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[Jenny appears on the plane. She's confused for a moment, and her face reflects it. But the confusion quickly melts away, replaced by a happy look. A very happy look. Jenny is beaming.]

Oh, this is just brilliant. It was a shop, and now it's not! Now it's -

[She trails off and looks around, trying to orient herself. After all, Jenny has studied countless star charts. It shouldn't be so hard to figure out where she is. Then again, normally one doesn't just wander around in space, completely comfortable. At least she thinks one doesn't. Does one?]

That's odd. None of the stars match up. I'm pretty sure that's... yes, the Medusa Cascade, but it shouldn't be next to Tau Ceti Prime, should it? And there's the Sol System! I wonder if Dad's there! I bet he is.

[Jenny reaches out, as though she could touch the stars themselves, but when she hits only emptiness her arm falls to her side. She starts to retrace her steps that day, starting from the strange dream of the morning to the odd sense of wrongness that's been coloring her every move. And then that odd shop, which neither Gr'Rit'A or Joseph had seen, the odd shop that led her here. Suddenly Jenny felt very very alone.]

Hello?

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[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

[turns around, then back to the girl in front of him]

Jenny?

[morethananecho.livejournal.com]

[Another one? Okay! Jenny grins.]

Dad! Hello!

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

Jenny, how---

[Well, he decides a huge grin far outweighs an emotastic moment, so he grins madly]

It's you!

[morethananecho.livejournal.com]

It's me! I know it's me!

And it's you! Did you know there are more than one of you? And there was another me? This place is brilliant, Dad!

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

But you're alive! And it's---oh, it's wonderful!

[hug tiem nao?]

[morethananecho.livejournal.com]

I am! Didn't you -

[Stupid time travel. Yes! Hug time to avoid thinking about temporal mechanics! BIG HUG!]

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

[and a little spin around with the hug]

Where've you been? When did you arrive? How did you---well, you didn't regenerate, what happened?

[morethananecho.livejournal.com]

[Doesn't giggle, but laughs a bit in a more refined and soldierly manner. Until the third spin. Then there's a short giggle.]

I've been all over, Dad! I got here, well. I was in Santhymum and I went into a shop, and I was here! I'm not sure how I survived, I think it was the Source. You did say it makes life.

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

The Source! Oooh, why didn't I think of that? I thought for certain---but I shouldn't have left!

[now we get excited traveling stories mode]

Santhymum? The people with the giant antlers and clear skin? Didn't know they'd have a shop with the Twins. Well, I shouldn't be surprised. Twins love a little shop.

[morethananecho.livejournal.com]

Why did you leave? [As much as she wishes she could tell him she understands why, she really doesn't. When Jenny doesn't understand something, she does her best to fix that, even if it means asking hard questions.]

Yeah, that's the Santhymum I mean. It's brilliant. I've made two new friends... I wonder if they're worried about me. I just disappeared into the shop, and - Twins?

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

[and answering the question is hard, the Doctor stammers a bit as he tries]

I---I couldn't---

Well, I couldn't very well stay, could I? Up, up, and away and all that. [that, and it was too hard to stay, but that's not something that's easy to explain]