all-night laundromat blues (backdated to Monday morning)

[cricketycricket]

[Monday morning finds the Doctor stepping out of the TARDIS to go and get the milk for his morning tea, journal tucked under his arm...

only, the moment he steps out, he's surprised to realize that he isn't parked in his own room, any longer, but the laundry room. as he turns to go back in and move the TARDIS back to where it belongs -- it dematerializes without him, leaving him standing there perplexed in his pajamas and slippers]

Oh, dear. ... What's that all about, then, old girl? You've never done that before ...


((OOC: Loss involvement start! Five will be trapped here with Joshua until Wednesday!))

Comments

[too_fairytale]

Yeah, sure.

[cricketycricket]

Drop by the room and see if she's back there? ... I just want to make sure she's not lost, you know...

[too_fairytale]

Can do. Just give me a few minutes.

[she's already looking for some shoes]

[cricketycricket]

[and once she gets there, the TARDIS will be waiting patiently -- only, she won't be able to open it. damn castle and its shenanigans]

[too_fairytale]

[nopers. Amy tries simply pushing on the door first, then pulling... then she tries her key... though no amount of jiggling it in the lock does anything. Finally she heaves a sigh and picks up her journal]

Doctor? I've got good news and bad news.

[cricketycricket]

Oh, dear. Best to give me the good news first, to cushion the bad.

[too_fairytale]

Weeeeeeell, the TARDIS is in your room.

[cricketycricket]

[he breathes in, slowly. there are all sorts of other things that could be 'bad' if that's the good news. the one word he breathes out is just loaded with knowledge and dread]

But...?

[too_fairytale]

...it won't open up.

[cricketycricket]

I was afraid of that. .... Well, as long as no one can get in, I suppose she's safe enough. As for me, I seem to be stuck in the laundry room for the forseeable future.

[too_fairytale]

[...]

You wouldn't happen to be stuck in there with a guy who's... sort of a prat, would you?

Amy

[cricketycricket]

His name is Joshua Christopher ... why, have you ... have you met him?

Five

[too_fairytale]

[obviously irritated]

Did you hear me asking for help with an upset stomach? He decided it was all in my head. But before that he said he'd been stuck in a bunch of different rooms for over a week.

Amy

[cricketycricket]

.... Ohhhhh, dear. [he sighs] Don't take anything he said to you too dear to heart, Amy. He's quite mad.

... Is your stomach still bothering you?

Five

[too_fairytale]

Not anymore. It--comes and goes.

Amy

[cricketycricket]

Well.... if it does again, let me know. I may have something that'll help. Is it to do with what happened when you went back...?

Five

[too_fairytale]

[oh god, how much does he know]

... yeah.

Amy

[cricketycricket]

[not too much - the bare basics, to keep from godmoding. Eleven told him the bit about her being kidnapped and basically body-swapped for a copy, and River told him she's her daughter. he doesn't know she was pregnant at the time, so there's no way he can guess what those pains are, but --]

That's an odd thing for this place to make you keep for so long, then... have you any idea what caused it initially?

Five

[too_fairytale]

[erk. Amy swallows and decides to just tell him--he's the Doctor too, he's allowed to know]

It's morning sickness.

Amy

[cricketycricket]

It -- oh.

... But you aren't -- not here --?!

[this could be ALL KINDS OF TROUBLE if River's born while River's here. that's the sort of paradox the castle might not let slide.]

Five

[too_fairytale]

[Fortunately--or unfortunately, however you chose to look at it--there's a little more going on than just Amy being pregnant, so there won't be any castle-ending paradoxes coming from her]

No, not here, back home. Here I've been stuck in the first trimester for months.

Amy

[cricketycricket]

... oh dear. That's -- well, that's certainly not right. ... Have you tried anyone in the clinic...?

Five

[too_fairytale]

No, I--don't want a lot of people knowing about it. Really, it's mostly just Rory putting up with me whenever I happen to feel a bit sick.

Amy

[cricketycricket]

So you're --- oh dear. Physically, time doesn't pass for us here, so you're ---

[stuck being just that far along in pregnancy. oh. ... yep, that's awkward]

Five

[too_fairytale]

[no shit. It was awkward enough telling Rory that she's actually a duplicate of the "real" Amy, but having to break the news that she's pregnant on top of it? Awkward damn City. In Devastation County. They've been handling it well enough, she supposes]

Stuck around three months along. Yeah.