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[im_with_stupid]

[After Rose's visit, locked to Ten, since he's the only Doctor who wouldn't know why this was a BAD idea.]

"Doctor, don't suppose you could come pick me up, just you and me? Got a favour to ask?"

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[After getting home, either late that night or the next day, locked to all of the Doctor, and River.]

"Have you guys seen Rory? Got a message here he didn't show up for work, figured he left early for work but if not....?"


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Locked to anyone who lets themselves in, action, after they realize....

Amy sat on the sofa. Trying to absorb, tears on her face. Rory was gone? How could Rory be gone?

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2 parts // 1st

[bigbadrose]

[Yoinks 10's comm out of his hands.] We'll find him. Don't worry.

[She doesn't even care if Amy yells at her and screams she doesn't want her help. Family means no one gets left behind.]

[And literally turning to 10, still audible.] Ohana means family. Family means no one gets left behind.

Re: 2 parts // 1st

[im_with_stupid]

[.........................................] "He's around, I'm sure," [she said, her voice cold.]

[borntolove]

[Ten nods - he knows. Even if he didn't know Rory much or got slapped by him on Halloween. He wouldn't ever not look for one of his companions; past, present or future.

Remarks to Rose calmly]

Don't say that as if I don't know.

[Leaning over Rose or standing next to her, calmly remarks with an undertone of everything will be alright even if he doesn't know for sure]


Yes, yes I can.

[bigbadrose]

[Narrows her eyes at him.]

[Did he know? Did he?]

[But she hugs him, taking Koishi's words to heart; and then walks away, deeper into the TARDIS.]

[borntolove]

[What - what were those eyes for? He will take the hug and watches Rose disappear further into the Tardis. If she glances back towards him; she'll probably notice he's confused a bit]

[bigbadrose]

[He doesn't know that she knows about Jack, will never forgive A SINGLE INCARNATION of him for it.]

ACTION

[bigbadrose]

[And she doesn't care how much Amy beat her up or even shoots her, she gives her the biggest hug and stubbornly doesn't let go.]

[No words yet.]

[Just hug.]

Re: ACTION

[im_with_stupid]

She turned to face her. "Get. Out." Simply. She's still angry at you. This? Doesn't change that. "River will be home any time now, and you are not welcome here." She pulled free of the hug.

Re: ACTION

[bigbadrose]

Rose jsut smiled softly.

"I'll wait outside for her then."

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[im_with_stupid]

"No. You will leave her alone. She does not need you in her face for this, and I will not let you hurt her again when she's upset."

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[bigbadrose]

"Oh, shut up, Amy! You think you have to protect her from me? You think that will make up --"

Rose's snark freezes and her entire body freezes, the words dying right away, and her gaze drops, tone quieter, "Fer what I did?"

She sighs and pushes back her hair, looking away. "Anger feels good, doesn't it? Better than the hopelessness, the despair, the self-loathing. I've been there. But it wears off, and everyone around you is still sad and broken and the only thing you can do is be there for them."

She shook her head, looking away, "I already talked to her," she glanced back at Amy, "Way before I kept coming here every day as a gargoyle trying to get you to hurt less. I get it. Okay? I can't fix that. I told Tie Doctor before his melt down, I can't find him while I can't find me either. But don't assume I'm going to hurt your baby just by looking at her. If I do? Kill me. I'll let you. And I'll help you bury my body and cover it up from the Doctor and Jack, all right? But you know, as much as I exploded and didn't care about who I hurt? I did care about you. You were the only one I could give a damn about at the time. I'm not mad at the Doctor for any stupid petty thing anyone seems to think it is. Only he knows why. And youngest him? Doesn't. So you wanna talk to them about how screwed up I am? Be my guest. You wanna protect River from me? Go fer it. But when it comes to protecting the Doctor or River, I'm not choosin' him."

Action!

[polyandrist]

As soon as River received her mother's message she knew. She'd had a terrible feeling when she'd not seen her father this morning getting ready for work this morning, but had attempted to brush it off. Now, it seemed that her ideas were misplaced. So, she immediately closed her office door and stopping only for ice cream on the way home. Her mother didn't want to drink anymore and River respected that, and ice cream wasn't much, but she didn't arrive home empty handed.

