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[bigbadrose]

[For those who hadn't seen Rose yet: she looks like a traditional gargoyle: stone, grey skin, bat-like wings, red glowing eyes, but for blonde hair, and her ability to speak in her mostly usual voice.]

They say you're not to keep wolves as pets.

I mean, first off, yeah, it ain't right to coop the wolf up inside, for sure, who wouldn't get stir crazy like that, yeah? But even beyond that, they'll never be domestic. You never know when one might turn around and bite ya, no matter how much you try to feed it.

I was always more a cat person myself. Had one as a kid. Even got a flap in the door on the Powell Estates so she could come and go as she pleased. I know what it's like to need to wander.

I didn't get a new one when she died. Not 'cause it hurt too much, I don't think that should ever make you stop from making new friends, [A VERY STERN LOOK AT THE CAMERA. Brought to you with all the subtlty of engraving it on a rock and throwing it at the Doctor's face.] but 'cause I was fourteen, and ran away at sixteen, and then when I came back I had to work off debts, but basically, I didn't intend ta stick around there very long, or even as long as I did.

[Pouts a cheek to the side, which looks hilarious coming from a gargoyle.] Fer awhile, I thought... outliving your friends, because of a really long life, must be like that. You never forget or stop loving your pets, and how close or important they are to you is just on you and them and whatever yer relationship together. Some people wouldn't let themselves get that close to pets, knowing they're gonna die sooner 'n not, but [Another stern look at the camera. SO SUBTLE ROSE.] I know my friends enough to expect better than that.

[Glances off sideways.] Somewhere along the way I started thinking of myself like a pet dog. I forgot that wolves can make humans or even domestic animals their pack mates, but you still mustn't think of 'em as tamed. It does 'em a disservice, but they can also bite even friendly hands. Never docile, are wolves, yeah?

[Sighs and facepalms. Locking this part to those in the know, and 10 & Sarah Jane (even though they wouldn't know).] That's a lot of words to say I'm sorry. And bein' cooped up is no excuse. I'll try to do as well as my immortal friends from now on.

Koishi, I've got a hat for you, you'll have to add the glitter yourself though, yeah? Like visual pop-rocks on top. [Tongue out the side, despite being literally stoney.]

[Part B: Action In Genessia at night, Rose is playing action superheroine, flying around and divebombing monsters as need to rescue anyone who looks like they could use the help, though she, like anyone who knows the 10th Doctor or experienced his brief bit of bounty hunting; pulls her punches and steadfast refuses to eliminate any monsters in full.]

[During the daytime, the Ponds' house will have discovered a new rooftop ornament, as Rose tries to keep away ghosts and whatever else, and protect it.]

[At evening, she'll try again to talk to Amy and/or Rory if they'll let her. But she can only move at night.]

[In Fayren at night: she laughs, and acts as a fountain.]

Reverse Jesus!!! Turn wine into water!!

[Where's Ted to get this joke?]

[At the Attleton University, whether or not 12 is there, Rose knocks at night -- being unable to make classes during the day of course.]

Little pig, little pig, let me come in!

[Feel free to wtf in person, though it's not filmed.]

[Action C: Choose Your Own Adventure!]

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[koishi_komeiji]

Koishi, unfortunately, was a bit too unconscious to properly respond to the video when it first came up. But on the following evening Rose might fight a little magical girl sitting next to her, trying to imitate her pose despite being basically the opposite of a gargoyle.

The moment Rose woke up and began to move she was hugged. A lot. with tentacles.

"Hello Miss Roses! I got your message but my head was crack-tilted under a bridge so I couldn't say anything. But I'm here now and I found my head again so I'm okay!"

Oh my goodness she was so happy.

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[bigbadrose]

Rose blinked a lot trying to process what was going on... and then laughed a lot and hugged Koishi back.

"Hi! -- Wait. What do you mean you crack-tilted under a bridge?"

[koishi_komeiji]

"That's how my head felt!" She was beaming at Rose. "I got your message now though. That's why I'm here!"

She let go after a moment, waving her wand with a flourish and dusting rose with glitter... more glitter, actually. Turns out Koishi had covered her in the stuff while she couldn't move.

