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She didn't warn me. Precision's never been her strong point. *is probably doing that touching-bits-of-the-TARDIS thing Sarah Jane and Rose were on about, right now. He forgives you, TARDIS*
[This is his face of "I see you patting me on the head without patting me on the head, thar, and I'm a Time Lord, no one pats *Time Lords* on the head, blimey. Though they do hug us quite a lot, I dunno."] I have to commit. It's a time-sink.
You've never been properly drunk. Never once. [This is her face of "I don't believe you and I don't do hugs but I will pat you on the head if I feel like it, Time Lord or no, thank you very much."]
Yes, Egypt. Virginia's nice enough but really, when you can choose between the two...
So you've just never put in the required effort since. [And here is hers of "I will ruffle it if you give me half a chance, just because it would annoy you."]
Been there, huh? Marian would faint at the chance to go to the new library. Can't think how she'd react to the original.
'S almost as much fun pretending to be drunk. All of the benefits, none of the hangover. [Here is his of "Yes, yes, it would. You ruffle it, madam, and I will either have to disapprove or invite you onto my TARDIS for Adventures. Because I'm contradictory like that." And he crosses his arms to back it up. >B|]
'Course I've been. What self-respecting time traveler hasn't?
[He grins back and shakes his head] Humans and your substances. Pardon, demi-humans. Pseudo-humans? ...Still haven't got the volume control worked out.
Where?
Oh, the States. [Totally dismissive. The *States,* pfft.]
On Lief Ericson's ship, or Columbus's, or Marco Polo's caravan. Zhang Qian's expedition, Zheng He's fleet. Jacques Cartier, Ahmed Pasha Hassanein, Henry Morton Stanley--where they were, when they didn't know where there was.
[...normally she would also have this reaction. However--] She loves it there.
Oh. [He *likes* that response. A lot. ...She's trying to get into his TARDIS, isn't she? ;P] Now, you have to be careful with those, not start giving them hints. Getting colder, getting warm, oi, Lief, you know they'll forget all about this for centuries? But, yeah, being there, it's dramatic irony without the sharp bit of the irony. Just the thrill.
[Quick little shrug] Mm. I've met some decent Yanks. And New York! Broadway, off-off Broadway, theatre and scramble and appearances. Could spend decades there. Probably have.
[Crosses his arms across a chest and raises an eyebrow] Me? Mum's the word. [Says the fellow who said, "Presume that's Doctor Livingstone?" emphatically to Morton right before Livingstone could introduce himself.]
Fond of a tipple, are you? [He's teasing, the conversation having gone right back 'round to alcohol]
[He probably did a little sonicing of compasses on a few Journeys of Exploration here and there, too. And the disappearances at Roanoke? ...Yeah. Long story.]
Hundreds of years of living, and you're still in it for the money? I'd've though you'd've outgrown that.
Of course it wasn't just for the money. But excuse me, mister high-and-mighty, some of us actually have to pay for things with real currency. I don't know how they do it where you're from, but I'm rather fond of eating.
[Eyeroll] Yes, I do, but that doesn't mean I want to tap into it every other decade. I've got savings bonds and buried treasures, but when you're shifting identities every eighty-odd years it's hard to keep up a steady line of credit or supposed inheritance. Especially if the frame you leave has relatives.
[Shrug] I used to try to live for whomever's frame I took. Made me feel a little bit better. And then I figured out that trying to walk and talk like someone who was gone didn't help them and didn't help me.
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Date: 2008-10-24 03:01 am (UTC)...I can't go back and, I dunno, take away all of those cat pins, can I? Recompense for vision loss, I'd have the right.
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Date: 2008-10-25 05:43 pm (UTC)...Oh, I'm borrowing Astrid for an outing. My TARDIS, so, yes, if she goes missing, it's not kidnapping, not quite, it's just matsuri.
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Date: 2008-10-25 11:35 pm (UTC)'Lo! Been dunking any innocents in large basins of water recently?
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Date: 2008-10-25 11:45 pm (UTC)How're you?
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Date: 2008-10-25 11:48 pm (UTC)Well enough. Been in Alexandria for a few days, but I'm thinking of moving on.
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Date: 2008-10-25 11:54 pm (UTC)Though they do hug us quite a lot, I dunno."] I have to commit. It's a time-sink.Alexandria? Egypt, not Virginia?
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Date: 2008-10-25 11:57 pm (UTC)Yes, Egypt. Virginia's nice enough but really, when you can choose between the two...
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Date: 2008-10-26 12:01 am (UTC)Oh, yes, definitely. Shame they only have that new library, now. The old Library, the smell of it...
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Date: 2008-10-26 12:04 am (UTC)Been there, huh? Marian would faint at the chance to go to the new library. Can't think how she'd react to the original.
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Date: 2008-10-26 12:10 am (UTC)'Course I've been. What self-respecting time traveler hasn't?
Who's Marian?
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Date: 2008-10-26 12:14 am (UTC)Well I wouldn't know, would I?
[...er.] No one in particular.
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Date: 2008-10-26 12:38 am (UTC)Even any hypothetical time traveler. The Library, not as large as the Library, but--the great lost treasury of classical thought. Who'd miss that?
[Eyebrow raise and a 'hm' face. That sounds like a 'someone in particular' 'no one in particular']
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Date: 2008-10-26 12:40 am (UTC)I dunno. I can think of some places I'd go instead.
[HEY DON'T MAKE THAT FACE AT HER. She glares.] She's a friend in the states, all right?
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Date: 2008-10-26 01:11 am (UTC)Where?
Oh, the States. [Totally dismissive. The *States,* pfft.]
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Date: 2008-10-26 01:18 am (UTC)[...normally she would also have this reaction. However--] She loves it there.
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Date: 2008-10-28 06:30 pm (UTC)[Quick little shrug] Mm. I've met some decent Yanks. And New York! Broadway, off-off Broadway, theatre and scramble and appearances. Could spend decades there. Probably have.
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Date: 2008-10-28 06:43 pm (UTC)[Chuckles a little bit] I spent most of prohibition in the States. New York City or in the south, rum-running. Now that was an adventure.
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Date: 2008-10-28 07:54 pm (UTC)Fond of a tipple, are you? [He's teasing, the conversation having gone right back 'round to alcohol]
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Date: 2008-10-28 07:59 pm (UTC)[...so it has. She sticks her tongue out at him.] It was worth more in the bottle back then.
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Date: 2008-10-28 09:31 pm (UTC)Hundreds of years of living, and you're still in it for the money? I'd've though you'd've outgrown that.
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