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[there is a very large and slightly drunk looking Christmas Tree in the courtyard at Attleton U. It is garishly decorated, as most Christmas Trees are wont to be; and the Doctor is currently staring at it.]

Now. Let's see if it's all connected. [he pulls his sonic sunglasses from his top pocket, and pokes them on. Immediately a tinny distant tune begins to play.

~~Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas. Make your--~~]

What?

[he pulls them off and looks around. The courtyard seems empty.]

Halloo? [when no one answers, he shrugs and puts them back on

~~Ding dong merrily on high~~]

What? What-itty what what? [he stares at them.] This is unusual.

[he proceeds to take them on and off again a few times

~~I'm dream~~

~~You know Dasher and Dan~~

~~We praise the Mighty Egg Lord that comes to b~~

~~O Christmas Tree O~~

~~Crawling in my skin these wounds~~

After a moment he takes them on and looks at them]

Was there an office Christmas Party that I've forgotten about?

[he's not senile. there's just a lot in there. Or at least he was pretty sure]

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[Well, now. This is working out even better than he'd planned.]

Oh dear, sounds like your sonics are malfunctioning. How unfortunate.

[He's trying not to laugh and only partially succeeding, so he ends up sounding rather smug.]

[oh, hello him. He can hear your smugness from here]

I know it's something you're unfamiliar with. One of the few fortunate side effects of a smaller size.

[~~I heard the bells on~~

Silent~~

~~Hark the Herald Angels~~]

Maybe if I look at something else... [but he's muttering to himself himself.]

[...well he was going to give you a hint, but for that snide remark? Suffer.]

Hmph. I deliberately choose not to use them and you know it.

I like the tree, by the way. It's nearly as colourful as my coat.

I'd be embarrassed, too.

[but now he's picking at him on purpose]

I think you'd go well, the coat with the tree. You could put yourself at the top and fit right in. Only I think we're done with God complexes at Christmas.

[He looks at a bare wall and puts them on.

~~I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas~~ Then scowls and takes them off.]

There must be an excess of something. [maybe if he left the university grounds altogether?]

My size has nothing to do with sonics, what are you on about.

[He's not even that big, he's just built along stocky lines :(]

What, a God complex? Good lord, I don't want to know.

[He manages to bite back a snicker at that snippet of song, he doesn't remember including that one but it's hilarious.]

Maybe you're picking up radio waves? You should really shield them against that, you know.

[He's trying his best to sound sincere, like he's actually trying to help. It's hard for him to tell how well he's succeeding.]

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Oh, forget it. It's a crass joke that's really beneath us. Should be by now. Why do we always fight with one another anyway. Aside from the fact that-- [no... he doesn't want to get into it. The burden of the future should never be on the past]

Radio? You think? [it couldn't be. Could it?] Let's see. [he takes out a sonic to sonic the sonic and sparks fly so it starts to play I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus backwards.

~~thgiiiiin tsal eoteltsim eht htaenrednu~~ it sings dolefully]

... I think I just gave it seasonal depression.

[...he doesn't get it but whatever at least you're letting it go so he'll do the same.]

Are you sure that's-- [--a good idea? Too late. But he can't hold back his laughter at that.]

I think you might have made it worse.

[He really should have said 'better' but he's trying not to give himself away just yet.]

I think you're right.

[he shakes out the sonic and peers at it again. It's still playing the song backwards and seems to have developed a strange sort of cackle]

Well... it's probably fine. [he takes the other sonic and gestures dramatically.]

Let's have a little more Christmas.

[he presses the button. There is a whirring noise, a bright nova and the crashing sound as if a thousand bulbs have popped at once. Even the TARDiS dims.

In the relative dimness, the sonic glasses cackle their way through carol of the... well...]

Must be a loose bulb.
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Now they sound like one of those vinyl recordings from the early half of the 20th century on Earth.

[This is all turning out to be far more amusing than he'd thought it would, and he watches with interest as his other self turns on the tree--only to flinch backward as that whole thing goes down.

He has the sudden urge to go find some popcorn. How odd.]

Are you really going to go through that lot looking for one? Might take you a while.

Yes I'm really going through that lot looking for it. I've been electrocuted once already and I don't want to repeat the process. [of course that one was a doozy] If you'd like to help--

~~Ding dong Merrily Merrily Me me Merrily High high hugh~~

And you, shut up.

What, really? [He sounds at most fairly interested. What, you're alive, it's fine.] Oohh, nonono, I don't think so. I'm... busy.

[Watching you deal with those glasses.]

Busy doing what? Enjoying it?

~~ROCKINGaroundholyjolly siglent night Thhhhgin tneliiiis dreidel dreidel dreidel dreideldreideldreideldreidel~~

Fine! [he takes them off and stuffs it in his pocket] I'll do it the old fashioned way.

[Snrk. Pfft! Snort-laugh!!! Don't mind her. She's not laughing at you, honest! Even if it takes her a few moments to get over her giggling fit.]

Dear, what are you trying to do? [Yes. She called you 'dear'. Ok, yeah, maybe she is getting a little glee out of your confusion.]

[he shudders at that, glaring at the screen]

Don't need reminding of River thanks so much. Really appreciate that knot right in the hearts.

[he shakes his head and begins to pace at around the Christmas Tree]

I am trying to see if everything has synced so I don't blow every fuse in the city. I'm attempting to be considerate. Try it sometime.

[Claps!] Make 'em do Last Christmas!

Not helping.

~You know Dasher and Dasher and Dasher and Dasher and Prancer~~

[he tries not to think about it]

What do you think of the decor?

Fantastic. [Thumbs up.]

Why does it think four o' the reindeer have the same name? [NOPE. GONNA KEEP HARPING ON IT ABOUT.]

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