20; This is the life you see [the devil tips his hat to me]

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

[And here's a Doctor. He arrives on the Plane in his clean blue suit, looking more than a little satisfied with the world. Things have gone fairly well in his great plan (tentatively named: "Not Dying", though possibly to be renamed at some later date.]

[Rather than arriving on the Plane with his usual lab supplies or experiments, he's arrived with a checklist and a box full of dusty holiday brochures for a variety of planets and time periods.]

Predictions of my death have been grossly exaggerated, so it seems.

[for now, anyway]





[The Doctor has been canon-updated through Waters of Mars. Feedback is most appreciated.]

Comments

[damn-time-ring.livejournal.com]

[blinks; yet another point.]

Somewhat, yes. ...That thing is part of one, isn't it, that "tarot" card.

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

I don't know.

I think maybe your wolf friend is trying to warn you about your experiment. Meddling with your emotions, making you think with your hearts rather than your head.

Which, I'd like to point out, is a good idea in this situation.

[damn-time-ring.livejournal.com]

Really? Its name certainly didn't begin with a "J". I received this some time later after picking that card. [with his bare hand, he reaches into the cuff of his other glove, pulling out a note, handing that to the Doctor as well. when he reads it, it'll say:

Et tu?
-J]

Perhaps you're right. I should do a little more thinking with my hearts. It does sound like a viable option.

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

Maybe someone else affected by the experiment.

[considers Straxus for a moment and then, looking more than a little pained, shakes his head] I know I'm right, but you'll regret it if you go now. If you fight them, like you should, I want you to do it because you want to, Straxus.

[nods behind himself] Come back with me, to my TARDIS. You can sit in the Zero Room a while, wait until the experiment ends before you make your decision.

[damn-time-ring.livejournal.com]

[thinks about that for a moment, then nods] To your TARDIS, eh? Is it even possible for me to go there?

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

You're very agreeable. [this is more concerned than complimentary]

Should work all right. It's getting you there that's the trouble. Unless our universes are merged, the TARDIS stays fairly invisible in your universe. But once you're inside, everything sort of opens up around you. I'll meet you off Plane and help direct you?

[damn-time-ring.livejournal.com]

How am I supposed to meet you off Plane when Gallifrey doesn't exist for you?

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

Ah, there is that.

Wait a minute. [drops off-Plane, and reemerges, with a small device]

Vortex manipulator. Isn't very charged, but should be enough to get you to Satrifico 7. I can meet you by the Capitol Cafe.

[damn-time-ring.livejournal.com]

[takes it, looking at it like it's the most ridiculous thing he's ever seen.]

Satrifico 7? Any particular time period you had in mind? [makes a note to ditch the headpiece before he goes there]

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

We'll pick a date, don't need to stay there long. Say 45RE, late December? Saturday! I love Saturdays. Early afternoon.

[damn-time-ring.livejournal.com]

[has a passing thought that he could easily use the vortex manipulator to go somewhere else, to disappear entirely and not meet with the Doctor--but that urge to betray the Time Lords is stronger, and he knows the Doctor is right about the experiment.]

Right then. I'll meet you there.

See you soon, Doctor. [drops off the Plane]