iwasherefirst | 008 |Accidental Video|

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008 |Accidental Video|

[The device flickers on to show the bathroom. There's a bathtub full of bubbles, a half glass of wine sitting on the edge of the tub and lit candles are scattered about. However, there's no sign of anyone in the bathroom or the tub. From the way the candles are guttering it's clear that they've been lit for a while. ]

DOC--[Rose's appearance is fairly sudden and she's clearly not in any stage of taking a bath. She's wearing a pair of black pants, a dark pink tee shirt and a purple leather jacket. She looks confused and a bit distraught.]ter

[She starts his name out almost a yell, like she's trying to be heard over something and finishes it up as a whisper. She bends over and blows out the candles then grabs her device, shoves it in her pocket--not realizing it's still on-- and throws open the bathroom door. That would be fury all over her face. She's angry about something.]

Doctor! [And it's pretty clear from the way she says his name as she storms into the living room looking for the Doctor that her anger is directed toward him.]

[ooc: This is a canon update. Rose was only gone for about a half an hour. Rose is now caught up to the very end of 'Journey's End'. Video or audio replies will be forth coming. Some of them after the fight she has with the Doctor.]

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So I've got a few months to mentally prepare for this shopping trip. That'll probably be enough time. [Really, for someone as preening as he can be, the trying on of clothes and finding things is not that high on his list of fun activities.] You've got to hit the right balance with cold beaches. I don't think this place does it. Subtlety here is in about as much supply as fluvian oil in a dry season.

Hawaiian? Big floppy flowers and red and all?

Think we ought to just avoid the cold ones completely. From here on out and nothin' with bad or wolf in the title at all.

[She considers him a moment and then nods.] I was thinkin' more blue background with the white flowers and the like but yeah. [She swipes her hand through the bathwater.] Gone cool now. You wanna go put on somethin' dry while I get out?

Couple of years ago I wouldn't have thought those conditions would rule many places out, but somehow by now I'm thinking the number will be higher. Someday I will find you one of those nicer beaches, Rose Tyler. Up to now our experiences with them have been altogether slanted in the negative.

[He forgoes the 'thinking about me in bathing suits, were you?' tease in favour of a thoughtful look before nodding.] I like blue.

Yes! You do that, and I'll go... do that. Don't want you sitting in cold water - definitely not good for you. And altogether too similar to cold beaches, actually. Have yo- oh good, there is. I'll just- [He's getting up and quickly turning to not see anything in case there's anything to see. Actually only has to take a couple of steps backward after he remembers to get his glass.]

[She smiles at him and nods.] Nicer beaches...think I can handle one of those.

[She reaches over for her towel as he heads out the door, starting to stand up and wrap the towel around her body.]

[It was very quick skedaddling he did when she started to stand up. It doesn't take him too long to find a drier version of what he was just wearing, although he does spend a few minutes looking at the project he was originally working on in his room when she first came back and shouted for him.]

[There's a part of Rose that panics the moment he's out of sight and she pushes it down because she knows they can't function like that. She spends a little more time in the bathroom, brushing her teeth and her hair but after a few minutes she comes out of the bathroom dressed in her pink robe.]

[I'm going to have him be heading back into the more general living roomy area right then because I can and also because he really doesn't feel like them being separate right now either, even if he is probably going to at least attempt to appear quite subtle about it.] You look... clean. And a bit fluffy. Also I think you got soap in my glass. Literally washing my mouth out bit by bit.

[Exactly why I left it where he could be right outside the door. She's glad to see he's right outside the door even. It prevents anymore panic from building so really, she could care less if he's subtle or not. In fact, he can probably see the relief all over her face.]

You look dry and Doctorish. [It gets a small smile out of her.] We'll get you a new glass. [She tips her glass up and drains the last bit of hers.] I need one anyhow.

[He'll likely mirror the relief a little bit, partially in reaction to her relief and partially just for his own. Although, it's a little sad to note that the separation anxiety seems to be that high. He must have hurt her much more than he even thought he could for just a few minutes absence to cause such a reaction.]

I should hope so. [He reaches out for her glass.] I can get it if you want to get properly dressed. Or, I mean, unless you like robes.

[Rose hands over her glass and shakes her head a bit.] I'll put on proper pyjamas. [She starts toward her bedroom, pausing to look back at him then continuing on.]

