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2nd Mishmash ~ [Video]

((OOC: Doctor is black, Rory is blue and Amy is red, and I am so sorry for this ridiculous tl;dr. But at the same time I'm not. Shhh.

One day there will be a non-tl;dr'y post.))

[ Once again, the Doctor appears to be fiddling with the bracelet when it starts to record. While at first very much focused on his face, the angle and distance to it soon enough changes and he leans in closer as if peering at the stone more than the screen, making a sound like “aha”. ]

So that’s how that works. Very useful, these things, all efficient and high-tech so why couldn’t they just let me keep my sonic screwdriver, at least? Would make my life so much easier.

[ With an irritated exhale, he pulls the bracelet off his wrist and puts it away on a table. On the sofa behind him sit Amy and Rory Pond, and perhaps they intend to sit next to each other but when the Doctor moves to sit himself, he ends up in-between them. Not on purpose, mind.

As soon as he’s seated, he grins as if he’s not bothered by a single thing and slings one leg over the other.

…and is that a piece of celery he’s hung around his neck like a necklace? ]

Hello, Travellers!

[ A pause, and he glances at Rory and Amy. ]

That is the word, yes? Never seems to really stick, for some reason. It’s not exactly an incorrect word, since we all travelled here. In a way. Involuntarily. It happens.

A lot.

Says the man who can’t even get us to Rio.

Oi! I got you to Venice! And it doesn’t happen that much.

[ He sniffs, and turns his nose up just slightly before he turns his attention back to the screen, clapping his hands and rubbing them together. ]

Right. Hello! Again. Let’s talk science!

Or we can talk about why you’re wearing celery right now. [ Rory reaches over to lift the string holding the piece of celery, furrowing his eyebrows. ] Either way, people may want to take notes.

Or just pay really close attention. [ A snippy comment from Amy's side of the trio. Can't complete the look without crossed arms and a glance across to Rory. Obviously a very attentive student in school. Obviously. ]

Really, really close attention. [ Whatever the Doctor has to say, it’s going to be long. May as well sit back and wait for him to ramble it out. ]

That celery is going to save our lives. Or at least mine. If the gods take my sonic screwdriver from me, I have to make do.

[ AHEM. Clearing throat. ]

First of all, that thing about the gods stopping time? That’s false. You can’t just stop time, then you might as well just say you break time. This is simple time travel and that means that you’ll easily enough be taken back to where you started off. No need to stop time for it and if the gods are the ones telling you so, I really don’t know why. Unless they actually think so themselves. Or maybe it’s just easier to say that rather than explain that you’ll just get right back.

You will, so no freaking out, no need to think time’s frozen. Don’t you think that’s more terrifying than it not being frozen? Time’s not a straight line like you people like to think it is. It’s there, every hour, every minute, every second, it’s always moving, and if you’re going to go back to when you were taken, you won’t have been gone. Simple.

[ Look, he’ll actually pause here. To let things sink in? Possibly. Or just to let you marvel in his superior knowledge. ]

That was the easy bit. Moving on – we’re talking about a “world tree” here, but I would much rather call it a universe tree, if it works that way. Can’t be sure, but— I’ll get to that. We’re not from different worlds, different planets, we’re from different universes, and that’s when it gets tricky.

I’m not new to new universes, or other universes. There’s E-space— But does that really count? [ A pause. ] And there are parallel universes, but this… There are people here that are from Earths that don’t really have the same rules as the Earth I know at all, it’s…

[ He moves his hands as if he’s trying to grab something, frowning all the while. If he seems almost troubled…

Well, he is something like it, possibly. ]

They’re not parallel. They’re alternate, they have to be, but I don’t think I’ve ever really heard of that. There’s been alternate timelines, but not universes. See, a parallel universe is formed when choices are made, when things happen differently, so people who are dead in one could be alive in another, a war could have been won by the other side compared to what we know. There are billions of parallel universes and I’d assume there would be billions of alternate universes too. They really do have to be alternate, but what I wonder is if there’s any connection and how we can all be pulled to one place like this.

Travelling between parallel universes is difficult and dangerous enough – I’d say impossible, but I’d be lying because I have travelled to one, but it’s almost impossible, used to not be, but now it is – and I wonder what sort of power you’d have to have to take people from alternate ones and put them in one place. And why alternate universes?

