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[bit_impossible]

[a frustrated sigh is the first thing to broadcast over the Sphere, followed by the appearance of a tall, skinny woman with long, dark hair who appears to be wearing a suit exactly like the Doctor's brown pinstripe suit. unfortunately, the Sphere's only showing her from behind and there really isn't much to see as she doesn't have much of a figure. she doesn't seem to notice that her trousers are a little tight around her hips--the only thing, really, that is snug--but otherwise, they're cut to length. the only things that are ill-fitting are the suit-coat, which is too baggy around her shoulders, and the button-up shirt and other ones layered underneath.]

[grumbling under her breath, she runs an impatient hand through her hair.] Damn glasses, they used to stay on my face...

[finally, the Sphere swings around to show her fast at work in the security station, her expression severe and focused completely on the task at hand. until she suddenly smacks a hand on the desk and slumps into a chair there. she tears the glasses from her face and tucks them away into an inside pocket of her suit.]

Blimey, what the hell did he do?! I've tried everything and I still can't figure it out. There has to be something I'm missing...

Comments

[oliverplus]

Oh. I thought you were being serious! I can take teasing. I love teasing.

You can't tell me the other Time Lords all did the stuff you do, Doctor. If you don't think the universes owes you, well, the people in it still do!

If that makes you happy, then I'm glad. Sometimes I feel like knowing me is just a sad thing for you.

[bit_impossible]

Well, no, they had their own stuffy, stagnant way of letting the universe get on with itself.

We've had a similar discussion about this before, Ollie. You know my thoughts on the matter.

[oliverplus]

See! That's exactly what I mean.

I know. I don't like them.

[bit_impossible]

[gladly takes this subject change] Oh you don't, do you? Why's that?

[oliverplus]

Because you make it sound like meeting people is a bad thing! Like everybody's just gonna become sources of pain that keep adding up the more you meet them. Why should friends have to be something that only hurt you?

[bit_impossible]

[mutters] Ah, I thought you were talking about the discussions themselves...

Doesn't having to say good-bye hurt you in some way as well?

[oliverplus]

Well, yeah, 'course it does! But wouldn't never meeting the person be worse? And aren't all the things you share worth something, too? Something more. Something you never lose.

[bit_impossible]

It would be worse. Why do you think I'm still travelling and not locked up in some room of the TARDIS, sequestering myself from the entire universe?

[oliverplus]

You make me worry that one day you will.

[bit_impossible]

[doesn't answer immediately; the honesty of the answer surprising him somewhat] I'm sure the old girl would like that, but after a while, I'd just grow bored. Do you know what it's like to have cabin fever when you have all of time and space at your fingertips?

[oliverplus]

No, but... [smiles, reassured] I doubt you could stand it for long.

[bit_impossible]

Exactly! Which is why I would never do such a thing. So don't you worry your little head about that, all right?

[oliverplus]

All right. Not like we don't have enough things to worry about right now! You okay like that, Doctor?

[bit_impossible]

Well, it's not a complete inconvenience. At least the change didn't exaggerate parts of this body like it did with some people...

[oliverplus]

What do you mean by that?

And what'd you find out about that panel, anyway?

[bit_impossible]

You know... [gestures with his hands, miming very large breasts.]

Besides the fact that I can't access it?

[oliverplus]

Oh, yeah, glad I didn't have that problem, either! Well...not that Olivia would've known.

That's no good... No way to trace where he could've gone either, huh?

[bit_impossible]

Yeah...that would've made things terribly awkward, wouldn't it?

Unfortunately, no. I've tried using the traces of blood to mimic his DNA, but it must not be his--or the system's terribly picky about how it verifies the source.

[oliverplus]

Probably not for her. She would've thought it was normal.

So what's the next step? [frowns] Or do we just have to wait? I hate that. I want to be helping somehow!

[bit_impossible]

Oliver Day, one of these days you're going to force me to tie you to a chair simply so you can sit still and wait! There's no way to help when we don't know how we can help.

[oliverplus]

But there has to be something we can do! Especially with all these anomalies showing up around everyone.

[bit_impossible]

...I threaten to tie you up and you don't blink an eye at that? [peers closer into the holographic projection] Oliver, you wouldn't happen to be in a field of flowers, would you?

[oliverplus]

Well, you aren't actually going to! Not unless I go crazy like on Eos again, anyway.

[blinks] Yeah, but they're not doing anything. I'm still a bloke!

[bit_impossible]

You don't know that. Just because I haven't yet is no indication that I won't in the future.

[groans] That doesn't mean that they won't affect you in some way. There were things they did before people started changing their gender.

[oliverplus]

Yeah, but I know you! You wouldn't want to hurt me. Lock me in a room for my own good, sure, but not tie me up.

I know, but I'd notice something like that. And I feel totally normal!