"I also have something for you! Sis told me it was okay so I brought it!" Koishi pointed to a box she had set on the roof a ways away.

[bigbadrose]

"You hurt your head?" Rose frowned seriously, "Are you all right now?"

That's okay, Rose likes glitter.

But she blinks at the box and tilts her head sideways. "Oh right, yeah! I got yer uh..." Rose fumbles around for her backpack, but finally after spreading her wings remembers where it got tucked on the roof and pulls out a pink beret with brim. "I had one just like this when I was a kid. Lost it in New New -- fiften more of those -- New York, but I though you might like it. And you can glitter it up, yeah?"

[koishi_komeiji]

"I hurt my head a long time ago, see?" She tilted her hat up, showing that scar and bald spot above her left temple where her eye used to connect. "I've been getting better though!" She straightened her hat.

It didn't stay on for long though, Koishi's eyes lighting up- literally- at the new hat. "Oh my goodness! It's so cute!" And on it went. Koishi's existing hat went right onto Rose's head.

"Now my head is pink! Like sis!" It was cute too.

"And your box too..." Koishi zipped over to it, picking it up gingerly and carrying it over to Rose. "This is for you!"

Was... There something moving inside?

[bigbadrose]

"Mm..." Rose tried to smile, to keep Koishi happy, "And it still hurts sometimes?"

She grinned at the box, "Okay okay, what's the occasi--?" She cut off mid-sentence and freed the cat! "Oh!" A blink! "Well, hello there, Sweetheart," she gently pet the cat under the chin and over the top of its head, "What's your name?"

[koishi_komeiji]

"Nooo it doesn't hurt. It's probably been a century now or so. I don't really remember. But now sometimes things stop making sense and I can't remember much and then I realize I'm somewhere else from where I used to be." That didn't sound good. But Koishi was still smiling...

The cat, or kitten rather, was bright orange with white socks, chest, and part of her face. She was already purring like crazy.

"Her name is Mikan!" If Rose ever looked it up she'd find it meant mandarin orange. "Sis thought you would like her because she's feisty and always wants cuddles."

[bigbadrose]

"Would you be willing to let the Doctor or Jack check that out? That sounds pretty bad. And if the Doctor tells me it's not, I won't worry, I promise, but he could make sure it's as good as it can be, yeah?" She hesitated and then hugged Koishi all the same, "Nah! You look great!" A beam.

And she cuddled the cat like crazy. "Hello Mikan! Mm!" Rose beamed.

[koishi_komeiji]

"If they want." Koishi allowed the cuddling, returning it tenfold to both Rose and the kitten. "But I'm missing the nerves that connect my eye to my head entirely. And my eye is kind of broken because of the kitchen knife. So it's not really fixable."

Mikan didn't respond to the hello. Not with words at least. She was, however, very soft and very affectionate. She was absolutely adoring the attention.

[bigbadrose]

"Kitchen knife... Okay. Well. Maybe then can at least help you as far as the blackouts?"

Luckily Rose returned the affection to cat and youkai right back, and if the cat had spoken in a way Rose could have understood, she would have fallen off the rooftop.

"Hey remember what you said, about eating fear? Do you know how to spot others who do that? I think my friend's house here, is haunted. Actually, she's my daughter, so I'm really protective of her, yeah?"

[koishi_komeiji]

"Yeah! Kitchen knife!" The eye floated up as if to make her point. The lid did have slight scarring on it... Though it was still closed. "And it's not so much a blackout as I become unconscious. I don't have an ego anymore is the problem. So sometimes the world stops making sense and I just sort of stop thinking."

As for the question, that did give Koishi pause. "Umm... maybe? It depends on how that's happening. I can certainly give it a try!"

[bigbadrose]

Rose laughed and picked Koishi up into her lap. "Wait. You mean you go to sleep now?" More giggles. "The Doctor has that problem too. Just the younger one, Tie-Doctor." She held a finger over her lips-- WELL, BEAK. "That's a secret though. They look human, but they're not, so he's not used to having to sleep so much. It's part of what he gave up to get his ship back here."

She looked around for the woman in the eyepatch and whatever was scaring the Doctor. Nothing yet.

