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[bigbadrose]

Hey so, bit of a weird question. Anyone here ever heard of Torchwood, and could maybe point me how to get back to contacting the local branch? That'd be really handy, yeah?

Year and star system coordinates would also be fantastic, but I'm not holdin' my breath waitin'.

[Bites her bottom lip in thought.]

[She doesn't even know which universe this is. Much less how she got here without a dimension cannon or where everyone she was with went. Maybe they're here. But then maybe even saying their name depending on the universe is dangerous. Luckily, she's had 5+ years (give or take for literal dimension rewinds and time in the vortex) of experience in learning how to do codes.]

Here's a fairytale you've probably never heard before.

Once upon a time there was a big bad wolf. She wandered a city of metal filled with metal men. [Too dangerous to even say the world cyberman until she learned more!] She thought she was on a mission to hunt down her lost prince. But she was actually on a mission to find home. Bit like Dorothy from Wizard of Oz if you know it. And one day she met a man who wasn't a prince at all. He was a very brainy professor. There was even another man who started off as a mouse but turned into a lion full of courage, saving worlds he never even knew existed. And a really flirty captain who was probably too pretty for his own good. They weren't off to find a wizard. Just a blue box.

The big bad wolf ran away from home and her pack over and over and over again, but no matter how many times she ran, and how many new friends she made or which universe she fell into, something was always calling her back. 'Pparently you can't escape your family that easily. That or the Big Bad Wolf's mum was seriously terrifying and would fight a werewolf for diamonds and totally win.

Thanks for listening, Ta!

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[koishi_komeiji]

"Okay! You're at the bay, right? It's not so far so I can fly there right now!" Yup! She was flying. And it's totally far, Koishi. Don't judge distance by flight.

"You may not see me at first but I'll put my hat on your head and then you'll know I'm there, okay?"

[bigbadrose]

"Actually I'm at a bar to meet my friend Amy, but I'll give you a map and directions! Same one I gave her. It's got a wolf pawprint!" Because Rose.

"That's not a problem though is it? Alcohol doesn't mix badly with the magic or ice cream or anything??? Because I had... a really long exhausting day."

Saved multiple universes, witnessed a genocide done to protect her, dragged Earth back manually to where it belonged (it'd been stolen, long story), found her ex-boyfriend, got dumped in another universe by her ex-boyfriend, picked up a new boyfriend who was a human clone of him (yeah...), lost him too, found out ex-boyfriend gets married and met his future mother-in-law.

Long. Exhausting. Day.

And she still hasn't had time to sleep, decide WHERE to sleep tonight or whether to face ex-boyfriend who may be in his own past. Yes.

Ice cream with pop rocks and flying sounds like a good idea to Rose right then. She might have downed like 3 whiskeys though, so there's that.

[koishi_komeiji]

"Oh! Okay!" She was flying very quickly as far as Rose could tell, the background brightening quite suddenly. Had she been underground? Guess that made sense for hell!

"If you're exhausted though we wont go on a really long adventure if you don't want. You can come over though. Chireiden is huge so there's lots and lots of room. And you can relax and play with Scribbles and Kuro and do whatever you want."

"And sis wont mind the company. She's really lonely all the time but never talks about it."

[bigbadrose]

"A small ice cream adventure and meeting your friends and sister sounds great though! But save the long adventure for after I talk to my ex, yeah? But I'll totally play with you!" Rose responded cheerful as ever.

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[koishi_komeiji]

Oh no. Friendship and playtime? Rose you're going to get showered with so much happy green platonic affection you wont know what to do with it all!

"Okay! I'll be there really soon, okay Miss? We'll get ice cream and then you can relax as much as you want in Chireiden." Which translates to: feel free to freeload as long as you like.

"I'm going to hang up now so I can fly faster, okay?" And with that the call ended.

---

It was barely ten minutes when the door seemed to open of its own accord. There was nothing for several more moments before a breeze brushed past Rose and a beautifully kept felt hat was placed onto her head. It was a little bit of a tight fit but it wasn't that bad.

Koishi would come into focus a few moments later, floating above the table and entirely too close to Rose's face to have been so easily missed seconds ago.

Oh goodness she was tiny. She was floating at the moment but she couldn't have been much taller than 4 feet with minty green hair and those glowing green eyes. The blue sphere was floating nearby, the cords looping into a heart and around her body several times before attaching to her feet.

"Hello Miss! I'm here!" No Kidding.

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[bigbadrose]

She laughs and nods. "Sure, thanks! See ya soon, yeah?"

---

Rose didn't even think twice before touching the hat and looking around. OH NO SHE'S SO CUTE! Rose has to resist the urge to give her a random hug, unsure if that is too familiar and too much an invasion of space so soon after meeting someone, but...

