008--Today is a birthday we wonder for who, we know that it's somebody right in this room....

[dameluckypants.livejournal.com]

[So, in honor of her birthday, Rose Tyler has set up typical birthday party things--cake, pie, party hats, cola, cookies, and food in general. And there are streamers. OH YES. They're pink.]

...I don't think I'm forgetting anything. Oh! Right! [And there's a game of pin the tail on the donkey hanging up on a tree]. Love that game.

((It's Rose's 21st birthday, she's throwing a party, feel free to threadhop, blah blah blah, you know the drill.))

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[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[She accepts, because what else can she do? salutes him with it and takes a swig, managing not to cough at the burn of it moving down her throat. She has not drunk as much alcohol in the past year as she had in the several weeks she's had access to the Astral Plane.]

[theguv.livejournal.com]

[alcohol is good! and Gene grins at her reaction and slaps her on the back in a friendly bar-going way] That's the spirit, luv!

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Almost--but not quite--staggers from it, and gives him a sideways grin.] Half my men would probably faint if they saw you do that.

[theguv.livejournal.com]

Do what? Pat you on the back? What, afraid I'm gonna break you in two?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Still-twisted grin.] No. They would be afraid that I would break them. You don't get to be the first female Section-Chief of foreign affairs by being a lightweight or a pushover.

[theguv.livejournal.com]

Pfft. You're a bit too much of a twig to scare me there, luv. Pretty little birds like you are good to look at, though.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[There's mischief in her grin now.] Tell that to Saito. He's maybe twice your size, a wrestler, and has a tendency to jump when I say his name. [Frown.] Of course, he's also seen me gun down a charging suicide bomber, so I suppose it's a hard comparison to make.

[Takes another swig from the bottle, this time expecting the burn. She dabs delicately at her mouth with her wrist.] And thank you, I suppose. It comes in handy doing undercover work. Men are more likely to brag if they find you attractive.

[theguv.livejournal.com]

That so? Most birds I know wouldn't be able to take a something like that. Don't have the constitution for it.

[pulls out another flask and takes a drink himself] Not big on undercover work myself. I'll do it, but I'd rather just break the door down and nick some bastards red-handed.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Tiny smile and a shrug.] It's part of the job these days.

And as you say, I'm a bit of a twig to be busting down many doors. Shoot out the hinges, maybe, but... [Inspects the other party goers.]

A few weeks ago I wouldn't have believed anything like this was possible. Funny, considering where I come from.

[theguv.livejournal.com]

How do you mean?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

It's just unreal. This place, this... [Waves the flask expansively. She sighs.]

When I was a teenager, the whole world changed. The sky disappeared. The stars were all replaced by fake ones. These spaces, we called them the Heaven's and Hell's Gates, showed up. Physics, logic, normalcy--nothing applies as we know it within those spaces, it seems. Six years ago? South America was all but destroyed when the Heaven's Gate space shifted to cover most of the continent. Millions of people died. Before the Gates showed up, I never would have believed them possible, either. At this point in my life you'd think I'd've given up being surprised.

[Takes another drink.]

[theguv.livejournal.com]

[snorts] I still don't think all this bollocks is real, mind. Hard enough believing Tyler's from 'Hyde' as it is, but this? [shakes his head] Nothing's simple anymore. Nothing's the way it should be. Bloody pisses me off.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Heh. She smiles at him.]

Well. Some things are.

[Swig. And then curiosity.] What makes you think he's not from Hyde?

[theguv.livejournal.com]

[doesn't answer for a while, then just shrugs] Nothing to worry your pretty little head over, luv.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Sigh.] If you say so. But if you think Sam's in trouble...

[theguv.livejournal.com]

He's not in trouble. [takes a drink from his flask. mmm, whisky] Not yet, anyway.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Contemplates her own flask for a moment.] The trouble that he could get in--does it come from Hyde, or the fact that he's not telling you something?

[theguv.livejournal.com]

There's always something he's not telling me. That's not the problem. [frowns] It's what he does tell me that is. [shrugs] Nothing to get into here, though.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

If you say so. [She takes another swig.] What do you think of this place? Setting aside the weirdness, sudden aside the potential that it's all just one big dream. Is there anything good about it, to your mind?