- 1 - A man can be judged by the quality of his enemies.

[toobravehearted]

[The Doctor is about to exit the TARDIS into what he thinks is the warehouse in Shad Thames. Except for a nanosecond it's just far too bright, the light is all wrong and it's blinding him, he thinks he's going to miss-step or fall and... That's quickly gone and it's definitely not a dingy warehouse that he has stepped into.] 

What?

[Scuffle of feet as he whirls around. Yep, TARDIS is there. More scuffling, whirling around, surveying the scene...] 

What?! Where is this place? Now, that's just not right and- Hello. What are you doing? [Footsteps and he picks up the open journal from the dresser.] Oh! Now that's very clever! Feels and smells like paper and leather yet effectively transcribing my every spoken word. How is it achieved I wonder?

[Muttered...] Far too clever for this to be any of the Dalek's doing... As well as completely beyond their technology. Time scoop? Possible, but I would have seen that coming. Black Guardian? The Eternals! Ah, that feels more like it, this has their hallmark all over it. Oh no. Where are Tegan and Turlough?

Oh look, this journal caught all that as well, a nice record all in my own hand. [There's the sound of pages being flipped.]  Hmm. Lots of other different hands as well... That can't bode well...

[Journal open in hand he cautiously leaves the room but not before suspiciously noting that 2109 has his name on its plate.]  

Hello? Anyone there? Pardon me, but I seem to be in a spot of bother and appear to have lost my friends and a warehouse... Rather careless of me, I know... Has anyone seen a young man or woman, answering to the names of Turlough and Tegan respectively? It's quite important that I find them. Lovely stone castle you have by the way, shame that I can't stay.


[[ OOC: The Doctor is in! Feel free to pester him via journal or in person. He's wandering around the towers and making his way to the ground floor. :) ]] 

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/dictated

[hard_talker]

[that noise.

oh, he'd know that noise ANYWHERE. Mark literally drops the stereo he's repairing - whoops, crash - and gapes at his open journal as his heart leaps into his throat. when the TARDIS door creaks open he waits, not even daring to breathe ... but the voice isn't His Doctor, it's the other one: Nora's. still, though, a Doctor is a Doctor and a TARDIS is a TARDIS...]

Holy shit.

[funny, for a DJ, you'd think he'd be more eloquent about it]

dictated

[courageous_wit]

What, leaving already? You just got here. [there is a playful fondness in her tone, though. She's missed you, Doctor]

Dictated

[toobravehearted]

[Drop something there, feller? Doctor looks down at his journal where the sound, and then a voice came from, and is transcribed. He's impressed. He'll have to get himself one of these!]

Surely there's no need for that? Hello. I'm The Doctor. Are you all right there?

Dictated

[toobravehearted]

[Pause. Pause.] Hello. Just as soon as I have found my friends, yes, I'm afraid so. I don't suppose you've seen them, have you? They have a habit of wandering off.

[Action]

[lightbranded]

[Will had taken to wandering about the castle again to fill the time. Patience was an important skill for an Old One. He knew that. Waiting was their way. To hold back from acting until the right time and place. After all, for someone who existed out of time and who would live until the end of all things, what were a few months?

But to the side of himself that knew what it was to be human still, these months had dragged by very slowly indeed. That side wanted nothing more than to see his brothers and sisters once more.

He pauses at the sight of another wanderer through the castle. Something about him whispered to Will of Time.]

Hullo? Don't think I've seen you around before.

Dictated

[courageous_wit]

No, I haven't seen them. But I'm sure you'll find new friends here soon enough.

[hard_talker]

Haha - yeah, I know you are, dude.

[he's still a little breathless from the loop he's just been thrown for, but there's still room to sound amused. of course he'd be introducing himself. he doesn't remember jack shit. ... which is gonna break Nora's heart. wherever she's gotten off to, he wonders if he should warn her, first, or if she'll discover it before he can get to her]

And yeah, m'fine. Just dropped my radio, but it was busted anyway. Welcome back.

[Action]

[toobravehearted]

[The Doctor senses old and young, power and Time, but it's nothing he can recall coming across before in the form of the boy. Nevertheless, it's still a boy and he's concerned that whoever brought himself here should not in any circumstance be taking children as well.]

Hello. I'd daresay not, I've not been here before. I'm The Doctor. What's your name? How did you get here?

[Action]

[lightbranded]

Hullo, Doctor. How do you do?

My name is Will Stanton.

[The boy tilts his head and smiles blandly.]

Well, I suppose I got here in much the same way as the others here. The castle desired that we should be here, and so we are here.

[toobravehearted]

Do you now? Back? No, no, I've not been here be- Ah. I've been here before? Oh dear. If I've been here before, later, that could get rather messy.

Who are you? If you don't mind my asking, where is here?

[hard_talker]

Yeah, you have. Two've you at the same time, actually. [he wipes the grime from his amateur engineering off his hands with a rag and lets sleeping dead radios lie] Eleventh and ... what're you again, fifth? I could never keep the damn numbers straight.

