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the doctor (martyrisms) wrote in dunwichgame,
@ 2024-10-16 18:06:00

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!log/thread/narrative, whoverse: the doctor (11), ∙ plot: october 2024, ◌ inactive: rose tyler

WHAT: Rose & The Doctor
WHERE: The Gazebo
WHEN: Wednesday, October 16th
WARNINGS: TBD
STATUS: In Progress

SHE'S BACK.

A little walk did the mind good, didn't it? The Doctor had just found himself gainfully employed as a history teacher at the college, and was wrapping his mind around that by walking through Dunwich a bit. "History. HISTORY. Ha! What a fantastic surprise, Dunwich. Is someone listening? Who's running this show? I'm the Doctor, I'd love to meet you." He said to nothing and no one in particular - just to Dunwich, to whatever might be running the place. There was no response, of course, but then he hadn't really expected one, either. There was still so much Dunwich to explore. But then - then, oh, there was an answer. A big answer. The familiar whoosh noise that he'd grown to love so much, that was universally known - at least in his own world - as the arrival of the TARDIS (and typically, the Doctor). "No way." In disbelief, the Doctor started running towards the sound, vaulting over anything that might be in his way, until that beautiful sound came to an abrupt stop and interwoven with a slight crashing noise. Ah, it felt like home. Just ahead, the TARDIS in it's beautiful shiny blue paint disguised as a police box landed itself right in the gazebo. "Hello, girl."

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staying_forever
2024-10-17 06:25 pm UTC (link)

It wasn't like Rose had been stalking the Doctor. She hadn't. Not at all. She'd just been out and about in town -- doing a bit of window shopping now that she actually had a job to be earning with -- and she'd spotted him out.

It wasn't hard, was all. All he tended to talk to himself in a way that tended to be borderline shouty.

And really, she'd been about to say hello and catch up, but then there was that sound and it wasn't about words anymore. Just running to meet that familiar song. Of times gone, and home and -- well.

"Oh," she said, noting where it'd landed, right in the middle of the Gazebo. "Bit of an entrance."

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martyrisms
2024-10-17 11:53 pm UTC (link)

"Well, she's gotta be seen doesn't she? Deserves it, center of attention and all." He wasn't remotely surprised to see Rose there. Maybe it was because he'd noticed her prior to this moment or maybe because he just assumed that her and Clara both would come running to the same spot he had upon hearing that particular sound. Either way, he circled the TARDIS all the way back around to Rose.

He was beaming with pride and love. "Isn't she beautiful? Doesn't look any different from the outside. Bit shinier, maybe, hm." The Doctor couldn't help himself, he went straight for the door, planning on opening it before he hesitated, thinking for once not about himself or his own wants or needs. He turned to Rose.

"Do you have your key?"

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staying_forever
2024-10-19 01:33 am UTC (link)

She did deserve it. Rose didn't circle the TARDIS, only looked at it from front on -- even as the Doctor did his rounds. She did look good. Unscathed. As perfect as ever, really.

Rose really had thought she never might see it again. Even with several Doctors here, and Clara and Jack. All the rest, too, that came and went again.

"Course," she said, sounding a little stopped up, even as she pulled her key out from a chain 'round her neck, under her shirt. "course I do."

And she didn't really need invitation more than that to step forward and unlock the ship that she'd once thought she'd stay forever in.

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martyrisms
2024-10-19 05:12 am UTC (link)

Somehow, it both broke and mended his heart at the same time - seeing Rose pull her key out, just like that. Round her neck like that. It stirred up a lot of emotions in the Doctor, watching Rose open the TARDIS again, stepping into the home he had hoped to share with her forever, before. Before what inevitably happens with the Doctor happened.

He watched a she disappeared into the TARDIS, lost in his own thoughts for a bit until he remembered he was with his TARDIS once again, and he practically hurled himself through the front doors, sliding in to the familiar entryway, all slick and pristine and exactly how she looked the last time he saw her. He had had a brief moment of fear she would be wearing another Doctor’s interface, but no. This was his.

