[Arrival] /[Video]

[51stcenturyjack]

[The view might yaw around slightly, showing the interior of the entrance to the Bay, before it focuses on a handsome fellow with a 500 watr grin and blue eyes like the heart of a heart of a star.]

You'd think someone who's used as many different communication gadgets over so many ages would figure out a new one easily. [Said playfully, even teasingly.]

Hello there, good people of Genessia! Captain Jack Harkness, at yer service, though I've a few questions to ask as I sally forth: Most importantly, does anyone know if man who calls himself the Doctor has been hanging his coat here?

And less importantly, what's the best place to meet folks for a few drinks and maybe a bit more? [Said with his most charming smile.]

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[bigbadrose]

[No problem, Rose is completely unfazed!]

[And waggles her fingers cheerfully.] Rose Tyler. Sorry for just chiming in like that, Jack and the Doctor are my two best mates in the multiverse, and I couldn't resist the chance to rag on him a bit. He has it coming.

[chikapolilla]

...huh.

[Okay, yeah, that makes sense. Now that she has a moment to process all of that the pieces fall into place.]

[For her part, she seemed... alright. Perhaps a little overly enthusiastic for Vaggie's liking, but she didn't seem outright malicious.]

So I guess this whole conversation is doing what he set out to do. That's good I guess. [Time for more info-gathering.]

Where are you all from?

[bigbadrose]

[Pinches the bridge between her eyes for a bit.]

That's a more complicated question you realize... [Laughs brightly though!] We're all Time Travelers, from what I've just been calling the Doctor's Universe. I was born there, in the 20th century, London, England, if you've heard of it. And Jack's from -- [Tongue out the side. Jack is less squirrel-y than the Doctor about it, but she's trying to show him what's safe here, and knows he'll fall in from watching her, just like she learned from him.] the 51st century, an outta-way human colony he's the face of.

The Doctor is... not human. But he looks it. And he's not from any time. Lit'rally. He's fond of Earth, but he cheats on us with other planets being his faves~! Big meanie~! [Sing-song though so she's clearly teasing.]

But Jack and I -- [Hesitates again, because she doesn't know what Jack knows yet so... CAREFULLY:] Traveled with the Doctor until I got trapped in another universe. That's why I call it the Doctor's Universe, yeah?

[Impish grin and waves a hand.] Don't worry if that's all -- [FINGER MESH EXPLOSION MIMING.] Impossible to understand. [A giggle.] Long story short, we're from crazy situations, but we were a team together, along with a buncha others. Torchwood. And the Doctor's definitely pretentious like it sounds. [Nod nod! But she doesn't say anything about true names or the rest.]

How about you? Since no one native to these parts talks up on the comms, yeah?

[chikapolilla]

[Believe it or not, Rose, she's following along better than you might realize. That's sort of what happens when you've grown accustomed to the absurd. You can't really get bothered by anything that's worse than being in the literal epicenter of crazy.]

That's... interesting. [She hesitates, considering how much she wants to share. With the fact that she jumped in, she's now even more aware of what she's said.]

...the last I remember was El Salvagor, around 2014. Things were... ...alright. Had a bit of a bad day. [Went to Hell for about five years...] ...and now I'm here.

[bigbadrose]

[Strangely, Rose would just be excited and just ask which Hell. She's friends with Touhous, and she's been to Krop Tor -- a version of hell near a black hole.]

[But she nods along like it's perfectly normal.] Sounds about right. How long you been here?

[chikapolilla]

A... month. [She hesitates, though now its less about who might be interested and more about...]

Why do you want to know?

[Perhaps not the most polite of questions, but she wants to get a measure of who Rose is. She's very much the unknown element to her.]

[bigbadrose]

[She's not prepared for that question. At least the "when/where" is clearly practiced.]

[There's a blink and hesitation.]

[Politeness?]

[Nah.]

[She closes her eyes, and pinches between them.] I run Torchwood in Everglade. Until he left last month, Jack was my partner. You being new means I'm not completely failing in my job not to recognize you, but I didn't exactly take over all his work too, and I still need to up my game. [Apologetic grin.] Sorry. But for what it's worth, I promise that's the most sinister of my reasons. I've always got business on the mind, but it's not as evil as the original Torchwood. Um. In the Doctor's Universe, it was founded to fight me and the Doctor, because we kind of -- [Hand wave.] Pissed off a queen. [Literally she only learned that from Jack.] But in my Dad's universe -- that's the one I got temporarily trapped in, yeah? That one, the queen died, so Torchwood was founded with more... business in mind.

[Rubs the back of her neck, kind of embarrassed~!] I told Jack, before he went back, he was in charge of meeting people. [Actually: security. But tomayto, tomahto.] Like I said... [Small wince.] I haven't exactly tackled that task since he left. E-even if I should have.

[chikapolilla]

[The girl's eye quirks a bit as she listens to what is being told. After Rose is finished she seems to take a while to process.]

...sounds like a bit of a mess.