My name's Mark, Mark Hunter - I been here for two years, and "here" is Paradisa, referred to fondly by commonfolk like yours truly as Castle Wonderfuck, Land of Enchantment Whether You Like It Or Not.

[toobravehearted]

Oh, as much as I'd ordinarily look forward to that... Forgive me, where are my manners. I'm The Doctor, how do you do?

You sound certain that I'm remaining here for a while. What makes you think that?

dictated;

[signedlefthanded]

Doctor, you're back! [She's a little too enthusiastic, not paying attention to half of his message. Violet is just thrilled he's back.]

[toobravehearted]

[He takes a step closer, concerned for the boy. There's definitely something 'off' with him, he thinks. More than just what he can already sense.]

[He smiles reassuringly.] I'm doing well thank you. It's a pleasure to meet you Will. Are you sure it's the castle that brought you- us, here? Please, forgive my scepticism, but... Have you ever heard of a race of people called The Eternals?

[lightbranded]

Really quite sure. It has a mind of its own, you see. [Will himself thought that the method of his arrival here wasn't nearly as important as the purpose. Nothing ever happened by accident. If he had been brought here, then it was because the Light had a purpose for him.]

The Eternals? Sorry, I can't say that I have.

[toobravehearted]

[He'll just splutter here.] Two of me? Eleventh?! Well. That's bad, big bang, universe goes poof and takes away a small country. Eleventh- Are you sure? Nice to know I'm still running around at that point I suppose.

Yes, well. It's very nice to make your acquaintance Mark and thank you so much for that colourful description. I take it there's no love lost in Paradise?

[courageous_wit]

Well, Doctor, if you read the book far enough you'll see you've been here a number of times. The castle simply wouldn't be the same without you.

And my name is Hermione Granger. We've met before.

dictated;

[toobravehearted]

Hello! So it would seem from what I'm being told. Bit disconcerting, that. You have me at a disadvantage I'm afraid, miss-?

[toobravehearted]

[Another pause. Pause. Yeah. He's just going to stare at the journal for a moment, don't mind him.]

[Sincere.] That's a beautiful name, Hermione. At the risk of being indelicate, I'm afraid I don't recall meeting you before.

[courageous_wit]

That's all right. Most people don't remember once they leave Paradisa. But I'm sure we'll become friends again in time.

[toobravehearted]

Really? [Eyebrows jump up.] A sentient castle? Well that's very interesting.

Eternals, yes. Fascinating beings, but living a weary existence. They bring people from any place, at any time, together for their own amusement.

They live outside of Time and are incredibly powerful. [Speaking gently.] A bit like you I think. What are you, Will, if you don't mind my asking?

[lightbranded]

Ah, so you saw that.

[Will's response was mild as he turns to face the doctor fully. He knew how he appeared. An ordinary looking boy with the kind of face that was easy to forget. Only, his eyes held a depth of understanding and wisdom that did not belong to any thirteen-year-old boy.]

My kind... are something similar I would think. Although we walk within time, we exist outside of it. For us, all of time is the same. Yesterday is today is tomorrow and back again to yesterday. And although the past may be a road leading to the future, the future may sometimes change the past.

Although humans have named us wizards and druids and legends and many other things besides, we name ourselves the Old Ones of the Light. I am the youngest and the last.

in person!

[nukeoleptic]

[ Jade is curled up on a chair in the lobby, a plate of french fries balanced on the arm of it, and she looks up when the Doctor enters. She chews hastily, holding one hand over her mouth as she flings the other up to wave at him, fluffy white dog ears perked. ]

Oh! Hi, you look new. Was that you on the journal?

Action

[wizard_redfive]

[Dairine had been returning from the library when she hears the TARDIS materializing.

That sound...

Dairine drops her books, staring at the journal. He's back. The Doctor is back. And not just any Doctor, her Doctor. The only person in Paradisa whom she knew from her own universe. It seems too good to be true.

But she had to take the chance. Without further ado, Dairine rushes out of her room to search. The TARDIS didn't sound far away. Dairine runs down the stairs of Ira Tower, aiming for the lobby. That was a common spot for new arrivals. If he wasn't there, she'd keep going until she searched the whole castle.]

Action forever.

[lupinotuum]

[ Remus is simply passing by on his way down to the kitchen, muttering an assortment of spells under his breath and tapping his wand on a seemingly normal-looking piece of spare parchment. Evidently, he's begun working on the map -- if only to distract himself from thinking about certain past events and to keep himself from becoming a total recluse.

He passes by the Doctor slowly, seemingly oblivious to the other man while he continues to mutter his charms. He stops for a moment when one apparently escapes him and stands there, tapping his wand on his chin while he thinks. ]

Now what was that charm again ... ?

[ He scowls, but then soon realizes that he is not at all alone. Turning around, he finally catches sight of the Doctor and blinks curiously at him. ]

Tegan and Turlough? 'Fraid I haven't seen anyone by those names.