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[investigatetime]

[The video is a little shaky at first as Sarah Jane tried to get a handle of how to use the technology. It wasn't anything she had used before, nor was this place anywhere she recognized. She's shivering, wearing a horrid sweater and looks a mix between confused and miserable.]

I d-don't know where I am, but it's freezing here! My teeth are c-chattering! I don't rec-cognize this place at all! It isn't Aberdeen or Croydon!

[Really? Was it hard enough leaving the Doctor, being left in a city so far from home, and now waking up somewhere else entirely?]

Is there anyone o-out there who could tell me where I am? I just... I just want to go home now, I think. I don't even see my things and there's only this tacky jumper.

[There's an exasperated sigh as the feed cuts off.]

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[Video]

[sheloves]

You're in Asgard, which is a place that's entirely out of the way from everything in multiple universes. [Ril frowns a little.] I really wish I could bring you home, but I suppose that's the gods' doing. All I've got is tea and biscuits. I can bring some your way, if you like, and an extra blanket.

[She waves and offers a smile.]

I'm Ril.

[Video]

[investigatetime]

Asgard!? Where is... Isn't that somewhere mythology-related?

[She listens to Ril's explanation and scrubs at her face in exasperation.]

Hello Ril. I'm sorry, it's just been a bad few days for me.

[A pause.] Tea and biscuits sound lovely, but did you say 'multiple universes'?

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[sheloves]

I am given to understand that it's Earth mythology that has an Asgard of, what is it? Norse, I think mythology. This is not that and is, but really isn't. [She shakes her head a little then peers into camera, her silver ringed eyes catching the light as she does so.] Ah! No, no, don't even think of apologizing. And if you've had a bad bit of time, then tea is all the better. I'll switch to audio then. It's less disorienting when I'm swinging things about. I'll get a tin together and a thermos of tea, blanket, too, quick-like.

[She switches it over and moves about snagging this and that while she talks.]

I did, indeed, say multiple universes. My own universe is not the same as yours. I am a Pilot in my universe, and I come from a world called Antedis. I am quite sure that the properties of my universe are not quite the same as your own, though there may be some crossover traits, basic laws.

[She snaps the tin shut, and there's pouring sounds as she fixes tea.]

Think of a tree and it's many, many branches. Each branch is connected to the main trunk of the tree, yes? [She snags a blanket and her bag, then writes Six a note.] Each branch is a line that connects one universe to the main trunk--that trunk would be this Asgard, where you are now. Oh.

[She pauses.]

Give me a visual of the area you're in please? [Ril's quickly changing into her flightsuit, though the top seems to think it's still a sweater. Ridiculous Asgard.]

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[sexyoldgirl]

[Even with everyone feeling raw after that little explosion the Master caused, the TARDIS will never not greet a stray when one appears.]

You are certainly very far from Aberdeen or Croydon.

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[investigatetime]

I don't recognize this place at all! Do you know where I am?

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[sexyoldgirl]

That's because we've certainly never visited it before. [She smiles.] This is Asgard. A planet beyond our universe.

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[goesagainst_thegrain]

[Omg kitty sweater--I mean. Oh hey look it's Sarah Jane, that's quite a nice surprise. Especially after the past few days of roller coaster emotions.]

Sarah Jane, it is so very nice to see you again. I'm afraid that there's not much to be done about your things; I can lend you a coat if you need it, though.

[Don't accept it, Sarah Jane, it's the patchwork nightmare he's offering you.]

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[investigatetime]

Y-You know my name!? Who are you?

[Her eyes narrow as she squints at the screen with the man with a messy, messy hair style. It was much like someone familiar to her that she had left only but a day ago in her time line....]

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[goesagainst_thegrain]

Oh, I'm sorry... you wouldn't recognize me now, of course. One does forget so easily.

[Despite everything, this is kind of... well. Fun. He can't resist letting the tension build for just a moment before he tells her.]

I'm the Doctor, Sarah Jane. I've regenerated again, since I saw you, and... here we are, mmm?

