Possum 1

[lovethepossum.livejournal.com]

[Cally appears on the plane crouching down and looking at the floor… Which is quite a surprise really, because she was staring at a possum a few moment ago, she didn’t think that she had shifted that much.

Within moments she has sprung fully to her feet and is spinning around, eyes widening faintly] …Right, okay, huh? Where am I? Where’s Sophia? Where’s Tuomas? Where is my possum?

[Foot stomp] Dammit, tell me where I- [Oh, she’s spotted a building] Oh, you have a coliseum! That is awesome, I love those things, don’t love fighting but… Yeah, awesome, and pretty too! I like the idea of them; they seem all perfectly designed, and stuff.

[She beams for a moment and then-] Wait, I’m sure There was something… [Oh yeah] right, this place is kinda awesome but I’d love to go back now, I mean, I have bandits to defeat and possums to study, I can’t stay here forever after all, that’d just be stupid.

[Tilting her head up to the sky So, I’d really… [Pause] You have stars too! That’s even more awesome, I love stars, haven’t seen ‘em for a bit but they are so pretty, and awesome, I love stars, so many stories in them.

[Pause, even more grinning] I should tell people about them, all the constellations are awesome. As are the stars themselves… Though they might just be mini-suns, I’m not sure there.

[…Yeah, she’s gone now, feel free to poke her back onto her original line of thought, she’ll just be standing in one spot and smiling upwards, looking rather a idiot to be perfectly honest]

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[lamb_of_gold]

[Up walks a once-again Male Mu with a Martha attached to his leg]

Another world without stars?

[taughtmedicine.livejournal.com]

I'm starting to get put out by that.

[Martha vaguely waves in Cally's direction, as she feels a bit odd just saying hello to someone staring up]

Hi. I'm Martha and this is Mu and we don't normally walk around like this, promise.

[lovethepossum.livejournal.com]

[Cally maaay just jump a tiny bit at the people saying hello the her but recovers fairly quickly, glancing at them and grinning] Nah, I still have stars... Well, I should still have stars, unless they've all gone out which would be very not good and everybody would panic a lot [okay, that went off track, better try to return it] But I'm in a cave at the moment, so actually seeing them is a problem since, y'know, there's all rock above and the sky is kinda blocked.

[Deeeep breath and bigger grin!] Hallo! Nice to meet you both, I'm Cally, you both have pretty hair, why are you walking around like that then? If you don't mind me asking, of course.

[lamb_of_gold]

This place and it's keepers sometimes have strange ideas of what to do to us, I think.

[taughtmedicine.livejournal.com]

[It's like a sugar rush just started talking!]

It's nice to meet you too, Cally. [touches her hair, smiling a little] Thank you. This place is called the Astral Plane. You probably want a run-down about what it is, right?

[lovethepossum.livejournal.com]

Does everybody get chained up then? Because that would be mean, I hope I get chained to somebody nice though... Somebody small too because it isn't a big boat, not that there are many big boats but it'd be nice if it was a little bigger and less crowded, Sophia would be happier then, probably, she's been grumpy ever since the bandits.

[Bounce, these people are nice! And fairly normal, which means looking freaked out, which is normal for Cally</>] I know it's pretty, and there are stars, and you apparently get chained together a lot... Is there more? 'Cause that would be awesome [Cally's definition of awesome is odd]

[lamb_of_gold]

No, not everyone and this certainly isn't a common occurrence.

There isn't much to tell, really. People who come here are part of some grand experiment, the effects of which are often unavoidable.

[taughtmedicine.livejournal.com]

And while you're here, time won't pass back home, in the--caves, was it? So Sophia and your friends won't know you're gone.

[lovethepossum.livejournal.com]

Oh, good, 'cause getting chained up would be kinda awful... Have I said why already? Maybe, caves aren't good for new people.

Huh, odd sorta experiment, there's nothing exploding which is kinda disappointing, but I can live with that! [Beam] That really is awesome, great way of working out things, what with the stars and the time... It all sounds lovely, when you aren't getting randomly chained to people, that sounds a bit mean.

[lamb_of_gold]

It's one of the least malevolent things this place has done, at least. And the company is good.

[taughtmedicine.livejournal.com]

[Martha smiles at Mu, then turns her attention back to Cally]

You mentioned a boat, I think. You can get back pretty easily. You just sort of think about it. It's an intuitive thing, like walking.

[lovethepossum.livejournal.com]

Yeah, small boat... Well, medium, I think it can fit about four in? So, yeah, bit cramped, though we're off getting supplies at the moment, 'cause even if we're in a cave we still need to eat.

Oh! [She concentrates for a second, pops off the Plane and then pops back looking faintly worried]

It works! What sorta malevolent things? It hasn't... Killed possums has it? [Because that is obviously the most important thing]

[salvagestime.livejournal.com]

[The Doctor beams at her.] Well, depends on the sun, doesn't it? Some suns are actually quite massive while others are dwarves!

[lovethepossum.livejournal.com]

[Beaming! She does love beaming, she likes you now, Doctor] Really? That's rather awesome, and unique... They all look the same size though, from what I remember, except the great big one of course.

[salvagestime.livejournal.com]

[The Doctor likes most people! This works well.] Oh? Come from somewhere with multiple suns?

