008--Babies

[lotsofrunning.livejournal.com]

[And here is Jenny, reading a copy of "Where Do I Come From?"]

....I realized that not everyone came from a machine, but this seems a little ridiculous.


((RIGHT. Jenny's learning about non-mechanical reproduction.))

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[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

[cue the Doctor, running in and snatching the book]

Why are you reading this?? You're not supposed to learn about this sort of thing until you're AT LEAST 300!!

[lotsofrunning.livejournal.com]

But that's forever away! Would you rather I ask you?

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

Yes! [considers THAT conversation] No, ask Donna.

Donna knows these things.

[lotsofrunning.livejournal.com]

Why can't you tell me?

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

I can!

I just...really, really think Donna could explain it better.

[siiiiiiiiigh]

Oh, all right.

[lotsofrunning.livejournal.com]

Does that mean you're gonna tell me?

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes, hang on one minute.

[vanishes off the plane and rearrives with a banana, a pear, a sock puppet, and a globe]

This is how my father told me.

[miseardae.livejournal.com]

It is, a bit. Which species are you reading about?

[lotsofrunning.livejournal.com]

Humans, I think.

[miseardae.livejournal.com]

[slight nod]

That should work well enough. It's generally the same, though they tend to do more of it.

[lotsofrunning.livejournal.com]

Why's that?

[miseardae.livejournal.com]

Such short lives lead to stronger sex drives, and they can't control them as we can - not naturally, anyway. [slight smirk] Mind, on Gallifrey it was always supposed to be a formal, ceremonial event, so many couldn't be bothered to do it very often.

[lotsofrunning.livejournal.com]

So humans have less control over their bodies?

[notquiteawidow.livejournal.com]

...You've got to be kidding me.

[lotsofrunning.livejournal.com]

How?

[notquiteawidow.livejournal.com]

You need to learn about that? Hasn't anyone given you The Talk?

[lotsofrunning.livejournal.com]

I've had lots of talks, but none of them have been called 'The Talk.'

[notquiteawidow.livejournal.com]

All right, well, let's sit down, because this is going to take a bit. I'd tell you to ask the Doctor but he'll probably get aliens involved in it or ramble off about penguins or just avoid it all together and try to distract you with a yo-yo.

[sits down] Right, so. This is called the Birds and the Bees. Hell if I know why. It just is. And it's about sex.

[lotsofrunning.livejournal.com]

[Sits across from the Mama!Donna and listens] Should I take notes?

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

[you know that leaning-over-the-shoulder-to-read-what-you're-reading-thing he does? Yeah, he's doing that]

It's actually a lot more enjoyable than the books make it out to be.

[lotsofrunning.livejournal.com]

[Jumps in surprise]

Really?

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

[smiles~]

Yes, really. Most of the time, at least. Depends on the partner, of course, and what you yourself make of it.

[lotsofrunning.livejournal.com]

How's that work, then? [Curious, hi]

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

There's a... a build up. A dance, some people call it. It's hard to explain.

[lotsofrunning.livejournal.com]

Can you try?