005 | here without you |

[thatoldthatkind]

[ Looks can be deceiving. You find yourself in a white room with a green anchor on the side next to the door. There's a magnifying glass in the middle of a table, with a few chairs beside it. The Doctor is standing in front of the magnifying glass, now with a green jacket instead of the tweed that everyone might be used to. His face is grim, hands

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[suchasadword]

[This was... This place. This horrible place full of pain and heartbreak and hatred and handbots. She remembered being here, even though technically speaking she hadn't yet been. She knew it would come. Knew how it would play out, when doors would be shut and hands would be pressed and all the horrible aches and upset that everyone within her walls would feel.

There are chairs, all unused as of yet. At least until she finds herself flopping down into one next to her not-tweed-wearing Doctor.]

It's a shame about Chen-7. It would have been nice to see the mirrored mountains.

[thatoldthatkind]

You're a time machine, dear. We can see Apalapachia whenever we want.

[suchasadword]

We could. [But...]

[thatoldthatkind]

But what?

[suchasadword]

The only place you like to revisit is the 21st century United Kingdom. [Flippant] There are other, much more pressing things that happen, need to happen, will happen. Before a visit to Apalapachia is ever on the docket again.

[thatoldthatkind]

More pressing? Is that why Amy had to wait thirty-six years?

[suchasadword]

[For a moment, the TARDIS has the gall to look a little guilt-ridden.]

Some things must happen a certain way.

[thatoldthatkind]

Yes. Of course. Must. That's why Melody had to be taken as well, isn't it?

[suchasadword]

Yes. Yes, she had to.

[thatoldthatkind]

[ He's not happy about it. He has never been happy about it. ]

Like Adric? Rose? Donna? How many of them do we have to lose because it has to happen?

[suchasadword]

[She doesn't answer. He knows what she'd say, regardless. Time was a fickle mistress, and even a TARDIS couldn't decide everything.]

[thatoldthatkind]

What is the point, Old Girl?

[suchasadword]

Every life is a pile of good things and bad things. The good things don't always soften the bad things, but vice-versa, the bad things don't necessarily spoil the good things and make them unimportant.

[She's quoting him and they both know it. But, much like River and her little blue book... There are no spoilers for the Doctor.]

[thatoldthatkind]

You're using my own lines against me. That's not very fair.

[suchasadword]

Not everything in life is fair, my dear Thief. Just because you don't know what your future holds, doesn't mean you should linger and wallow in the past. Mourn, yes, but letting go...

[thatoldthatkind]

[ He looks down. ]

You know I don't do that.