PSL for Doctor Spazz :D

[my_belfry_of_fun]

Title:To come later?
Who: The Tenth Doctor (and the TARDIS), Trunks Briefs (Mirai/Future), others...
What: The TARDIS takes the Doctor where he is needed, not necessarily where he wants to go.
Open/Closed: Closed.
Additional Details:TBD

The TARDIS Sensors indicate Age 787, Planet 4032-877b. More specifically, it's a variant of Earth--not surprising in some ways. But the continents and a map don't match some of the other more modern versions he's been to before. What could be wrong here?

Well, a look-around would tell him that. The city he arrived in looks like its seen better days, to be frank. It's a hive of demolished buildings and streets, debris and abandoned and scrapped vehicles everywhere. While there are hints of greenery, the large city looks like it's not been demolished long enough ago for it to start recovering from inhabitation, but there's certainly no regular inhabitants visible.

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[borntolove]

"Still - no idea what you're talking about."

[light_of_willpower]

Bulma chuckled, taking her tea to the table and sitting for a moment. "I thought you didn't want to be more involved with us. Sure you wanna know about what they are?"

Trunks kept himself quiet, finished with the food and he felt better. It was nice to see his mother like this---and nice to not be the one she was teasing, for once. "She has a point."

[borntolove]

Ten sips at his tea, "I didn't ask you a question." This time at the least and at least neither of them asked about where he's from.

He is curious and lonely but is trying to resist his draw to the flame.

[light_of_willpower]

Bulma's smile is deceptively innocent. "But if you're an explorer, then you're curious. And here we are, talking about something you know nothing about." A sip of her own, at peace, before there's a conspiratorial glance at her son. "But you heard him Trunks. So, once we're sure he's safe from being detected by Android 16, we'll resupply him what we can from Capsule Corps and then wave goodbye."

Trunks is nodding, picking up on her trick. "Besides, we might not come back even if he were to ask either of us to travel with him." Then any going along though, is dropped, the solemn expression back as he looks down. "Besides, I'd want to make sure this place is safe. At least safe enough. Especially if we couldn't come back."

Bulma shook her head. "You're underestimating me again. We'd find a way back." Reaching out and brushing a bang from his face, fondly. "I'd find a way." And Trunks didn't doubt his mother at all.

[borntolove]

Ten gives a head nod - wait a second. Where did this come from? However, the rest of the conversation hit a button - hard and The Doctor drops and shatters his tea cup and runs out of the kitchen.

If either of them are inclined to try and follow The TARDIS may actually help them. She may even think they would be good for her Doctor.

[light_of_willpower]

The abrupt exit draws their attention easily, and a look is briefly shared. About a second, then Trunks is up and following. Bulma'll do her best to take care of the mess, and make him another cup for when they return.

A few steps at a slow walk, Trunks letting himself try and sense the ki of the other man. Everyone had it, and from all the hints he'd seen? This Doctor was a warrior whether he meant to be or not, which meant he should have at least enough of a presence to track. Once he had that signal, he's running through corridors and doing his best to remember the way without loosing that thread of presence he sensed.

[borntolove]

The Tardis meanwhile, is helping Trunks find her Doctor as well. In other words, giving Trunks the fastest way to him as possible.

Which leads Trunks to the garden that's blooming from floral and plants that Trunks probably doesn't at all.

The Doctor himself is sitting on a long flat rock, that has a quiet waterfall that leads into a deep pond.

In front of The Doctor are groups of rose bushes and seems to be crying.

[light_of_willpower]

So much green...it's been a while since he's seen this much green. Not since his time in the past, anyways. It's really very peaceful, and it makes sense to Trunks why the doctor would come here. He doesn't say anything though as he walks further in. Just moves to pull off the sheathed sword, carrying it with him and laying it down beside him as he comes to sit.

Near enough to provide company, but not interrupting. He understands grief--far too well. His own tears have been shed painfully again and again.

[borntolove]

Ten doesn't seem to notice that anyone else is there and continues to unblinking stare at the rose bushes. Why couldn't he have saved her? Why - couldn' he had told her? His moaning turns into frustration and clings onto his fluffy hair and appears to be mad.

He should have kissed her! What was wrong with him? Alright. It was a hologram projection but still and eyeing downwards into his lap with his fingers still clinging onto his head makes some a noise that's a cross between a sad moan and frustration.

[light_of_willpower]

Really, Trunks couldn't have said how long they sat there. Waiting wasn't anything new to him, and grief was always a personal thing and they had only just met this Doctor, or Smith, or however he wanted to be called. It also gave him time to think of how, and if, he wanted to approach this.

It had seemed to be the right thing to do, to follow him. But now that he'd found him, Trunks wasn't quite sure what to do. Finally, he cleared his throat softly, and spoke. "They say it gets easier with time. All that it really does, is become less sharp." The pain and loss--easier only in that it wasn't as sharp a sting, not easier to forget or go on.

