, Jack, and Martha know him, and their interactions have been - less than pleasant. I don't know that I trust his word alone, but going back over the limited conversation we had, this girl and I, there are things that don't quite ring true.

[She nods.]I think anything is possible, even if it's difficult to believe. Most people don't think alien invasions are possible, because most people don't think aliens exist. I know otherwise. I'd be a fool to discount a theory because it seemed completely ridiculous to me. And ( ... )

[Video | Private | Unhackable] genkireaper October 4 2011, 05:47:16 UTC

I just get a bad feeling from him. Not one as obvious as some others I've met before, but...

[Shrugs.]

I suppose it's just that the idea of someone's world, entire reality, could also be something from inside someone's mind. It leads to wondering if other people are the same, and if our existences were actually real in the first place. Existential crisis' can be scary things, after all.

[Video | Private | Unhackable] got2haveasmith October 9 2011, 18:12:38 UTC

I don't think you're wrong in that feeling, Botan. Not from what little I do know of him. Keep on your guard.

[And she gives the girl a grim smile.]

It's a disturbing thought, I agree. Not quite as disturbing as some I've had to ponder over the years, but it's pretty close.

[Video | Private | Unhackable] genkireaper October 10 2011, 00:21:36 UTC

[Nods, a little in thought with a bit of an affirming sound.]

Besides, if I'm really a fictional character, I'd really like to meet whomever came up with my world.

[Video | Private | Unhackable] got2haveasmith October 10 2011, 00:29:59 UTC

[She bites back the urge to laugh.]

I would as well, if that's the case.

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