004 - Bringing the First Taste of the Spring

[n0secondchances]

[Ten's gone walking through the castle today, curious to explore the building that's causing them all so much fuss. He doesn't make it very far, though, before he spots a single acorn sitting right in the middle of the lobby.

Funny... it wasn't quite the right season for acorns, was it?

Picking it up, he'll turn it over in his palm, when he notices

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[mr_stealthypnts]

[Xander is wandering by and when he sees Ten on the floor he will stop to stare. Not that he knows this is the guy he spoke to quite yet. He will stare. If not for his new unfortunate loss there would probably be food frozen halfway to his mouth.]

[n0secondchances]

[he's got his hand under the couch and he is apparently talking to something under it. Or possibly to himself. Really, either is probable at this point]

Why, there's a whole lot of you! Brilliant! Just how exactly did you all get down there?

[mr_stealthypnts]

[His curiosity is far too much for him. He's leaning over now and trying to see underneath the couch...]

Who's own there?

[n0secondchances]

[not even looking up at that] I'm not sure if it's a who as much as a what.

Ah! There we are! [and, successfully ushering one onto his hand, he'll pull one of the little soot sprites out into the light]

[mr_stealthypnts]

[comes over to peer closer]

What is it?

[n0secondchances]

No idea!

[he sounds remarkably cheerful about this fact]

[mr_stealthypnts]

[Xander's just gonna....reach out to poke it now.]

[n0secondchances]

Oh, hey now!

[the soot sprite doesn't seem too appreciative, either. Once poked, it rolls off of the Doctor's hand to drift towards the floor, before quickly rolling back under the couch] Bugger...

[mr_stealthypnts]

Oh! Oh...sorry, I....didn't know it would do that.

[n0secondchances]

Oh, really? And how would you feel if someone pulled you out of a nice comfy shadow just to poke at you, then? [but there's no actual venom in his voice. He just goes back to carefully luring one of them back out into his hand. For all that they seem incredibly shy, they don't seem to stay frightened for long, curiosity seeming to win enough to keep them from disappearing entirely.]

[mr_stealthypnts]

I...probably wouldn't like it much.

[he gets down on his hands and knees]

I can help you find him again.