Ehhh, she'll just blame it on the alcohol later!

And glomps Koishi up in a hug, "AH! YOU'RE SO CUTE!" Rose Tyler: master of disguising her emotions? She is not. There is little reason to even bother reading her mind to be honest.

[koishi_komeiji]

Fortunately, Koishi didn't mind the hug. Was she surprised? Yes. Yes she was. Mind? Absolutely not. Laughing she grabbed rose and returned the hug rather firmly for someone so tiny. Her third eye had shied reflexively out of the way though. Either way it was best not to have such a thing get squished between them.

Upon glomping Koishi Rose could tell that the little youkai certainly had mass, but her weight was mitigated by whatever means she was using to keep herself afloat. Which was certainly strange. But it made initiating the hug very simple.

"Normally I hug people first Miss!" She was still giggling a little bit. Even after the hug ended. "You're very cuddly, Miss. I really like you!"

[bigbadrose]

Rose laughed some more, "Sorry, I think. Although I guess I don't gotta! Yeah, raised by a single Mum, and my best friend is kinda affectionate, we'd hug over anything." A fond memory at least.

[koishi_komeiji]

Koishi was already grabbing Rose's hands, trying to tug her to her feet. "Wow! That sounds like a great best friend. My best friend here is Luke. Or maybe it's Satsuki. Luke really likes hugs. Satsuki does not."

If given the opportunity she would start coaxing Rose toward the door. After all, there was ICE CREAM to be had.

"I like your voice too. You talk kind of like Luke, actually."

[bigbadrose]

"Yeah? What's Luke like?" Rose holds her hand and runs along like it's perfectly natural.

[koishi_komeiji]

"He likes puzzles and talks like you and he's short and human and nice and I really really like him and I think he's great because he's my best friend. I'll introduce you to him sometime. He really likes his blue hat and is trying to be a gentleman but he's still such a child. It's cute!"

Koishi just kept babbling. Nonstop. Quickly getting off topic... And by the time they were nearing an ice cream street-vendor she had somehow transitioned to why fish was the most delicious thing ever. Somehow.

"Ohh! Ice cream!" She let go of Rose's hand, zipping over and taking out her device. "Can I have strawberry please? With the white chocolatey crackle rocks on top please!"

Yup! Those were pop rocks he was putting on top. "Miss! You should order too!"

[bigbadrose]

"He sounds adorable too!" Rose laughed, and ran over with her. "Yeah! Definitely!" Rose beamed, getting out money to pay for them both. "What flavors you think?" She wrinkled her nose. "No Cherry or strawberry ice cream though, reminds me of my father's soda pop-- Oh! Okay I'll get that flavor pop rocks on top, yeah? And just vanilla ice cream for me, please!" Rose is easy to please. Seriously.

[koishi_komeiji]

"He's absolutely adorable! Ah, I love little humans. They're so fun and cute and wonderful!"

Koishi waved Rose's money away and began poking at her device... The man checked a little display and both were given their ice cream in little paper cups with bright pink spoons. Satsuki had spent hours trying to get "how to pay for things you want" to stick in Koishi's head and the little youkai wasn't going to waste the knowledge And then she wasted no further time digging in! The crackling was actually audible from the pop rocks since she seemed to be shoveling it into her mouth as fast as she-

"Argh! Cold!"

Ice cream headache. The man behind the counter just shook his head. This probably happened every single time. Koishi recovered quickly though, the spoon sticking out of her mouth as she grabbed Rose's hand, tugging her along. Infinite energy this one.

Something slid out of her sleeve and wrapped around the spoon and removed it- whelp. Okay she's a tiny green tentacle eyeball monster then. It's probably why her sleeves are so loose.

"Come on Miss. Fayren is this way. It's a bit of a walk so we should get going, okay?"

[bigbadrose]

Rose laughed quietly at the cold rush, but wasn't fazed by the tentacle. She'd spent a week stacking boxes with a boss who was all tentacles and eyes and mouth. The only time she got mad was when it reached parts of her she didn't like anyone she wasn't intimate with touching. And even then, she knew he didn't mean anything with it, at least, it was just very annoying.

"Fayren for a mini adventure?" Rose jogged along, "Or is that the way to Hell?" She licked the last of her ice cream as best she could. She really should meet up with the Doctor. When she stops wanting to curl up in a ball or throw things at him anyway.

[koishi_komeiji]

"No. Old hell is inside Fayren. It's a sub archway. I gave up some dear memories and got it back. But then I got a wish so I have my memories back too. Which is good." She wasn't flying that fast, taking rose on a tour through Genessia city.

