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[belle_heaven]

Rose has learned there are a few things in her life that are distinctly not friendly to her or her mental state of well being.

This list includes many things but right now there are three very linked, and very bad such things as bombs, hero complexes, and the Time Vortex.

Bombs. Create panic, remind her of the time she was trapped as a hostage and

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[whotrulyloves]

Penny is going to have to have a serious talk with the universe about how it can so easily segue from gin and tonics and kisses and fun to bombs in bloody elevators and God only knows what else.

She's been running around, offering her assistance- mostly in the area of finding people who need to be found- and trying to keep herself from falling apart. She already did that once at the funeral and she'll be damned if her rock-hard defenses crumble in a time of crisis. She's Penny-the-Rock, dammit.

But right now she needs to sit down and rest- possibly find Juliet (she doesn't even have to look for her, which is wonderful) and tell her to do the same thing, because God only knows what she's doing running around with the doctors. As it turns out, she just happens to sit down near Rose.

"You all right, love?"

She certainly doesn't look it, but it's a stressful time. No one looks it. And it's only polite to ask.

[belle_heaven]

Rose is joined moments before another wave of Time Vortex-induced pain swamps her and Rose screams, biting down onto her arm to muffle the sound, lost in the images, the feeling of the Doctor hurting so badly.

As the onslaught of images subsides Rose lifts her head, shuddering, and croaks out in a raw voice, "Right as rain, me. Just goin' through some Rift-induces bouts of crazies. That's all."

Muscles clenching, face pale and clammy, Rose struggles into a sitting position, and tries to look a little less insane.

[whotrulyloves]

Penny winces and scoots a little closer. Don't mind her, Rose. She's got this innate desire to help people, which she might have picked up from that damned boyfriend of hers before he went and got himself lost.

"So it seems we have another victim of the Rift changing in ways that aren't for the better," she notes dryly. "Why it feels the need to abuse people I'll never guess."

Because it's the Rift, Penny. It doesn't have to have a reason.

[belle_heaven]

Rose offers a crooked smile and nods, "Yeah, the Rift seems to not like a whole lotta people. I seem to be on that list of 'Do Not Like' people."