Constellation 08

[scienceandgod.livejournal.com]

[There are several piles of snow on the Plane today. There's enough of it to cover a small section of the 'floor' in it, as well as scatterings here and there. Arthur is sitting in the middle of it, dressed appropriately for the cold, at least, with a heavy winter jacket and large snow boots. His cheeks are a bright red, though whether this is because of the cold or the scotch currently being filtered by his body is anyone's guess.

There are tuffs of snow on his hair and clothes, but these are ignored in favor of the drawing in the snow he seems to be working on at the moment. Equations, to be exact] 
[Experiment start, as well~]

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[salvagestime.livejournal.com]

[Coughs a bit.] Well, it's always a rather cruel game. No harm done, at least.

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

[sigh but it's Arthur, so just...sigh] Don't apologize. Nothing to be sorry for, it's just a game.

[his tone a little lighter, maybe feeling a little bad that Arthur is feeling bad] Thrown off a cliff isn't so terrible anyway, probably could survive I'm sure. Catch a grip on something as I fall. Something could break my fall. Who knows?

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

The thing that would break your fall would likely be the sharp, jagged rocks at the bottom.

All right, now! Newton, Einstein, or Galileo?

[scienceandgod.livejournal.com]

That's pessimistic, isn't it? And nothing says it has to be a tall cliff.

[He takes another moment to think about this one, tilting his head back as he muses] I suppose I'd have to marry Newton and cliff Galileo, as much as I enjoy his work. I'd shag Einstein, if only because he doesn't seem to have the best history with marriages. Plus, he has quite a reputation.

Not that anyone openly admits it, really.

[salvagestime.livejournal.com]

[This time the Doctor can't help but laugh.]

Einstein certainly did have a reputation.

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

Actually I think that's optimistic for him.

[and laughs at that last part, too]

You had that well thought out, didn't you?

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

Almost disturbingly so.

[scienceandgod.livejournal.com]

It wasn't really thought out, just logical. I wouldn't cliff or marry Einstein, for the obvious reasons, so that only left 'shag'. I'm just a bit more fond of Newton than I am of Galileo, so I chose 'marry'. That only left one option.

It's just different logic from my first answer.

[salvagestime.livejournal.com]

Oh, well, it seems like good logic. Especially marrying Einstein, really.

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

[shrugs and then seems to consider something]

It would've been a bit ironic to cliff Newton though, wouldn't it?

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

Newton was a miserable human being to endure.

[scienceandgod.livejournal.com]

Did you know him, Master?

[salvagestime.livejournal.com]

[Snorts.] It's terribly ironic to cliff him, yes. I'm sure he'll manage. It's his discovery after all. At least, far as he's concerned it is.

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

Even he'd have to appreciate that, I'd think. It would make for a fairly memorable epitaph at the very least.

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

The Doctor knew him far better.

[scienceandgod.livejournal.com]

[curious, and sounding a bit like a little kid as he asks] What was he like?