16th spoiler

[hullo_sweetie]

Well, Christmas didn't pass quite the way I expected it would. I mean, who could be prepared for a trip to Paris? Or a job as head of security at a museum.

But I digress. It's time for presents.

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/Placeholderish (gonna be slow til after the new year)

[hulloeverything]

[Have an Eleven leaning in the doorway. how does he know where River is? He just does. He's cool like that.]

[hullo_sweetie]

[River leans him to give him a quick kiss before passing him two wrapped packages. The first of which contains several different colored bow ties and the second contains a leather bag with his name painstakingly engraved on the front in Gallifreyan]

I hope you like them. You're hard to shop for, sweetie.

[hulloeverything]

[He tears open the packaging, grinning at the bow ties. When he sees the bag he runs his fingers over the engraving.]

Oh, River. This is brilliant. [He smiles and gives her a kiss] Thank you.

[He shoots her a smile] I have something for you, too. Though I think a change in scenery is in order. How do you feel about a day trip?

[hullo_sweetie]

There's also a pass for you to wear a hat of your choice for one day and I swear not to shoot it or harm it in any fashion.

[She smiles back at him, really he's like a kid in a candy store when it comes to Christmas]

I'm definitely feeling up to it. Why do I feel like your gift is going to outshine mine?

River Song

[jamesholmes]

You truly did not have to get me anything, though I do thank you for it. [Even if he doesn't know what it is, he'll be polite.]

James Watson

[hullo_sweetie]

Come to my room in the castle, I've been hiding the gifts there in case the Doctor snoops.

You're my friend and you deserve a gift.

River Song/Action

[jamesholmes]

Yes I can believe he would, he seems the type too.

And I would hardly say deserve, but again, thank you for the thought. I will be there, momentarily.

[And true to his word he's knocking at her door a little while later, a brown paper wrapped package in hand. She didn't think she'd get away without a present did she?]

/Action

[hullo_sweetie]

[River meets him at the door with a look of surprise on her face as she spots the package in his hands]

Come on in.

[The package she hands to him is long and carefully wrapped. It's obvious right away that it's a walking stick, but when he takes off the wrapping paper he'll see an exquisite example of an 18th century gentleman's walking stick. Engraved on the end of the cane are the Latin words: Never falter, never back down. Always move forward.]

Even if you don't use it, I thought it was best suited for you.

[She knows how stubborn he is, but she's hoping that because it's a gift, he'll actually use it once and awhile. Clever girl.]

[longaevus]

river song;
Need I be worried? [ She sounds amused, though ]

Helen Magnus

[hullo_sweetie]

I should hope not. Come to my room in the castle, it's where I've had to hide the gifts. The Doctor can be quite the snoop.

[longaevus]

river song;
I'll be there in about twenty minutes.

[hullo_sweetie]

The door's unlocked and I'll put on some tea.

[cricketycricket]

Mistletoe. As though you needed an ulterior motive. [as disgruntled and amused as he sounds, he'll knock on the door to her room soon enough, a package in bright gold paper with silver ribbons tucked under his arm]

[hullo_sweetie]

[River opens the door and ushers him inside, eying up the package in his hands]

Oh hush, you like me or you wouldn't have married me - will marry me.

[She reaches for his package and slips him her own gift. A leather satchel with his name painstakingly inscribed in Gallifreyan on the front]

You gave me your old satchel, so I thought it was only right that I give you a new one to replace it. Plus there's a free pass to wear a hat of your choice, no matter how silly, and I won't shoot it off your head. You can only use that pass once.

[cricketycricket]

Oh, River. [he runs a hand over the embossing, gently] It's lovely. I'll treasure it, most definitely.

[slipping it on over his shoulder, he hands her her box. inside is an old Portugese map case - with her archaeologist's eyes, she'll be able to tell it's from the same era as Ferdinand Magellan... but the question is: does she choose to open it, too?]

[hullo_sweetie]

I hoped you might. It was this or a new sonic screwdriver and I don't have all the parts necessary for that.

[She opens the wrapping and gasps. Since she'd spent so many years at the university studying earthian archaeology, it was easy for her to know what this was. First of all, it was definitely old and possibly]

Portuguese?

[River Song has never met a box she hasn't wanted to open. Naturally, she opens it]