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[justimprobable]

[The feed cuts on the second the communicator hits the floor, tilting over to capture a puff of white, warm air against a rosy stucco wall. It hangs there for a second, flitting and agitated, before it suddenly materializes back into the shape of two bare feet, connected to two equally bare ankles.

And the feet and ankles are connected to one very bare, very unhappy young woman, fortunately otherwise offscreen. There's a string of muffled curses and rustling fabric, as Clara hurries to collect the articles of clothing that dropped when she quite unexpectedly evaporated.]

Would it hurt to include a bloody instructional pamphlet?

[She kicks the camera over with her toe, making sure it's pointed away from her as she wriggles back into her dress. The jumper and stockings get balled up and left on a windowsill - it's too hot for them in Florida, and she doesn't fancy carrying extra clothes around all day.]

... Well, it looks like my shoes didn't want to come back. Anyone in Heropa carrying around a spare pare of trainers today?

[The camera jostles a bit as she finally picks back up the communicator. Her face is flushed from the heat and her collar is askew, but there's hard, fiery determination in her eyes.]

If you can hear me Doctor, this would be a fantastic time to make it up to me.

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[mightthinkthat]

[ All innocence. ] Problem?

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[orions_shadow]

What are trainers?

[justimprobable]

[Oh. That... sure is a talking animal?]

... Shoes. Sneakers.

[orions_shadow]

I've never heard them called that before.

[Yes, a talking animal child, one with a vaguely English leaning accent, that sounds like it's mixed with American.]

You lost your shoes? Maybe you'd better not use your powers outdoors for a while.

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[helpline]

[ Clara? Clara. Clara, Clara, Clara, Claraaaaa. About time, he had to spend a whole TWELVE HOURS without you, what gives. ]

Why's your shoe missing? [ which is the obvious question. Still, his expression is pure 'I am five seconds away from grinning' because everything's so much better now that Clara's here ]

[justimprobable]

[The look she gives him is biting. Don't patronize her, Francis.]

I'd have less of one if I was elsewhere.

[justimprobable]

Well, I wasn't intending to use them. It was a bit of a surprise.

[The short way of saying that she got angry, and it triggered a sudden evaporation.]

[justimprobable]

[She didn't think that he would actually answer, so hearing his ridiculously Scottish voice coming through the device makes he break out into a huge grin.]

Would you believe me if I told you they floated away?

[helpline]

I would believe you, but I'd have to ask more questions first. [ it's just been that sort of day. Still, he's smiling already. ]

So! Clara Oswald, shoe floating girl? If you're going to be a "superhero" [ said with MASSIVE, MASSIVE AIRQUOTES and MASSIVE, MASSIVE SARCASM ] might need to find a better name.

[orions_shadow]

So you need to learn how to control your powers, is that it?

I take it that means you're hot off the porter with new powers, yeah?

[justimprobable]

I can sort of- ... evaporate? Into steam. My shoes must have been caught off guard, because they didn't come back.

[She has to laugh at how ridiculous it is.]

I might have breathed them in, by now.

[justimprobable]

Yeah, been here a couple of hours.

[She thinks. It's a bit hard to keep track when you keep turning into hot air.]

But I suppose I do, if I'm going to stay here for very long.

[orions_shadow]

Talk to other imports about it, getting powers suddenly ain't easy. Took me a while to master my skills now too.

Try doin' it intentionally in a safe place too.

[helpline]

How come you get the fun power? [ said with a sulk. It's not a serious sulk though, just a pouty sulk. ] All I can do is pull chalk out of my pocket.

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[likeaspy]

i've gotta spare pair you can have. might not fit though.

[And might not be her style, but, whatever, he's got some.]

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[justimprobable]

Unless you've got a size four, I might walk right out of them. But thank you.

[justimprobable]

[Okay, that's brilliant. And so him, he would get some silly power like that.]

Excuse me, but who usually has the fancy abilities? Let me have a turn, yeah?

[justimprobable]

I've just been dropped down a hole, into Florida. A safe place doesn't seem very likely at the moment.

[helpline]

It's not my fault humans are so ill-equipped. Time Lord skills aren't fancy, it's part of the package! [ and then, with a small little smirk ] You're jealous.

[ no, he's jealous, because Clara gets the super cool superpowers and he gets chalk. ]

[orions_shadow]

You'll be fine. Just hope you're not gonna be stuck in the place I was in. But they probably repainted everything by now.

Besides, plenty of folks around'll protect you.

[justimprobable]

I am not! You're the one complaining about your super-chalk.

[She's onto you, old man.]

And the steam's not all I've got.

[helpline]

[ ....that's not faaaaair. ]

Well go on, then. What else can you do?

[justimprobable]

Heat my own tea with a finger, apparently. Oh, and I can smell someone eating a sandwich down the street and around the corner.

[Her little nub nose twitches.]

Hot salami. Not really my taste.

[justimprobable]

Where were you stuck? Have you been here a long time?

[orions_shadow]

Heropa 39. They kinda left the place a mess whoever lived there fore' me.

Two months now.