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Halloween.

One of the few events very few escape from.

Now you know why there's a unicorn where once a sinister-looking god once stood.

An unhappy unicorn too.

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Oh.

Oh dear.

There's a pair of human eyes blinking from the space between a wide-brimmed hat and a whoooooole lot of scarf.

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"Somehow it's not the body I would've envisioned for an entity in your position, no," Ray says.

This is what people who know Ray consider 'diplomacy', coming from him.

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It's good enough to pass.

So Ray will not be used for a baseball tonight.

IF I HAD MY CHOICE IT WOULD'VE BEEN FAR MORE IMPRESSIVE. AND NOT THE SORT OF THING ONLY VIRGINS WOULD TRY TO APPROACH.

Y'know, that's a good thing. Because Milliways is rather short in the young virgin females department...

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Ray nods. "One of the Horses of the Apocalypse, maybe," he says. "Or Kalki's white steed, the one that gets ridden out at the ending of the world- although Kalki is more of a cleanser than a straight-up destroyer, really."

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IF I HAD TO BE AN ANIMAL OF THE EQUINE PERSUASION, YES.

Not much of an agreement; more a "just going along with this" thing.

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Ray manages to get the hat off for long enough to scratch at his scalp. The instant he's the least bit distracted, the hat clamps back onto his head like a limpet. "You know," he says, "you'd think that if Bar was going to dress me up like the Doctor, she'd go all the way and fool with my internal thermostat or something."

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WITH ALL THAT YOU ARE WEARING, YOU WOULD BE RATHER WARM, he says, with what might be the first hint of amusement heard since the change took place. YOUR ATTIRE APPEARS TO BE RATHER FOND OF YOU.

...did he just make a funny?

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"It's itchy in here," Ray mutters. "I wonder if I can get the Bar to give me a couple of ice cubes or something."

Then he glances sidelong at Unicron because his processing neurons have just caught up with his cochlea. He's pretty sure he almost heard a joke in there somewhere.

It's a little scary.

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Trust us it wasn't intentional. So you'll be fine and so will the multiverse.

For now.

WHAT ARE YOUR CLOTHES MADE FROM TO CAUSE YOU SUCH DISCOMFORT?

Maybe air conditioning if not ice?

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"Wool, mostly," says Ray. "Enough to keep a Gallifreyan warm. Gallifreyan body temperature is about five to ten degrees Centigrade lower than human body temperature. Wool is good for that, but it's a natural fiber, so it tends to be a bit scaly and itchy on a microscopic level."

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IT IS ONLY A FEW DAYS' DISCOMFORT. I AM SURE YOU CAN HANDLE IT?

Better than Unicron can take this unicorn business, yes.

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"Oh, sure. I stood six and a half years' worth of tropical heat combined with bugs and snakes," Ray says. "This is just a minor annoyance compared to that. I'll deal."

He glances at the unicorn a moment, but refrains from saying Welcome to the squishy side of Sears.

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Thus Ray does not have a foot of horn impaling him in the chest.

Eggplant survival skills come in handy again!

AND COMPARED TO SEVERAL CENTURIES' WORTH OF FAR WORSE THAN THAT, IT IS A MINOR THING TO QUIBBLE OVER.

Being a unicorn is tolerable compared to being stuck in an asteroid for countless vorns.

It's just ... well ... girly...

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"Yeah, seriously," says Ray. "I'll deal. Could be worse. If it weren't for this, I'd be out working tonight."

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AND DEALING WITH ALL MANNER OF OTHERWORLDLY BEINGS? PERHAPS THIS IS THE RESPITE YOU NEEDED FROM SUCH A FUNCTION.

Everyone needs a little quality "down time" every so often.

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"Well, I got Bound when I came in today, so I'd assumed that was part of my time off," Ray says. "I hadn't reckoned on this. Oh, well, at least it's entertaining. I don't mind." He smiles. "Could've been a lot worse."

... say, the Sixth Doctor.