02 ☆ Voice/Text

[parallels]

So.

Anyone seen the Doctor lately? Now I know he's terrible at keeping in touch and shows up three days later despite swearing that he honestly only meant to be gone twenty minutes but this is getting a bit ridiculous. Won't answer his messages. Hasn't left any cryptic note. Also hasn't popped up rather obnoxiously in the middle of something important to drag me off to go do something completely ridiculous.

Basically. This is a poster for a lost Time Lord. Tall gangly, floppy hair, ridiculous bowtie, purple tweed, annoying but endearing disposition. If you see him, contact me, Clara Oswald, immediately. Much obliged.

[Text-Four Hours Later.]

Important question. When people leave here, what are the signs? It can't just be random. What happens to their things? Their apartment?

How do you know for sure they're really gone?

[Text]

The Doctor has left the city.

Comments

[altercate]

If they're gone, they'd probably want their friends to have what they left. The people close to them.

[parallels]

But if their things are still here...

Maybe they've just gone off somewhere.

[altercate]

Do they go off somewhere on their own without telling you a lot?

[parallels]

But he always comes back. Every Wednesday.

[permavoice]

[heartstings]

People go home but whatever they've amassed here stays. Money, clothes, food, whatever, it's all still there.

The government might come and pick up the stuff after a week or something, I dunno.

[A pause.]

As for knowing for sure...their comm will basically give you a "this number has been disconnected" after a bit.

[parallels]

Suppose the question was more wishful thinking than properly useful.

[She exhales.]

Thank you. I'll collect his things.

[heartstings]

Well...how long has it been since you've seen him? Sometimes people poof out for a few days then come right back. Sometimes it's a month...sometimes longer.

Sometimes they don't come back and sometimes they do but with no memory of this place.

[She's a little bummed to hear the Doctor is gone, he was fun to mess with when she got the chance.]

[parallels]

Nearly four days. And the Doctor... sometimes he just leaves. But he always comes back. Always leaves a note. He doesn't just... drop out on people.

[Or so she wants to believe.]

No memory? All this time here completely lost?

text

[gevurah]

Unless there are specific instructions, their possessions are left alone.

[parallels]

Thank you for letting me know. It just popped into my head suddenly. Had to ask.

[gevurah]

I'm sorry about your friend.

[parallels]

Thank you. I'm sorry for the friends he made here and may not see him again.

But it doesn't seem like I'm the only one who's lost someone to this place.

voice.

[bioshift]

Not sure I know what a Time Lord is but ... Maybe he'll turn up again? Just cause he's left the city doesn't mean he's gone for good. Maybe he just ... went to another state? Or- Or maybe he was sent home for a bit. That's happened a few times to some people, hasn't it?

[parallels]

He might. Some people reappear. Some don't.

But it seems like we'll never know until he does. He had friends that he met here. They should know he's gone.

[bioshift]

Some of my friends did. I mean it- It was before I arrived, but they've said it's happened once or twice, so maybe it could happen for your doctor friend.

I'm sure they appreciate it, though... It's never easy losing people. Even for a little while.

[parallels]

It really isn't. And it never gets any easier.

[She sighs and her bangs flutter.]

And I can't hold out foolish hopes. Just have to keep moving.

[audio]

[hands4healing]

[How could someone just vanish like that? But then again, people just appeared here, too.]

He's gone?

[parallels]

He's gone.

[hands4healing]

I'm sorry. He was a nice man.

text;

[shutterbugged]

I'm sorry to hear that. How about you, are you doing okay?

Kenzi's right that people pop out and back in, especially during the first few weeks.
After that, they might come back but they're a lot less likely to remember.
Happened to me once, or at least that's what they told me. But I'm not sure I believe that story about me joining a band.

[Peter's not as unphased by the implications of time shenanigans and memory loss as he fronts. But he gets the feeling that Clara might appreciate the matter-of-fact, business-as-usual approach -- and he's already had the Porter-imposed identity crisis, anyway.]

[parallels]

It's fine. I'm fine.

If he comes back then I'll have watched all his stuff and made sure it's all proper. If not then no one's left wondering. Just taking care of business. Someone's got to.

[shutterbugged]

Just because it's business doesn't mean you can't be upset about it. I still have trouble when people get ported out, and I've been here most of four years.

text.

[glowsferatu]

The Only Way To Know For Sure Is If They Dont Come Back
Gauging What Amount Of Time That Can Involve Is Pretty Much Impossible
But The Likelihood Lessens As The Time Stretches On
After A Week You Shouldnt Assume Its Temporary
After A Month You Shouldnt Hope Theyll Remember Anything That Has Occurred On This World If Ever You Do See Them Again

[parallels]

...Thank you.

I appreciate your honest and detailed response.

[glowsferatu]

Its Best To Get Used To It Early
It Can Unfortunately Tend To Be A Very Common Occurrence