[borntolove]

Ten doesn't want to look back up once he finds out that he's not alone because how awful his face most look from crying.

He only whispers, "Yeah..." And is trying to see that at least Rose isn't with the Daleks and Cyberman in the void. She's with her family now. So close and yet so far out of reach. And he kept his promise. To return her safe to her mum.

"Problem is. Thar shouldn't be any reason that this should be hurting. She's safe - in another universe but safe..."

Lying to himself again, tsk, tsk, tsk.

[light_of_willpower]

Moving to pull out a hand-cloth from his jacket pocket, Trunks offers it but doesn't look at the other yet. It's a bit rough, been through a lot, and plain cotton but still serviceable. "...it doesn't work like that. It hurts. Being able to find a reason why doesn't mean it won't."

Still said quietly in a mix of offering company and letting the other man have his privacy.

[borntolove]

If Ten was looking over at Trunks he'd probably take the offer. Ten wishes in both of his hearts that he could go back to Torchwood keep that from happening but he can't go back into his own timeline and even if he could - he can't sacrifice the need of the many for the need of the one.

[light_of_willpower]

Trunks is just gonna leave the cloth on the rock between them, moving to clasp his hands in front of him. Arms resting on his knees, looking down. "Pain doesn't always make sense. We have to deal with it all the same."

Looking around, and letting the statement hang before getting to his feet and stretching his arms. "Even if you don't want our help, good luck persuading Mom to not give it to you." A hint of smile there. "She's the most stubborn woman I've ever known, and that's even after meeting her in the past."

She had to be, to put up with his father.

[borntolove]

If there's one thing that will hit him out of a slump is hearing time not working right and that - that's not right and twisting his face, "She thought it was alright to just go and create a paradox."

[light_of_willpower]

Well, that hadn't been the reaction he expected. "Excuse me?" That smile is gone now, and Trunks' guard is up. "What paradox? We didn't change anything!"

Not entirely true--as the past... It hadn't suffered quite the way his time--the current world--had. Goku, and the others--and his father--were alive in that alternate past. They'd changed the future, in a way.

[borntolove]

"Oh come on. Don't tell me that didn't change anything. With seeing your mother before she was your mother."

[light_of_willpower]

Trunks frowned, arms crossing over his chest and glaring. "It went fine. Goku lived, I was still born, there was no paradox!" Bit out, and stubborn, but his eyes looked down a moment later.

"We didn't change the past the way we expected. There were difference androids, and battles. But that world, it's still better than this one." He is going to stand by that, and those are some defiant blue eyes there.

[borntolove]

Ten stands and towers over Trunks and narrows his brown eyes, "And who gave you the authority to make those calls? Because I'll tell you whut. I sure as Hell didn't."

[light_of_willpower]

"No one said we needed permission." Blue eyes are narrowing right back, and Trunks is standing his ground. Doesn't matter the other man is taller. "Would you rather we'd just lived with the threat of death, the fear and terror of being playthings to psychopaths slowly wiping us out?

[borntolove]

Ten continues to stand tall and his ground with firm look, however inside that firm look his eyes are sad because that's how things have to be sometimes. Even he can't keep everyone from dying. So many wars that he can't stop.

"If that's how things are suppose to be - yes."

[light_of_willpower]

Ten should be so very glad Trunks is mostly his mother's son. "Well you weren't here." Retorted sharply, chin raised defiantly. "You said you weren't supposed to be here now either, so does it really matter?"

A heartbeat, and blue eyes show pain, sadness. "Besides, we didn't change this world. There was no paradox."

[borntolove]

Besides only having traveled one other time to another universe - Ten hasn't seen such a place where time is such in flex and grows quiet about 'how he wasn't here' mostly because the loss of Rose sting is still very fresh and he's even been told that before by the Prime Minster. How he isn't always around and no he's not supposed to be here. His own eyes reflect the pain and sadness and whispers, "Good."

[light_of_willpower]

It's still tense for a few minutes, but Trunks isn't blind--even if he's feeling defiant and righteously indignant, because who was this man to judge? A deep breath in, and out and tries to relax. At least dropping his posture from quite so confrontational, even if he's still got his arms crossed.

"Honestly, preventing what happened here from happening in another world...it would be worth it." He still believes that--and that's still why they'd done what they did.

"I found out myself that we altered it, but didn't change it beyond preventing a death. By the time I'd found that out, I was already born."

[borntolove]

Ten very sorrowful agrees and gives a sigh. There is also something about his eyes deeper in that say, 'yeah he knows' that's what happened before Trunks even said anything about the death and doesn't seem to be irked about that. At all. In fact, there's a faint smile and twinkle in his eyes.