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[bit_impossible]

[he blinks, looking around, very bewildered with the sudden change of environment. the room didn't look a thing like the Academy!]

Ummm...where is everyone? Koschei? Hello? [notices the sphere] Anyone at all?

[and then he notices that he's wearing an over-sized pinstripe suit, with sleeves that come down to his knees and the trouser legs are pooled around trainers that are far too big for his feet. he steps out of them, dragging the trouser legs around the floor until those fall off too. he sighs, slipping the tie off around his head--really, what need does he have for it now--and uses it to secure the trousers around his waist and quickly rolls up the trouser legs until he can see his feet.]

Well. If no one from the Academy is responding then...maybe I'm not there any more... [lets that fact sink in. a grin slowly grows on his face and he suddenly starts jumping around, cheering boisterously, and completely disregarding the fact that his trouser legs are quickly coming undone.]

Comments

[lifesmusic.livejournal.com]

Uh...do you not like the Academy?

[bit_impossible]

It's so boooooring! And so many rules you wouldn't believe!

[lifesmusic.livejournal.com]

Wow, there are really that many?

[bit_impossible]

Yep. They say they're for our own good, of course. And sure, some are. I wouldn't want to be caught wandering around the vaults all by myself. Wouldn't want to be down there at all. I've heard too many stories... [trails off ominously]

[lifesmusic.livejournal.com]

The vaults? ...What were the stories?

[bit_impossible]

[smiles mischievously, then immediately drops the smile in place of a frightened look] There's this one story where the worst of all Gallifrey's enemies were trapped down there and there was a cave-in, killing all of them. And now...

Now they say that their ghosts haunt every corner down there. No place is safe from them!

[switches tone again, now more playful] But I don't believe that one. Ghosts aren't real. They're usually tricks of a weak-willed mind, and I'm made of tougher stuff than that.

[lifesmusic.livejournal.com]

[smiles] But that's still a good story.

[bit_impossible]

[smiles back!] It is, isn't it? I know loads of stories! Even better ones than that, with vampires and such!

[lifesmusic.livejournal.com]

Really? Ones with vampires? [sounds really interested]

[bit_impossible]

Yeah! Well...they might not be like yours though. [a thought occurs to him] What's your name, anyway? Where are you from?

[lifesmusic.livejournal.com]

I'm Neku Sakuraba. From Earth, what about you?

[bit_impossible]

Oh Earth! I was just reading a book about it! That planet sounds so fascinating. It'll definitely be the first one I visit when I get my own TARDIS.

And uh, my name...well, a couple other people have called me "Doctor", so let's go with that. Oh, and I'm from Gallifrey.

[lifesmusic.livejournal.com]

Earth's really nice. Come visit Japan sometime- that's where I live. What's a TARDIS?

I've never heard of Gallifrey before...Nice to meet you, Doctor.

[bit_impossible]

Japan? I'll have to remember that!

A TARDIS is a ship! A very special and sophisticated ship that can travel through all of space and backwards and forwards in time. I haven't ridden in one yet, but I hear it's the best, especially the Type 40s.

Never heard of--oh that's right. Earth is very isolated from the rest of the universe, so I'm not surprised. In any case, nice to make your acquaintance, Neku!

[lifesmusic.livejournal.com]

Wow! That sounds really cool.

I guess we are, I didn't know there were aliens...not to sound rude or anything.

[bit_impossible]

No offense taken. To me, you're the alien.

[lifesmusic.livejournal.com]

[smile and a soft laugh] I guess pretty much all of us are aliens to somebody then.

[bit_impossible]

Exactly! It's more fun that way.

Anyway, where was I...? Oh yes! Vampires! Do you have them on Earth?

[lifesmusic.livejournal.com]

I've never seen them, but I've heard stories about them.

[bit_impossible]

Ohhh, like what?

[lifesmusic.livejournal.com]

They can turn regular humans into vampires by biting them, and they suck out blood to survive. They can't go out into the sunlight though. And they live for a really, really long time.

[bit_impossible]

Hmmm, sounds about right. You really know your stuff, Neku!

[lifesmusic.livejournal.com]

I like learning about stuff like that. Oh, have you ever heard of the Yuki-Onna?

[bit_impossible]

I'm afraid my knowledge of Earth stories is rather limited at the moment. I'll need to rectify this soon... What is that?

[lifesmusic.livejournal.com]

It's the Snow Woman. She's really pretty, but she's not very nice. She freezes the people who are trapped in snow storms. And sometimes she walks around with a child in her arms, if you take the baby you'll freeze. But she's only ever seen in snowy places.