“Looks a bit different from last you saw it, I bet? At least the control room does. Your room and everything else in the back is still the same.” Even if he’d known Rose was never coming back, he and the TARDIS herself had not changed that particular room. The Doctor made his way to the control panel, hands carefully running along all the little buttons and knobs and things.

It was too much to hope for, that they could fly out of here together. He wouldn’t, not without Clara anyway but maybe, maybe they could go somewhere within Dunwich. He just missed flying her. “Shall we give it a go?”

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staying_forever
2024-10-21 12:04 am UTC (link)

It was very -- yellow and orange, this Tardis. The other one had been, too. But different. More green. Not quite muted but not as bright as all this.

It made sense, somehow, in ways that Rose couldn't really put to words, but also didn't need to. This one was, after all, just kind of louder and flashier in general.

Not in a bad way. Just different.

She hadn't forgotten Clara either, but that didn't stop Rose daydreaming about the stars. Different worlds, better times. Adventure. She didn't ask where to, only walked up the stairs to the consoles, held on tight in response.

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martyrisms
2024-10-22 01:56 am UTC (link)

No words were needed, not really. The Doctor watched as Rose walked up to the consoles, holding on as she should. His breath caught in his throat for a moment, suddenly overwhelmed with emotion. Each time he saw Rose again it was like a dream come true, and seeing her in the TARDIS once more hit him hard. The thing he had wanted so badly, had banned himself from thinking about.

Losing Rose had been worse than just about anything else in his long life so far, though he knew there was still many awful things to come, based on the future versions of him he’d met.

Still, he was right behind her at back at his controls in a fraction of a second. He let his hands run over each button and knob, gingerly, as if he was checking on her. She seemed perfect, like nothing could possibly be wrong. They should be able to take right off… and then go get Clara. And Jack. “Alright, here we go!” He rubbed his hands together before smacking them in a single clap, and engaging the TARDIS.

Sure, it made the sound but… but then it did nothing. No phase. No movement. Not even a jerk. Just the breaking noise and nothing else. “Nooo, no no no no no. That’s not fair.”

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staying_forever
2024-10-26 12:44 am UTC (link)

It felt -- maybe not completely surprising that the Tardis whooshed, but did not actually move. It was disappointing, but not shocking.

Her heart sank just a little regardless.

But she wouldn't pout. In some ways, in this town, this was still more than she'd ever expected she'd get again. So Rose Tyler didn't have a lot of room to complain.

She tapped her fingers around the railing by the console, was quiet for a moment, but then pushed her self back up to standing straight. "Still," she said, halfway to cheery, "Didn't expect this today."

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martyrisms
2024-10-29 12:20 am UTC (link)

There was some muttering still coming from the Doctor, maybe something like C'mon old girl and a few other things, but eventually he quieted. Rose's positivity was how he should be feeling too - she was absolutely right.

"Didn't know if Dunwich could hold her, seein' as I was thrown out of her when I got here. Wow. Moving or not, least we got the noise." He initiated again, just to hear it. It was blissful.

With a wide grin, he turned to Rose and moved over to her, taking up her hands in his. "We've got to see if its got all the rooms still, or if Dunwich ate some of them. Oh no, what if the library is gone? Or the pool?"

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staying_forever
2024-10-31 09:24 pm UTC (link)

It wasn't the best outcome, but it wasn't the worst, either.

Rose wondered over other things too -- like how much protection the TARDIS might give over Dunwich. Would it's shields keep out the mist? Would it still translate?

"I think I'd miss the pool most," she said, teasing, because the library was also something to behold.

But really, she'd be pleased if the closets and her room was still there.

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martyrisms
2024-11-03 05:10 am UTC (link)

The Doctor’s face turned somber, and he nodded seriously. “The pool would be a substantial loss.” He agreed, with no teasing. He did love that pool.

“Let’s go find your room, yeah? Should be same as it always was…” Somehow, even knowing that they were supposed to never see each other agian, the TARDIS never touched Rose’s room. Maybe because she knew how the Doctor felt about it.

He was certain even now, her room would be there. Clara’s, too. They were here, with him, and the TARDIS would know. He was sure. “And then the wardrobe…”

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