The thing is… Between parallel universes there’s a void, something that has no dimensions, [ he slowly moves his hands around in circles, ] and no… It’s just an emptiness that you can travel through if you crack the universe. But I’ve never heard of travelling between alternate universes, so what could there be there? There has to be something, even if it’s nothing. Or are they just hanging on the branches of a tree…

[ He silences for a while, pressing his fingers to his lips, forehead creasing again. ]

I guess it’s not completely far-fetched. A branch leads to a universe, and then you can say the twigs are like all the parallel universes on that branch. But I never would have thought— Parallel universes are connected, yes, and there is a… Well, there is a main universe. I first thought this Asgard could’ve been something in-between universes, something like a void, but it’s got a sky and during the night you can see stars so it is its own universe—

[ He jumps up from the couch and starts pacing, motioning with his hands and not really staying inside the range of the recording. ]

So is there like a main main universe, then? Not impossible. Because what holds a universe together? Maybe it doesn’t ever stop. Maybe there are more trees out there, and the whole creation is like a forest. A space time continuum like a forest! Maybe it’s all bigger than anyone could ever hope to understand!

[ Suddenly his tone is completely gleeful, as if he hasn’t been troubled at all or just put his mind at ease and he steps behind the sofa, ruffles Amy and Rory’s hair before he flops to lean on the sofa’s backrest. ]

Has to be that way, it’s the only way it makes sense. I wonder if this universe is the biggest. So is this the center of that universe? I wonder if you could get to alternate universes by going through this one. There has to be corridors, or shifts, something to connect it all, and the gods have figured out a way to use them. Maybe that’s what the outside of the universe is, Ponds! That’s brilliant. Sort of terrifying, but brilliant.

Now the question is, is there any way to gather proof?

[ Pushing himself back onto his feet, he wanders completely outside of the screen, seemingly having forgotten he was even recording anything. ]

... So, about that celery—

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I had my suspicions that everyone appears in the same place. I don't think that could be a coincidence. It probably makes it easier to take people from everywhere, to have them arrive at the same place.

[ Pause. ]

It doesn't matter if anyone remembers or not. Obviously you're not very aware of being moved - that's unusual too - so you don't actually see anything. That won't be helpful. No, you need an instrument that can read pathways and traces in the fabric of the universe.

Edited 2012-09-21 20:59 (UTC)

Yes. I believe so. Everyone appears in the same area, meet the same maid, and are given the same information unless they use their time wisely by asking the maid, herself, other queries. Although, I am uncertain if the maid answers more specific answers. I do remember asking her questions of Asgard, but she did not answer many of them. Only the ones that were common information at the time.

[Then at his explanation of being moved, he will continue to write it all down his notes. There were so many different questions to ask, but so little time to do so. That was until the Doctor spoke of a device which caught his interest.]

What type of device is it, Time Lord-sama? Is it any of the tools that you spoke of before?

I see...

[ A pause. ]

Tools? What tools?

[Give him a moment to reread his notes containing what he heard the Doctor explain from before. Only one tool made sense to be named on. Not sure what it can do, but he did mention it. Might as well ask him over it.]

"An instrument that can read pathways and traces in the fabric of the universe." [Yup. Simply repeating the Doctor's last statement over here.] Do you not own an instrument with the power to do so? I do not believe you to be the type to mention it without owning one of your own. [And then, he cannot help realize.] Am I mistaken to have thought of such?

Ah. You made it sound like I'd mentioned some earlier.

[ And he doesn't recall doing that. ]

I used to. Doesn't mean I can't talk about devices I don't have if I know they exist.

I apologize. It was not my intention to do so. I promise to be more frank with all of my future inquiries for you.

[He would point out the only thing the Doctor promised him, but decided against it. There was no need to remind him of such especially when Soushi did not feel he had any sort of right to know anything about the Doctor's story before Asgard. After all, a dog does not have the right to know anything unless allowed to.]

If it isn't any trouble to ask, what were the names of those devices? Am I correct to assume that only Time Lords have access to such inventions? [Congratulations, Doctor. If he is beginning to assume without asking permission to do so, then he is beginning to gain some confidence in speaking to you.]

You really are always this careful. You don't need to tip-toe around me - words can be difficult sometimes.

[ Success? ]

We were one of the more advanced species of our time, but definitely not the only ones who could do it. They're scanners, of course.

[At the Doctor's permission to speak to him without having to be so cautious, the other will be silent as he ponders over it. Yes, he may have been given permission to act as himself, but there was a problem.]

I apologize. Your request...it is one I am unable to apply at this time. [Soushi, you are not a computer.] ...to be unable to tip-toe around you, I do not believe I will be able to successfully do so. It is my duty to act accordingly and formal to those I speak to as my master's SS Agent.

[Partial success. Sigh. And they say his master has trouble communicating with others.]

Not the only ones? [That caught his attention.] By other species, are you speaking of... [How to word it without offending speices of other planets?] those who are within the planet or out? [Now he begins to wonder if it was possible for some sort of Atavist to have the power or tools to be able to control time like the Time Lord he was speaking to.]

Acting accordingly and formally isn't synonymous to being cautious about every word you let pass your lips. I guess it does help to keep a bit of check on it, but people who care more about that as far as duty goes put far too much effort on looking good in front of people and too little on other things.

