helpline: (points for your answer)
The Twelfth Doctor ([personal profile] helpline) wrote in [community profile] maskormenace2017-03-20 09:48 am

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[ The Doctor clicks on the camera with a grin. He's sitting in a park and there's a mirage of a small group of Civil War era soldiers practicing drills behind him. ]

Blah blah corpses, blah blah murder, let's talk about something fun. Specifically, these anachronisms. It doesn't take an idiot to know that things have ramped up recently. Going from not speaking to actual interaction? That's different. Makes you wonder if they're going to ramp up even further to a more sustained type of interaction.

[ Those with a keen eye can notice that the soldiers have done the same drill over and over again, repeating the same ten seconds for as long as the Doctor's been speaking. If not...well, he'll point it out anyway. ]

Because this? Limited interaction. These soldiers back here keep doing the same 'sound off' sort of chant no matter how many times I've told them to shut up. It's like they've forgotten I've yelled at them in the first place. Anyway, this is something up my alley so I poked around and bothered some people and I've got a hypothesis! And said hypothesis? Whatever this is, it's unintentional and whoever's causing it doesn't know they've caused it in the first place.

Why is it unintentional, well the answer to that is simple, people've been quiet! If someone caused this, whether on purpose or an accident, guilt or the drive to make a cliche baddie speech would have pushed them to say something. So, how could it be unintentional in the first place? Answer: the Porter.

[ He talks with his hands as he does so, gesturing from one place to another as he talks. ] It only makes sense! What's the biggest cause of timeline strife and what's already probably punctured a hole in this universe web of time? Answer, the Porter. What can yank people from across time and space much like some of these anachronisms are yanked across time and space? Answer, the Porter. [ The Doctor can't help but roll his eyes slightly. ] And if the government official who's inevitably monitoring these communications would just let me look at the Porter, maybe this nonsense would be fixed!

[ said with a very pointed stare at the communicators. C'mon buddy. Just let him poke at things. ]

So, to wrap this all up, question! Who among you've noticed something weird happening timeline wise with you or your buds lately? It's a good place to start.

[ It doesn't occur to the Doctor that for all the conjecture he's made about what the cause of the anachronisms is, there's absolutely no conjecture on how to fix it. Whoops. ]
devoutish: (I always give 110%)

[personal profile] devoutish 2017-03-20 04:40 pm (UTC)(link)
How often do you bother the government about the Porter? Have you made yourself a proper nuisance yet?
deadtective: (nineteen.)

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[personal profile] deadtective 2017-03-20 04:56 pm (UTC)(link)
It just took you fifteen fucking minutes to say 'blame the Porter again'. Is the big revelation here supposed to be that you trimmed it down from half an hour..?
deadtective: (thirty-five.)

[personal profile] deadtective 2017-03-20 05:51 pm (UTC)(link)
More like that's what everybody already figured, but you just haaaad to hear yourself babble.
deadtective: (twelve.)

[personal profile] deadtective 2017-03-20 05:58 pm (UTC)(link)
And they're not gonna learn if you put them to fucking sleep straight off the bat.
h2no: (you weirdo)

video

[personal profile] h2no 2017-03-20 06:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Y'done more than just shout at 'em? I wanted to brick one-- he shot Crobat right out of the air! But by the time I'd got the poor fella outta their way they'd marched off somewhere.

[archie sounds quite put out like this. he's not usually violent, but hurting one of his pokémon for no reason sure is a way to make him flip instantly.]

Eh, gonna go ahead and cancel water polo on Friday, too. I ain't havin' a group of kids coming to a place that a random squad of armed men with swords decided to patrol, lest they decide to do more than just limited stuff.
devoutish: (like booze ever killed anyone)

[personal profile] devoutish 2017-03-20 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Staged a sit-in yet?
deadtective: (sixty-four.)

[personal profile] deadtective 2017-03-20 08:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Assuming they're not dead by the end of it, you mean.
h2no: (shit!!!!!!!!!!!)

Re: video

[personal profile] h2no 2017-03-20 08:17 pm (UTC)(link)
They didn't try, they hit him!

[archie shifts the camera to show a thoroughly miserable giant bat sitting on the sofa next to him, part of his wing bandaged.]

Usually we have a spray on insta-heal as trainers, but I don't have any with me... he's gonna have to heal the old fashioned way. Maybe when he's better, I'll get distracted and suddenly that soldier will have all his blood sucked out! Bwaahaha, that would be a shame!
Edited 2017-03-20 20:17 (UTC)
devoutish: (the eyes are the groin of the head)

[personal profile] devoutish 2017-03-20 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
You're big on planning, are you?
timeforgotten: (just think of winnie the pooh and chew.)

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[personal profile] timeforgotten 2017-03-20 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, I did think that was strange. Of course, everything's strange here.

[ Some planets have horrendous anachronisms ramping up as time goes on. He guessed. There was a lot going on at the time. It's easy to assume something's not abnormal when no one's really mentioning it. ]

This really would get settled more quickly if they'd just let you have a look, Doctor. It's like experience doesn't mean anything to them.
dun_moch: (Frown)

Video

[personal profile] dun_moch 2017-03-21 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh hey, a post criticizing the government and talking about Porter access. Dooku is there.]

Your reasoning seems sound to me, Doctor. It is unfortunate that the local bureaucracy prevents us from gaining the answers we seek.

These illusions have caused a great deal of distress. If your theory is correct, then the responsibility for this disorder must be laid at the government's feet. The Porter is their property, after all.
deadtective: (fifty-nine.)

[personal profile] deadtective 2017-03-21 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
Think that oughta be 'not going to kill anybody with boredom anymore'.
devoutish: (I always give 110%)

[personal profile] devoutish 2017-03-21 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
I'll put you in contact with a lawyer. As repayment, right, for those video game suggestions.
darwinatrix: (pic#7878292)

[personal profile] darwinatrix 2017-03-21 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
They're terribly protective of their little toy. You're wasting your breath.

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