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John Young | The Tomorrow People (isnotyourson) wrote in madisonvalley,
@ 2020-08-27 20:35:00

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!log, the doctor (13_doctor), ~2020 august, ~~john young (isnotyourson)

WHO: John Young and The Doctor
WHAT: Random Meeting
WHEN: This evening
WHERE: Walmart
WARNINGS: TBD, probably not
STATUS: Closed/Ongoing

John hadn't gone to speed dating since he was seeing Jo and didn't feel the need to meet anyone else. He was happy with her, and loyal, so he didn't even think of going, even though he knew that some people were going just to make friends. That wasn't John, so he'd spent the week not terribly active on the network, letting people talk about their speed dating stuff.

He was thinking of making a special dinner for Jo, but he wanted to make sure he could actually do it first, so he headed to Walmart to grab the supplies and make it for himself tonight. While he still didn't use his powers much in public, sometimes when he was in a huge place like Walmart, he would find quiet spaces and teleport from one edge of the store to the other, because seriously, the place was way too big in John's mind.

He'd just appeared out of nowhere in the aisle with the pots and pans, because he needed a new spatula if he was going to do things right. And as good as he was at teleporting, this time he appeared almost on top of someone and leapt back, falling to his butt on the hard floor.

"Hey, sorry!" he cried, knowing very well that it was his fault.

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13_doctor
2020-08-28 02:47 am UTC (link)

The Doctor had been holding up a strange pan as she was trying to figure out why. What could this possibly be for? Was this for some sort of new way of eating pizza? She didn't like that. She thought half the fun of pizza was getting messy with the melted cheese.

When the man appeared, it shocked her. She startled back, though didn't drop the pan. "Oh! Hello!" She leaned forward a little. "Need some help?" She held out her hand to him.

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	isnotyourson 2020-08-28 02:51 am UTC (link)
	He nodded, and took her hand, getting to his feet. He was clearly embarrassed. "I...didn't expect you to be there." This part of the store was usually empty this time of night, so it had never been a problem before. He'd have to scope out another safe place to teleport to, apparently. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

13_doctor
2020-08-28 02:55 am UTC (link)

"I know. I get that a lot. Me in a Walmart." Whether she was joking or not, it was probably hard to tell as she helped him to his feet and smiled. "But that was fun, though. You teleported! Not a lot of humans can do that. Unless you're not human." She leaned in and squinted a little like she could just look at him and tell - she couldn't. Her free hand still held the weird pan at the moment.

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	isnotyourson 2020-08-28 02:57 am UTC (link)
	That wasn't exactly what he meant, but hey, she hadn't yelled at him so he'd let it go. "Yeah, I can do that," he nodded. There wasn't any point in hiding it from her, he'd kind of done it right on top of her. "And I guess I'm sort of human. Evolved human, more like. I can do that and a few other things. But Teleporting's my best." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

13_doctor
2020-08-28 03:09 am UTC (link)

"Oo, evolution. Love evolution." She really had the urge to reach for her sonic screwdriver, though last time that had happened, it had caused a thing. She didn't want another thing. "Wish I could teleport. Can't do that. Well, not on my own. There are devices, obviously, but being able to do it physically would be so much more convenient." She paused. "Any chance you'd let me take a quick read of you with my sonic?"

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	isnotyourson 2020-08-28 03:13 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, I'd have been dead a hundred times over if I didn't have the ability to teleport." The others were useful too, but he really thought that was the best. "The what?" He wasn't exactly sure what that meant. "Your sonic what?" He probably wouldn't mind if he understood, but he didn't yet. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

13_doctor
2020-08-28 03:19 am UTC (link)

She lifted up her hand, then realized the pan was still in it. Whoops. She hung it back on its little hook with all the other confusing pans and then pulled her sonic screwdriver out. "My sonic. Reads things." She demonstrated by pointing it at the confusing pan. It whirled and then it stopped as she brought it up to read the side. "Corn bread? Well that's just silly." Humans.

Then she looked at him excitedly as if to ask 'well? Is it okay??'

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	isnotyourson 2020-08-28 03:21 am UTC (link)
	"Hey, corn bread is delicious. Especially when it's shaped like little ears of corn." He preferred it that way because it was just awesome. He couldn't help it. As it didn't look painful, he shrugged and nodded. "Sure. I mean, I don't know if it'll tell you anything interesting, but go ahead." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

13_doctor
2020-08-28 06:36 am UTC (link)

"Shaped like ears of corn?" She would definitely like it more like that. She liked when food was shaped like its ingredients.

Delighted that he agreed, she pointed the sonic screwdriver at him. It whirled for a moment or two and she pulled it to her to read. "Interesting. From Earth. Different timeline. Definitely human." She looked at him and wanted to lick him to see if she could pick up anything more, but the Doctor knew that was definitely a faux pas.

"I think you're brilliant." She pocketed the sonic and then held out her hand in one fluid motion. "I'm the Doctor."

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isnotyourson
2020-08-28 04:10 pm UTC (link)

"Yeah, one of my foster parents had one of these cast-iron pans when I was little that made little things of cornbread that were shaped just like corn. It was actually pretty cool."

That was the only thing about those foster parents that was cool, but still.

He just kind of stood there awkwardly as she ran the sonic thing over him. It didn't hurt or anything, so he let her do what she would.

"John," he said, taking her hand. "And, uh, I'm glad?"

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	13_doctor 2020-08-28 09:00 pm UTC (link)
	She shook it excitedly. "Did you come for a pan for yourself to be able to make cornbread?" He was in the pan aisle, obviously. "There's almost one for tiny little pancakes, I think." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	isnotyourson 2020-08-28 09:37 pm UTC (link)
	"Not cornbread, no," he said simply. "I'm wanting to fix a meal for my girlfriend, but I'm not a great cook so I wanted to make it for myself first. Just in case. And I just needed some utensils and stuff." He looked over at the things and saw the tiny pancake maker. "I'd have to eat like a jillion of those things to get full. I'm all for full-sized pancakes." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	13_doctor 2020-08-28 09:41 pm UTC (link)
	"Smart" She nodded in agreement. "Just in case you end up poisoning yourself, best to keep your girlfriend out of it." She looked at him. "Just avoid anything made with pears." She looked entirely serious as she said it to him. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	isnotyourson 2020-08-28 09:43 pm UTC (link)
	"Pears?" He wasn't planning to put pears in the dish he was making, but she sounded so disturbed by the idea that he simply had to ask. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	13_doctor 2020-08-29 12:48 am UTC (link)
	"Pears are the worst." Clearly. She even shuddered made a face. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	isnotyourson 2020-08-29 01:04 am UTC (link)
	He didn't really get why she hated pears so much, but if she did, she did. He wasn't going to judge her on that. "Alright, then. No pears." He looked at the time on his phone and jumped a little. "I've gotta get going. It was nice to meet you." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	13_doctor 2020-08-29 01:13 am UTC (link)
	"Alright then! Nice to meet you John. Enjoy your pre-meal making. I'm sure your girlfriend will love it." She grinned. She had faith in him. (Reply to this) (Parent)