If you're a good person, how good you are at weaving your words into what sounds good on the ears shouldn't matter.

And I mean species outside my planet.

[The Doctor's words hit harder than he expected. The lesson he was teaching the SS Agent was beginning to hurt because it was stirring to a part of his life that he did not have the power to change. If one was a good person? Soushi never looked at himself as such because he was a pathetic and selfish existance. He was a person whom did not understand emotions nor shame. Soushi does not have any. His past could easily vouch for him on it. In normal circumstances, Soushi would create a new personality to better fit for the Doctor, a personality he would approve of. However, those days have long gone past, he could not change his current personality or else Ririchiyo would realize it. She would realize just how much of a fraud he truly is. The idea of losing the only existance he truly cares for scared Soushi to no ends.

That is why he will change this public feed to a more private one. Something about the Doctor has caught his attention. If the Doctor did not wish for him to act as cautious, then he should not. Then again, he is naturally a cautious man. But the true reason for the feeds to be changed is due to the fact that the Doctor has seen past his facade, so no matter how much he can hide it -- he will continue to see right through it. Really. This man was not one to easily fool it would seem. Finally, Soushi has met his match.]

...you are beginning to remind me of someone from home. A person I highly respect almost as much as I do for my master. [Pause.] Not almost. I fully respect her. [The only women whom he was unable to seduce and use unlike all the other ones in his life, but he won't be admitting that.] She once lectured me on the same subject as you have. Many years ago. [Another pause.] I do not believe I will be able to change my ways, Doctor. [Said in all honestly.]

Outside your planet? [That caught his attention rather fast. Soushi, did you not really noticed that he was too odd to be human.] ..... [Now he wanted to ask about it, but decided against it. He wished to apologize; however, he could not or else he might peeved the other again. It was clear this person did not want him to speak with caution. How does one go about it?]

[ He should hope that after living for over nine hundred years, he's picked up on how to read people. ]

People can always change. She sounds like a wise one.

Yes, outside my planet. A lot of species are capable of space travel. Less are capable of time travel, but that happens too.

Yes. Ayame-san, she is one of the wisest women I know. The first one to... [He goes silent after that point because he did not feel comfortable speaking any more than was currently necessary. At the Doctor's words of change, he shakes his head at those words. Not that the doctor was able to see it.] There are those whom do not have nor hold the capacity to do so. Just as those who do not hold any trace of self-respect for themselves. [Pause.] ...I do not believe I will be able to change from the pathetic existance that I currently am. To ask for more than I deserve, I do not dare to do so because I know where I stand. I know my place. And my place...is to serve those surrounding me -- such as my master. And even then, I do not deserve to be given the honor to do so. The little that I currently possess -- I do not deserve any of it.

[At the rest of his words, he will accept it and simply write it down.]

...I only hope the power of time travel will never reach the wrong hands nor be used in such a way, Doctor. If anyone puts the existance of my master in jeopardy, I will...never forgive them. [All said in the most darkest of moods. It was clear that his mood was in the worst way possible. Then again, it sounds more like he is beginning to grow fearful of those with such power.]

[ Let's try another tactic. ]

And what does your master think about that? Your worth.

.........

[The other's question over his master's thoughts of his worth will get him to finally be quiet. Memories upon memories will begin to appear before him. A memory before they began to date, a memory of her confession, and the memory over her desire to celebrate his birthday. Those memories alone were the answer to the Doctor's question. The answer, however, made him feel worse, even more guilty than he felt. Maybe even a little ill.]

She...Ririchiyo-sama, she... [His lips will turn into a firm line as he tries to find the right words to say. After all, he can never speak casually about his master because she was the most important existance to him.] ...she loves me; even though I do not love myself. [Pause.] Even before she confessed those words to me, Ririchiyo-sama has always...expressed her desire to treat her as an equal. Not too long ago in my world, she wished to find work in order to celebrate my birthday....

[All spoken with lack of emotion and enthusiasm, it felt more like he did not fully comprehend the words he spoke. Almost as if they were a foreign language to him.]

She doesn't think your existence is pathetic.

[ He says it like it's fact. Because while he may not know her, he doesn't need to, because what Soushi's said is already quite enough. And, if you really love someone, you treasure them above all else. ]

[Okay. Those words will get him quiet as he begins to allow them to sink in. Even so, it did not do any good because....his heavy guilt will return him to his place by reminding him to never fall into delusion. It is easy for everything to change if he allows himself to gets too cocky. Remember once she realizes of the tremendous fraud he is, then her perspection of him will change to the worse. She will terminate their contract, and be done with it. If not, then he should always remember about Natsume's vision. One way or the other, the past will always find him and charge for his misdeeds as long as he does not pay by placing himself in such a low state of being. If he is unnoticable, then...he has a chance to avoid karma.]

