#001

[roseoflegend.livejournal.com]

[Finding herself on the plane is Rose Marion Tyler, arriving from 1950's London and her own universe. Her gaze is lifted, fixed and unwavering to the sky and is riveted to the large, gaping hole above her. Several seconds pass, uncounted, in silence with her lips slightly parted in shock.]

Well, this is...different.

Can't imagine where I've ended up, or how I've made it here for that matter. Sure didn't come by TARDIS, and if..

[Her speech pauses as a hitched, startled sound comes from her throat, prompting a wild look cast over her shoulder. The same repeats in the other direction, and then twice more, frantic. A little breath comes roughly from her lips again, now filled with a note of panic.]

...and if I didn't come by TARDIS, then that means the Doctor's not here, either.

Right, then that's...well, didn't expect it, really. In London just a second ago, middle of the crowd after the coronation and then I'm just...here. Still haven't any idea where here is, but it's definitely not London. Not any place I've seen before, either, or heard about. The Doctor talked about..vortexes and things, but seeing one...

...don't...really have words for it.

[Another few moments pass and then Rose blinks twice, as if to pull herself mentally away from the hole overhead. A slightly strained smile twitches at the corners of her lips, in an attempt to be confident but falling short.]

Right, then! Well, am I alone here? Got to be someone else around, right? Someone who can tell me what's going on?

Anyone? Hello!

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[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

[and have a Doctor, who is reading a few tattered printed-out copies of the Secret Books of Saxon, don't mind him]

Oh, there you are. Blimey, it's been a long couple of weeks. Do you have this on your universe?

[yeah, sorry, he thinks you're the other Rose]

[roseoflegend.livejournal.com]

[The fear in her eyes departs significantly, replaced by immediate delight.]

Couple of weeks? Is that how long it's been for you? We were just in London a few seconds ago.

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

[that gets his attention]

[he peers over the papers at her]

Sorry?

[roseoflegend.livejournal.com]

[Her head shakes once, curious amusement in her eyes.]

London? The fifties? This pink dress that belongs at a soda counter by a jukebox? Coronation? We were just there!

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

[carefully] What year is it, back at your home?

[roseoflegend.livejournal.com]

[blinks, now startled.]

We just left the fifties. And Mickey, at that...he wanted to stay on behind, remember? Early 2006.

But you knew that, yeah? Just teasing me on a bit?

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

And you didn't leave with him?

[roseoflegend.livejournal.com]

Him?

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

[And Reinette arrives, watching Rose with a somewhat curious smile. She carries herself differently than the other, she thinks. It is a skill that is all but required here, seeing beyond faces]

Hello, Rose. And welcome.

[she moves closer]

Is this your first day here?

[roseoflegend.livejournal.com]

[Seeing Reinette, rather Madame de Pompadour, wasn't expected but Rose finds herself smiling all the same.]

Well hello! First few minutes, actually, just rather..showed up here. Wherever here is.

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

Mickey.

[roseoflegend.livejournal.com]

Leave with Mickey? No! 'Course I didn't, I left with you. We went to London right after.

Why are you acting like...

[She pauses immediately, halting her words.]

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

[that is a question she can answer]

You are in Paradisa.

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

[storytime]

This is a place where alternate universes meet, Rose. Here, I met someone from a different universe who'd done just that. My Rose hadn't, of course, but she'd---you--

It's all a bit complicated.

[roseoflegend.livejournal.com]

Para...disa? All right, then that's new. New isn't bad, but...

...another planet, then?

[roseoflegend.livejournal.com]

[and cue the confusion in her eyes.]

Alternate universes...you mean, like the one you took me to? Where my father was still alive?

[another brief pause]

..am I..your Rose?

[boob-window.livejournal.com]

Hey, don't worry. This place is weird, but not really that dangerous.

[roseoflegend.livejournal.com]

Oh, well that's a comfort. I mean, weird and dangerous would just be over the top, right?

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

Not precisely. Another Plane. There are others here who can explain it a great deal better than I can. I think.

[she glances at the stars at their feet]

We come here. Countless of us. From our lives and and those we live it with. Sometimes more than one of us. You are already here. The Doctor twice over as I met him. His self before. The Master. Jack. These are all people you know. They are here, from as many different moments as there are stars.

[boob-window.livejournal.com]

And something to be concerned about. But hey, if the Doctor you're talking about is the same as the one I just met, he can come here too. Which I guess is good to start the standard introduction.

This is the Astral Plane. You can come and go whenever you want by thinking about it and people from all kinds of worlds and realities can come here. Oh, and time doesn't pass at home while you're here. It's all weird to digest all at once, but you get used to it.

[roseoflegend.livejournal.com]

[Her gaze follows down, and the sight of the stars takes a little gasp from her lips.]

Do we...meet ourselves, then? Am I going to be walking somewhere, doing something, and come face to face with..myself?

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

[sets his jaw, because he's not about to assume anything]

I don't know.

[roseoflegend.livejournal.com]

[her eyes widen, and there are tears somewhere behind them.]

How will you know, then?

[roseoflegend.livejournal.com]

It actually sounds like something out of a dream, really. Doesn't seem like it can be that easy, to just...think about somewhere and be able to go there. But is it really that easy, have you done it?

[boob-window.livejournal.com]

Plenty of times. I haven't been here that long, but I'm sure. Just try it.