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[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

[It's a Doctor. He's working on a new project, this one hopefully not destroying the world like the last project was invariably about to do. But! He's got bits of machinery which looks like it used to be a few coffee makers and two television sets, all around his feet while he soders wires together and twists bits of machine onto other pieces]

Subatomic dual-focus relay emitter counteractor with a refracted light core. It looks simple, but it's actually fairly complicated.




[Experiment Start!]

Comments

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

Even got the quirky voice. That's very clever, I love it.

She'll be around, though. Or did you take her off the Plane, too?

[galeforcehero.livejournal.com]

[oooookay, this is weird, even for time-traveling aliens.]

Doctor, I'm right here. Are you feelin' okay? And what do you mean, "quirky"?

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

Clever. Very clever. [Let's have a little Oncoming Storm anger here, shall we?]

Who are you? What do you want with me?

[galeforcehero.livejournal.com]

[slightly taken aback]

I'm Dorothy! Dorothy Gale, and I don't want anything from you! Are you sure you're feelin' alright?

[she pauses]

Who... who do you think I am?

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

I don't know who you are, but I know who you're not. Where's my friend? What have you done with her?

[galeforcehero.livejournal.com]

...

[And this would be Dorothy staring at him like he's a crazy person, because okay, he's a crazy person. Although she's starting to be concerned with his well being.]

Doctor, it's me. Why would anybody copy me? 'Specially where you're concerned. I mean, I like you, but we barely know each other. If somebody wanted to mess with you, wouldn't they go for somebody more important?

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

Somebody more important might be caught quicker, if I didn't already know what was going on. Lucy? Jack? You're slowly replacing everyone I know, aren't you? What do you want? Where do you put them?

[galeforcehero.livejournal.com]

[Blink blink blink. Poor baby's totally off his nut, isn't he?]

I haven't done anything. Doctor, think for a minute. Has anything different happened to you in the past couple days? Maybe you ate some bad shellfish or somethin'?

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

[panic] Did you poison me?

[galeforcehero.livejournal.com]

[genuinely offended by this accusation! And sort of hurt, actually. :(]

I would never do such a thing.

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

Dorothy would never, but I don't know who you are.

[galeforcehero.livejournal.com]

Yes you do! [she sighs heavily and takes a very frustrated, and long, sip of her smoothie, which gives her a bit of time to think]

Look, what makes you think I'm not me? How can I prove to you that I am who I say I am?

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

In short? You can't. I already know you're not. Nice try, though.

So tell me where Dorothy really is.

[galeforcehero.livejournal.com]

But I am!!

[She is starting to get a little upset, here.]

Look, you remember how I'm magic, right? You can't copy magic, not exactly, anyway. And you DEFINITELY couldn't copy these.

[she gestures at her shoes, to be completely obvious.]

They're one-of-a-kind, and you can't get 'em off me unless I'm dead. So I've gotta be me!

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

[the Doctor only heard one sentence there]

You killed her?

[galeforcehero.livejournal.com]

[Oh god she would be facepalming if she weren't about a million percent beyond that already.]

...what?? Doctor, it's me!!

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

I'm going to say this once, just once. If you killed my friend, I will hunt you down. And when I do? The oblivion of the Void will be a fond memory in what remains of your consciousness.

[galeforcehero.livejournal.com]

[calmly, because hoo boy he is scary when he looks like that, and lord knows she doesn't want him to get even scarier]

Doctor, I'm from Oz. I can't die unless I wanna, and I definitely don't wanna die. Nobody's killed me. I'm right here in front of you. Okay?

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

You're not Dorothy. Stop pretending to be her!

[galeforcehero.livejournal.com]

I'm not pretending anything!! I really am Dorothy!!

[And now she's shouting back at him, because all this is really rather upsetting, to be perfectly honest]

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

You're not! You're just an impostor! You think I can't tell the difference??

[galeforcehero.livejournal.com]

I think you're inventing one, because there isn't any difference!! I'm Dorothy Gale, born in Kansas on May the Seventh, Eighteen-Ninety-Two. I'm gonna be a hundred and seventeen on Thursday, and I was going to invite you to the barbecue, but right now I am seriously considering rescinding your invitation!!

[Oh, she's all shouty and pouty and upset now. If she were the crying type, believe you me, she'd be well on her way.]

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's very, very good. Pulled those memories out of Dorothy's mind, have you? And her personality? Did you brain-wipe her completely? How far gone is she?

Tell me!

[galeforcehero.livejournal.com]

[closing her eyes, she takes a deep breath, because she is NOT going to get all weepy and upset over this. Something is clearly wrong with him, and whatever it is, it is her job to fix it and make him better. If it's something he doesn't even realize, maybe it's something he's unfamiliar with. Maybe it's magic? Maybe he's been cursed. Very gently, she takes his hands and speaks very softly and calmly]

Doctor, I mean you no harm. Really, honestly and truly. But I think something's been done to you, something to make you... not recognize me. I think I can help, but you need to let me do a reading on your aura. It's not going to do anything to you, I promise on my life. Will you please let me do this? Please?

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

No! Stay away from me!

[stumbles backwards, falling rather undignifiedly on his backside]