[bythewaves]

They tell us this is Asgard, Lady, and I think many here wish that. [ he won't say anything about the jumper, as he's got one one too ] Have you found aid?

[investigatetime]

So many people are stuck here, then?

[There's a sadden tone to her voice, but she nods. Now wasn't the time to become hung up over that. Besides, she had spent a good while traveling through time and space with the Doctor. It seemed silly that she was surprised at this reply.]

No, nothing other than this awful jumper. I'm Sarah Jane Smith. I think maybe I should properly introduce myself.

[bythewaves]

Many and many, it seems. All brought unwilling, although I think me some are not so unhappy to stay.

Lady Sarah. Well met. [ have a bow ] Maglor, at your service.

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[comeonthensexy]

[ Oh, Sarah Jane.

Sarah Jane, Sarah Jane, Sarah Jane. And she's only tiny.

Terrible mood aside... How could he resist? Even if he's clearly tired and his smile more subdued than it would have been any other day, it's clear he's genuinely happy. ]

Hello, Sarah Jane. Sorry about getting it wrong, by the way.

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[investigatetime]

[There's a moment where Sarah doesn't say anything but stare at the little screen. She's quiet, with her brows slightly furrowed as she looked into his eyes.]

...Doctor?

B-But how? I just talked to [She makes the connection.] the other you?

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[comeonthensexy]

Yeah. We've got a bit of a Doctor situation. Seven of us about.

[beforethewar]

Sarah Jane!

Welcome to, ah, neither of those places, actually. Aberdeen, you say? I could have sworn I dropped you off in Croydon...I think...didn't I?

[You hardly ever land where you intend to be, Doctor. Why are you always surprised when you get it wrong?]

[investigatetime]

No! I was left in Aberdeen...

[There's a pause.]

Are you... the Doctor too? One of the others said there are seven here.

[And then her brows knit together.]

I'm guessing you've changed a time or two since dropping me off! What have you gotten yourself into this time? Really, Doctor...

[beforethewar]

Yes, that's me. Another one.

[He gives her a slightly sheepish look at her admonishment.]

Um...a few. About four times.

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[delancret]

You are in a place called Asgard. It is a sort of port of call between many different worlds and times, pulling us all in as ships to harbor.

[Hello, she is dressed in Renaissance garb but with a fairly hideous thing in place of a bodice, with a terrible cloak over it all.]

We are all adrift here.

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[investigatetime]

'Adrift'....?

[Sarah Jane sighs.]

You're the first to actually say that, to be honest. How long have you been here?

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[delancret]

Only a month. I confess it to be a strange and unbalancing place, but there are good things here. Good people are everywhere you look.

[Video]

[bonnypiperlad]

Aye, well, you're not alone with being stuck with a jumper ye don't care much for.

[He pokes at a few buttons to shift the feed so he can step back and show the sweater he's been stuck with.]

Seems like one of the gods here decided to have a wee bit of fun with all of us.

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[investigatetime]

Aw, actually, I think yours is rather cute. Although, I don't think you were looking to hear that from me.

[Sarah couldn't help to chuckle. Really, it was kind of cute.]

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[bossily]

Don't worry too much on the tacky jumper, I'm assuming it won't last all that long. It was just miserably warm not all that long ago, and now it's freezing and we've been forced into tacky holiday jumpers.

[But that might be a mouthful to shove at a new arrival, so she bites at her lip before giving the other woman a sympathetic smile.]

There's some new arrival information available through the bracelets, as well as some reading material around your welcome hall, I believe. It might help with the where and why questions, but it's all a bit unbelievable at first. Least it was for me.

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[investigatetime]

Funny enough, I'm not really shocked anymore. I used to have a friend called the Doctor and went traveled through time and space. I didn't believe any of that and thought it very surreal until it happened.

But I've never been trapped anywhere, not for an indefinite length of time, that is. I'm worried, but you and others reassuring me have really helped!

What's your name? I'm Sarah Jane Smith!