10 : From Here to There

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

[There is a lone figure on the plane.

Just her dress alone is enough to give those that know her pause. Her hair is drawn up from the neck, but even that is no its usual intricate coils. Already wisps of golden hair are finding a way to free themselves.

And she is wearing breeches.(You can see her legs!)

A copper satin they meet with silk hose just at her calf, and are held in place with ornate buckles. The ensemble is completed by a white shirt of lawn cotton with large, voluminous sleeves and a matching satin vest.

Oh yes. And roller blades.

Roller blades.

Just how does one stop, on the Plane?]

Comments

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

Happy belated birthday, Reinette.

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

It is merely one year more, and one year less.

But thank you.

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

[grins at the 'one year less'] Then perhaps I'd better say 'How unfortunate' instead.

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

[she laughs]

I would hardly correct you.

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

Still, you have your looks - and, apparently, your gifts. What was he thinking? An idiot as always.

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

[though she does reveal it through any outward expression, she appreciates his off handed compliment. If only because she values its honesty]

I am not sure what the thought was, behind the gift.

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

Possibly none at all.

[and, not in impulse, but with that carelessness, he leans forwards and places a brief kiss on her cheek]

And that's your present from me!

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

[she laughs lightly, the sound of agreement there within it]

Infinitely better, I think.

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

Only natural, that.

Did you get anything else for your birthday? As that seems to be the thing, for our adopted era of humanity. 'What did you get?'

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

The Doctor's gift. Your kiss. A necklace from Louis. A friend wrote me a few lines of poetry.

It was quite enough.

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

Content, then?

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

[she laughed]

Such a dangerous word.

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

Very much so.

[he smiles, then, a sort of half-smile, because he knew she would know the danger in the word]

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

It would be better, I think, to say that I am momentarily pleased.

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

"And if I should say to the moment, "Stay, for thou art beautiful," then mayst thou fetter me straightway."

Admittedly, nineteenth century C.E. German tragedies aren't my specialty, but I think the translation works.

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

[there is a smile of appreciation at his chosen words]

What would your specialty be, then?

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

Cosmic science! And technical mechanics.

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

[she cannot help but laugh]

Of course.

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

[rather 'proudly,' though there' something very silly in his tone that says he's not quite so earnest]

Got higher marks than the Doctor in them.

[then, deflated--]

Of course, we all know how his marks tended to go.

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

[he is greeted with a lone, arching eyebrow]

Did you, then?

I must confess I do not know how his merits were judged. [she laughs] I have always been my greatest critic. School marks are not any sort of information I actively sought.

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

I liked stealing illegal data. Pilfering the Matrix for information used to be my favourite hobby.

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

[she considers him]

It seems to me that it still is.

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

Well, no, the Matrix is sort of - you know. Completely annihilated. Memo to self: find a way to reconstruct it. Can't believe old Braxiatel wouldn't have a gambit in case of Gallifreyan destruction. ...Of course, might come with a few unwanted evils, but, mm, there's been worse. And I'm Evil Supreme, so they can just take their place in the Minion Ranks. Pandora would be gorgeous for that, hear she took on quite the form, but I can't say I ever fancied the Valeyard.

[he seems to completely have missed how terribly off-topic he just got]

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

[she is not quite laughing at you, but only not quite]

Have you been spending a great deal of time with the Doctor of late?

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

I do live with him.

And I've always been loquacious.

[because if you make it an uncommon enough word, it's okay to say you talk ON AND ON AND ON]