003 [Slightly Clandestine]

[unearthlysusan.livejournal.com]

[Susan is sitting at a desk when she arrives on the Plane, frowning a little as she browses the books and documents spread out in front of her. There is a mug of tea on the table as well, but it is now cold (and largely obscured by paper).

If you get close enough to investigate, you'll see that she is looking into forging documents.

Why? Well, for a start, it would be nice to be able to help Astrid properly. Secondly, she and her grandfather seem to spend a lot of time on Earth. If they get into trouble, she wants to be able to get them out of it.]

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[unearthlysusan.livejournal.com]

[She looks at him curiously, wishing she had the courage to ask once and for all who he actually was. In the end, she decides that changing the subject might be better.]

I don't mind. We can just talk. Time passes differently here, doesn't it? I'll have plenty of time to work on the forgery.

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

[he catches her looking at him, but he's still not entirely sure how he's meant to approach her, so he welcomes the subject change]

Oh yeah, I'd love that.

[he might've been a little too excited saying that and he will now be trying to force himself to cheer down]

Yeah, the time here is useful for things like that. Come here and time stops where you came from. You could be here for days and you go back home and it's like no time at all has passed.

[unearthlysusan.livejournal.com]

I'll have to explore it properly one day. I've seen the forest, but I'm not sure what else there is. I still find it hard to think about, sometimes. It's just so strange.

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

Oh now, come on. You've seen your fair share of strange. Not completely new territory.

[unearthlysusan.livejournal.com]

I've never seen people talking about demons, or multiple versions of the same person, or the TARDIS trying on hats.

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

Well, I thought she looked quite nice in a hat. But, I suppose I see your point. It is a bit odd, all things considered.

[unearthlysusan.livejournal.com]

Oh, so did I! It was just very strange. I never expected to see anything like that!

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

It was a bit surreal, yeah. Still surreal can be fun. Get's a bit tiresome when everything falls into normal I think.

[unearthlysusan.livejournal.com]

I don't think any part of my life could be considered 'normal'. I'm sure yours is the same.

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

[laughs]

Pretty much, yeah. And apart from that 'normal' is completely overrated.

[unearthlysusan.livejournal.com]

You'd be bored, wouldn't you? Living a normal life?

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Would you? If for whatever reason a normal life was given to you, would that be what you want?

[unearthlysusan.livejournal.com]

[Susan genuinely isn't sure how to answer that question.]

I wouldn't want to leave my grandfather.

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

Hypothetically, would you want to, if you didn't need to worry for your grandfather?

[unearthlysusan.livejournal.com]

Want to leave him? And go where? I can't go back to Gallifrey. I wouldn't want to stay on Earth and see my friends age.

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

You really wouldn't want Earth? I thought you loved it, loved the people.

[there's a guilty feeling now, wondering if locking her out so she could stay with David in his timeline was the right choice]

And even if it's not Earth there's a universe out there for you to find. You never wish you could be free to just worry about yourself?

[unearthlysusan.livejournal.com]

Oh, I do. Very much! It's my favourite planet, and the people ...

[She pauses, since she doesn't really like to think of David. It's been decades since she declined his offer and stayed on the TARDIS, but it still hurts if she lets herself dwell on it.]

I do.

Be on my own?

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

You wouldn't have to be on your own, but you wouldn't have to worry about taking care of anyone else either. Live your own life, make your own mistakes instead of worrying about what mistakes others would make. Wouldn't that be just a little nice, hypothetically speaking of course.

[unearthlysusan.livejournal.com]

Well, I suppose that would be nice. But surely you always take care of who you're with, whether they're your family or not? That's what friendship is all about. You look after them whenever you can, and they look after you.

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

[smiles]

That does sound right. Still, I do worry, but yeah, I think you're right.

[unearthlysusan.livejournal.com]

You don't need to be surprised by that. [She's grinning, though, to show that she's joking.]

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

[laughs]

Oh don't I?

[unearthlysusan.livejournal.com]

I'm allowed to be right from time to time. I've had very good teachers!

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

Picked up their knack for finding trouble as well?

[unearthlysusan.livejournal.com]

Oh, sometimes!

What about you?