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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?

[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.]

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

[NOOOOD]

[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.

[damn-time-ring.livejournal.com]

[wonders briefly if the boy's a mute] Have you lost the capacity to use your tongue? Or has its beauty rendered you speechless?

[damn-time-ring.livejournal.com]

Did you forget what they looked like?

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

I've just never seen anything like it before!

[charmandsmiles.livejournal.com]

[have a sad smile, Straxus] Sort of impossible to forget.

[damn-time-ring.livejournal.com]

Of course not! No other place in the universe has these.

[damn-time-ring.livejournal.com]

[softens the tone of his voice] Then why did you stare?

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

Where are they from?

[charmandsmiles.livejournal.com]

[glances away for a moment] Just caught me by surprise, that's all.

[damn-time-ring.livejournal.com]

My home, a planet called Gallifrey found in the constellation Kasterborous.

[damn-time-ring.livejournal.com]

[purposefully misunderstands that] Well, I'd forgotten I'd left here and not in the forest, or else this tree would be there and not here.

[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.]

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

Wow. What's it like?

[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?

[charmandsmiles.livejournal.com]

[glances back to the tree, staring at the leaves again, before hesitantly;] Would you mind if I took a leaf?

[damn-time-ring.livejournal.com]

[uh oh, you asked a proud Time Lord what his home's like, so he tells you. in detail, covering everything from the orange sky, to the many mountains, and even down to the singing fish and zinc hawthornes.]

[damn-time-ring.livejournal.com]

No, of course not. A leaf is a leaf, and I doubt one will be missed.

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

[:O]

[charmandsmiles.livejournal.com]

[The Doctor nods, and approaches the tree cautiously. He plucks off one of the leaves gently, as if he's afraid the tree will burst into flames just by touching it. He holds it in the palm of his hand for several long moments, simply remembering how it feels to hold one, before slipping it into his pocket carefully.] ...Thank you.

[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.