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[goesagainst_thegrain]

[When the video starts, Six’s face is set in a determined, almost angry expression. As soon as Six notices it’s recording, however, it changes immediately into something a lot more genial and vague. It’s mostly focused on his face, but if anyone’s familiar with the famous outfit, you’ll recognize the multicolored collar of the rainbow monstrosity his wonderfully fashionable coat.]

Oh! Hello there. I’m afraid I’m having a bit of trouble with this blasted device, newfangled… whatever it is, I imagine. [He’s probably lying, but he’s not about to tell what he was really up to.] Now then! Could someone tell me a bit more about what this place really is? [Because there’s no way he believes this really is some kind of Godly abode, or that idiotic little ‘guide’ he found when he was first poking around this thing.] And… mmm. I don’t suppose… is there someone here named Evelyn? She may be going by Doctor Smythe… older lady, fond of cardigans and chocolate. I’d… really appreciate it if someone was able to tell me of her whereabouts. We seem to have become inadvertently separated. [He couldn’t have been pulled here without her, he just… he refuses to even think that he might have.

There’s one more matter he wants to address… and his expression regains some of the sternness it had when he first appeared, though he doesn’t mean for that to happen.] I’d also like to know what happened to my TARDIS. Blue box, fairly large, can’t miss it. Anyone who can tell me anything about it… please do. [And… that seems to be it, as he ends the video almost immediately.]

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[incongruent]

Look at you. [ What are the odds of this face turning up? Oh, it feels like it's been ages since she last saw it. But Evelyn Smythe... never met her. Must have been before her own time, somewhere.

Ah, their little meeting timeline is a bit knotted up anyway. Nothing to get too worked up over. Things to do. People to greet. ]

I'm afraid your Doctor Smythe might not be here, Doctor. Not that I've seen or heard, at least.

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[goesagainst_thegrain]

Mel? Melanie Bush, what in the name of everything are you doing here? You should be in Pease Pottage, not... wherever this is.

[Goodness knows that's where he left you after the whole trial nonsense.]

Oh don't be ridiculous. I mean... oh honestly, she was just ahead of me. She must be around here somewhere.

[He'll get it eventually :/]

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[incongruent]

If she isn't here, she'll be exactly where you last saw her. And she won't even have noticed you've gone-- supposedly. [ She'll believe it when she sees proof for herself. Until then, a pinch of skepticism doesn't hurt, regardless of the testimonies across Asgard. ] We're not quite operating on normal linearity here. Even less than usual, I mean.

[Video]

[comeonthensexy]

[ Oh, dear...

Four of them now? Either the gods are masochistic, or they have no real choice in who ends up here because. Why would they do that to themselves? Bring four of them into their war? ]

The TARDIS is back home. She'll be waiting for you as soon as you get back. As will Evelyn, she's not here.

[Video]

[goesagainst_thegrain]

[Ooookay, that's... well. When you've met enough of yourselves, you sort of get a vibe when you meet another. Kind of a sinking feeling in your hearts. Or, in this case, heart. He was right to think this was going to be complicated, not that that was a difficult conclusion to come to when everything is all grey and Mel's around.

He makes a sort of 'hmph'ing noise.]

I see, it's one of those situations. And you're quite sure about that, are you?

[Because he left Evelyn in a slightly difficult situation, if she has to stay there very long... at least it wasn't his fault this time.]

[Video]

[comeonthensexy]

[ Both Eight and Six sure were quick to catch on. He really has to be getting slower in his old age. ]

Completely. I was here first, and I've experienced it myself. Had a bit of a break and went home. Remembered nothing of this while I was there, but I did as soon as I got back.

[ Basically, don't doubt yourself, wow. ]

[Video]

[beforethewar]

[Is the war really going THAT badly, gods?]

You have got to be kidding me. It had to be you, didn't it? Just when we thought we'd seen the last of that blasted coat...

[He lets out a huge, long-suffering sigh and shakes his head.]

They're not here, as much as I'd love to see Evelyn again. And your TARDIS is back home where you left it.

[Video] ...my icons suck so much /sob

[goesagainst_thegrain]

[Wow someone got up on the wrong side of the bed today.]

I'll have you know that this coat is quite fashionable. Furthermore, it has saved my life on more than a few occasions, if you're remembering correctly.

[Because you're clearly another him, and it did. Well, kind of. Anyway.]

