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[ladybirdbook]

(April 21st-24th)

Wow, happy reunion. You lost some, you gained others. Two of them are meatheads. Awesome. Give them shit to carry since you don't have any horses. Once you've all made acquaintance and had tearful reunions and UST encounters, it's a good chance to sleep in for the night. It's a very deserted city so you can sleep peacefully.

When the sun rises then, time to tie your shoes and set off to adventure! Hurrah! Tumbataure's season three premiere!

[Mission: No more lazy! Decide what to do and pack your bags, you're back with the fellowship. LOTR walk montage. I bet you missed that.]

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[recurred]

[smile grows a little before she looks down. humbled or emotional or something, before looking back up at him]

Saving the universe, it's what we do. [reaches up and takes the sides of his face]

I'm just glad to see you with this face again. And that chin.

[crossmyhearts]

[grinning cheekily at her] Ohhh, you like it! You think I'm good looking, don't you? You--

[opens his mouth in fake shock, pointing an accusatory finger at her] You snogged me! We weren't even in the snnnn-- TARDIS! We weren't even in the TARDIS and you snogged me. Hah!

[looks so smug. straightens bowtie.

yup. still got it.]

[recurred]

[takes a step back before stepping forward again]

And you enjoyed it. [accusatory. yeah.] Funny how I've been up and down and sideways through your life, and the first thing you remember is me snogging you.

[looks him over and folds arms. assessing]

You really liked it.

[crossmyhearts]

[pfffffffffff]

Well... it wasn't half-bad, I guess.

[well this is awkward. but time lords aren't embarrassed, please, that's preposterous.]

Anyway! So how long has it been here since we left? I'm guessing a couple of days at best? The place doesn't seem all that different, at least... [looks at her] Were you waiting long?

[recurred]

[simmers down to the topic change, rolling her weight onto her heels before turning around]

Something like that. Hook and I arrived sometime yesterday afternoon. The machine didn't work on a bunch of the others either, but it seems to have worked for some.

[good for them and all. hopefully they'll just stay out]

[crossmyhearts]

[skips up to stand next to her]

So some did go home. Odd... we should have all gone through the same portal, so on principle... but then again, we did get to go back for a while, so whatever brought us here the first time might have done it again, only it brought us to the last place we were in. Yes, well... [last glance at the castle]

The machine isn't working anymore, though. Seems it was just a one-way trip. Or two-way trip, if you consider those of us who came back. What about the ones who stayed? Are they still around?

[recurred]

[picks bag up again and adjusts it over shoulder]

They reunited with us some time in the night with two new people. [scrunches nose at the thought]

I think one of them's a Gaul.

[crossmyhearts]

A Gaul!! Now, there was a Roman once, but that-- [sad look for a second. shakes it away and moves along]

That, I have to meet. Him, I mean, not that. Obviously. I probably should refrain from calling him 'that'.

So we'll catch up to them now, yes?

[recurred]

Well now I'm not waiting on you, yeah.

[nods him along]

[crossmyhearts]

[hops on over and holds her hand as they walk away from the castle]

Thank you. For waiting on me, that is.

[and everything else too, but that's implied.]

[recurred]

[looks up at him for a moment before elbowing his arm a little with an added hand squeeze]

Wouldn't want you to miss out.