"If your legs get tired though I could carry you. One human isn't very heavy. I just have to fly a little bit more slowly." Which might be a good idea considering the archway would probably take at least another 30 minutes to reach. If not more. At least at the pace they were currently going.

[bigbadrose]

Nah, Rose is enjoying it. "No, it's all right," Rose said obliviously, oops. "You're really strong enough for that? But it's okay, I could use the exercise. Burn off... whatevah. Might see if there's a train or trolley for the way back though. What memories were they?" Rose couldn't imagine giving up something like that, but then again, she'd never had powers, excepting as Bad Wolf... and she couldnt' remember Bad Wolf.... so... it was about even.

[koishi_komeiji]

"Oh. They were memories of one of the youkai that helped shaped my and my sister's minds. The eqivalent of a mother but not really. Youkai aren't born. We manifest from nature. But she helped ensure that we could become fully sentient and rise above our aspects more quickly than we would otherwise. But I picked those memories since it was to take care of my sister and I know she would understand."

And before the feels became too strong. "Also, I don't know what a trolley is. It sounds like fun though! I've heard of a train. I've never ridden in one though. We just seem to have cars here. I've been in one a few times but it's so cramped."

[bigbadrose]

"At least you got 'em back," Rose said quietly and squeezed her hand.

A small gasp. "You've never been on a train or trolley?" she snapped her fingers, pulled out her cell phone, and pulled up the map to find the closest one. "Okay! New adventure time. They're way more fun than cars! You can run around on the train, and stick your head out the windows on trolleys. Cars are just to get you places. Trains and trolleys are to enjoy the ride. Like... you ever been on a ship of some kind?"

[koishi_komeiji]

Unfortunately, it seemed there weren't any trains or trolleys in Genessia. In any of the cities, really. Nova had one but it seemed like it was in the process of being phased out.

Koishi had stopped when Rose stopped to check her phone, tilting her head. There was a Tokyo sub-archway though so it wasn't a total loss.

"Miss? I haven't seen any trains around here though. There's one in a sub-archway but not in this city. And that sub-archway is a ways off. We're going to Fayren. There's other adventures there. Bright ones. Full of green and fire and gold-dust. You'll love it!"

[bigbadrose]

Nooooo that's terrible!

Rose objects to this. They need to set up a lifesize toy train system, clearly.

"Yeah?" a beam, "Okay okay," a laugh. "Sounds gorgeous."

[koishi_komeiji]

Koishi hurried Rose along, babbling the whole way about various things and often making big motions in the air. She had so much energy! It was hard to imagine how she did it. Eventually though they came upon the Fayren archway, Koishi passing through without hesitation.

On the other side what had once been busy streets and buildings was now nothing but nature overlooking an old, almost medieval looking town by the water. And beyond it was more wilderness and even a mountain range. Even the air was different.

"This is Fayren, Miss. It's really big and grand and I love it!"

[bigbadrose]

Rose is thrilled. She hasn't gotten to travel with anyone in ages and usually she's the bubbly one trying to keep everyone from being depressed and still enthusiastic.

"It's gorgeous!!" Especially after cyberman dystopias and gritty cityscapes. "Ahhhh I have to remember to show my friend, he'll love this!" Rose bounced up and down on the balls of her feet.

Srry for lateness.

[koishi_komeiji]

"I know, isn't it?" And the little youkai was somewhat... upside-down. "I hope your friend likes it. Fayren is such a nice place. There are all sorts of things here like dragons and magic and it's all really neat, Miss."

Neat was one way of putting it.

Again, Rose's hand was grabbed, the little youkai righting herself before resuming the dragging along. "But exploring the surface isn't important right now. Old hell is this way. That's where Chireden and my sister are. And all of the pets. And the oni too. It's pretty great. I bet you'll love it. But don't go wandering since outside of Chireiden it's really dark and really cold and really dangerous if you wander too far."

/later!!!

[bigbadrose]

"Dragons?! He'll love it." Rose nodded and practically skipped, barely needing to be dragged, just running along cheerfully. "Got it! And yeah, makes sense. Like the black hole, right?"

I love The Impossible Planet. Though my fav ep is Midnight

[koishi_komeiji]

Koishi sort of paused, turning a little bit to look at Rose. She tilted her head. "Black hole? We have a subterranean sun but no black holes. That would be bad. Then the heat and light wouldn't be able to escape and old hell would be even more chilly and dark."

This was a different hell after all. One that doesn't contain a slightly disappointing rawr monster after building it up so beautifully the episode before.

"It's this way!" Koishi was dragging her faster now, heading toward the entrance to the waterways. "We have to go through some tunnels. That's where the subarchway is so fewer people bother big sis. She gets headaches really easily in crowds if I'm not there to block some of the psychic noise."