How many of us are there, anyway? I'd like to know if I have to deal with the next me again, that's always a trial. Or the last me, for that matter.

[Video] Oh hush, they're fine. At least they all come from the same show.

[beforethewar]

[Oh, you have no idea.]

Yes, quite fashionable on worlds where the native species is colorblind. And plenty of things have saved my life in the past. I have no intention of wearing them.

[Alright, alright, enough sniping about that hideous thing.]

Amazingly enough...four now, including you. Well, four and a half. But none are the incarnations just before or just after you.

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[wontbeforgotten]

'TARDIS'?

[Kara has no idea what this guy is talking about. And she is not sure that name is familiar either so chances were this Evelyn was not here.]

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[goesagainst_thegrain]

'Time and Relative Dimensions in Space', my dear girl! My time and space ship.

[And much more besides, but he wasn't going to go into all that.]

Ever heard of anything like that?

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[wontbeforgotten]

Can't say that I have. Well, I know of ships that are capable of space travel, but they're not called a TARDIS. We have our own fleet, led by the Battlestar Galactica back home.

[It is something of a relief at least, to talk to someone who knows at least a little of what 'home' was possibly like. Given others she had talked to seemed perplexed a little by her talk of space and cylons.]

[video]

[likethelight]

[ um ]

I'm sorry, did you say you're looking for a blue... box?

[ POLITE IS AS POLITE DOES but wow er did he hear that right. ]

[video] oh hey you

[goesagainst_thegrain]

[The Doctor is frowning a little, but he does his best to look more cheerful when a new face appears.]

Yes indeed! She's a bit battered looking, but she's mine all the same.

Though given what I've been told so far, I rather think she isn't here after all.

[It's actually kind of disturbing, and a bit disappointing.]

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[hullo_sweetie]

Your TARDIS isn't here. For some reason the Gods here didn't bring her alongside your other regenerations.

[Hello, Doctor. She'd recognize that awful coat anywhere]

Hello, I'm Professor River Song.

[Video]

[goesagainst_thegrain]

[Oh hello, someone who knows what she's talking about. A future companion? Six quirks an eyebrow at her, curious which one of him she travels with.]

Well, they clearly don't want us escaping or helping them properly by doing something clever with time, if they could convince me to do so after this whole... kidnapping ridiculousness.

I take it you know who I am, then.

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[timesnewroman]

[ Rory honestly just has to stop and stare at this entry for a long, long moment. He's seen the coat before all thanks to eleven, but good god, the man attached to it. No offense, Six, but you're just a little more than Rory was prepared for.

After he's had his moment of gawking, he turns his feed on. ]

You must be the Doctor. [ Well, duh. ] Your TARDIS won't be here, sorry, but I'm sure you've already been told that. [ Your other regenerations are very speedy. ]

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[comeonthensexy]

Can I get an "I accept the bowtie" now?

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[goesagainst_thegrain]

Yes, I'm very good at keeping myself updated, it seems.

[It's ok, he takes stares as compliments anyway. Or something.]

I am indeed the Doctor, and you are...?

[fantastix]

Give it time, given our luck she's bound to turn up.

[Funny thing to say, given their unique situation, but he can't help it.]

So, that Doctor situation they've told you about? Let's get this over with. I'm another one, hello.

[goesagainst_thegrain]

[At least someone has a sense of humor about this situation. Six sniffs a little, not terribly impressed with this incarnation... too bad they couldn't have done this thing in person, that always makes it a lot easier to get the measure of selves he hasn't met yet.]

So you're the last one that's here, hmm? Not including the... metacrisis. [He never thought he'd be saying those words, wow.] Well, I suppose regeneration is always a gamble.

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[biifurcatiion]

Really? Another one? Don't you guyth ever thtop coming?

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[goesagainst_thegrain]

'You guyth?'

[Yes, he just mimicked you--badly, but mimicking all the same.]

I am the Doctor, and so are the rest of me. We are hardly 'guyth.'

late late late video is late sob sorry

[codenamelegs]

[ TARDIS. TARDIS. She's already met Eight, so she's getting the idea of there being more than one here but...another? Another Doctor? And more importantly... ]

What on Earth are you wearing?

NEVER BE SORRY /gathers you to me

[goesagainst_thegrain]

Something not of Earth, my dear... ah. What did you say your name was?

[And do stop looking at him like that, the coat is amazing you have no idea.]