because we always need more fairytale aus
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[Fairy tales are...really not what Oswin does. Her realm's the one of technology and computers, things she can physically touch and explain logically. Sure, she's definitely a dreamer, but her dreams are things she can do, not impossible or unattainable, and you can get she knows what she's going to do to get them. She's got no time to waste on magic and silly things that won't help her out.
But, there is one that makes her take pause sometimes, whenever she hears it repeated.
A man, older than time itself and yet young in his appearance, a man who hadn't grown old even as thousands and thousands of year passed. People said that he spirited people away at night, but never to harm them, only to take them to a magical world where they would stay with him for as long as they pleased, exploring and adventuring. But, they always left in the end and even when she was young and hearing the story for the first time, that always struck a rather melancholy chord with Oswin.
And now, for some reason, she finds herself thinking about it again, that story she hasn't properly heard in years. Perched in the windowsill in her nightgown and looking out at the countless stars in the sky she one day hopes to see much closer, Oswin lets her mind wander back to it for some reason or another.
Probably because part of her wishes it was real and there was some magic man ready to whisk her off to a place that's as far from here as possible. But, no. She's got to do things the old-fashioned way and that's that. No matter how much she wants to change that, there's not a lot of getting past it.
If only there was.]
But, there is one that makes her take pause sometimes, whenever she hears it repeated.
A man, older than time itself and yet young in his appearance, a man who hadn't grown old even as thousands and thousands of year passed. People said that he spirited people away at night, but never to harm them, only to take them to a magical world where they would stay with him for as long as they pleased, exploring and adventuring. But, they always left in the end and even when she was young and hearing the story for the first time, that always struck a rather melancholy chord with Oswin.
And now, for some reason, she finds herself thinking about it again, that story she hasn't properly heard in years. Perched in the windowsill in her nightgown and looking out at the countless stars in the sky she one day hopes to see much closer, Oswin lets her mind wander back to it for some reason or another.
Probably because part of her wishes it was real and there was some magic man ready to whisk her off to a place that's as far from here as possible. But, no. She's got to do things the old-fashioned way and that's that. No matter how much she wants to change that, there's not a lot of getting past it.
If only there was.]
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Date: 2013-10-25 02:06 am (UTC)Doctor! [Whoops. Looks like his name slipped out. Sorry, Doctor.]
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Date: 2013-10-25 02:25 am (UTC)They won't hurt you. Probably.
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Date: 2013-10-25 02:30 am (UTC)Can't get us here anyway, yeah? [Oswin gives him a tentative grin, slipping her hand back into his. It's so weirdly natural, stuff like that. Like she'd been doing it her whole life.]
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Date: 2013-10-25 02:36 am (UTC)[He gives her a broad smile.] Told you that you'd like them, didn't I?
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Date: 2013-10-25 02:44 am (UTC)[She bumps her shoulder against his playfully, smirking.] Can't imagine why.
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Date: 2013-10-25 02:46 am (UTC)[And as he glances to the side, perhaps Oswin will catch a glimpse of the dark red scar on his neck.]
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Date: 2013-10-25 02:53 am (UTC)Her smile fades as she looks up.] ...What's that on your neck?
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Date: 2013-10-25 02:54 am (UTC)[Oh...seriously? Why does everyone have to point that out? The Doctor blushes furiously.]
Thaaat...is nothing. [He covers the spot with a hand.]
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Date: 2013-10-25 02:58 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-10-25 03:01 am (UTC)[He's still blushing. A lot. The mermaids are trying to hoist themselves on land to get close to him.]
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Date: 2013-10-25 03:10 am (UTC)[She glances over at the mermaids and then back to the Doctor's covered wound. And back. And again.
A disbelieving grin slowly spreads on her face.] Oh my god, is that really?
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Date: 2013-10-25 03:13 am (UTC)[The mermaids sound like they're laughing.]
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Date: 2013-10-25 03:16 am (UTC)You actually let them get close enough?
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Date: 2013-10-25 03:24 am (UTC)[Aw, he's kind of adorable like this, all flustered and blushing. She grabs his hand, trying to pull it away.] Come on, you've got to let me have a look now.
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Date: 2013-10-25 03:39 am (UTC)...I don't want to talk about it.
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Date: 2013-10-25 03:50 am (UTC)Do I want to know where the other ones are?
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