[lovethepossum.livejournal.com]

Well, yeah, all but one are really far away but there's still lotsa 'em, though you can't see most because they're sorta like... Years away, and all hidden behind other suns, which is sorta depressing but at least they're there.

[salvagestime.livejournal.com]

[He pauses. Ohhh, he gets it.] Aw, well! As long as you know they're there, they're not forgotten, eh? That's the important part.

[lovethepossum.livejournal.com]

[Giggle] Yeah, forgetting things is bad, and mean, 'specially when they're so much older than you and you should respect them 'cause they're all big, and glowy, and probably let us live I think... Well, because it'd be all cold without them, and then everybody would be sad and you could only grow strange crops, plus big animals like cows couldn't survive which would be very bad for them... Though I hope people wouldn't eat possums if the sun went out, because that would be very mean.

[Deeeep breath] Have I introduced myself? I'm Cally.

[salvagestime.livejournal.com]

[The Doctor can't help grinning and extending his hand.] Pleasure to meet you, Cally. I'm the Doctor. And I promise the possums are safe.

[lovethepossum.livejournal.com]

[She shall also be grinning! and shaking his hand, in a rather hyperactive way, I'm terribly sorry about your wrist, Doctor] Nice to meet you too, despite all the oddness it seems a nice place so far, what with all the stars... There aren't many of them in my universe, few of them are as close.

Good, possums should always be safe, for they're awesome.

[salvagestime.livejournal.com]

[His wrist has likely been through worse, at least. And he just grins at her enthusiasm.] Well, on the bright side, you can always admire the view here.

I take it you like possums, then?

[lovethepossum.livejournal.com]

[Nodnodnod] Oh, yeah! Can't do that back home, not because of none of 'em being linked but because they're all above the cave, and I can't see up through rock though that'd be really useful because then we could know if the bandits are still up there, and if they are they are really mean.

[...Oh god, what has he done?] I love possums, they're amazing, so wriggly! And the ones in the cave can see in the dark, and swim... They're adorable to, kinda stupid but they still recognise you, and they're less stupid then cows, possums are awesome, they must be, like, gods.

[salvagestime.livejournal.com]

[He is seriously amused and impressed all at once. You're a strange one, Cally.] Well, in some places, possums probably are gods. I do recall something similar, at least. Though, what's this 'cave' you mentioned?

[lovethepossum.livejournal.com]

[Yes, yes she very much is] Really</i?? That sounds so very awesome, 'cause possums should be gods, they have the tail for it, and the fur, plus they're so very awesome and fluffy, so very fluffy, cute so strong too. Well, we got chased into one, it's a big cave but it's very crowded, and waterlogged... The bandits put us there, and knocked Tuomas into a coma, which was rather incredibly mean of them.

[salvagestime.livejournal.com]

Well, if I see any possum gods, I'll tell them you said hello, eh? [He frowns a bit.] Your friend is in a coma?

[lovethepossum.livejournal.com]

Really? 'Cause that'd be awesome, and nice, possums are really nice after all, I do love them and their fluffiness, they're so adventurous, everybody should love them...

Yeah [She actually looks a bit troubled, biting her lip just slightly] I mean. he isn't dead at least but it's kinda sad y'know? We can't reach him, and it makes Sophia sad, he used to be really nice too.

[salvagestime.livejournal.com]

[He nods.] There's life and there's hope. It sounds like he has very wonderful friends, though. You and this Sophia.

[lovethepossum.livejournal.com]

Yeah, there's definitely hope, and he's stable so... That's something, it isn't nice but it coulda been a lot worse after all, especially since he told us before that he doesn't want us to find anybody to raise him back up.

[Giggle] We try! He was nice y'know? Tried to protect us both too, and we tried to protect him... Best two friends I've ever had really, they let me come along and apart from the cave it's been pretty fun, a great big adventure which is always good.

[salvagestime.livejournal.com]

'Raise him up'? [But he smiles.] You sound like brilliant friends. Oooh, I love a good adventure. What sort of adventure?

[lovethepossum.livejournal.com]

Y'know, from the dead, if you've got enough money or enough connections it's fairly easy, just find a good necromancer and a person will be walking around again in no time flat... It's a bit immoral though, sometimes people don't wanna come back.

[Beam!] Oh, saving people and that sort of thing, travelling, seeing the world... Well, we were, now we're in a cave and it's a little too crowded for adventure, I still try though, do you go on adventures?

[salvagestime.livejournal.com]

[Eyebrows up.] Well, I suppose that's not so strange. Depending on where I go, it's the same. No magic, though. Science.

[But he easily transitions that to adventure.] But then, you can find anything on a good adventure, eh? Those sound like mine. Travel, mostly. World saving is a bit of a side that comes with it all. But it's about the journey! Not where you go but what you do on the way there, yes?

[lovethepossum.livejournal.com]

...Oh, odd that, how do you bring people back without Necromancers? Must be mighty complicated, probably costy too if it takes as much effort as Necromancy, complicated stuff.

[Grin] Oh, yeah! Love adventure, saving people is good too... I've not saved the world yet though, they haven't tried to blow it up yet 'cause that'd be kind of stupid, even for the bandits, who would they rob from? it'd just be dumb.