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[polyandrist]

[There's a video on the network, and it comes across as a younger (well looking anyway) River than most people have seen her before. The exception, as always, is her husbands (yes all three of them.) That's because River's now from directly before hitting the library.

Oh, and she also doesn't remember anything about being here before.]

Goodness, does one often lose pieces of themselves when they arrive? That's terribly inconvenient.

[Her fingers brush her chest in a way that seems almost uncomfortable, because losing a heart when you're aware of it is one thing, but losing a heart when you don't intend it is another. But still, as always, River is putting a good and amused face on it, and smiling into the camera.]

I'm Professor River Song, and I'm looking forward to getting to know you all intimately.

Comments

[Video]

[k2so]

That's no usually what happened, no.

River, have you hit your head? And have you done something with your hair? You look...younger.

[polyandrist]

[And she's just going with her standard assuming they've met but not for her yet. Which happens, of course.]

No, my hair prevents that sort of thing. And it happens occasionally. Can't expect a girl to always age in the right order.

[k2so]

Forgive me then, everyone I know ages exponentially not blackguards.

You don't remember me then?

[polyandrist]

Of course I do. Or will, eventually.

[Video]

[guitar_hero]

Hello, Sweetie. Looking gorgeous as always. [her words are strange and he can't tell what she means by them-- if this is some ploy or genuine or something happened to her that he doesn't know about between their 30 some odd years and the library]

[Video]

[polyandrist]

[Well, someone gets a fond smile before she switches to private.]

Well, hello to you, Sweetie. But for what was supposed to be a final last night, this is less than half an hour... Impressive even for you.

[Video]

[guitar_hero]

Well things have been a little timey wimey and all that. [that's also... odd for her to say.]

Have you talked to the Great Gonzo yet? [testing testing]

[polyandrist]

Aren't they always timey wimey, my love?

[River is still amused, but she's definitely getting a lot of interesting data.]

I'm talking to him now. Apparently, I've been here before. Recently.

[Video]

[borntolove]

[Ten feels himself shut down because it's far too recent with having seen River in the astronaut suit. However, what she says is rather curious. And wonders what happened before River came to the library]

Sorry. Can't. Rose might shred you to pieces.

[If only he was joking about that :|]

[Video]

[bigbadrose]

Not River, no.

[Looking innocently at a nail file :V]

[But yes, he might get psychic prickles that indicate he'd be the one in trouble if he tried anything.]

[Video Locked to Rose]

[borntolove]

[Ten flinches at the psychic prickles]

I'm not. Interested. Just because she's married to the older versions of me -

[Face palm]

I don't know, River, alright?

All I did was see her die.

And I didn't even know who she was to me.

[Video Locked to Rose]

[bigbadrose]

["Why are you telling me?" "I don't care." "Madame du Pompadour." Cleo-bloody-Patra.]

[Her face stays smooth.]

[It'd be so much easier to just stay mad. To stay callous. Angry. Anger got her her though the 5th dimension. The first year here. It also made things worse here, but whatever.]

[She wants to stay ruthless. Callous. Annoyed.]

[But his stupid puppy-dog face....]

Don't say that. [Hand over her eyes.] I told you. I can't be the reason for holding you back.

I'm not... ever going to do anything just...

[She can't finish it. "If you walk, I walk, as simple as that."] It's not possible to have me and the multiverse, yeah? [Sad grin. But she's trying so hard to smile for him. Failing, because it kills her. Meta gave up the multiverse for her but it's not like he had a choice. And the rest of him didn't want to. And she didn't blame him. But they chose to keep her safe instead. It was what it was.]

I'm gonna go for a walk.

[polyandrist]

Claws in, dear. It's never becoming to let them see them.

[Sorry, Rose, River is too amused by this.]

[bigbadrose]

I said I wouldn't!

[Video]

[polyandrist]

[Hello there, Doctor who she hasn't met yet. River is amused to see you. Or would be if there wasn't that whole pesky heart thing going.]

Well, darling, the invitation only is for those who want it, not those who don't. No skin off my nose, and I certainly wouldn't want to remove the skin from someone else's.

Re: [Video]

[borntolove]

[Ten knows there's something off about River; mainly because Ten knows River came to Ten asking Ten how Ten got the Tardis and River went off and decided to give up one of her hearts for hers and 11's Tardis and -this face and River weren't close to begin with. All he can do is try to sniff the comm; unless she makes everything private. If so - probably best 11 tells River about her heart and makes a note to talk to 11, later]

Have any interesting adventures?

[spacepeterpan]

[Usually, the Doctor's thrilled to see River--but he's more than a little puzzled as to why she'd say something like that. He knows people lose memories on returning to where they came from, but they seem to regain them on appearing in Genessia again, so something's not quite adding up, and he gives her one of those searching looks of his.]

Whot? River? Are you all right?

Private.

[polyandrist]

[River's face gets soft for a moment, because it's been so long since she's seen him, but then the smile grows bigger, but also less personal. The smile she gets before they do journals.]

Of course, sweetie. Are you alright?

Private.

[spacepeterpan]

[He watches her reaction closely, although he smiles in return when she does... but it's one of those bittersweet ones.]

'course, yeah. I'm always all right.

[He raises his eyebrows at her meaningfully--they can both play that game if they want, but they also both know better.]

...y'don't remember being here, then... int'resting. Well, where are we, then?

[He has a guess... but he doesn't like it, so he's not going to volunteer it.]

We've already done the Byzantium, what about Asgard?

[The better question would be Manhattan, but he doesn't really want to be the one to bring that up, either.]

[storiesofmyown]

[ Martha's bothered by River's reappearance--not that she's back, since Martha has rather missed her, but by her missing pieces. She frowns a bit when she replies. ]

I rather doubt you'll want to discuss it in public, but would you come see me about your missing pieces directly? As physician and friend, I'm concerned, yeah?

Private.

[polyandrist]

[Friends. And a physician. River is trying to decide if she can trust this woman, and in the end decides to make the loop to do it.]

I seem to be missing a heart.

Re: Private.

[storiesofmyown]

[ That's...actually a bit of relief and Martha nods. ]

You must've given up that memory or lost it. You traded your heart for your Doctor's TARDIS, since my Doctor, the Tenth face, had one.

[justabitunlikely]

I don't think losing pieces of yourself is a completely common thing to happen. Are you alright, River?

[polyandrist]

Yes, dear, I'm perfectly alright. How are you?

[She's giving Jenny a smile, but there's something a little impersonal about it.]

[justabitunlikely]

[Yes, Jenny's noticed. How unusual.]

Fine. Do you even know who I am?

[It's not the first time she's dealt with people who didn't remember her.]