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Tweak says, "you love riding it"

Christopher "Chris" Perry Halliwell. (changethefuture) wrote in vas_captio_rpg,
@ 2009-08-13 22:03:00

Entry tags:

!complete, chris halliwell, connor temple, day 18, location: in town, the doctor (ten)

Who: Chris Halliwell and Connor Temple, now joined by the Doctor (Ten).
What: Trying to figure out where in time they are, and if Remy's info can be trusted.
Where: Possibly wandering around now; right now they're in front of the Gym.
When: Day 18 - Morning, 8:15am.
Rating: PG.
Status: Complete.

In a way, Chris felt like he was back in the world he knew. This place looked in about as bad shape as parts of the San Francisco he had known most of his life. It was disheartening yet at the same time it perhaps kept him from panicking as much as he could be.

No, the panic seemed reserved at the moment for his new companion, though he wasn't showing it at the moment. But then, they both seemed relieved the supposed human with the red eyes had left them, even if it did mean they were on their own for the moment in this rundown, inhabitable town. Chris sighed and ran his hands through his hair, half expecting to feel a bump from whatever his head had hit when he tried to orb up to the heavens. Don't think about that. Do not think about that. You're no good if you panic.

"What do you think he meant by that? Not being on Earth." He turned his attention to Connor, figuring it was best to keep them both engaged in conversation. They didn't have to be on another planet to not be on the same Earth. Could be a different plane, or a parallel world. There were lots of options. Which made Chris think of something the other man had said. "And what did you mean when you said you'd seen weirder?" It made him wonder if Connor was from a world with magic too. That would certainly support his theory that he might be Chris' unofficial charge. Ignoring the conflict of the years they were taken from.

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leconnortemple
2009-08-14 04:15 am UTC (link)

Connor was giving the gymnasium in front of them a dejected look. It looked kind of bleak, really. Nothing he wanted a part of. To be honest, he was a little freaked out. And that took a lot where he was concerned. This was the guy who'd believed Superman was a real human being and couldn't be convinced otherwise until he was thirteen.

Then Chris spoke, and Connor shook himself a little, physically and mentally, to get the feeling back in his body. No going into shock, that wouldn't help anyone. He'd like to believe he was just dreaming, but his dreams rarely involved strange men with so much detail. Strange women, sure! But not men.

"I imagine he probably meant we're not on Earth." It wasn't sarcastic at all! Connor was simply agreeing with what the red-eyed bloke had said. "Maybe some distant planet? Always knew there had to be others that could support life! Just didn't think we'd reached the technology to get to them yet." Hmm. Think, think. "Course, he could just be flat out wrong. Seemed a bit dodgy, really." Had he seen weirder? Well, yeah. Extinct animals were right up there were magical teleportation, weren't they? Sort of. "I'm on a team back home. A team that...works with time," he said carefully, wondering how much he should trust and not trust. The last time he'd let his friends in on it, he'd been betrayed by their excitement. Who knew?

Absently, he took a few steps closer to the gym, wondering why it hadn't just fallen in. It looked ancient.

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changethefuture
2009-08-14 12:59 pm UTC (link)

Chris couldn't help but crinkle his nose at the possibility they actually were on another planet. Not that he thought it was impossible, but if that were the case it would open up a whole new set of questions in his head and a hearty serving of panic. There were spells to travel through time, even to specific times. There wasn't anything in any book about traveling through space to somewhere else entirely.

"More than a bit. I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw him." Which actually, thanks to his telekinesis, was pretty far. "We could be stuck in a parallel world. Might explain the differences in time." Chris cocked his head when Connor mentioned working with time. That was... curious. "Working with time how? Like time travel?"

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leconnortemple
2009-08-14 02:24 pm UTC (link)

Connor's cheeks flushed a bit as he shrugged. What was the harm in telling, really? The man could teleport, would a doorway through time really be that surprising to him? Well...maybe. Were Spiderman's superpowers going to surprise Batman? It was possible. At least until they met and combined powers.

"We work with...well, we call them anomalies. Gateways through time, unnatural rips between the time we live in and others. They can go as far back as the beginning of life, though I haven't actually seen that yet. And they can go into the future." His face paled slightly, remembering the creatures that had taken Stephen and had, in the end, become a dangerous threat to them all. When would they come around? Didn't much matter here, did it? "So yeah, I guess you could say time travel. I don't actually move around it much, though. Too risky to go charging into a time period you don't know."

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fromgallifrey
2009-08-14 02:44 pm UTC (link)

The Doctor was currently storming past the Gym in the general direction of the Carnival. He had work to do. He wasn't even going to pay attention to Thing 1 and Thing 2 standing there looking a little bit confused. Other people could play meet and greet. The Doctor had work. Yes, he had work.

'Unnatural rips between the time we live in and ohers.' He heard that bit and it made the suit clad man stop. He was soaking wet and standing in the drizzle. Then he heard 'Time travel,' and that made him move toward the pair.

"You do what now?" He asked, canting his head and furrowing his brow behind spectacled eyes. "You've been playing with the rift? Bloody Torchwood." Mental note made to yell at Jack.

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changethefuture
2009-08-14 03:03 pm UTC (link)

Anomalies, huh? Well, things could have different names but still basically be the same, right? Right. Although Connor didn't mention creating them, just that they were there. Chris said as much. "Are they organic, like they come about on their own? Or do you create them?" If they were the former rather than the latter they could very well be a little different from what he was used to.

Any more inquiries or comments were cut off by the appearance of someone new, and as he turned to look Chris was relieved to not see red eyes. Not that it ruled out demon but it at least made him not as on edge immediately. Confused, yes, but that seemed destined to be how the day would go. "What the hell's Torchwood?" Sounded like a good name for a kind of creepy parallel world to him.

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leconnortemple
2009-08-14 03:38 pm UTC (link)

"Torchwood?" Connor asked, confusion creeping into his tone. "Never heard of it.". He eyed the new arrival, grateful the tall and skinny man at least looked normal. "Now what is this about a time rift? What do you know about it?".

Fortunately Chris seemed just as lost. It comforted him knowing he wasn't the only one who was lost. "What sort of rift?". Cutter would have been fascinated and it took everything he had to remind himself that Cutter wasn't there anymore.

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fromgallifrey
2009-08-14 03:51 pm UTC (link)

"It's Torchwood," he looked them both over. "You, I wouldn't expect to know what it is," he turned his attention right on Connor. "You on the other hand, talking about rifts and with an accent like that, I'd expect..." The Doctor scratched his head.

"You don't spend a lot of time in Cardiff, do you?" Time Lord scrunched his brows.

"What sort of rift have you been playing with?" He chose the word play quite deliberately, those humans never had any idea what they were doing.

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changethefuture
2009-08-14 04:06 pm UTC (link)

Chris frowned when he was pretty much bypassed. It wasn't that he wasn't used to it happening, it was just that was strange to have it happen when he wasn't trying to discuss a demon or some other threat with the Charmed Ones. But really, it was the whole accent thing that annoyed him. Hey, just because he was American didn't mean that he didn't know anything.

"What's this rift nonsense? Are you talking about something like a tear in time?" Because that was the first thing that came to mind for him, hearing those words. Which didn't make sense to Chris but perhaps different worlds had different rules. There were worlds without magic, after all.

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