A quiet hum. "Okay so there's these two scary broads, one's haunting Amy and trying to make her shoot her or die, and the others is scaring the Doctor." Her eyes narrowed at that. "And nothing scares the Doctor. He gives real genuine monsters nightmares. They're all scared of him. I don't know why, but I think it's gotta be the same reason I got turned into a gargoyle, and you got a cute costume, yeah? I think it might be city related. Because the Doctor, um, Tie-Doctor got turned into a werewolf, and the oldest Doctor, Sunglasses, got turned into a vampire, but he lives here normally near Amy and Ri-- his wife."

She carefully picked up the cat and Koishi respectively, marveling at how despite being crazy super duper ridiculously stronger, Koishi still felt heavy, and spread her wings to jump down from the roof. "Let's go hunting, yeah?"

A pause, "But not hunting-hunting. I don't want to hurt the monsters behind it. I'm bettin' they can't help it either way, right? Like either, it's just food to 'em, or they don't know what they're doin', or they can't even choose how it affects people."

Deep breath. "Unless it really is just... this ground. Sentient planet itself. Might explain why it changes city to city, yeah?" She puffed her cheeks out. "But I was able to see the women too. So it's not just hallucinations."

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[guitar_hero]

This was not good. He got so invested in trying to shake her he didn't realize the time until he caught a clock face in a window. Rose was probably waiting for him. For how long, he didn't know. He thought of calling her but then the paranoid spike went through him again. What if she intercepted it? What if she found out--?

It was ridiculous. He shoudln't be so afraid. It didn't feel right. And she'd changed, hadn't she? Or wanted to. Or said she wanted to. Which wasn't quite the same thing. But whatever it was, whatever the truth was, whether she was even really here, he needed to get there before anything unfortunate happened.

Rounding a corner he looked around for Rose. There was no sight of her until he remembered just what he was looking for and grinned a little at the statuesque form standing outside. Before he could even raise his voice to call out to her, it was aleady too late.

[poppinsy]

Missy was starting to get quite bored with this whole thing, and everyone knows a bored Master is quite a dangerous Master at that. So, she watches him when she sees him, and then she let out a long and dramatic sigh before she did a little spin with her umbrella, almost beaming with malicious intent. And so she brought attention to the girl. Quite loudly as a matter of fact, because Missy wanted to make sure that she heard.

"Oh look, it's the pink and gold one. Time Vortex girl, blah blah blah. We should let her in, don't you think dear? If she's jealous of your little pet wife, I can't imagine how jealous she'd be of me!" Her voice took on a little whine. "Can I play with her, Doctor? Please? I got to play with Martha and Jack and Ace and Nyssa and however else many you had. It's not fun if I don't get to play with them."

[bigbadrose]

Rose ignored the talking. This was who the Doctor was scared of? What was she, an evil nanny growing up? Compared to just River Song, it seemed weak.

"Blood drive!" Rose all but glomped him in a stone hug, but carefully handed over her bag. "I gotta be careful handling it. Not sure if I turn things to water tryin' ta drink 'em or otherwise."

[guitar_hero]

He grunts as Rose tackles him and gets a little winded from it actually. It's rather difficult to pretend you weren't just bruised by your significant whatever's suddenly granite body and unfortunate wing placement.

"You, no. No playing. We've talked about this. Living creatures are friends not toys." Or occasionally meals but he's not that blindingly stupid to say such a thing. "You, loosen up a bit. I'm fond of my ribs being unbroken."

It was fine. Just fine. Nothing bad happening here. Just a conversation. A meeting between two people. Missy needed exposure to people. Who also were attached to him. It was good. It was progress.

[bigbadrose]

"Friends not food," Rose snerked. "Still watchin' Disney movies then?" But she eased up her glomping hug, taking his hand in hers and passing over the bag.

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[talij]

Now I've seen everything.

[ It's muttered as he turns his own video on, shaking his head. Insert one foot for sure. ]

That... Is oddly specific. This wolf need a good knock in the head to put sense into them?

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[bigbadrose]

I hope not. [She winces slightly, and sucks on a claw before startling herself out it.] The Bad Wolf is me. Even if I look a bit stone age right now. [Grin!]

