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Tweak says, "SCHMOKIN"!"

Rose M. Tyler (jeopardysfriend) wrote in vas_captio_rpg,
@ 2009-08-02 23:59:00

Entry tags:

!dropped, day 17, location: theatre, nymphadora tonks, rose tyler

Who: ~~Nymphadora~~ Tonks and Rose Tyler
What: A real introduction that should've been a LOT happier
Where: Near enough to the theater
When: Day 17, early evening, about 5
Rating: PG...ish
Status: Active.

Yes, sure she'd told the Doctor she'd stay put. And for the most part, Rose Tyler had stayed put. It just turned out she was staying put by the theater, where the most gruesome show she'd ever 'watched' was playing out. When she'd finally left the museum that morning, she'd seen the monitor outside of it. And then she'd made her way slowly around the town to all of the others. But try as she might to get away from it, she couldn't stay away from the theater.

She couldn't stand there and watch, of course. It was too damn hard and it hurt too much. She'd only just met the man, it was ridiculous to hurt as badly as she did. But torture was something she couldn't accept, not for anyone. She rarely liked violence in general. And those screams... The pain they were in! How could anyone do that to someone and sleep the next night?

She couldn't stand there and watch, but she couldn't leave him alone, either. She needed to know that he had someone. Remy LeBeau had accepted her and been kind to her before he'd had a clue who she was. He'd offered her a safe place to sleep and the comfort of a friend. No, she wasn't going anywhere. Even if her heart broke everytime she heard the Cajun scream.

So it wasn't hard for her to find out when it was over. The screams had gone quieter. Too weak to continue, probably passed out from the intense pain. Rose had ventured out of her hiding place, a thatch of trees not far from the theater but far enough to not be involved in that gaggle of bystanders. One look at the monitor, and the dead bodies, was all she needed. Before she threw up or burst into hysterical sobs, she retreated back to her hiding spot. She slid down a tree and curled her arms around her bent knees, hiding her face behind them.

She'd felt this vulnerable before. One didn't get kidnapped by Daleks and not feel vulnerable. But death had never looked like such an obvious possibility before. And now? Oh, now it really, really did.

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jeopardysfriend
2009-08-04 04:02 am UTC (link)

"A hidden part?" Well, that was a little strange, wasn't it? What did this girl do, work as a hooker or something? No, definitely not. She wouldn't commingle with anyone as proper and polite as Remus if she were. She couldn't imagine the obedient, well-mannered boy growing up to be anyone's pimp. "Yeah, London proper. Smack in the middle, sort of."

Rose had never heard of a metamorwhatsit and had the feeling she never would again. It was this sort of place. People and things she didn't know and would never know once she left. If she left. The idea that she might not was more possible than ever. So she smiled, but she let it slide. A shapeshifter. The Doctor would love that one.

"Standard kidnapping, I guess," Rose replied thoughtfully to the more crucial question. "I walked out of my flat... I was meeting my mum and boyfriend for lunch but I never made it. I don't remember anything till I woke up with Dr. Smartass." Her loving, chosen pet-name for the old gimpy man. Rose was nothing if not compassionate. Honest! "You?"

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polymorphic
2009-08-04 04:09 am UTC (link)

She chuckled quietly and shrugged, "Well, hidden from most eyes. Takes a certain kind of eye to catch it?" The laws of the Ministry didn't reach here, she knew. But it was still sort of habit to be just a little cagey with the answer. But there was something about Rose. Kindred spirit and all. "I'm a witch." Interesting thing number two about Nymphadora Tonks. And she found it fascinating how easily people took the information. The Doctor had thought it fascinating.

This next part though, it definitely required caginess. Not because she didn't think Rose could handle the knowledge. But if she'd taken a shine to Remus, then she couldn't know. Because Remus couldn't know. "I blacked out. I remember walking..and I remember falling.. but that's it and here I was." The walking was really running, and the falling was because there was a battle going on. But that was that. "Dr. Smartass? He the bloke who thinks we're in space?" There were so many Doctors!

Oo, speaking of! "Have you met the Doctor then? Only goes by the Doctor. Interesting bloke, that one." It was nice to be able to just..talk. Not that she forgot what had just happened. No, she didn't think she could ever forget that. But the levity was a much welcomed thing.

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jeopardysfriend
2009-08-04 04:15 am UTC (link)

A witch? Seriously? Rose blinked. And then blinked again. Oh, what the hell. She'd met all sorts, why not add some witchcraft. After all, Remus was a werewolf. Did that make him a witch, too? Or a warlock? What did you call a boy werewolf who could do magic?

"Well, I've met a few 'doctors' so far. Dr. Smartass is a crotchety old geezer with a less than sunshiney personality. Dr. Grey seems very nice but I've only heard people mention her, we've never chatted. And the Doctor...capitalized, only goes by it, swears there's no other name attached... That's a mate of mine. My closest friend, actually."

Grinning a little, pushing the terrifying memories of the afternoon out of her mind, she leaned back and shrugged. "Interesting is one way to put him. He thinks we're in space because, well, he knows space. It's what he does. It's where we were when we got separated last." Which was quite a bit more interesting than just leaving her flat, wasn't it?

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polymorphic
2009-08-04 04:24 am UTC (link)

"Closest friend! That's why he asked me to look after ya." Amusedly, Tonks let that cat out of the bad with extreme ease. Mostly because she had a feeling that Rose's reaction to that would be much like her own. A lot indignant and a little endeared.

