A very violent reentry - OTA - Spoilers for the 10th doctor's era

[professorsong]

"All the time we've been together, you knew I was coming here," she had said. She was right - about the library. But she was wrong, so wrong, about the Enterprise. Call it a joke of Q's. She wasn't in a laughing mood.

Professor River Song had done what she had to do. Perhaps somewhere in her mind she had always wondered if she would really do what needed to be done when it came down to it. throw herself in the way of a projectile to save him, yes. But when there was thought? When there was time for thought? She offered to give herself to save him, but hadn't she known, hadn't she always known that he wouldn't let her? That he would use the danger to her to do what he wouldn't when he had been the one at risk? She knew the Doctor. She loved the Doctor. Every form she had ever met, and the ones she only knew of as stories. She knew that to save everyone, he would give his life. Some days she didn't half wonder if he wanted to die. She didn't think she could ever love him enough to let him.

But when it was someone else taking the risk, then... ah then he would see another way clear. Another way out. Then he would come up with an impossible plan and pull it off. He did so hate to lose. So, somewhere back in the depths of her mind she wondered if she would ever have the courage not to say she was going to step between him and danger, and not to do it on instinct and emotion, but to stare death in the face and give herself to it to save him.

And now she knew. This time there was no hope for a crazy last minute plan. She knew that. And she knew he knew it. Because her journal was full. Because there was no time for another plan. For the two of them who treated space and time like a giant play yard... No. For her. For her there was no time left. So she did what she had to. She didn't say she was going to take his place, she didn't give him the chance to argue. She knocked him out, handcuffed him, and took his place. River Song worked at the controls.

But he came to too soon. He started to speak, and that... That was what he was best at. Speaking. And it was when he was speaking that he could do anything, save anyone. But not this time. She wouldn't let him, because the alternative was that he would die. And she would not let him. So she spoke. She took his death from him, and she took his trick. In the end, she learned from the Doctor in the most important ways.

The words were still on her lips. Her last words. They were meant to be her last words. "Hush now, spoilers," she had said, she still tasted the words. She closed the connection as the timer ticked down. There would be no more running. And no chance for him to stop her, to take her place. Tears fell from her eyes as the world went white.

Energy filled her, used her, passed through her. She wouldn't scream. She refused. She wouldn't do that to him. Spoilers. Her last word, the last he would hear. He carried too much pain, he hated goodbyes. But she could give him this.

But when the white faded, she wasn't dead. She felt like she should be. She wasn't in the library. She was in a hallway in a space ship she didn't know. And she was alone. No Doctor. She hadn't done it. Or rather... he had. He had saved her somehow. And he could be dead himself for it. But the pain. Oh... the pain.

She was no longer wired into the chair. She was in her space suit, hands wrapped around her journal and her sonic. She had other things with her as well, but with the pain this was all she could feel. A worn leather journal. A Sonic screwdriver. And pain.

002 | Holodeck | OTA

[disneydescendant]

The planet they were docked at was interesting but Henry still found the holodeck the most interesting thing about where he was currently stuck. He'd found a few programs from the other Henry that the Captain had spoken about and had explored them vaguely. Today, however, he was in his favourite program.

It was simply one that had been programmed by Starfleet itself for practising hand to hand combat and the like. With levels so there was a chance to make the enemies easier or harder depending on what you wanted to use the program for. With his Keyblade, Henry had an interesting advantage and he found that there was even a safety mechanism that stopped you from dying. It was much better than the training grounds at Ruby City.

Dressed in a plain t-shirt and loose pants, without even wearing shoes, Henry was fighting through the hoards of different species trying to attack him. He always made sure it wasn't just one new species as that would be boring after a while. He wanted variety. Sometimes he had a simulated background as well but today it was just the chequered lines with the enemies appearing out of nowhere and disappearing once he had defeated them.

After a while, he ended up sitting down by one of the walls for a drink of water and a break. He would welcome to conversation during them but also wouldn't mind the interruption should someone want a sparring match or need something while he was fighting.

PL: Simon and Kaylee, backdated to cat plot

[osirian_doctor]

[ PL, in which Kaylee adopts a bedraggled stray and Simon says something tactless.

Or in other words, the same as most days. ]

PL: and on Pacifica...

[writes_with_digital_ink]

Jonas and Gaila speak of many things.

Mostly while being dorks.*





*note: thread in-progress

Actually not in his room - OTA

[southernreaper]

Ten Forward:

Kevin steps into Ten Forward, looking to see if his favorite table in the corner is free. It is, thankfully. He settles with his back to the corner and puts the PADD device in front of him, ready to settle in and do a few hours of homework and working on the current art project that's consumed his attention. Alright, mostly to work on the art he's been working on. It's just in light, even if that's hardlight projection, but, it would be nice to be able to work in metal and fire again. He wonders who he talks to about that.

So, he's going to be sitting here a while. Someone bring the boy some food and drink or something, otherwise, he'll forget to eat.

Holodeck:

One thing Kevin has discovered with the holodecks is that he can workout here and no one gets hurt. Well, except for him, and that's okay. So, he works on his hand to hand in here. While he'd like to work on his control, there's something funky about his powers. So, shirtless, he works out with the self-defense programs, and doesn't worry about all that deadly skin to be displayed.

Well, unless he's bothered. Then he'll worry about it.