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banished_dame) wrote2008-10-26 11:14 am
banished_dame) wrote2008-10-26 11:14 am
[TM] 254 - The Longest Day
At least he's running beside her. That's the only thought she's having as her feet continue to hit hard into the dirt path. Her shins hurt, her thighs ache and her lungs sting from having to breathe so heavily, so deeply for so long. A glance to her side though and she wants to smack him. He's smiling. A hundred percent dopey grin of smugness and she can't help but want to hit him.
"Ow! What was that for?" His words bounce much like his steps, broken up between breaths.
"You're smiling!" Rose retorts, her own words spaced by labored breathing. "We've been running..."
"Not the whole time!" He replies very matter of factly, which still sounds smug despite the pauses for glances around. "Just to get to the other end! See what we see!"
"No, but long enough! Plus? Who knows if there is another end."
It's true though, and he knows it as much as she does. It feels like it's been days of running, but if he glances to his watch he knows it's only been a few hours. Well, two hours and twenty-two... twenty-three minutes to be exact. Time is never exact though, and really they both know better than to rely on a watch.
The loud humming starts and Rose slows her pace, "It's happening again." He's already walking beside her and the smile had shifted into a grin. "I can't believe you're so excited about this."
"Come on Rose! It is exciting! Who knows what'll be next!"
Her fingertips press to her forehead for a moment before raking into her hair and letting the humming builds to an almost pitch of sorts causing her to wince and then the entire area is flooded with a brilliant purple haze of sorts. It's blinding as Rose shields her eyes and moves a few steps closer to the Doctor. His hand at his side is easy to find, and she slips her own fingers around his leaning a bit against him.
The light fades, same as the sound and the Doctor looks around for a moment. A glance at his watch and he frowns, "Backwards again." Her hand releases his as she moves forward more out of the thick of the jungle sheltering them and onto the sandy beach. He's already reaching into pockets of his suit jacket to retrieve the other watch he'd set.
"Yep," the Doctor calls out to her. "It's been three days, but according to the watch on my hand? It's only been about three hours, and according to this one it's been twelve. It's like some odd time void loop thing."
Rose looks back at him over her shoulder with raised eyebrows and a look of curiosity, "Loop time thing? That the official title for this now?"
"Well... it's the best I can come up with for now. We got pulled here Rose. I'm just trying to figure out why, and the fact that this entire island feels like a giant magnet? Well... it's sort of interesting."
"Well we found the other side of it," Rose points out to the horizon where the ocean is clear as day. Her feet sink into the sand as she continues out onto the beach. Crossing her feet first she settles down onto the sand rather fluidly, which makes the Doctor tilt his head watching the manner in which she did finally sit. "An' no more running now right? This side of the island looks the exact same as the other side of the island."
"Two more sides you know, plus the whole diameter of it... but yes, no more running. Though did you see the odd markings on the tree? We passed?"
Rose sighed twisting around to look at him coming up behind her on the beach, "The tree? You might need to be a bit more specific, since there were a lot of those."
"Right right, no I just thought I saw claw marks, and maybe a tuft of white fur. Curious really I'd say it's Ursus Maritimus, but well that doesn't make any sense at all. Plus where are all the people? The TARDIS picked up life signs, but there's no one here!"
"Maybe they're all..." she reached up and grabbed his hand, "three hours behind us, or five years ahead or twelve minutes late."
He narrowed her eyes at her and she knew that if he was a few hundred years younger he might've stuck his tongue out at her retort. "I'm being serious Rose. This island... it's like it's malfunctioning and the people? They probably were keeping it from doing that. You know there was a story about a plane crash and an island..."
Rose laughed, "That show on the telly? With the polar bear... on the.. that's Ursus Martinius isn't it."
The Doctor nodded and Rose sighed, "Can't even find a nice normal time traveling island, have to find one that has odd curses and fictional serials after it."
"Technically not fictional if it's really here though Rose..."
"If this was a beach with rocks, I'd throw one at you. It doesn't matter if it's here or not, how long are we going to be here? It's been three days and you say only a few hours have passed and really-"
Sighing her words stopped short as the loud humming started again. Her fingers pinched to the bridge of her nose as she shut her eyes. "And here we go again."
"It's exciting isn't it? Forward, backward, who knows!"
"Just... tell me when we're leaving."
"In two hours Rose. Promise." She heard it before the noise got loud and the world got purple, and then it faded and she sighed glancing to him, "Two hours. You promised."
"Right. That was off this watch, which said it was two o'clock in the afternoon, so that would mean we'd leave at four o'clock in the afternoon, and now this watch says that it's nine in the morning... sooo..."
Pursing her lips she glared at him, "No. You did not just hope that the island would go backwards again so that you'd have more time here!! It's been three days!! Three. I have sand in places that I know you don't want to know about. Places that I don't need sand! Ever! Can't we just go?"
He knew that he'd played a bit fast and loose with the island time void loop thing, but now the only problem was that they had arrived three days ago to them, but it's three days from now for the island. All the jumping backwards meant that the TARDIS, a fixed point in time... was still three days ahead of them, while the island was now three days behind it.
"Well... we could... in three days."
She knew what he was implying, "That's if we stop traveling backwards though isn't it."
It was as if a lightbulb should've appeared over his head, "OH! It's brilliant! On that show! That one about the plane crash and the... they had the thing! The room that shifted the rabbits!!"
She shook her head at him, "I only watched the first year, then they killed Ian Somerhalder. I stopped watching."
"He comes back though! Hauntings and flashbacks and such. Oh and the eight season?"
"Didn't they say they'd stop at six?"
"Strikes. Lots of strikes, and money. Lots of money, anyway! Here! We'll just find that station, and I'll fix it! Bit of sonic screwdriver and we'll be three days in no time, and then we can leave."
