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[theheroheart]

Well, it seems I've missed a few things! [ Charley is in her room in Hel's welcome hall, brushing her hair back and out of her face, smiling dryly at the camera. ] I hope nothing too horrid has happened to any of you while I've been gone.

If the Doctor - all of you, please - could get in touch with me, I would be most appreciative. [ She reaches up, like she's going to fiddle with a pendant that she's not actually wearing, then drops her hand to her lap. ] Please.

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[theheroheart]

They tend towards brooding. Or mine does, and I rather think it's true for the rest of them as well. Having people around them offsets that tendency quite a bit. Not that they'd admit to brooding, but that's just vanity.

[ dryly ] I highly doubt my enthusiasm will be at all affected by you "spoiling the surprise", you know.

[ffuckoff]

[She laughs.] Yeah, the brooding thing sounds about right. Which one's, uh, 'yours'? [Whatever that means. She still isn't sure how all of this works, but she's long ago stopped caring about the specifics.]

You ever played ding-dong ditch? Like that, except you don't ditch, you talk about Jesus. For hours.

[theheroheart]

The Eighth one. Used to have long curly hair and the most ridiculously darling waistcoat, but he's gotten a haircut and a new jacket since my time, apparently. [ Time travel's a bitch, that's for sure. ]

...You know, I think most of that was decidedly outside of my time period. I've learned a lot of course, you can't help it, travelling with him, but "ding-dong ditch"?

[ffuckoff]

Yeah, I know him. Lemme ask you something, do they only get one set of clothes each or something?

Oh, right, 'cause you're not an alien, just from a different time, that makes perfect sense. Anyway, uhh, ding-dong ditch is when you run up to someone's house, ring the doorbell, and then run for it? It's a prank asshole kids play.

[theheroheart]

I actually have wondered that myself, to be honest. He's worn different things on special occasions, but I really have never been able to figure out if he only has the one set that he wears constantly or if he has multiple identical sets.

Ah, now that is a prank I'm familiar with, if not by that name. ...So, they ring your bell, and then try to speak to you about Jesus for hours? Sounds positively dreary.

[ffuckoff]

Must be an Alien thing. Or an English thing. I can't really tell the difference.

Yeah, lucky me they stopped coming 'round my place ever since my little brother threw fire crackers at one of 'em. [...] So, what time're you from?

[theheroheart]

Definitely not English. I rather like having changes of clothing.

That seems decidedly... effective. Clearly.

The Doctor originally picked me up in 1930. When are you from, if I may ask?

[ffuckoff]

Hey, I've only ever been to Chicago. You could'a told me everyone in England was an alien and I would've believed you.

Yep, he's definitely that.

2013? Flying cars and everything.

[theheroheart]

They do have a tendency towards British accents, I'll give you that. Aliens, I mean. Though that might have more to do with the TARDIS' translation matrix or whatever he calls it than the commonality of British accents.

Oooo, early 21st century. Do you really have flying cars?

[ffuckoff]

I thought they didn't have the fancy spaceship here? Because I definitely met an alien with an accent. Maybe he was just nuts.

Nope, just a global economy crash and a black president. Not that they're a package deal, but it does sound pretty late night Sci-Fi movie when you say it like that.