...it is only due to her kindness.

[All said in a shaky voice as though he was close to tears.]

Her kindness holds no bounds. She...she is only.... [Okay. Scratch that. He was in tears.] My existance....it...it's... [How does he tell him? How does he tell him that his existance should not be important? He does not want to locked up again! He does not want to lose his freedom again! His only wish was to be free, to have a family of his own, and be of no importance! How does he tell him without revealing too much of himself to the other!?]

[And with that, there will be a long stretch of silence, at one point or another it might feel as thought he has hanged up the communication device on the other. But it was clear the call was has not diconnected yet because the minutes continue to keep count.]

Time Lord-sama.

[Oh. He was still on the line, and his voice was calm and in it's formal servitude voice.]

Thank you very much for your guidance and patience. I would only wish to formally apologize in having to cut this conversation short. The kits are requesting my full attention. I will speak to you at a more convienient time. May our paths cross in the near future....

[Yup. He is politely ~~breaking up and~~ hanging up on him because his comfort level was beginning to slowly turn to a non-comfortable one. Nope. He likes being a dog and not having to deal with his issues. As long as he continues to behind the scenes, then he will be just fine on his own. It will be easier to give up everything if he had no pride or will to hold him back.]

[ The fact is that if Soushi really did try to explain, the Doctor would probably understand. He would understand very well.

It is clear that he's onto something, since Soushi struggled to find words, and with the silence and the sudden change in Soushi's tone. Anyone could probably tell. And this isn't the last of it, he'll make sure of that, but for now... well. He can back off. ]

They will.

And just call me Doctor.

[The Doctor's words will keep him silent as he begins to ponder if he should offer an apology for his sudden change and slamming the door on him (in a matter of speaking, of course), but he was too scared and ashamed to. What is trying to get closer to others without the other expecting more than it was necessary from him? No one was kind nor selfless in the world. A difficult fact he learned when he was merely a child. At the very least, it is the way Soushi has lived his life as -- using, manipulating, and steering those to his own goals -- up until now. Even now, he tends to fall back to such habits. Everything needs to be under his constant control. At the very least, whenever it concerns his master, but he was slowly learning he cannot manipulate fate as freely as he did in his own world. Those ideas scare him as much as others wishing to know and help him. It will take time for him to properly learn the healthy habits of those the people in Asgard possess.]

Doctor-sama? [....this feels odd to him.] Will it be proper for me t-- [Stop. He did not want him to be careful nor offend him.

Let's rephrase it.] Is it your wish to be known as Doctor-sama instead of Time Lord-sama?

[ Kind and selfless people can be hard to find sometimes, but they're very much there. But the Doctor can definitely relate to the need for control. He's used to control.

He doesn't like not having it. ]

You can skip the "-sama" bit too. There's really no need for it.

Doctor is my name. Why wouldn't you call me by it?

.....

[Should he tell him? Explain the reason for it? He had no choice on the matter, did he? After all, their current situation is connected directly to the other, so he can't simply ignore his question.

Changing from audio to text, Soushi decided to explain himself through text instead.]

I am unable to fully comply with your current request at this time. The thought of calling you by your first name without any honorifics is not a custom I feel most comfortable in establishing. Your first name must only be spoken by those who are dear and closest to you. I do not believe I have deserved such a high honor onto your ranks of trust and familiarity to do so.

[Long story short, it is a cultural thing which has been hammered into his brain extremely hard. Only friends can call by each other's names such as Soushi does for Ririchiyo, Kagerou, and Ayame -- the only three people he has ever called by their respectful first names. Everyone else is surname ahoy unless they ask to call them by their nickname because their first and surname are top secret or harmful to say.]

[ Oh, dear. Soushi is almost a headache. ]

Technically, I don't exactly have a first name, and my customs are very different from yours.

But if you insist.

[ Some tolerance for customs is something you sort of need to develop when travelling through time and space. ]

[Just imagine living with him for 24/7 like Ririchiyo does.]

Even so, to be known simply as the Doctor is closer to a name than Time Lord-sama. For the time being, I feel more incline to continue calling you by your profession than the way others are able to call you as. I do not believe it is in my right nor position to call by you as such -- name or no name.

[More like he is pushing the Doctor to a wall along with everyone else in the world because he felt uncomfortable with the mere thought of this man looking through his mask, nit now wishing to destroy his view on the world too. Nope. One step at a time, Doctor. Take baby steps with him because he will run away just like a wild fox would.]

[ Poor girl.

A pause. ]

I understand.

[ He does. There's no point in pushing too much, and he does, no matter how much he... Well. ]

Even if you speak about me as if I'm such a great thing. I suppose you're not the first.

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