video; chalk off spot 3 on Doctor Bingo

[helpline]

[ The comm is obviously the Doctor's. And the background is obviously the Doctor's room in Heropa 11 (if you know what the Doctor's room looks like, that is). But there's some sort of hodge-podge device made up entirely of junk and taking up the majority of the bed. There's a fez sitting on a bedpost because the Doctor has money and Heropa has stores so the Doctor can buy hats. And the person who's grinning at the camera like a maniac is definitely not the Doctor. If it wasn't the lack of eyebrows, it's the bowtie and the fact that this Doctor looks like he'd be grumpy granddad Doctor's kid.

There's also a possum that's hanging out on his shoulders. Yeah, space granddad's affected like HELL due to the current plot. ]

Hellooooooo Heropa! Doctor here, or at least a Doctor, or at least a Doctor that you might not know, though that's the thing, isn't it! I don't know if you know me or not, isn't this fun? [ This Doctor does not shut up. ] But I do know that thanks to a few conversations with a few friends and a little bit of poking around here and there that some things aren't just adding up.

Now, someone mentioned magic. I don't know anything about magic, magic's not my wheelhouse, bother someone else if you want magic, but what I do know about are timelines. People who know people who've got weird memory issues, speak up! Who's affected, who's missing bits and pieces, who's backstories weirdly don't line up with your backstories, this might be a timey wimey problem and I'm the king of timey wimey.

[ There's a pause, while the possum yawns. ] Oh yes! This is Murray, by the way, he's informed me that he's quite happy with his living circumstances though he'd enjoy it if he had a few eggs. I think I'm taking Murray with me if the TARDIS ever were to show up here—he'll be new Handles.

[ another pause before ] Oh and also, I do hope that I wasn't the one who came up with the sonic sunglasses. There's nothing wrong with the screwdriver, screwdrivers are classic, screwdrivers are cool. Tell the other-Doctor if he shows up again that I'm rather put out by the changes! Right, Doctor out!

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[biteouttagrimes]

[ Why is there a possum? Rick glances at Enid, as though she can shed some light on what's going on. But he rubs the back of his neck. ]

Your...possum talks to you?

[ What sort of quack had Enid brought him? It's a good thing Rick has infinitely more patience now than he does in his normal state. ]

I'm sorry. I'm not following what it is you're trying to do here. Sonic sunglasses?

[itstheirworld]

[Honestly, if she could follow any of what was going on here, she'd try to bridge the gap, but the possum and the Doctor believing he can talk to the possum suddenly makes the situation 100x more weird. She finds she doesn't know what to say next. All she can hope is that the Doctor has an explanation he's going to get to. And sometime soon. ]

[helpline]

What I'm trying to do is see what's weird. You see, something's going on here. I've had my memory muddled with and other people have had theirs muddled with also. The best way to figure out how to fix the memory muddle is to check with other people whose memories don't match up with other people's memories—and Enid suggested I start here!

[ he's TECHNICALLY not lying. ]

[biteouttagrimes]

Oh...

[ Rick appears relieved by this, as though the Doctor has suddenly taken a great burden off of his shoulders. ]

Then maybe you can tell me what's wrong with my son. 'Cause one day I woke up, an' if I didn't know any better, I'd swear he'd been gettin' involved in drugs. He ain't himself no more. He's walkin' around with an eyepatch, seems pretty depressed an' even violent. I mean, I thought maybe it's a faze. Maybe it's that emo thing that kids do. An' I rationed that so long as he don't start wearin' all those black clothes, it ain't as bad as it could be.

But it's jus' confusin'. It's like I don't even know my own kid anymore.