Jenny (au version!) // Doctor Who // that place

[mm_chlorrel]

Goddesses, even potential goddesses, do not allow themselves to be taken by surprise. Neither, for that matter, do Time Ladies.

At least, that's what Jenny believes the Master would tell her if she were to ever ask. Regardless, this clearly isn't her room. Nor does she recall her Master ever mentioning any bar on the TARDIS

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[mm_mono]

It's a good thing Arnold's still young enough to think girls are icky as a general principle. Otherwise Jenny's attire would be doing a real number on him.

As it is, he gives her a curious glance from his seat at the bar where he's enjoying a root beer float.

"Are you on your way to a party?"

[mm_mono]

Now he looks awed. And suddenly her presence makes perfect sense.

"Oh, I guess you must live here, then. I'm Arnold." He extends his hand with only the slightest hesitation--he's not sure how you're supposed to greet a goddess, but then manners are manners, as his grandma would say.

[bitunlikely]

"Live here?"

Jenny laughs, shaking her head. His hand is ignored but there's still a greeting in her eyes. Handshakes, in her opinion, are overrated.

"Oh, not at all. That would be far too restricting - vulgar even."

Pause.

"I'm Jenny."

[mm_mono]

He withdraws it and folds them behind his back instead.

Hmm, vulgar is a negative word, right?

"Sorry, Ms. Jenny, I just thought you might since people come here from all of time and space and that's your area of expertise."

Then, as a hastily added afterthought: "It's very nice to meet you!"

[bitunlikely]

A nexus, was it? Well, that was certainly intriguing. She wondered whether the Master knew about it.

"It's nice to meet you, too!" At least that was meant. The one thing he never could cure her of was a fascination in meeting new people. "Do you come here often?"

[mm_mono]

"Oh, just whenever it appears. I'm glad it did today, because the bar ice cream is lots cheaper than the Jolly Olly Man's!"

He takes a sip of his float to accentuate the point.

[bitunlikely]

Laughter escapes Jenny's lips. "The what?"

[mm_mono]

"The Jolly Olly Man! He drives the Jolly Olly Icecream truck, and he has a bad habit of inflating his prices in times of crisis."

Or whenever he feels like it, really.

[bitunlikely]

"That," she states resolutely, "is an absolutely ridiculous name!"

Says the girl who worships a man named the Master.

[mm_mono]

"What's wrong with it?"

It seems perfectly functional to Arnold.

[bitunlikely]

"Would you want to be known by a name like that, Arnold?"

[mm_mono]

He straightens up. "If I were given the honor of driving the Jolly Olly truck, I would wear the name with pride."

[bitunlikely]

Jenny's eyes widen a little at that.

"Yeah?"

[mm_mono]

"Definitely!" He stands precariously on his barstool and raises a fist in apparent salute.

"Delivering ice cream to the kids of Hillwood at a fair price. Defending the city from the summer heat with the cold, cold sensations of frozen desserts. Bringing joy to kids everywhere. That is the holy task...of the Jolly Olly Man."

[bitunlikely]

Jenny blinks a little before she starts to laugh in amusement. Oh, whoever this Jolly Olly Man was, well, he knew how to work a crowd!

"He sounds... impressive?"

[mm_mono]

Arnold drops back down into a proper sitting position.

"Actually, he's kind of a jerk. But the name lives on!"