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Rose M. Tyler (jeopardysfriend) wrote in vas_captio_rpg,
@ 2009-07-21 00:06:00

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!complete, day 16, location: carnival, rose tyler, the doctor (ten)

Who: John 'The Tenth Doctor' Smith and Rose 'Not As Oblivious As I Look' Tyler
What: Probably? Keeping Rose out of trouble...
Where: The Carnival
When: Day 16, afternoonish
Rating: PG
Status: Complete!

It was rather irritating being told what to do. But honestly? Rose was used to it. The Doctor had a knack for telling her where to be and when to be there, and she was pretty good at following directions. Mostly because, with him, if she didn't it was life or death. So when Dr. John Smith told her to get to the gas station to seek out food, she listened. Also sort of life and death. Starving and all.

But Rose was also known for her exploratory nature getting the better of her. She was good at it, frankly. It usually got her into trouble before it got her out of it, but she often got answers because of it, too. And it was only her first real day in this strange new city. The day before had been spent with Dr. Smartass and then finding Remy and the Doctor and being introduced around. She never had claimed her grand tour with Remy, but she was honestly just as happy to do it herself.

And honestly, who wasn't attracted to a giant ferris wheel in the middle of nowhere?

Though the map said to go to the left, Rose followed the trail to the right, arriving in front of what was apparently a long abandoned carnival. But even if nothing worked, what girl wasn't drawn to the carousel and the ferris wheel and...oh god, was that a tunnel of love? Rose couldn't help giggling. Even if there was something seriously messed up about this place, it pulled her in just the same.

Gas station? What gas station?

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fromgallifrey
2009-07-27 10:14 am UTC (link)

At least even when she wasn't quite his Rose he could still make her laugh that was regarding to the Time Lord. "Well, you can never be too careful when telling people to guess where you're from. You could have said spain or you could have said Tokyo," he quipped with a grin.

An odd look swept over his features when she reached out and squeezed his arm. It would have been subtle of course with it's full onslaught withheld until she'd turned around and headed for the door; but, when she'd turned around she'd catch the tail end of it if she managed to swipe her eyes across his features. There was a certain look of glee that tapered away into the ether of restraint. It had started in his eyes and worked down through his cheeks and had started burgeoning a smile until he'd contained it. It'd felt for a moment like they might go running off on some sort of adventure any moment now. What a silly idea.

He was right behind her on the way out the door snaking his arm around to hold it open for her, still quite mute about where he was from. She'd catch him if he lied, and he knew it. She was sharp about those sorts of things. Besides, who was to say she didn't know someone who knew someone if whatever-town he was about to make up? "Smithton," he quipped, jokingly of course.

Back out on the road again he was already piloting them back toward the museum. "Your Doctor and I, we ought to have us all out of here soon enough," he said hopefully.

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jeopardysfriend
2009-07-27 02:15 pm UTC (link)

She couldn't have described the expression that crossed his features if he'd asked. All she knew was that it wasn't a look she saw often. So many emotions wrapped into one, sweet and handsome but otherwise simple face. Had she said or done something wrong? Maybe he wasn't the touchy feely sort. But he'd been so gracious about offering his arm earlier that it had only made sense. And she was comfortable with him. Rose typically expressed that however she could.

She let him hold the door open, but she'd fallen relatively quiet, at least, quiet for Rose. Holding the bag close to her chest, she all but closed herself off from him. Not intentionally. It wasn't that she didn't want to talk to him. No, John Smith was an enigma in some ways, and Rose always wanted those to talk. From the different races she'd met on that first voyage with the Doctor all the way to her fellow contestants on the futuristic Big Brother, Rose wanted to know everything about everyone she met. But this one felt different. Like he knew something about her.

For a moment she walked silently, her eyes on the ground. Already she knew he was dragging her back to her museum dungeon. Rose Tyler didn't do confinement well. "You keep calling him 'my' Doctor," she pondered out loud after plenty of thought. "Why is that? It's not... He's not technically mine in any way. I just travel with him, that's all. He's...everyone's Doctor. The Doctor. It's just who he is. What he does."

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