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Eric Northman (the_northman) wrote in whoville,
@ 2009-10-27 11:40:00

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neverthelast, the_northman

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Eric was talking to one of his bartenders, right after De Final opened for the night, when somebody walked up to them, and he turned around with raised eyebrows. "Yes?"

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	neverthelast 2009-11-05 02:59 pm UTC (link)
	The Doctor shot him a quick smile. "Oh, sorry, didn't mean to interrupt. I just didn't get to meet you the opening night. I'm the Doctor." He stuck out a hand. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	the_northman 2009-11-05 03:01 pm UTC (link)
	"One of them, anyway, from what I've heard," Eric answered, looked down at the Doctor's hand, then back up at his face. "I don't shake hands." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	neverthelast 2009-11-05 03:05 pm UTC (link)
	"Fair enough," the Doctor said about the handshaking, without missing a beat, not perturbed, and stuck his hands back in his pockets. "Yeah, there's a few of me around. Can get confusing for other people." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	the_northman 2009-11-05 03:29 pm UTC (link)
	"Are you the one that was talking with Godric?" He wasn't exactly feeling confused. More like curious. Beside them, the bartender was waiting to know if he would be needed further, but Eric paid him no mind. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	neverthelast 2009-11-05 03:33 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh, yes. That was me." The Doctor's manners were, well. Often terrible. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	the_northman 2009-11-05 03:50 pm UTC (link)
	Eric was not big on manners either. "And are you the Doctor River lives with?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	neverthelast 2009-11-05 03:55 pm UTC (link)
	"The same," he replied, pleasantly. "She's a bit of a slippery one. Not that I wasn't. Or, well." He cocked his head, as if considering. "Still am." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	the_northman 2009-11-05 08:46 pm UTC (link)
	Well. No trying to warn him off of her, or get any assurance from him. "Would you like a drink, Doctor?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	neverthelast 2009-11-05 08:50 pm UTC (link)
	He didn't know Eric, personally, for one. Besides a warning from the Master was either sufficient or it wasn't. "Sure. I'll take a drink. Thanks. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	the_northman 2009-11-05 08:59 pm UTC (link)
	"Mike, get him whatever he wants," he dismissively told the bartender, barely looking at him. His attention was much better focused on the Doctor. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	neverthelast 2009-11-05 09:06 pm UTC (link)
	That diverted the Doctor's attention, to the bartender. He gave the man a bright, charismatic smile, the kind that got the Doctor in and out of all kinds of trouble. "Can you do a banana daquiri, Mike? I'd appreciate that." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	the_northman 2009-11-05 09:11 pm UTC (link)
	Of course he could. That man could do anything, and somehow always had what was needed at hand. "So you wanted to meet me," Eric drew the Doctor's attention back as Mike set to slicing a banana into a mixer. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	neverthelast 2009-11-05 09:15 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh, just my insufferable curiosity. There's people here I can't meet anywhere or anywhen else. You're one of them." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	the_northman 2009-11-05 09:26 pm UTC (link)
	"Then we ought to take a seat," Eric said, right as Mike poured the contents of the mixer into a glass, added a straw, and set it down in front of the Doctor. Eric turned and walked without checking whether the Doctor was following, heading for the elevated booth at the end of the room that was very specifically his. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	neverthelast 2009-11-05 09:30 pm UTC (link)
	"Thank you, Mike," the Doctor said as picked up his drink. He watched Eric for a second, and had to keep himself from snorting outloud at him, since he seemed as self important as, well, a Time Lord. But he didn't follow to the booth. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	the_northman 2009-11-05 09:34 pm UTC (link)
	Halfway to the booth, Eric realized the double heartbeat was not following, and turned halfway around to look at the Doctor. His expression was the embodiment of 'Well?' (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	neverthelast 2009-11-05 09:39 pm UTC (link)
	He casually sipped on his drink. "That's quite good," he commented, as if he'd been distracted by it. Then he wandered over, and hopped into the booth. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	the_northman 2009-11-05 09:49 pm UTC (link)
	A brat, then. The Master did seem to like them. Then again, when he looked at Pam, Eric figured that so did he. A world class brat, however. "What did you want to know, Doctor?" Eric asked as he smoothly took his seat. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	neverthelast 2009-11-05 10:58 pm UTC (link)
	The Doctor was arguably a universe class brat. He put his drink down and rested his chin in his hands, with obvious interest. "Oh, what you think of this place will do for a first start." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	the_northman 2009-11-05 11:00 pm UTC (link)
	"I don't think about it, I take it in stride," Eric replied, amused that this would be the Doctor's first question. "What about you?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

neverthelast
2009-11-05 11:10 pm UTC (link)

"Oh, I've poked and prodded, without getting a whole lot of answers. It's a strange little tempro-spacial bubble, and I've done some dimension hopping in my day. Putting some force behind my poking might reveal more, but then." He made a popping noise with his mouth and tongue. "Bubble bursts, who knows when, where. And if! We'd end up. If it were just me, and my timeline as risk....but it's not."

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	the_northman 2009-11-05 11:12 pm UTC (link)
	Eric let a beat pass, after the Doctor had stopped talking. "Well. The least you can say is that we seem to be opposites on this subject." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	neverthelast 2009-11-05 11:19 pm UTC (link)
	"I've gotten some practice at staying still and letting things come to me, here," he said, with a little wryness, but serious none the less. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	the_northman 2009-11-05 11:20 pm UTC (link)
	"When you say it like that, it sounds very reptilian," Eric noted. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	neverthelast 2009-11-05 11:27 pm UTC (link)
	"Really? Does it? I suppose it's back there in the generic code. A few billions years back," he mused, making a face. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)