She knew there was a but in there somewhere, "But?"
He ran his hand over his head, "It's on the other side of the island, but if we run? It'll be that much quicker."
"Ow! What was that for?" His words bounce much like his steps, broken up between breaths.
"You're smiling!" Rose retorts, her own words spaced by labored breathing. "We've been running..."
"Not the whole time!" He replies very matter of factly, which still sounds smug despite the pauses for glances around. "Just to get to the other end! See what we see!"
"No, but long enough! Plus? Who knows if there is another end."
It's true though, and he knows it as much as she does. It feels like it's been days of running, but if he glances to his watch he knows it's only been a few hours. Well, two hours and twenty-two... twenty-three minutes to be exact. Time is never exact though, and really they both know better than to rely on a watch.
The loud humming starts and Rose slows her pace, "It's happening again." He's already walking beside her and the smile had shifted into a grin. "I can't believe you're so excited about this."
"Come on Rose! It is exciting! Who knows what'll be next!"
Her fingertips press to her forehead for a moment before raking into her hair and letting the humming builds to an almost pitch of sorts causing her to wince and then the entire area is flooded with a brilliant purple haze of sorts. It's blinding as Rose shields her eyes and moves a few steps closer to the Doctor. His hand at his side is easy to find, and she slips her own fingers around his leaning a bit against him.
The light fades, same as the sound and the Doctor looks around for a moment. A glance at his watch and he frowns, "Backwards again." Her hand releases his as she moves forward more out of the thick of the jungle sheltering them and onto the sandy beach. He's already reaching into pockets of his suit jacket to retrieve the other watch he'd set.
"Yep," the Doctor calls out to her. "It's been three days, but according to the watch on my hand? It's only been about three hours, and according to this one it's been twelve. It's like some odd time void loop thing."
Rose looks back at him over her shoulder with raised eyebrows and a look of curiosity, "Loop time thing? That the official title for this now?"
"Well... it's the best I can come up with for now. We got pulled here Rose. I'm just trying to figure out why, and the fact that this entire island feels like a giant magnet? Well... it's sort of interesting."
"Well we found the other side of it," Rose points out to the horizon where the ocean is clear as day. Her feet sink into the sand as she continues out onto the beach. Crossing her feet first she settles down onto the sand rather fluidly, which makes the Doctor tilt his head watching the manner in which she did finally sit. "An' no more running now right? This side of the island looks the exact same as the other side of the island."
"Two more sides you know, plus the whole diameter of it... but yes, no more running. Though did you see the odd markings on the tree? We passed?"
Rose sighed twisting around to look at him coming up behind her on the beach, "The tree? You might need to be a bit more specific, since there were a lot of those."
"Right right, no I just thought I saw claw marks, and maybe a tuft of white fur. Curious really I'd say it's Ursus Maritimus, but well that doesn't make any sense at all. Plus where are all the people? The TARDIS picked up life signs, but there's no one here!"
"Maybe they're all..." she reached up and grabbed his hand, "three hours behind us, or five years ahead or twelve minutes late."
He narrowed her eyes at her and she knew that if he was a few hundred years younger he might've stuck his tongue out at her retort. "I'm being serious Rose. This island... it's like it's malfunctioning and the people? They probably were keeping it from doing that. You know there was a story about a plane crash and an island..."
Rose laughed, "That show on the telly? With the polar bear... on the.. that's Ursus Martinius isn't it."
The Doctor nodded and Rose sighed, "Can't even find a nice normal time traveling island, have to find one that has odd curses and fictional serials after it."
"Technically not fictional if it's really here though Rose..."
"If this was a beach with rocks, I'd throw one at you. It doesn't matter if it's here or not, how long are we going to be here? It's been three days and you say only a few hours have passed and really-"
Sighing her words stopped short as the loud humming started again. Her fingers pinched to the bridge of her nose as she shut her eyes. "And here we go again."
"It's exciting isn't it? Forward, backward, who knows!"
"Just... tell me when we're leaving."
"In two hours Rose. Promise." She heard it before the noise got loud and the world got purple, and then it faded and she sighed glancing to him, "Two hours. You promised."
"Right. That was off this watch, which said it was two o'clock in the afternoon, so that would mean we'd leave at four o'clock in the afternoon, and now this watch says that it's nine in the morning... sooo..."
Pursing her lips she glared at him, "No. You did not just hope that the island would go backwards again so that you'd have more time here!! It's been three days!! Three. I have sand in places that I know you don't want to know about. Places that I don't need sand! Ever! Can't we just go?"
He knew that he'd played a bit fast and loose with the island time void loop thing, but now the only problem was that they had arrived three days ago to them, but it's three days from now for the island. All the jumping backwards meant that the TARDIS, a fixed point in time... was still three days ahead of them, while the island was now three days behind it.
"Well... we could... in three days."
She knew what he was implying, "That's if we stop traveling backwards though isn't it."
It was as if a lightbulb should've appeared over his head, "OH! It's brilliant! On that show! That one about the plane crash and the... they had the thing! The room that shifted the rabbits!!"
She shook her head at him, "I only watched the first year, then they killed Ian Somerhalder. I stopped watching."
"He comes back though! Hauntings and flashbacks and such. Oh and the eight season?"
"Didn't they say they'd stop at six?"
"Strikes. Lots of strikes, and money. Lots of money, anyway! Here! We'll just find that station, and I'll fix it! Bit of sonic screwdriver and we'll be three days in no time, and then we can leave."
She knew there was a but in there somewhere, "But?"
He ran his hand over his head, "It's on the other side of the island, but if we run? It'll be that much quicker."