A practical joke?

[mortensenvp]

Characters:Viggo Mortensen, Rose Tyler
Rating: PG-13 for some cursing
Time Period: Modern
Location: near the helicopter landing pad
Relative Date:day of Viggo's arrival
Status: now-closed

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[thebadwolfrose]

It was the day after Rose found the strange little doll on her bed with the Master's name on it. None of it made any sense and she couldn't help but feel it was a joke.

Rose decided that she would try and find someone else and see if they knew anything about the doll, she also left a message for everyone.

After having no luck in the castle, Rose made her way outside. The place seemed unusually dead for some reason, but soon Rose spotted another person coming towards the castle.

"Hello!" Rose waved to the person and headed towards him. "New, yeah?" She figured that he had to be because of the bags.

[mortensenvp]

Viggo had almost made it to the castle. His discomfort had grown greatly by now. Not physically--he was perfectly fine there, used to this sort of thing. He glanced up and noticed a young woman who had apparently come out of the castle. So he wasn't completely alone.

'Hello,' he greeted, looking at the woman carefully. 'New? I've just arrived, if that's what you mean--not without questions, though. What is this place? Where is it? I was supposed to be meeting a friend and... got left here with no word on where to find him or if he's even here.'

[thebadwolfrose]

Rose always hated this part, telling the new poeple that they are trapped and a lie was used to get them here.

"Right, see...you're friend probably isn't here. Might be though, but that isn't why you're here." She sighed. "Whoever runs this place is trickin' us into comin' then traps us here. Can't ever leave." There was something really familiar about the man standing in front of her, but she couldn't quite place it. "Sorry, don't mean to stare, but umm do I know you? Just look like I've seen ya before."

[mortensenvp]

Viggo looked at her as though she'd grown a second head before his eyes. 'What do you mean, "can't ever leave?!"' he demanded, slipping momentarily into Spanish, before correcting himself after a moment and repeating the words in English. 'I have to leave!' It wasn't even the work obligations, though there were plenty, but his son. His mother, father, stepfather, and brothers, and their families.

It occurred to him that she'd said 'us' which meant that there were more. 'So... some sick asshole tricks people into coming here. Why can't we leave?' he asked, growing agitated.

At her last question, he shrugged. 'I'm an actor. You may have seen one of my films. I don't recall you though, so I don't think we've met.' He sighed, running his hands through his hair, mussing it thoroughly. 'I'm Viggo. I suppose that... if we're stuck here, introductions are in order.' It wasn't a sudden acquiescence, as it might seem. It was simply the result of compartmentalising his emotions until he could figure out what was going on.

[mortensenvp]

A shrug was Viggo's only reaction to her apology. His concepts of the world had been turned upside down, but it couldn't be helped. He smoked quietly and listened to her talk about where--and when--she'd been, and what she'd seen and done.

He tried processing it all, but it was as though he was listening to her discuss a novel or film. He couldn't react to the incredibleness because his brain couldn't yet accept it as a reality. He believed her, every word. But processing everything... would take time.

'Couldn't cross universes again, but here you are,' he said. 'So apparently our... host' the word was spoken derisively, 'can supersede the laws of the universe.'

[thebadwolfrose]

"Yep, here I am." It was a good thing in some ways, but also a bad thing for the fact that she was trapped here and her family didn't know. "Seems so, which means he, she or they must be very powerful." And, that was a scary thought.

[mortensenvp]

Viggo nodded slowly. 'Have you ever encountered.... anything or anyone like this... that powerful and... malevolent...?' he asked curiously.

He crushed out his cigarette and stifled a yawn, though one escaped right after. 'Sorry. Long day... well--you already know that,' he laughed softly.

'Do we just... find a bedroom, or does the house or who or whatever runs it decide?'

[thebadwolfrose]

"Encountered some pretty powerful things before, thing maybe a few could do something like this, but also doesn't seem like them. Think this might be something new, the Doctor didn't seem to have any idea on who it could be so..." Of course you never knew with the Doctor, but Rose really did believe he had no idea on who might be doing this.

"So much bad out there, hard to tell," she frowned. It really was horrible and Rose hated the fact that everyone couldn't just get along.

"Yep, just find any room that is empty and it sort've becomes yours. Also, the cottages out there surrounding the castle."