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[galeforcehero.livejournal.com]

[O hay plane, remember Dorothy Gale? The little girl from Kansas who... well, is kind of tall now, actually, and not really so little anymore, but shut up. She's been gone for a month. A MONTH. Why the absence, you may be wondering.

Well, here she is, carrying a little tooled-leather trunk and what appears to be a chocolate shake. Why don't you go ASK her?]

[ps: i'm back :3 HELLO I LOVE YOU GUYS OKAY]

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[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[And here is Dorothy's number one fan, certainly curious as to Dorothy's absence and quite happy to see her back.]

[She shows this by lurking.]

[With an ice cream cone.]

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

No pie? Get off the Plane.

[galeforcehero.livejournal.com]

[Abuh?? Oh, it's the Master. She finishes swallowing her sip of milkshake and sticks her tongue out at him. Nyah!]

Oh, hush. Who died and made you King Of The Plane?

[She just playin'. It is not her fault for being a little irritable after her month away, after all.]

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

The man I executed so I could take the job, of course. Has anyone told you that sticking our your tongue isn't a very good way to express yourself?

[galeforcehero.livejournal.com]

I find it often describes my feelings more or less perfectly, actually! But I've been told I can be immature.

[While she is not exactly hiding her mysterious trunk from the Master, she is also doing a very good job of not drawing attention to it. HMM.]

Nice to see you again, by the way.

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

Can I assume you were off on a trip to the Land of Milkshakes?

[mysterious trunk vs delicious chocolatey goodness. Which would YOU pay attention to?]

[galeforcehero.livejournal.com]

I was in Oz. The milkshake is my reward for not going crazy after a month without access to blue jeans.

[Oh, she's gonna offer him a sip of her milkshake now. She does not expect to get it back.]

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

[he holds up a hand to decline]

Did they have you playing Princess, Princess?

[galeforcehero.livejournal.com]

[She seems surprised, but shrugs and takes another sip anyway. HIS LOSS. More for her. Om nom nom.]

Yes. Ridiculous, if y'ask me. New Years was alright, but it's all the preparation and the official nonsense that drove me up a wall. Wouldn't even let me go anywhere without a chaperone! You'd think Ozma didn't trust me, or something.

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

[notices Dorothy and approaches]

What do you have there?

[galeforcehero.livejournal.com]

[OH GOOD, she was wanting to see Handy! She's back to normal now, all blue jeans and short fingernails. Holding up the trunk, she grins.]

New Years gifts! Since I wasn't around on the day to give 'em out. Better late than never, right?

[Placing the trunk on the ground, she opens it and rummages around for a while. It appears to be quite a bit bigger on the inside. Huh.]

Now what the heck did I do with yours...

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

I've known young woman to get their nice, expensive dresses dirty, when left on their own. I knew a Queen - well, not exactly a Queen, but we'll just say that as it's the closest thing - on Colanine 9 - which is fun to say - who always completely ruined her ceremonial robes when there was just not enough time left to find her something else.

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

New Years gift? For me? Really?

[watches her rooting around, and he might be excited. He might also be fighting off a sheepish feeling over having nothing to offer her in exchange]

You didn't have to do that!

[galeforcehero.livejournal.com]

Don't be silly, of course I did. Now where is-- ah!

[Straightening, she offers him a little black velvet drawstring bag of the type gems and the like are kept in. There's a tag on it that says "TO HENRY. HAPPY NEW YEAR"]

Happy New Year!

[She BEAMS. Inside it is a rather large, hefty coin, of a bright, shiny silver. On one side is the profile of Ozma herself, and on the other is the Seal of Oz, an oval with the letters O and Z interlocked with some lovely nouveau flair. There's a little handwritten card included that reads "ENCHANTED COIN: Will Answer any Yes-Or-No Question Posed to it, with Heads Acting as Yes and Tails Acting as No".]

Do you like it? [This is Dorothy's hopeful face.]

[galeforcehero.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a lady after my own heart.

So what've you been up to?

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

Dalek-hunting, same old, same old. You wouldn't be carrying around a dress in that trunk of yours, would you?

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

[he takes it, turning it over in his hands before finally opening the bag, eagerly and examining the contents, a wide grin on his face]

Oh, this is brilliant!

[examines the coin again]

Might as well give it a test run. Do I like it?

[flips the coin and catches, then shows to Dorothy.]

Heads it is!

[galeforcehero.livejournal.com]

[she LAUGHS]

Oh, I'm so glad. I was worried you wouldn't; you're sorta difficult to shop for, you know.

[She leans over and peers at the coin, pointing at the profile on the Heads side]

That's Ozma, you know. She's the Empress of Oz. And the reason I've been gone for so long! I did sorta miss it here, y'know.

[galeforcehero.livejournal.com]

Might be. Why, are you suddenly feeling the need to hunt Daleks in drag?

[Pause.]

What's a Dalek?

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

It looks a bit like a bin and a bit like a peppershaker, and it has bumps on its body and it's made of bonded polycarbide. It's armed with an egg-whisk and a plunger and one eye-stalk, and it happens to be one of the most dangerous species in the universe.

[galeforcehero.livejournal.com]

Sounds terrifically intimidating. Though I'm not sure how cross-dressing could possibly help in hunting a thing like that.

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

I'll be sure to introduce you to one, should I ever get the chance. And you'd be surprised. Mudball on the eyestalk and you've got 'em blinded. I imagine tossing a dress over them would have the same effect, until they burned it.

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

Really? I wouldn't think I'd be that difficult.

[studies the coin then looks back up at her]

Did you? Well, you know, you were missed, too. I was wondering where you could have been hiding all month.

[galeforcehero.livejournal.com]

You do have a point, there.

But why do you need one of my dresses? I'm sure you could just get one from the Salvation Army or something, if all you need them for is Dalek hunting.

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

It must be the dress of a princess, Princess. You know how stories go.