dog and time lord, together again for the first time.

[not-theman-iwas.livejournal.com]

[In the wake of all the death and the fighting and the dying and so on, the Doctor is sitting cross-legged on the ground, thinking. Though how much thinking she can manage to do is dubious, because she is very often distracted by a border collie puppy running around and tripping over itself and going OMG OMG OMG LOOK AT THIS!!! and licking and sniffing and in general being super-excited to be here.

They're going to get along fabulously.

She's also got the broken pieces of his shell in her lap, because it didn't seem quite right to just leave it behind. Not to mention, she might want to run tests on it, because of the whole dog from an egg thing.]

Comments

[oliverplus]

Okay, so what else did you have in mind?

[not-theman-iwas.livejournal.com]

Well, Jamie suggested 'Angus'.

[Hrm.]

[oliverplus]

...like beef?

[not-theman-iwas.livejournal.com]

Like the name.

[oliverplus]

[embarrassed] Oh. Well, uh...what did he think of it? [directs his attention to the puppy] Do you wanna be Angus, boy? Like Jamie said?

[not-theman-iwas.livejournal.com]

[The puppy is dubious about this. DUBIOUS.]

[oliverplus]

Hmm...maybe something else? Something that doesn't sound like food?

[not-theman-iwas.livejournal.com]

I suppose I could name him after an old companion. Chattleton. Chesterfield. Something like that.

[oliverplus]

What about Chester?

[not-theman-iwas.livejournal.com]

Chesterton! That was it.

[Awwww puppy's ears perk up. HMMMM?]

[oliverplus]

Hah! I think he likes that one, Doctor.

[not-theman-iwas.livejournal.com]

[TAIL-WAGGING.]

Chesterton, is it? Well, we can make it work.

[oliverplus]

Hey there, Chesterton. [scratches behind his ears again] How do you feel about having a name, huh? Feel better now?

[not-theman-iwas.livejournal.com]

[EPIC TAIL-WAGGING AND HAPPY SOUNDS.]

That's a yes, I'd say.

[oliverplus]

[laughs] Definitely! Looks like you've named your dog. [glances at her, then goes back to petting the dog. he sorta wants to say something about those flowers or the deathmatches, but he's too nervous to embark on the topic. so, doggy distraction!]

[not-theman-iwas.livejournal.com]

[Well, maybe this will open up the avenue of conversation.]

How have you been?

[oliverplus]

[pauses, keeping his eyes on the dog] I've been good.

[beat]

I got to help stop the matches, you know! [turns to her with a grin at that. he's genuinely happy and proud about it]

[not-theman-iwas.livejournal.com]

[Aww, she is proud!]

What happened at the end? I was dragged away before I could get a word in edgewise.

[oliverplus]

The Doctors and I used the cards to send Weber and the king to another multiverse!

...and then a disembodied voice spoke to us, took the cards away, and there was some crazy burst of energy that we think went to the black hole.

[all in a day's work, really]

[not-theman-iwas.livejournal.com]

That... does explain some things, thank you.

[It's not even sarcastic!]

What did the desembodied voice say?

[oliverplus]

Something like...uh...I think it just asked if it was fair for us to have the cards. And then they disappeared. That was it.

But Weber said something before we sent him away. He warned us about Pestilence. And I talked to the Twins when I picked up an egg, and they said something like that, too--Pestilence and Kaizer want to control the Plane. [frowns, worried about that]

[not-theman-iwas.livejournal.com]

Yes, the Twins mentioned that to me, as well. Something about the Horsemen, I think.

[oliverplus]

[curiously] Horsemen?

[not-theman-iwas.livejournal.com]

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse? It's in the Bible somewhere, I'm fairly certain. It's fairly persistent in Earth mythology.

[oliverplus]

Oh! Whooooa, wait. Pestilence is one of those, isn't it? Which are the others? [frowns thoughtfully, trying to remember]