That's assuming I believe you. Which I'm on the fence on. [She has no reason to keep that card hidden. Others? Yes, but for now she just fold her arms and narrow her eye. Was it worth the risk? Hmm...]

It sounds like you may have a lot of information that a recently arrived person may not be told about. The... barriers being a thing that is keeping us protected among them, as an example.

So, I have a proposal, if you're interested.

[bigbadrose]

[She laughs. Very suspicious type. It makes Rose even MORE curious, but she won't pester.]

[She just nods and grins!] I'm all ears. But I wasn't joking about the business thing always being on my mind. The barriers is part of my Torchwood business, and if you get too snoopy, I'll wind up hiring you~! [Such a threat.]

[chikapolilla]

[She shrugs. Though whether that was flippant disregard to Rose's position or apathy is kinda hard to say.]

The way I see it is like this. You have information I may find valuable, and I have information about where I'm from that you want to know. How about we do a trade? Question for question. Answer for answer. [Its an arrangement that would make her feel more comfortable about talking about herself, at any rate.

[Her eye swivels around the edges of the phone.] ...somewhere off this thing, as apparently some people seem to enjoy snooping.

[bigbadrose]

Sure! Are you familiar with Everglade yet, or would you feel more comfortable getting to choose the surroundings?

[chikapolilla]

I live there. Just pick a place that people can see us but is open to the public and that'll work.

I won't go to the Torchwood conveniently isolated storage facility or anything like that.

[bigbadrose]

[Giggles.] Have you heard of Alternative Eats or Haunted Eatings? Same thing. It's a restaurant next to the Haunted House. We have a lot of non-human foods, flavored bloods for vampires, all kinds of meats, and even emotions for flavorings, but also enough that's safe for humans too. If you want, I'll even mark you down for testing, but head's up, it can get weird if you don't specify in advance. My taste-tester is the Doctor, and like I said, he's not human, so even though he's got a heightened sense of taste, he also thinks mouthwash is a fun drink and has been known to lick wood, blood, batteries, and munch on dirt.

He's still trying to convince me to wallpaper the restaurant so it's lickable. [Shakes her head.] Don't ask.

[chikapolilla]

Human food is fine. I'm not picky.

[Well... she is. But she's not going there to eat really, so it doesn't really matter.]

Don't test anything weird on me. When should we meet?

[bigbadrose]

Um, not today. [Jack just got here so Rose is going to get DRUNK AF.]

[She's got A+ life decision making skills shhhh.] What's your work schedule like? We're open at weird hours on account of what we are and all, but I have to be in by curfew. The Doctor's not human, but I am. And that's still an Everglade law on the books.

Otherwise, normal business hours are fine, but preferably not afternoons. I'm a TA at the University too, and that's when I'm over there.

[chikapolilla]

[Don't worry, Rose, there will be plenty of time to judge your life choices.]

So what you're saying is you can't do afternoons and you can't do evenings. Gee, I wonder when would be a good time for us to meet. [A hand raises up around the socket around the eye that is covered. Rose definitely seemed the impulsive type, and a part of her was already regretting this decision.]

So we'll do a morning, then. Don't worry about my schedule. I don't have a job yet. So that veiled threat may not be as threatening as you think. Unless this ends up being some sort of deal with the devil, but I've already met the bastard and you're not him.

[bigbadrose]

Evening is fine! Just not late night. Curfew's what? 9 pm? 10? I go out running sometimes, just try not to get into Everglade, because then I'm yanno... prey. [SHRUG. She doesn't seem bothered by this.]

You too? He gets around a lot of Universes. I think shooting him into a black hole probably didn't improve his temper much. Although Koishi's never met him, but youkai are kind of different, yeah? They're a lot cuter and their hell is much nicer and cleaner, for one.

But breakfast is good! We have a lot of coffee and tea selections. So that no one feels left out or weird drinkin' blood.

[chikapolilla]

[Wait, what? The confusion on Vaggie's face is all but painted on. Drop who into a black hole? The Devil? She's met Lucifer? ...okay, now she isn't regretting this decision quite so much.]

...sure, fine. We can meet tomorrow then.

[She definitely does not know what Rose's plans for tonight are.]

[bigbadrose]

[He was breathing fire and threatening to destroy the universe with his armies of darkness, okay? She told him to go to hell and sent him there. :V Although she still thinks he got the final laugh on her because traveling through the void between universes is not fun, and her own personalized Hell.]

[Not the Lucifer that's in Genessia though, even if he does make Rose nervous, even when he's singing Disney with the Doctor, and she doesn't know why.]

[Rose gives a bright thumbs up!]

[She'll be fine. She's getting drunk the second she hits the University (so like 1 pm because lawl skipping out early) since the Professor she TA's for is the only one who knows Rose's constant Niagara Falls of Feeeeeels. She might even wear some sonic sunglasses, hide the bloodshot eyes, and blend right in with the vampires. She'll be fiiiiiiine.]

[ooc: I'll make a post for it tomorrow I just gotta double-check on ice event status-es]