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Hey, everyone!

[Cue Max! She's dressed in pretty casual clothes, with one difference - she's wearing a square academic cap and a huge grin on her face.]

Guess who's officially a high school graduate? This gal! [And here, she jerks her thumbs back towards herself.] I can't believe I actually did it. This feels awesome! It took a lot of pushing from Professor Callaghan to get me to stop slacking, but I'm glad he never gave up on me.

Anyway, I have some people I'd like to thank. Professor Callaghan, of course - I'm sure I would have graduated without your help, but I wouldn't have done such a good job. I'm gonna miss having you as a professor. Thanks for helping me. And Clara, who also pushed - really hard. [Yeah, she does that.] And the Doctor - you're the best! [You're just going to be Space Grandad forever, deal with it.] Also, last but not least, Chloe. You're amazing. I can't even put much more than that into words.

I've still got some time to think about college; I think I'm going to take the week off to relax and celebrate. Anyone with me?

[ooc: If you want to hand wave your character being there, go for it!]

Comments

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Wherever you wanted! There's a lot of fun places to visit: Earth in the past, Earth in the future, party planets, forest planets, all of time and all of space at your fingertips, Max!

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That sounds amazing. I can't wait!

[Seriously, as long as she doesn't run into Daleks, she'll be good.]

So, do we want to do the "celebratory burger" thing we sometimes do?

[Does he remember that?]

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Is that a thing? That's a wonderful thing, if it's not a thing I vote we officially make it a thing.

[ Answer: no, he doesn't. ]

I want horseradish on mine, what about yours?

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Yeah, it's a thing. What regeneration are you on, anyway?

[She's not sure she knows which one "her" Doctor is on, but she figures it can't hurt to ask. At least she'd been able to recognize his eighth self.]

Hm... pineapple and teriyaki.

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Oh that's a complicated question, Max. Technically thirteenth but also eleventh and twelfth.

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How did you even...?

Let me guess. Wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey?

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Exactly! [ said with a grin and a laugh. ]

Alternatively, one Doctor who we didn't call the Doctor and one Doctor that's only partly Doctor.

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[Despite her confusion, Max can't help but laugh, too. Yep - still the Doctor.]

That sounds like a story.

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Which story d'you want to hear first: Doctor not Doctor or Doctor-ish Doctor?

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You pick!

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Doctor not Doctor's shorter, we'll go with him. He was the Doctor during a period of time called the Time War. He...well, he was a Doctor, so he had some Doctory traits about him. He was just stuck in a rubbish situation which changed him. Because of his actions, he didn't really think of himself as the Doctor and neither did we. [ there's a pause as the Doctor shrugs. ] Grandpa wasn't so bad, though. Sandshoes and I teamed up with him to try and save Gallifrey one time.

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[The Time War. She's heard of this.]

I'm so sorry.

[Because really, what else can you say about a destroyed home planet?]

Wait... Grandpa? Sandshoes?

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Grandpa's the Doctor who isn't the Doctor, Sandshoes is the Doctor that came before me. Nicknames usually help when you're dealing with yourself.

[ otherwise it's PRETTY DAMN CONFUSING. ]

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Why isn't "Grandpa" the Doctor?

[Sandshoes must be the last Doctor she'd heard of before coming here. But why are they "sandshoes"?]

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Because he felt like he couldn't call himself the Doctor due to his actions in the Time War.

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From what little I know about the Time War... I'm sorry. It sounded awful.

And for what it's worth, I don't think it's your fault.

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[ The Doctor can't help but smile a little at that. ]

You're right, it's not that much of my fault. But it's still a thing that happened.

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Are you still staying in the same place?

I'm coming over. We can order a pizza, and watch a couple of movies. Okay?

[Because, changed face or not, she really does think of him as her Space Grandad, and he really seems like he could use some company right now.]

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I personally vote nothing with crying and movies with only minimal kissing.

[ so that's a yes on both accounts. ]

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Hmm... I was thinking Disney, but that tends to have crying.

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Well then let's pick one of the ones with less crying! I like The Sword in the Stone, does this universe have that?

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I think so!

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The Sword in the Stone it is! You find the movie, I'll bring the snacks.

[ for the love of god Max, please bring your own snacks as well ]

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No problem! Want me to bring another one, too?

[Pfft, if she doesn't know to bring her own snacks by now, she's out of luck.]

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Totally! It's not a marathon if it's just one movie!