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[damn-time-ring.livejournal.com]

[night has long since settled over Gallifrey and yet he doesn't retire. instead, he leaves his rooms and makes his way to gardens in his section of the residential quarters. there, amongst several other Gallifreyan flora planted there, are several silver-leafed cadenwood trees, their leaves glittering and reflecting a warm burnt orange and red, offset by the few lights still left on in nearby quarters. by his watch, he has an hour before the first sun starts to rise up over the Mountain of Solace. he settles himself against the base of the tree, deciding not to have a seat on one of the nearby sofas. no doubt he'll be joined by others wishing to watch the sunrise, but most Time Lords wait for the second sun to rise. he, selfishly, prefers to watch both.

while he waits, his thoughts return to the Plane and he mulls over his previous explorations and encounters there. too many things--too many new things--for this stuffy Time Lord.

and then there's that forest. what would his beloved cadenwood trees look like there without the magnificence of Kasterboran suns? no doubt they'd still overshadow the ones there in their silvery brilliance, but would some of their magic be lost?

to test this, he enters the Plane, bringing the one tree with him. unfortunately, he isn't anywhere near the forest, though he can see it in the distance--but still... he glances up at the silver leaves now twinkling in the light of the millions upon millions of stars in that place and grins. smugly, of course.]

Better than that forest any day! Just as I thought it would be.

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[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

[This is the face of awe and wonder]

[damn-time-ring.livejournal.com]

[he sees that reaction and continues to grin.] Magnificent, isn't it?

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

[NOOOOD]

[charmandsmiles.livejournal.com]

[Hello Straxus, have a not-so-stuffy Time Lord! Who is staring at that tree with a haunted expression. He remembers those beautiful trees. And he remembers them burning. And now one of them is here. He wants to run, but at the same time...so he's stuck in place, for the moment, staring.]

[damn-time-ring.livejournal.com]

[arches an eyebrow at him. really, he knows they're beautiful, but gazing upon them usually doesn't bring that sort of look.] It's a tree, Doctor. Not like you haven't seen one of these on several occasions throughout your lifetime.

[charmandsmiles.livejournal.com]

[that startles him out of his brooding thoughts for a moment, and he shrugs] Been awhile since I've seen one of those trees.

[cosmic-engineer.livejournal.com]

[And here's one Omega, joining the ranks of the staring Plane-goers with his own wistful look. He hasn't been home in ten thousand years, okay? He's entitled to it.]

[damn-time-ring.livejournal.com]

[ah, the non-sinisterly dressed version of the fifth Doctor. he smiles and steps away from the tree, standing back to have a glimpse of it from that angle.] Are they still as beautiful as they were then, Lord Omega?

[cosmic-engineer.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes. [stepping forward to look up through the branches]

I had forgotten.

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

Oh, hello, what have we here?

[the Master actually strokes the tree's trunk. Well done, Master]

You realise you're going to have a small army of nostalgic and depressive Doctors clinging to this, I hope.

[damn-time-ring.livejournal.com]

[he's been wondering when the Master'll show up. what he says only just adds to the list of observations he's been making since he first came to the Plane.] Am I really? Perhaps I should've brought one for each of them.

[madamemoiselle.livejournal.com]

{Smiling up at it}

It's really beautiful.

[damn-time-ring.livejournal.com]

[and he still smiles. yes, he's learning not to react when she appears.] Yes, it is. There's nothing else like them, you know.

[galeforcehero.livejournal.com]

[Sup, Straxus, have a very odd little mostly-human eyeballing your tree. Not to be rude, or anything, but in the face of a tree with silver leaves, she's completely not even noticing you're there. She will however walk up to your tree and press her hands flat against its trunk. GEE THAT'S A LITTLE WEIRD.]

[damn-time-ring.livejournal.com]

[he watches her curiously] Dorothy? What exactly are you trying to do?

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

[Straxus mood may be ruined by the appearance of a Fact. Not that Jack knows this, or even really notices him there; he's a bit busy staring at the tree]

[damn-time-ring.livejournal.com]

[oh dear, the appearance of such a thing does sour his mood somewhat, sorry Jack. his expression looks like he smelt something nasty and he wants to get away from this Fact as quickly as he can--but damn it, he was in spot first.]

Even a thing like you can an appreciate this tree's beauty, I see. How very surprising, indeed.

[salvagestime.livejournal.com]

[The Doctor doesn't notice Straxus at all but rather his focus is entirely on the tree.

Excuse him, he needs to stare in awe. He supposes that it isn't terribly surprising. Gallifrey isn't gone everywhere. But it's a sight he hasn't really seen in...a long while.

He puts his hands against it and pushes. Yes, it's real. It feels more or less like how he remembers they felt. It's so surreal that he laughs and shakes his head, bowing it slightly.]

[damn-time-ring.livejournal.com]

[curiously he watches this Doctor, wondering which one he is (at least he can rule out the human one.) and yet, like the Ninth Doctor, this one reacts in such a way that only adds to the list of suspicions he's been mentally compiling since his arrival.] It's really there, Doctor. Has it been so long that you've forgotten how they felt?

[miseardae.livejournal.com]

[he keeps a certain distance, hands clasped behind his back, but his smile is soft as he gazes at the cadenwood tree; his voice is quietly wistful when he speaks]

Sometimes I forget how beautiful Gallifrey is.

[damn-time-ring.livejournal.com]

[ahh, this Doctor. thankfully, he's in a decent mood--and deep down knows how much he misses these trees when he's away on assignment for long, so he can only imagine what it's like for the renegades.]

How long has it been, Doctor?

[firstmadeson.livejournal.com]

[The vampires have obviously not spammed you enough Straxus! So, have a Sorin; staring up at your tree] ...Where does this come from?

[damn-time-ring.livejournal.com]

[oh dear, another vampire. then again, he knows there's more than one on the Plane, so for now...he tolerates Sorin's presence but remains wary of him. old prejudices are difficult to overcome.] From my home, of course.

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

[nostalgic!Ten is nostalgic]

Would you look at that.

[damn-time-ring.livejournal.com]

[well look at that, the Master was right...]

I take it from your tone that it's been quite a while for you as well?