[ 002: The Forest ]

[trojansister]

[ Don't mind Elraine. She's standing, hood back, with the staff she picked up as a walking aide, and is temporarily awestruck on the hill. ]

I don't think I've ever seen this many trees turning color! Or maybe I have. I don't remember the last time I even noticed the colors of the leaves.

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[shoutsforearth]

Haven't you ever seen autumn before?

[trojansister]

Not quite like this, no.

[shoutsforearth]

What, so the leaves don't turn red and fall where you come from?

[trojansister]

[ She chuckles. ]

They probably do somewhere in the two kingdoms, and I've just been to busy to notice.

[shoutsforearth]

You'd have to be pretty busy not to notice something like that! What do you do that makes you so busy that you don't notice the leaves falling?

[trojansister]

Travel often, and sleep while moving. I guess I've really just not seen the preoccupations I have.

[shoutsforearth]

I'll say, you've been missing out! I travel a lot as well, and the things I've seen... it's amazing. I'm Donna, by the way, Donna Noble.

[trojansister]

It... really is. Space, then this?

[ A small shake of her head. ]

Nice to meet you, Mrs. Noble. I'm Elraine Figarette.

[shoutsforearth]

Oh no, I'm not married!

[trojansister]

Oh! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to assume!

[ She does blush, however. ]

[shoutsforearth]

[laughing; usually she'd take offence but the poor girl's so flustered!] Don't worry about it, sweetheart! Tell you what, just call me Donna. That way you don't get caught out by assuming things.

[trojansister]

Right, Donna. I'll remember that! Along with the lesson in assumptions.

[ And she does earnestly look like she will. ]

[shoutsforearth]

[aww, she's so cute!] That's more like it!

So, Elraine, what's your world like?

[trojansister]

Ah, it's... a bit hard to explain. Is there anything in particular you were curious about?

[shoutsforearth]

Anything! I mean, I've seen different planets before, but different universes? That's something I haven't seen even when I was traveling with the Doctor.

[trojansister]

Ah, er, anything? I guess... [ has no idea what to say about her world ] we've got... four main races? One's all but disappeared since Troy broke out two hundred years ago, and it's less likely to find anyone purely from the warrior lines still existing today.