[He is really probably finally starting to grasp the deep impact his actions have had by now; that little check over her shoulder back to him was... a lot. He stares down at the floor where he is for a couple of seconds, processing, then goes into the kitchen do refill her glass as he said, and pour his soapy glass out and refill that as well. That done, he goes with both of them and sort of sits on the side of the hammock thing until she comes back out.]

[She doesn't really mean to do that. In fact if she were aware she was doing it, she'd stop if it were in her power. She returns after a reasonable amount of time in a pair of pyjama pants and a tee shirt with The Ramones on the front. She smiles at him sitting on the edge of the hammock and then comes to perch gingerly on the edge next to him.] Bit better now. Robes a bit awkward to sit 'round in.

[Not that she had any problems sitting around in the robe with him the day her hair was pink.]

[Oh, he remembers the robe and the pink hair. He probably will now every time robes are mentioned or worn. He hands her the glass he filled for her, taking a drink from his own, and then sort of looks down. Still some slight feelbads, and comparing today to pink-hair-day has just sort of swept through and worry that that sort of thing is now more distant is creeping up. But, small talk.] Yeah, I can see where that might be a bit awkward. Tend not to use them myself.

[It's not a bad memory. In fact, it's a very good memory. It's just one with sharp edges right now but those edges will wear done over time and it'll be a very good memory again along with a growing pile of other very good memories.] There's all the gaping and worryin' 'bout showin' too much of everythin'.

[After an awkward moment she goes ahead and slides back into the hammock proper.]

Come on then, sit back with me. That's not comfortable. [She's even got her arm sort of out inviting him to cuddle a little bit. As awkward and uncertain as everything is, there's a part of her that's dying to put her head on his chest and cuddle against her Doctor.]

[Those are the general problems with robes, yes. He's just quite fond of trousers, altogether. Much better at staying where you want them.

He sort of watches her lean back, probably paying far more attention to her movements and such than he cares to let on. It really doesn't take him any time at all to decide that her invitation is definitely one to be taken up, and he carefully orchestrates himself, glass, and not-too-much-hammock-y-movement until he's lying back next to her.]

[It's one of their advantages, yes.

There's a whole bit of awkwardness going on throughout the evening so she doesn't really notice the extra attention being paid. Once he's settled back, she hesitates a moment then carefully, paying a fair amount of attention to her glass, scoots in closer to him, legs tucked back underneath her a bit. When she finally gets settled, she's leaning against him a little.]

Better, yeah?

Oh yes. Very right. Much better. [He moves a little overmuch in 'settling' next to her to emphasize this.] You?

[The overmuch moving makes her smile a bit though. In return she scooches a bit closer so that she is absolutely settled against him.] Yeah. Better.

Don't know why we didn't have one of these before. We should definitely have had one of these before. Did you know about them? [He is going to take that as a sign that it's okay for him to get his arm out from being stuck between the pair of them and very casually put it around her.]

[Definitely okay. In fact that's exactly the sort of thing she was hoping he'd do. It lets her sort of rest her head against his shoulder.]

M'not sure you were ready for this sorta reclinin' on the TARDIS before.

That's n-... ot entirely inaccurate. More reason to sit still long enough for it now, I suppose.

[She's a bit surprised at that and it shows in her expression. After a moment she nods.]

S'pose so. Neither of us are goin' anywhere for a while. Might as well sit still.

[She's not entirely sure how she feels about that. The bitter, hurt part of her wants to take it entirely the wrong way: this is only worthwhile because they've got nothing better to do. The part of her that's trying to give him a second chance and restore some of that faith, wants to take it in the best possible light. Their life was far too chaotic to sit like this. There always would have been something to run from or save.]

S'nice regardless.

[He has the indescribable feeling she did not take his words in the manner he meant them. At some point he's going to have to properly work out how to talk how he means to.]

Nice regard...ful, too. [The way it comes out it's somewhere between a statement and question and bordering on hopeful. If that doesn't work, he'll have to work out something else to say. That one was just the first and easiest thing that came to mind.]

[Indeed, however she's just as bad.]

Regardful? [Give her a moment to figure out what this made up (?) word means exactly.] Nice in spite of circumstances? Or with circumstances?

[Regardful is a sort-of-word he's made on the spot that actually is a word but it means something different than what he's trying to say. He lets her try and work out what it was before pausing to figure out what he actually did mean by it.]

Nice with circumstances, better in spite of circumstances, brilliant, regardless of circumstances, and... [This has all been said quietly, and somewhat quickly, but he's just got to the end of what he'd had worked out in advance.] and happy. Absolved of everything else. Separate. Just, happy.

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