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[timesnewroman]

[This is the voice of someone trying very hard not to show how upset he is. The face? Not hidden so much. He always sort of expected this to happen. He just really hoped it wouldn't.]

The Doctor--the Eleventh one. The one with the bowtie. He's taken off. Just...thought everyone might like to know seeing as a lot of you knew him.

Looks like we're down to just the one.

[And then added some time later:]

...The Ninth is gone too, actually.

[He shakes his head, rakes his hands through his hair--no hiding that upset now.]

Brilliant. Just--just brilliant.

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[biifurcatiion]

[He totally sucks at being comforting, or like anything with feelings at all, but.]

Hey, dude, you know thometimeth they come back.

[timesnewroman]

[It's appreciated, but not very helpful. Sorry, Sollux.]

I know.

But sometimes they take two thousand years to come back.

[biifurcatiion]

...uh, ok that ith not what I meant at all, tho way to jutht thwitch the topic of converthation on me. Nobody'th taken two thouthand yearth to come back here.

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[respectus]

Hn. All of them upped and left, just like that?

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[timesnewroman]

Well, technically, the Tenth left a few days back.

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[respectus]

... guess this proves my luck is still pretty shitty.

[ because he was told by his department head to talk to them-- ]

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[badwolf]

[...No. Not just his Tenth self... But the others now, too?]

He'll be back. [Though it sounds more like a desperate question than any sort of statement.] He'll be..

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[timesnewroman]

I know. [He always comes back. Rory just feels especially abandoned now. All the times the Doctor left him, he was either with Amy (or protecting her) or dead. Amy isn't here. Looks like all he has is you, Rose. Best friends.]

But you know, for a something called a time lord, he has a horrible sense of it.

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[badwolf]

[Best fraaaaaaands]

Ch'yeah. [It's a wet sort of laugh, like she's pulling herself out of a place she's been too often lately.] He's not- [He doesn't off and leave her, though she refuses to say it out loud.] He's probably just got somethin' to do back home.

[spaghettiole]

I'm...not really sure what you're talking about, but...he was a friend of yours? This doctor?

Or...doctors...I guess?

[timesnewroman]

The Doctor. They were all the same man, just at different stages in his life. And no, I don't know his real name and neither does anyone else here. I'm not even sure he knows his real name.

[spaghettiole]

Okay, okay!

[Hands up, dude, yeesh.]

But he was your friend, right? That's all I'm getting at, dude, I'm just trying to help...

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[derpiest]

Sorry.

It happens, though. Maybe... maybe they'll be back.

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[timesnewroman]

The Doctor always comes back.

But in my experience, he's usually incredibly late.

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[derpiest]

...what do you mean?

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[minifridge]

They're gone? [ 8( ] Rory, I'm so sorry.

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[timesnewroman]

[He gives a small, bitter chuckle.] I think the chances of Amy showing up just went down to nearly zero, don't you? [He'd like to see River as well, but she's a big girl. She can take care of herself. She never really needed her parents.]

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[minifridge]

That's not true. I don't think it works that way- she could still come here.

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[the_good_doctor]

All three now? This is -- not a trend I like.

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[timesnewroman]

[He nods, frown deepening.] I don't think anyone likes it, but I don't know if it's the Doctor being the Doctor or if it's the gods' doing.

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[the_good_doctor]

If it was anyone else, I'd say the gods without a doubt, but all three of them, so soon ... well, it makes you wonder.

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[sublimity]

[From the sound of it, people come and go at the whims of the gods. It makes him feel sick, knowing that his siblings could disappear any day without warning.]

I realise we have never met, but [He bites his lip, hoping he doesn't sound trite.] I'm sorry to hear that.

Are they friends of yours?

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[timesnewroman]

No, that's okay. It's...fine. I haven't met most of the people here. [He's happy to talk to any of the newcomers, though. He's been here for awhile, but he wasn't really alone until now. The Doctor showed up at the same time as him.]

Yes. Well, one of them. My best friend. Technically, I only really knew the one with the bowtie. It's complicated.

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[unionjackass]

[...Oh, Rory. England furrows his brow.]

... Williams. Rory. I--

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They always come back. [pause.] I-- Is--there anything I could-- help you with?

[timesnewroman]

I'm alright. [He really doesn't sound it, but he's been through worse. He'll recover just fine. He's just worried. When the Doctor goes home, are things set back into motion? Is Rory's family alone and wondering where he is? He isn't thinking very nice thoughts right now.]

I don't suppose you can tell me anything about how safe he and my family are. That's a lot to ask, but you're...you're a country. You're England. You must know something...right?