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Characters: Damon

doctorsfanboy and Jamie McCrimmon

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Location: Damon's quarters on Gallifrey/Two's console room
Time: After Damon's post, and Jamie's log with Oliver
Summary: Damon gets to see the Doctor's TARDIS, but it's not the one he's expecting...
Warnings: Extreme adorableness?

Initially, Damon wasn't remotely aware that there was anything wrong or out of place in his quarters. He was so tired he didn't notice much of anything at all, except his bed. So he slept (albeit restlessly), for three or four hours. When he finally woke up, however, he noticed something odd. And he wondered if he was still asleep, because he really shouldn't be able to access a TARDIS console room from his bedroom, but that seemed to be the case.

He stepped into his open closet, glancing around curiously. "...Doctor?" Perhaps their universes had finally merged. Granted, it didn't look like the Fifth Doctor's console room, but the one on the Plane was an alternate version.

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Today, Jamie was pretty sure that he had been sent on what was meant to be a wild goose-chase. The Doctor had wanted him to fetch a certain part he claimed he needed as a replacement for something in the chronometer. It had been giving them trouble - or so the Doctor said. Jamie rather suspected it was more that he he been pestering the Doctor enough that the Time Lord just wanted him out of his hair for awhile. As usual, the name of the part had pretty much gone over his head, but the description was easy enough that Jamie thought he'd be able to find it quickly.

However, what he believed was going to take a few minutes to find had taken him the better part of the afternoon. Finally, he came across the whatever-it-was, tucked into a small box that was - for some inexplicable reason - labeled 'Hamdingers'.

He wandered into the console room, holding up a small, see-through device. Tiny, delicate wires were knit together inside, looking rather like a small electronic spiderweb, with nearly microscopic silver dots forming more solid junctions. "Doctor? I found the part ye wanted me to fetch..." He trailed off as he saw a person standing there that wasn't the Time Lord that should be in the console room. He rubbed at his eyes for a moment with his free hand, wondering if he was seeing things.

When he lowered his hand, nothing had changed. If he hadn't already been through this with Oliver, he might have been more surprised. As it was, Jamie sighed and said, "I don't suppose you've seen the Doctor, then?"

Edited 2010-07-31 08:41 (UTC)

Damon made up for Jamie's lack of surprise with his own. "Jamie? This...how is the TARDIS in my...oh. I suppose it's a merger, isn't it? I wasn't expecting it to be quite like this." He was rather glad he'd gotten a few hours of sleep, because he doubted he'd be able to process it as well otherwise.

"I'm sorry, I haven't seen him. It is good to see you again, though," he offered, almost shyly. He wasn't expecting anyone other than the Doctor to get close enough to him for this, but it was a pleasant surprise.

It is good to see Damon again, if a little bit strange. He may not be surprised, but that doesn't mean he's used to the idea of mergers. "Aye, ye as well." He would have thought that maybe he would have had one with the Doctor, but maybe it's more to do with the deathmatches and how he's reacted to them. He's not entirely sure about that. He's still in agreement with Damon over it being a merger, though, and says as much.

"Aye, I think so. Considering we've been traveling for the past few hours at least..." He glances over at the central column. It had been moving when he left, but seems to have stopped now. Maybe that explains where the Doctor's gone off to. Jamie looks vaguely vexed for a moment. Just like him to go wandering off without letting him know where he's going.

"Oh. Maybe we've landed, then. But I don't think we were supposed to go anywhere near...er, where are ye at the moment?"

"Gallifrey," Damon replied, confused. "I never go anywhere else. But I only just woke up...I found the console room in my closet." At least it would be simple enough to hide, considering he rarely had visitors.

"Have you had a merger before, Jamie?" he asked curiously.

Jamie hadn't been sure. He knows that Damon hadn't been to Earth, but it was possible - if unlikely - that Damon had managed to start traveling since the last time they talked. It doesn't appear that is the case, however, and there's a very soft 'oh'.

"I think so," he replies to the question, sounding a little bit uncertain. "At least, Oliver said it was likely that's what happened when I ran across him in Scotland. Well, he wasn't in Scotland, but I still saw him."

