Comments | aternatopia: At a crossroads

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At a crossroads

Jan 23, 2011 22:48

Who: Nobody Owens, and OPEN (with a hope for one Rose Tyler)
What: ...I don't even know anymore
Where: Standing in the middle of the street. Thankfully, there aren't a whole lot of cars in a hurry, or he'd be a pancake
When: Sometime on Sunday. Maybe just after dark
Status: Open, incomplete

( Peter Pan and Batman was probably not the best combination. )

*status-incomplete, nobody owens, !open, rose tyler

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notthelostgirl January 27 2011, 06:32:46 UTC

Rose was trying to make the best of her (hopefully temporary) stay in Aternaville. She hadn't needed to find herself a job yet, living comfortably on the contents of her bank accounts, but the resulting surplus of free time meant that she was very often bored. So, for lack of a better idea, she returned to the spot in the park where she had first arrived, lingering like some sort of lost puppy awaiting the return of her owner.

She was walking back from her near-daily vigil when Rose noticed the figure in the street. Sure, the town was fairly small and the roads were never terribly busy, but that didn't stop her stomach from filling with dread; she had seen too many people lost in accidents in places like this. "Hey! It's dangerous to be standin' there."

owingnobody January 31 2011, 02:52:51 UTC

At the sound of the voice, Bod's stomach jumped. He knew that voice, was so well acquainted with it... but he already knew it wasn't the woman he'd known, that he'd been so close to. Closing his eyes, he looked up at the sky. "I take it back, Aternaville," he whispered. "This, I'm not ready for."

Then, with a sigh, he looked down, then back at her. How had Harry dealt with this, with his own mother? Twice? "Sorry," he said, as he approached her. "But sometimes, I like standing in the middle of the street. It's almost like... like you can see off into the distance, and the whole of the world spreads out before you, and you could just... start walking, and the potential for adventure is simply endless..." Arriving at the curb, he stepped up to face her. "Hullo, Rose Tyler," he said. "I'm Bod."

notthelostgirl February 12 2011, 08:53:18 UTC

"Why don't you? Just take off, go for it." It was utterly irresponsible for Rose to say it, to suggest that he leave family and school for the unknown, but she couldn't help herself. The feeling that he'd described was one that she knew well. It was the same one that she got whenever she opened the TARDIS doors and later with every jump. "There's so much out there, things that are lovely or terrible or just plain mad, but all wonderful in their own way."

The knot in her stomach loosened when he was safely out of the street. "Hello, Bod." She ducked her head, smiling sheepishly. "Sorry for not rememberin' you. Suppose we have time travel to thank for that, makin' things complicated."

owingnobody February 13 2011, 05:22:47 UTC

Bod almost smiled. Almost. It was Rose, pure Rose, but it was Rose... before the Doctor had left her. Before she started 'hibernating' and never leaving the house. It was the Rose with the adventurous spirit, who had run off with the Doctor in the first place. He thought it would hurt to see her, but... seeing her like this, it was good. He hoped that his Rose, wherever she'd gone to, had reclaimed this spark ( ... )

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