Coming barreling into the house, River just dropped down next to her mother and reached over and hugged her. "He'll be back. He's Rory." All the confidence in the universe was in her voice, because that was simply a fact.

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[im_with_stupid]

She nodded, leaning into her daughter's hug, putting an arm around her. "Right. I'm Amy, he's Rory. And he always comes back. I'm just worried he's in one of the other towns, in trouble or something, you know? But his communicator is acting like I dialed a bad number or something. Not sure if that would happen if the communicator was just broken...?"

[polyandrist]

"I don't think it would. Not from what I've heard anyway. I've tried his number as well on the way home and it didn't work for me either." River just sighed softly, and she let the frown and sadness she was feeling show rather than placing up a front for her mother. "But he'll be back, Mum. I know that as much as I know everything else. He'll find you or you'll find him. But you'll always have one another."

[im_with_stupid]

She nodded a bit. "We always find each other," she said, softly. She reached up to squeeze her daughter's hand. "And you're here, and the Doctor. He'll come back for us. HE can't stay away from his two favorite people. Or the Doctor."

Action

[borntolove]

[There's that wheezing grinding noise in your living room, Amy and Ten steps out looking for her]

Re: Action

[im_with_stupid]

And since this was before she knew anything was wrong, she headed over to him with a smile that was only slightly forced. "Thanks," she said, letting herself in, in case anyone was in the house. She did not want this request to be overheard. "Just us in here, then?"

Re: Action

[borntolove]

"Yes." His Tardis and can kick anyone out. Now, what's up?

Re: Action

[im_with_stupid]

"Good. I'm tired of feeling like the only one in this little family that doesn't know how to drive the Tardis. Teach me?" she asked. Yes, she was in a skirt, shut up.

video

[guitar_hero]

Amy... [he figures himself is there and in any case, he wants to show her what might be hard for her to see.]

There is a memorial stone, which lists the name of people who've left this time pocket. It could be wrong, but hedging on the idea that it's not... [he shows her the name Rory Williams written there.

It is almost as hard as seeing the name on their graves.]

But he's not dead. Just not here. For whatever reason people leave, for whatever they come. There's really nothing to worry about. [except being heartbroken]

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[im_with_stupid]

[She took a shuddering breath, seeing that. And for a moment she looked stricken. Then some of that Pond strength lit in her eyes. A reminder of the WHEN of this for her. Because she looked at the Doctor through her device.] "Doesn't matter. He'll be back, you know he will, I know he will. Or I'll find a way to go back to him. But he'll find me. Two things I always know in my life. He will always find me, you will always find me. Besides," [she tried for humour, but it was a little hard, a little brittle.] "He wouldn't leave me here alone with the three of you."

video

[guitar_hero]

Definitely. Not even time and space can separate the Ponds for long. Or me from them. [he smiles faintly] In the meantime, can I bring you anything?

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[im_with_stupid]

[She considered that. Since the first answer that came to mind was "Rory", but she didn't want to say that and hurt him. Her next answer was wine, but she was trying not to drink any more.] "Fish fingers?" [she asked, finally. Or an apple with a happy face. Or Yorkshire pudding. Or just... anything. Just... come?]

Video //locked to eleven

[guitar_hero]

Right. So. Rory's most definitely gone home because [and he links him the conversation with Amy] That. She wants fishfingers. I rather lost my taste for it but I think what she would prefer you so shall we go see her?

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[spacepeterpan]

.......ah.

[It's the closest this face ever gets to what Jack would probably call a shit-eating grin--that intensely ambivalent look saying
"ooh here's something interesting"
and
"aha I've answered a question that was bothering me!"
and
"oh no it's something awful"
and
"damnit now I'm sad"
all at once.

It takes the Doctor a moment to fully process that (or at least as fully as he's going to right now), and he nods. He doesn't really need the prompting to follow his older self's logic past that point, but neither is he in any mood to snap about it; just as his older self doesn't need it explained to him why the Doctor might be thrown off, if just for a moment.]

...yes, 'course, be right over.