A Doctor walks into a bar [Open]

[madman_inabox]

Eleven saw Clara's name on the rooming list during the holiday party, and he found it odd that he hadn't seen her as of yet. Maybe she was spending time with one of the other hims, and he planned on ignoring those feelings of jealousy that swelled up in his stomach thinking about that.

So, since everyone winds up in Ten Forward at some point or other, that's where the Doctor planned on spending the foreseeable future. Eventually, Clara would appear, or Amy, or maybe someone else that he hadn't talked to just yet.

Eleven sat at a table near the window eating his favorite food, fish fingers and custard, something he assumed someone would question him on. Maybe. Eventually.

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[cridhe]

She sits back down and grins.

"Yes. Amazing what can be accomplished when I have actual control over such changes to myself."

[madman_inabox]

"It's much better." Though her hair reminded him a bit of River's. "Though how did you go from that to this?"

TARDISes and flesh bodies didn't mix well as far as the Doctor knew. Then again he only had one experience with that.

[cridhe]

She nods once in appreciation. But this time should be much easier to explain, since this version had experienced these things far more recently.

"The House had a great deal of knowledge. I retained some of it. And then we encountered the Flesh."

She shrugs. Because that should explain everything. At least it does as far as she's concerned. Though, the Doctor might need a little more.

[madman_inabox]

So far it made sense. At least the consciousness to Flesh part. How House helped her do that, was where he needed a little more explanation.

"So, what did you find out from house to make everything so stable?"

[cridhe]

"House gave me the idea that I could be infused into a flesh body. I retained the knowledge for how he did it. But I couldn't be placed into a body that was not created for me. That is why I was a bit... unbalanced. My entire being compressed into a human body? That body would meet certain death."

She stops short before bringing up Donna Noble and the meta-crisis. Though, it was basically the same thing.

"However, with the flesh... Well, that gave me the idea that I would not have to take over another body. I could create a body for myself. So I did. I have a few of my powers. Well, not true, I probably have all of my powers, however," she holds up her gloved right hand hand points to the bump on her middle finger, "You weren't sure it would be safe for me. So, you created this ring. Works a bit like the hand brake."

She might sound a little bit sad at that.

"Anyway. Ever since those two experiences, I've been running the calculations as a sub-routine in the background. And one day, I was able to accomplish this."

Telling him how long it took would be spoilers, so she will try to not explain that.

[madman_inabox]

The Doctor wasn't going to ask how long it took, mostly because of that whole foreknowledge thing, secondly because it would probably be seen as rude, if not by her than by other people on the ship.

"Well, then, I never did say 'hello' back did I?"

[cridhe]

She grins at that. No, beams. She knows that the Doctor would never reject her, no matter what form she takes. But, having her powers limited, even for her own safety has left her with a sense of vulnerability that she's still adjusting to.

"No. Which, is rather rude, as I understand things."

But there's no heat behind the words. She's teasing him. Far too happy to be concerned about anything like that.

[madman_inabox]

He really wouldn't not for a second, even if he did manage to build another one from parts in a junkyard at the end of the universe. She always took him where he needed to be, and made sure he helped as much as he could. There would be a lot of parts of the universe that probably wouldn't be here if it wasn't for the two of them.

"I think my last face was the rude one. Though I don't know about the next one."

Eleven figured the next one was Grumpy. He was Scottish after all.

[cridhe]

"Rude and not ginger. Something like that."

She smirks when he mentions his 'next one.'

"And I can't tell you about the next you until you meet him. If you meet him."

Though given he's here, she figures they'll run into each other eventually.

"That said, you are always rude. Just in different ways each time. And I would not have you any other way."

She will always accept him 100% no matter how many faces he wears, no matter how much his personality change each time. He is her Time Lord - her Pilot and she can offer him that much in return.

[madman_inabox]

"I've never been ginger. Looks like you got all of that."

And she didn't look bad as a ginger. He liked it better than the brown that House made her have. Red seemed to fit better.

"I did meet him. He's....grumpy." Then again, the Doctor was always grumpy when he was older.

[cridhe]

She smirks.

"The hair? You can blame Mel."

Not River. She likes to think she gave River the hair - because the curls certainly didn't come from Rory or Amy. When he mentions meeting his future incarnation she turns just a little bit serious.

"You've been through so much by the time you become him..."

And he's been through so much since he became him. She brightens again.

"But, it makes it easier to get people to listen to you."

[madman_inabox]

He didn't want to particularly address just what he went through to have a grumpy personality as his next one. Whatever it was couldn't be good, at all.

"It's nice to know I finally get a face people listen to. These last two," he said shaking his head slightly. The TARDIS would know just how difficult it was to get anyone to pay attention to him sometimes.

[cridhe]

That's good, because she wouldn't tell anyway. She loves all the hims as they are and she wouldn't jeopardise them becoming who they are, if she can help it.

"Yes... what were you thinking, by the way? I was too busy exploding and crashing to focus on your regeneration."

No anger or hurt about the fact that regeneration pretty much destroyed her. It's just a fact - an event that happened in her life.

[madman_inabox]

"I wasn't happy with how that whole life ended up. I didn't want it to be over then."

At least she didn't seem too upset by the whole thing. He honestly didn't think she was since the desktop was rebuilt in a way he really liked. If she had been cross with him he was sure she would have made it something he wouldn't have liked.

[cridhe]

She arcs an eyebrow. Because this is her. His TARDIS and while she knows it's true to a point, it's also not the full truth. So, she's going to gently tease him.

"Oh? And how's that working out for you?"