[talij]

Nice one. I can appreciate a nice solid self jibe.

[ Aerik laughs. Never let it be said he can't roll with the punches. ]

Didn't realize you were the wolf, though. Sounded a lot like you were talking about someone else. In which case, don't be so hard-- [ A grin. ] on yourself. Wolves do what they want to do. That's the charm of 'em.

[bigbadrose]

[Laughs right back.] I've got some rocky moments, even when I'm not like this. [Giggles.]

Well, we wolves gotta try anyway, yeah?

[koishi_komeiji]

"No. Not asleep. Unconsciousness. The subconscious mind. I'm the youkai of the subconscious now because my head is broken and because my id drives my actions instead of my ego." Her third eye nudged itself against Rose's cheek a few times.

She tilted her head as Rose explained things. Hum. That was interesting. "If you need me to help them not be scared you should bring me to them. I can strip away their fear. It wont make the nightmares stop but it will make them no longer scared of them. And if the other one is being haunted I can help get rid of the ghost too."

Koishi did seem oddly heavy for her size. Probably close to 10kg heavier. But it certainly wasn't enough to cause any problems for Rose's new form. The cat's weight was negligible, curling up in Koishi's arms and the youkai holding it close to keep it safe.

"Oh! We can go hunting, Miss. These creatures aren't real. They're like puppets made of flesh and bone. And sometimes other things. Sometimes things happen in these cities that can't be explained. Sometimes people change form. Sometimes people change nature... One time my eye opened and I could read minds again. That was..." A pause, Koishi tensing a bit. It was probably the first time Rose had seen her actually look sad and not just pout a little.

"I was happy to see Sis hadn't changed at all."

[poppinsy]

Missy let out a loud huff of breath at that, and she stalked around the two of them, circling them almost like the predator that she'd been a few lives ago. But for now, she was just watching Rose for a second, remembering all the things that the TARDIS had spilled about her when she'd torn into her heart to create the paradox machine. "You're no fun, Doctor." She rested on her elbows against the wall for a moment, before she spoke loudly, and her voice carried. "I was just going to thank her for making the freak immortal. It means that I got to kill him at least once a day for three-hundred and sixty-five of them. More often sometimes when I was feeling a little peakish or the Doctor needed some reminding about why exactly he was being such a good little Doby and eating out of a dog food bowl." Was Missy trying to rile Rose up? You betcha. "I mean I got to try all sorts of things that I normally wouldn't have been able to, and it's all because Miss Wolfie over there had to go and be disgusting with love. It wasn't as if I was going to remove her heart slowly to see how long it could beat for like I did with his."

And then Missy moved closer to Rose with that malice-laced smile. "Eighty-seven seconds by the way. It probably felt a mite bit longer for him though."

[bigbadrose]

Yeah, that did it.

Rose could let slide most of her overprotection for the Doctor, even mocking the fact that she loved him. ANYTHING: except Jack.

She tried to warn all 3 Doctors (and failed miserably all 3 times, she suspected), Jack was her trigger button. She hadn't had times to come to grips with all the awful things he went through just because she'd been so reckless, so... herself. Tortured, blown up by a nuclear bomb?!, BURIED ALIVE, and all alone. Alone because she wasn't there for him when he needed her, even though he had never once failed her, was always there for her even when she had no idea of it.

Despite telling Amy and River not to bother to give into their fears, that it was just a shadow creature lurking in recesses of their minds and trying to use them to create pain and drama, despite literally crushing Amy's gun and putting it in a drawer so Amy wouldn't be able to do anything to upset the Doctor, Rose spun around to slug the woman.

It was probably all lies, not real, just talk, but Rose could have handled talk about torturing the Doctor easier than Jack.

"Run," the gargoyle growled, a warning to both the shadow, and the Doctor whose hand she'd dropped the second Missy was close enough to hit.

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[classicms_smith]

[She's searched through the wardrobe, which had always been one of her favored places in the TARDIS. She offers a smile and laugh. Oh the analogies were dripping from this.]

And then there are those people who say they can't handle or even stomach a pet, and end up with a house full.