realityshifted | 06. Variables

[Everyone's favourite Time Lord Founder has, one again, decided to grace the Plane with his presence. Only... something is not quite right about him now. For one thing, he's not wearing the heavy robes of his station -- rather, he has a set of loose robes that look eerily similar to those that the students of the Academy wear. He also look completely baffled as to how he managed to get here at all, and is slowly turning a circle, staring at the 'sky'.]

If this is your idea of a practical joke, Rassilon, I'm not impressed. If I miss my Chronological Studies lecture, Cardinal Luvis is going to have my hide; you know he's been looking for any reason to have me expelled.

[His words are spoken in a crisp, if very archaic, Capitoline accent.]

...Rassilon? I'm sure devising a way to teleport me into someone's observatory is amusing to you, but it is growing old rather quickly.

[When no response is forthcoming, 'Omega' begins to look worried, and glances around, noting the random collection of structures on the Plane. This is definitely not an observatory.]

I don't even-- Rass?

[OOC: Experiment time! Omega has been regressed into his 130-year-old self called Peylix, fresh from receiving his failing 'omega' grade and still a few years from graduating the Academy. He's still a brilliant scientist, but is mostly known for the grade he received and his dangerous ideas, and as a result, is much less sure of himself than he eventually will be. (He also really doesn't like to be called Omega.) Have fun traumatising him! >3]

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My people are technophobic luddites more concerned with expanding the Empire than any sort of real progress.

[blinks] I didn't realise Time Lo--uh, Gallifreyans had an Empire.

But you know you'll succeed in the end. That helps, doesn't it? I mean, people are gonna look up to you!

[distastfully] I cannot speak for the future, but in my time, the Gallifreyan Empire is one of the most expansive -- and bloody - in the galaxy.

It does, yes. It's... more than I could hope for.

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[frowns] I don't know much about Gallifreyan history--or your future, for that matter--but maybe they'll learn a few things from you and your outlook.

Ohh, sorry! I'm Oliver, by the way. [offers a hand--not a usual greeting for Oliver, but this bloke seems pretty formal] And welcome to the Astral Plane! You haven't met the other you here yet, have you?

[shakes Oliver's hand] I haven't yet, no. And I'm not at all sure it would be wise for me to do so. Knowing your own future can be dangerous, even for Gallifreyans.

Ah, yeah, I know what you mean. Still, nobody seems too bothered about it in this place, especially since it sounds like the other selves are usually from different universes anyway.

So has anyone told you the basics about the Plane yet?

Only that time is halted while I'm here, I'm afraid.

Well, that's an important one. How about how to get here and back?

[he shakes his head ruefully] I'm not sure how I arrived here to begin with.

[sheepishly] Gotta admit I probably can't answer that question. It has something to do with those creepy twins and Meredith, I guess. Not to mention the shop.

But going back and forth is easy! If you think about home, you'll go back there. Think about here, and you'll come back. Just like that. [snaps]

[looks interested, then decides to try it for himself, and vanishes. a few moments later, he returns with a pleased look]

That is useful.

Toldja! Anytime, anywhere. Except you always arrive right where you left from. Well, I do, anyway. I think there's a way to decide where you show up, but I haven't worked it out yet.

Interesting. And I assume most people here are from a different reality? Or at least, from a different point in Time in the same reality.

Uh...something like that, I think. I'm still trying to meet more of the people here. But I have met a few who are from the same reality and, as far as I know, time--even one whole group--so I guess it happens, too.

Hmmm. I wonder if there is some sort of pattern to who is able to come here. [he cocks a head] Are there any from your reality here?

I'm not sure. One of the Doctors might be. I haven't met anyone else here that I know, but that doesn't mean there isn't anybody else from my world.

Mm, very true. Perhaps they just haven't run into you yet. This place is quite vast...

Yeah, I guess it wouldn't be surprising if that were the case... But honestly, considering the number of people there are in the universe, I bet it would be easy to meet people from yours and never know it.

But it's part of the fun of the Plane, really--getting to meet all these people you never would've known otherwise. Like you! I never thought I'd meet another Time Lord.

Indeed. And I never thought I'd find non-Gallifreyans here, especially ones that look very much like Gallifreyans.

[frowns] You know, I've never thought about it from that point of view before. But we're definitely not Gallifreyan. You've got two hearts, yeah? Humans've only got the one.

That's right. And you lack the psionics of our species as well, it seems.

[his eyes widen a little, slightly alarmed by that] How can you tell!? [can Time Lords read minds from a distance?????]

[blinks, slightly startled]

Gallifreyans recognise each other by our mental presence, if you will. You don't have one. I suppose you could be shielding very heavily, but I thought it doubtful.

Oh. [smiles sheepishly, embarrassed] Got it. Yeah, no, I haven't got any psychic powers or anything. I'm just a regular human.

From Earth?

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