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[The Doctor is in a relatively good mood, and it may have something to do with the fact that he's got one of his companions with him. This companion is a fluffy black cat named Mortimer, who is currently lapping up a saucer of milk. The Doctor shakes his head as he watches him.]

Dunno how you can stand the stuff. All the species in all the universe and it has to come out of a cow.

Suppose it's a good thing we restocked the kitchen, though. 'Course, it's gonna have to be restocked every couple of weeks now that we've got so many mouths to feed. [He doesn't sound overly frustrated by this, however. Quite the opposite, in fact.] Remember when it was just you and me? Blimey, seems like forever ago... [he trails off, brooding for a moment. Then he turns his attention to Mortimer again, since the cat is demanding it by plopping down onto Nine's lap.]

Speaking of new companions, d'you think we ought to get another cat? Seems like you could use a feline friend, and maybe one who's mum won't try to claw me to death. No more domestics for me, thanks!

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[the nice thing about having Very Large ears is that it's easy to pick up Very Small Noises, like someone trying to be sneaky, or the sound of a small device connecting with a leather jacket. The kitty mews, and the Doctor turns around, pretending it was the cat who had alerted him to Billy's presence.]

Trying to sneak in for the screwdriver, Dr. Horrible? It's not gonna work. My pockets are dimensionally transcendental.

[Billy recoils, startled by the sudden movement.]

Um.

[Great. The one time he's actually not planning a heist for the immediate future, and he's accused of one. Well, at least his tracking device hit home. He cynically mumbles this next bit under his breath,]

... Hello to you, too.

Edited 2010-05-22 19:21 (UTC)

[grins] How've you been? Busy taking over the Plane and all that? How's that working out for you?

Eh. I'm okay. [Billy withdraws further, his hands stuffed noncommittally into his hoodie pockets. He grasps the remote he hid inside.

His scoff is there. Implicitly.]

Do you always greet strangers like this?

Edited 2010-05-22 20:37 (UTC)

[raises an eyebrow] Wouldn't exactly call you a stranger, unless I've mistaken you for someone else.

Well, no, now we're not, but we're hardly--

[Friends. Billy stops himself mid-sentence, his mouth hanging open, as something occurs to him.]

You are pretty quick to draw conclusions, you know.

[he's still suspicious, but;] Sorry, you just look exactly like a bloke I've already met. Happens all the time around here, though. I've got at least three of me that all look the same.

[Billy kind of stares at the Doctor with that.] Three? Are we talking triplets or clones?

[laughs] Neither, actually! I've already got other selves normally -- I've got the ability to regenerate into a new self instead of dying. New face, new personality, same memories. Generally speaking, we're not allowed to meet, 'cause it could cause a massive paradox. But the Plane seems to cancel out that sort of thing.

Anyway, there are a few of my selves wandering about here, and three of them all look alike 'cause they're from alternate universes.

[That sounds like something out of a nightmare. There was at least three of the same guy wandering around the Plane. And not only that, but even people who don't look like him could be this guy - only from parallel dimensions.

Well, actually, Billy came to the Plane with the intention of finding a parallel dimension with a certain someone in it. Findings duplicates (triplicates?) of other people, especially people he didn't like, isn't such a fun prospect.]

Wow. Isn't that disconcerting? If I met a duplicate of myself, it'd be a little weird.

[He pauses. Time to play along.]

Do you think I have one?

Edited 2010-05-24 06:33 (UTC)

[shrugs] I dunno if Dr. Horrible's an alternate of yours, or it's a coincidence. [a pause] Ever heard of Arthur Eddington? Famous astrophysicist. Looks exactly like my Tenth self.

Dr. Horrible? [Mutters] Sounds like a Horrible guy...

Hm?

[Quick subject change time. Billy's grateful for it.]

Oh, yeah, of course I have!

[Billy's eyes brighten a little. Science and scientific minds - two things he's definitely familiar with.]

Eddington was an early supporter of Einstein's theory of relativity. He's actually one of the first people to confirm it during the solar eclipse, if I remember it right. Astrophysics isn't exactly my thing so much as nuclear physics, but I know some stuff about it.

... I don't think I've seen his lookalike around, though.

Edited 2010-05-25 20:22 (UTC)

Right in one! And actually, I've met Eddington here. Brilliant bloke, absolutely fantastic! 'Course, he looks a fair bit neater than my selves, so it's easy to tell them apart. And y'know, he's human.

[pauses] 'Course, one of my selves seems to be human, too. Still waiting on the details for that story.

Oh, uh. [Billy eyes the Doctor up and down. Meeting Eddington was an extremely exciting detail in itself, but there's something a little more pressing that Dr. Horrible must hone in on first. The more details he can get, the better. He murmurs,] So you're saying that you're not human?

Edited 2010-05-27 06:19 (UTC)

Nope! Figured the ability to regenerate was a dead giveaway. [and yes, that pun was intended]

... Right.

[Though it could have just as easily have had superpowers-- well, okay, that's stretching it. No human with superpowers that he knew of could regenerate like the Doctor.]

And I guess Eddington's been around because the plane acts as kind of a space-time vacuum. Wish I could meet him. Or Einstein.

[Billy looks up to the Doctor, making eye contact.]

So where are you from?

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...I could've sworn I repped to this :|

it's okay! I just got back from vacation today, anyway!