Of course, probably the funniest part was that Tonks had only met the dark-haired Doctor, who she didn't know was going by John Smith. She lifted her eyebrows, surprised and all. "He said he traveled through space! I called him a Spaceman, which he had a funny look for." But she was laughing quietly about it. Would probably keep calling him that. "How is space? It looks so keen.."

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jeopardysfriend
2009-08-04 04:34 am UTC (link)

Tonks' guess about Rose's reaction was dead-on. Her mouth dropped open and her eyes widened. Was she serious? "Look after me?" she yelped. "Look after me?!?" Burying her face in her hands, Rose sighed. "I'm sorry," she mumbled from behind her palms. "He thinks I'm still fourteen. Which is just sad since he didn't even know me at fourteen." He had left her that bike when she was twelve, which was sort of creepy in a way, but also sweet and wonderful and it was why she loved him so much.

Of course, she had no way of knowing it was her 'John Smith' who'd asked Tonks that particular favour. But she'd come to find out in time that Ten was just as protective of her as Nine, if not maybe even more so.

"He's from space," she admitted, feeling badly for saying it after their blow-up in front of Remus just that morning. Was it really only a few hours ago? It felt like days now after everything else that had happened. "He's travelled for years, for as long as I've known him and then probably jillions more." Hundreds, actually, but she couldn't give away this man's every secret, could she? "It's...brilliant. Not going to lie. You'll never feel so small as you do when you look out of a satellite and see the entire galaxy in front of you. But then you realise we're not alone...it's really, truly brilliant."

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polymorphic
2009-08-04 04:42 am UTC (link)

That had her laughing a bit more. "I know what you mean. Remus and my cousin, Sirius, they're a mite protective as well. And I'm..like a copper..at home." So Danger-Prone Tonks was sort of the name of the game. "So I kinda run into danger." She motioned her head in a tilt left to right, smiling a little through a bit lip. Okay, so her job part was exhilarating. "Which makes me feel like an ickle when they're all demanding about me being safe."

She listened then, smiling at the thought of seeing the world from a million miles up. There were things that even magic couldn't do. "All those stars? I bet it's prettier than a unicorn." One leg curled up, tucking underneath the other, and she took to plucking at the grass as well.

"Can't imagine being that old though. I mean, wizards live a long while, but not that long." There was a pause though, "So how'd you meet Remus?" Curious as a cat. For both the story and for what she knew about the younger version of Tonks' slight crush.

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jeopardysfriend
2009-08-04 04:53 am UTC (link)

"Idiot boys," Rose mumbled, unfolding herself again and trying to find a comfortable position. It had been ages since she'd been actually comfortable. Or just days. Whatever. "One day they'll have to see grown-ups for what they are." But she could definitely see the sweet, caring boy she'd grown to know watching out for the girl beside her.

Glancing up, Rose smiled. "Unicorns. Let me guess. Real?" Where once she'd have found the statement appalling, the girl who'd met zombie ghost spirits kind of had to accept it.

"That old? No one's actually jillions of years old!" she teased. Well. Okay, so hundreds yes. And Jack... Well, if Rose knew his secret, she'd swear he was jillions of years old. But besides that... "I found him scared to death to go into the thrift shop," she told her new friend about her new friend's old friend. Riiiiight. "All 'no money, can't steal' blah blah. Poor kid was wandering around in his jammies." Which made her wonder if older-Remus wandered around in his jammies, and the idea made her giggle.

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polymorphic
2009-08-04 05:04 am UTC (link)

"The Headmaster of my school is a good hundred and something years old? We live long." She shrugged, smiling. "But they could be a jillion years old! Could you imagine! And still amazed by everything under the sun. I hope I keep that amazement." Tonks felt, for the first time, like the weight on her chest had been lifted.

"Of course unicorns are real!" She was laughing again. "Silly Muggles always miss it then, don't they?" She loved them though. The culture and the people. Least the ones in her life. Then the laugh came out again as she nodded her head. "Sounds like him."

There was a pause and she felt like she should explain herself. "I come from a different time than this Remus does. I know him when he's thirty-five."

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jeopardysfriend
2009-08-04 05:16 am UTC (link)

"Muggles?" As much as she liked this new girl, Rose was afraid Tonks' culture was going to take some getting used to. That didn't bother her, though. If anyone was accepting of new people and things, it was her. She travelled with an alien, after all.

And then she said what she did and Rose started thinking. "He did mention he was from the seventies." Not sitting her A-levels didn't stop basic math. "So you're from...the nineties?" Remy had been from the nineties. Had been. Past tense. Her breath caught but she swallowed hard and continued. "So tell me, is his adult self still perfectly prim and proper and apologizing for every single thing whether he had a hand in it or not?" She really had grown to care for that little goof, even if she'd only know him a short time. He was too sweet for his own good.

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polymorphic
2009-08-04 07:06 am UTC (link)

"Non-magical people." Explained easily. She didn't have any malice or derision in her voice using the word either. It was just what they were called.

"Mm." The witch nodded, "1995, to be exact." She paused then, head tilting slightly again at the pause in Rose's line of thought. Then looked down briefly. It was unfair that the others weren't here, being able to do just what she and Rose were doing. Then dark gaze lifted back up and she was smiling wryly, "Oh, we try to make it so he's not." The wry smile turned fond at that, and she was shrugging in a sheepish manner. "Still very apologetic, though I reckon that'll be forever in gettin' him not to." Remus had a hard life, and she knew she was one of many who worked, and would continue to work, to get him to smile.

"A little too sweet, he is. Puts up with me when he oughta be saying sod off or something."

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