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[when the Doctor's CAT turns on, he's making faces at himself in what appears to be a full-length mirror, and in the background are several other suits, ties--anything for the modern, well-dressed man, apparently. to his normal pinstripe suit, he's added a dark brown vest and is just adding a pearl tie pin to a blue cravat in this style. a change

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[wind_of_reason]

Oh- you're the Doctor, right? [Worriedly] What are you talking about? Out of everyone, I thought that you would have kept a journal as well!

[Visibly pulls herself together.]
A pleasure to meet you again, then, Doctor. [bows] I'm Fuu Hououji, who lives next door to you here, and--

[A lightbulb goes on in her head as she remembers some of the things she wrote.]

And Mister Braxiatel, who said that he's your friend, is here as well. Perhaps he can set you straight.

[bit_impossible]

I am yes, but I seem to have been misplaced. And you know, I used to keep a journal, but once you've become as old as I am, it becomes rather depressing to see how many centuries worth of journals and diaries you can fill with details of death and misadventure--as well as countless fantastic encounters, so it all sort of balances out in the end. No, I gave it all up long ago. Anything important I need to remember, I keep up here. [taps the side of his head] At least that's worked in the past.

Anyway, it's a pleasure to meet you, Fuu! Again. I'm terribly sorry, this sort of thing happens to me every now and then. Meeting people in the wrong order.

But Braxiatel is here? Really? I never thought he'd get away from that Collection of his. Where is he?

[wind_of_reason]

[Wow. Was the Doctor she knew so... so... like this? Well, 'amazing' certainly still qualifies to describe him. Just how old is he? Centuries, seriously?]

I'd love to hear about some of those fantastic encounters! The stories of those with experience are very valuable.

[bows] Not to worry! I rather feel like that myself now - meetings out of order, that is.

And yes, he's in Luministi Greens West, Unit B11. I'm sure he'll be pleased to see you. [...She hopes. Who knows what memories those two are in. Either way, it would be better than her trying to explain it. At least the Doctor clearly still knows Mister Braxiatel.]

[ooc-ly points to Brax's thread - he's right there! XD]

[bit_impossible]

Another time, perhaps. First I need to find my friend and my ship. No doubt Brax will have found something out about them by now.

But tell me, have you seen a girl named Lucie around? She's blonde, hails from Blackpool, and is oh, I'd say a handful of years older than you.

[wind_of_reason]

[Tentatively] Lucie? No, I'm afraid I haven't.

[Should she mention that he hasn't spoken of a 'Lucie' before? And it was unlikely that the Doctor she'd written about had found the ship either - at least, he'd made no mention of it. Uncertain of what to do, she bows her head.]

I'm sorry, Doctor. But you're right. No doubt Mister Braxial will be able to help you out.

[bit_impossible]

She's in another part of town, no doubt.

[smiles] No need to apologise. Tell me, are you a native to this town?

[wind_of_reason]

[Fuu waves her hands before her to dissuade him of the notion, but replies with a smile.]

Oh no, Doctor. I'm afraid that I'm not. I'm actually a resident of Tokyo. It's under rather mysterious circumstances that I was unwillingly summoned to become a 'new' resident of Luministi.

Oh! New residents! Of course. [She can be helpful after all! Fuu takes her CAT device out from her small purse and brings up the directory.]

This will give us a list of all the people summoned here. If Miss Lucie is on here, then she is in town.

[bit_impossible]

[frowns slightly, but while he's talking, he begins patting around and feeling in his pockets] From Tokyo? Then you are quite a ways away from home, aren't you? But what do you mean my summoned? I don't remember receiving any sort of--ah, there we are. [pulls out the CAT from his coat pocket]

Would she have received one of these though? [starts poking around it]

[wind_of_reason]

[He has no idea how far from home. ...Well, neither does she, for that matter! She puts down the CAT and instead takes up one of her journals, shaking her head sadly. Miss Lucie's not listed in the CAT, and the Doctor will certainly find that out for himself in a moment. It seems like she'll have to long-story-short him about what is going on after all. But something about 'summoned' tweaked a memory for something she'd written.]
[Flipping through the book she starts to explain.]

Yes. Everyone has one, and we can't leave them behind, even if we want to. And we are certainly far from all our homes. We have information claiming that we are on the 'Northren Continent' of 'Sol 3'. My apologies -- 'we' being all the other 'new' residents here.

And as for being summoned, [Fuu places her finger upon a page in the journal] I apologize for using the term, but it seems more natural to me. However, contrary to a usual summons we haven't received any task. You yourself said that it would be better to just simply say we were 'taken

[bit_impossible]

[he smiles warmly] No, that's perfectly all right. An abridged version of events here gives me a good starting point. I'm better off than I was five minutes ago!

But for two months? I've been here for two months? And in this body, I take it? Do you have a description written down in your journal? I'd be a bit shorter with longer hair, lighter eyes, and different Byron-esque outfit with a cravat almost like this one.

[wind_of_reason]

[Fuu nods to confirm that he's been here two months, but gives a mental start at whether she'd written down a description of him in her journal. Nothing he said to describe himself rang any bells with what she'd written, least of all a Byron-esque outfit or a cravat. (At least he had an example of the latter to point to.)]

[She flips through the journal for a moment before shaking her head.]

I'm sorry, Doctor. My descriptions are fairly vague. Tall, long brown coat, and a tidy suit. Sharp brown eyes. Oh- and white runners. [With the suit, that had been certainly worth noting.]

[bit_impossible]

You know better for next time, then. Shame I can't say the same for him. Trainers with a suit? Seems a sense of style and taste isn't in my future.

[wind_of_reason]

I rather hope that there isn't a next time... But I'll keep that in mind.

[In his future? What...? Fuu's trying to keep her mind really open about this. It's hard to understand, but she's trying to make it compute.]

But if I may ask for you to explain a bit more about... what happened to you? Your memories are apparently erased back to when you had a different body, but how can you be the same person? And how can you have lived for centuries? Are you a phoenix in human form?

[Okay, so that sounded a bit-- really-- unlikely, but that was the best guess she could come up with. (And it would be kinda cool if it were true.)]

[bit_impossible]

No, I'm not a phoenix--nor am I a human. Common mistake; don't feel too bad. However, you're not too far off with the phoenix metaphor. It's not exactly rising from the ashes, but regeneration does result in a rebirth of sorts.

[wind_of_reason]

[She's a touch disappointed he's not quite a phoenix, but alien is pretty cool too! Mostly, she's in awe (and completely distracted from the task at hand).]

That's splendid! An alien who can change and keep on living...
If I may, what do you do with such a long life? You said centuries, which is, I'm afraid, rather unimaginable to a human.

[And come to think of it, this would probably make English not his first language. This ...'incarnation?' of the Doctor certainly seems more forthcoming that the one she wrote about.]

[bit_impossible]

Keep on living barring any accidents. I can only regenerate so many times before the final death.

But what I do is travel! There's a vast universe out there, you know. Even if I started at one end and tried to reach the other, visiting everything in my path, I'd barely have gone anywhere. There is so much to see and do!