The Doctor Arrives (again)

[thelastgallifreyan]

Who: The Doctor and You
Where: Standard Plaza Drop
When: Late Morning, just before Noon, November 24th
Style: Brackets preferred but I'll match
Status: OPEN

[A rather damp man in a tweed dress jacket and red bow-tie suddenly appears in the plaza next to the corral.

He spins around quickly, observing and taking in the scene before him in a rush of information.

He runs his hand through his hair nervously only to discover that it is wet.]

I'm wet. [He brings his hand down from his head and inspects it. Sniffs it. Then tastes it.]

Correction. [He looks down at the rest of himself and flaps his jacket out a few times as if to get rid of the excess liquid. He begins to straighten his bow-tie.] I'm soaked... [There is a pause.] with salt-water.

And I'm inside a bubble under an ocean next to an enormous piece of coral.

Ooookay. [He claps his hands together and tilts his head to one side and then the other.]

No TARDIS in sight. [He checks his pockets.] Sonic accounted for, that's good. [He removes his sonic screwdriver and takes a reading. There is a green light and an electric buzzing noise for a few seconds. It turns off and he flips the device up to his eyes to inspect the data.]

Well I haven't mis-aimed. There is certainly something odd about this place.

[He places the sonic screwdriver back in his waterlogged pocket.]

So here's a question. [He continues to talk to himself and walks in a semi-circle around the coral.]

Why does this feel oddly familiar?

Comments

[lamorteblanc]

Or so we've speculated.

[ He steps closer to the coral, taking another drag of his cigarette and placing a hand in his pocket. ]

What I can tell you is that I can hazard a guess that there seems to be an elaborate experiment concerning us and the coral. What we have in common, why we are selected to be brought to Vatheon... I'm afraid I haven't the slightest idea.

[thelastgallifreyan]

[The Doctor smiles self-assuredly and steps up to align himself with Kazutaka side-to-side.]

Then perhaps it's time we found out.

[lamorteblanc]

[ He likes how he thinks, really he does. ]

And how do you propose we do that?

[thelastgallifreyan]

That's a good question.

Is there anyone in charge of this place? Someone we can talk to?

[lamorteblanc]

Once, there was a scientist named Alpha. I shared the clinic with him. However, he wasn't the most generous man when it came to information.

[ He takes a drag, glancing upward again. ]

The locals are of no help and neither is the Head Nurse... However, we've had contact with a scientist who seems to be in charge of the matter. She hasn't been heard from for a while, I'm afraid.

[thelastgallifreyan]

I've worked with far less.

[He similarly glances up and then back down at the coral - as if it might start giving them answers.]

Does she have a name that we know of? Or a location?

[lamorteblanc]

[ Have a look of curiosity for that but hey. Back to the matter at hand. ]

She's at the clinic most days. Though I work there myself, we hardly cross paths. As for her name, she doesn't go by anything. Just "Head Nurse".

[thelastgallifreyan]

[The Doctor nods a bit.]

And what about the scientist in charge?

[lamorteblanc]

Now there's a question.

[ He turns once, putting his attention to the coral itself. ]

We aren't really certain who's in charge. Once I had thought it was Alpha but thanks to his disappearance, it's hard to tell who really is in charge.

[thelastgallifreyan]

Why do they always have odd names.

[He's talking somewhat to himself. Not that he has a lot of room to talk on this point.]

It couldn't be Bob. Or Endingerashti. Or something else that's normal.

[He shakes his head getting back to the point.]

From the time you did spend together, what was your impression of this Alpha?

[lamorteblanc]

[ Bob certainly sounds normal but that second one...? It sounds Hindustani... or at least Tamil. He can't be certain. ]

Alpha... had a rather short temper. He was somewhat of a recluse.

[ Taking another drag. ]

Even though I was the only regular doctor on call in the clinic, we rarely saw each other. Then one day, he had a change of heart. He went on the network apologizing for what he had done and... promised us the sun.

[ A frown. ]

After that, he disappeared.