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[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.]

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[killrush.livejournal.com]

Who are you?

[bit_impossible]

Call me the Doctor! Everyone else has so far. And your name?

[killrush.livejournal.com]

Doctor. As name? But -- [shakes head, he is being rude] I am Caim.

[bit_impossible]

My real name...well, it really isn't pronounceable in any tongue except my own language, so Doctor suffices. Besides, I like it!

'Caim'. I see. Very nice to make your acquaintance, Caim!

[killrush.livejournal.com]

If you like it, I suppose it matters not what you are called.

Thank you. Doctor, have you seen a little girl around with brown hair? She answers to Furiae.

[bit_impossible]

[frowns] No, I'm afraid I haven't seen anyone like that. Is she family? A friend?

[killrush.livejournal.com]

She is my sister...

[bit_impossible]

[softly] I'm sorry I can't help you... I haven't been here that long. Maybe some of other people around here have?

[killrush.livejournal.com]

People tell me that she may not be here. But she might be. They do not seem completely certain.

Forgive me. I am setting all my troubles on you. That is no way a prince should act.

[bit_impossible]

No trouble at all. I only wish there was some way to help.

You're a prince?! Never met a prince before! I've met Castellans and Chancellors before.

[killrush.livejournal.com]

[smile]

Yes, I am. Oh. Seems many people have not. Oh? But ... does your country have no prince?

[bit_impossible]

Princes? No, not on Gallifrey. I've only read about them in books.

So what do you have to do as a prince?

[killrush.livejournal.com]

I am preparing myself to take over the kingdom when my father dies. It will be my duty to make sure the kingdom remains intact and happy, despite the war that we are in.

[bit_impossible]

[frowns slightly]

That sounds like a lot of responsibility, especially to keep your people happy with a war going on...

[killrush.livejournal.com]

But that's what my duty is.

...

What are your duties, Doctor?

[bit_impossible]

Right now, my duties are to learn everything I need until I've become a Time Lord. There's loads of courses I have to take, plus all the work that goes along with it. Gets to be a bit much and I sometimes have to take a break from the work. Keep my head so I don't go completely bonkers--or bored depending on the work.

[killrush.livejournal.com]

What's a Time Lord?

[bit_impossible]

Time Lords are the watchers of all of time and space! They make sure no one interferes with the natural course of time. Like...alien race A could try to invade alien race B fifty years before B is supposed to even meet its first extraterrestrial race, which is alien race C.

Kinda makes sense, right?

[killrush.livejournal.com]

I fear that sounds more like you are meant to be Gods than simple man.

[bit_impossible]

[frowns and looks away] But I'm not simple man. I'm Gallifreyan. Putting it the way you did makes it sound like an even bigger responsibility...

[killrush.livejournal.com]

I did not mean to --

[looks around for a moment and tries to make amends for what he had just said]

Perhaps for you it will not be so hard.