The idea did somewhat make sense - once it was explained to him. And there really wasn't anything else that fit, so he was willing to go along with the concept. It occurs to Jamie then that Damon may be someone who might know a little bit more about mergers. Even if he doesn't, it surely wouldn't hurt to ask.

"Do ye know about how the mergers work, Damon?"

"Only in theory," he admitted. "Mostly from what I read in Braxiatel's brochure, and speaking with the Doctor. But actually experiencing one is entirely different." Not that he minded, of course.

"I'm glad the entrance to the TARDIS is in my quarters, it's much easier to hide than the mess in the computer room," Damon added wearily.

Again with the brochure. Jamie mutters, "Next time I go to the Plane, I am going to get another one of those." This time he'd better read the whole thing, he decides. Especially now that these merger-things seem to be happening to him.

A sympathetic look appears on Jamie's face, however, at the mention of the computer room. Poor Damon. "It's still there? Have ye found a way yet to explain it to Commander Maxil, or is he still threatening to arrest ye every five minutes?"

Privately, Jamie almost wishes he could actually meet Commander Maxil. Not in here, as that would cause too many problems for Damon, but somewhere where he could have a few wee "words" with the man. Even if he got himself arrested afterwords, it would be worth it.

He doesn't say this out loud, of course. But the expression on his face might give some of that thought process away, if Damon happens to be looking at Jamie at the moment.

"They are very informative," Damon replied, amused. But the amusement faded at Jamie's question. "I haven't had to explain things to him yet, fortunately. But it's only a matter of time before he discovers this mess. Perhaps I could simply file a report saying the room is under renovation, and everyone is to keep out for their own safety."

"Well, aye," Jamie says, looking at Damon with some surprise. "Ye mean to say you've not already thought of doing something like that?"

Personally, he thinks this is an excellent idea, and simple enough that it should work. If nothing else, it would buy Damon some time to come up with another solution. "If you've got paperwork showing that there's a problem, that'll surely keep Commander Maxil off your back. He can't argue with procedure, now can he?"

Thinking about it a moment more, he says, "I'm not very good at that sort of thing, but I would think if ye can keep coming up with ideas of things that are wrong with the renovations, ye could probably keep that sort of thing tied up like that for months, or even years."

"No, I haven't," he admitted, rather sheepishly. "It's been a bit difficult to think, to be honest. But I did manage to rest for awhile, finally." Sort of, anyway.

"That's actually a very good idea, Jamie." He was a bit surprised, really, but he supposed he shouldn't be...Jamie was a companion of the Doctor's, after all. The Doctor had high standards for brilliance.

"It's about time," Jamie says dryly. "Oh, I know, Time Lords don't need as much sleep, but ye have to admit it helped, didn't it?"

He looks a little bit sheepish when Damon mentions the paperwork being a good idea, as it's not completely an original one in this case. "Och, well," he replies, rubbing at the back of his head a moment. "I may have just been through something where the topic came up."

His ideas usually tend to be something on the simpler side, at least according to the Doctor. Sometimes, though, those work very well.

"Don't see why it wouldn't work for ye, though. It worked for the Doctor when we..." He breaks off, realizing he's dangerously close to getting into details of something he's not supposed to be talking about. "Er, never mind. Say, have ye seen this type of TARDIS before?"

Damon raised an eyebrow, wondering just what the Doctor and Jamie had been getting up to lately. But he politely refrained from prying. "Of course I have," he murmured fondly. "I have been inside the Doctor's TARDIS before, even if I haven't had the opportunity to travel with him. I installed a new time rotor for his Fifth incarnation, one without a recall circuit." The High Council wouldn't be pleased if they ever discovered that little fact, but he had covered his tracks well enough.

It's just as well, because Jamie's really not very good at keeping his mouth shut sometimes, and would have likely given out rather more information than he intended.

However, he's nicely distracted from having to worry about that particular little conundrum by the the mention of the time rotor. Jamie looks at Damon with some surprise - and more than a little bit of interest.

"Did ye say ye put one in without a recall circuit? How did ye get away with doing that?"

"It was very risky," Damon admitted, ducking his head a bit. "But they shouldn't realise anything is wrong until they have to recall him back to Gallifrey again. Even then, I'm sure the Doctor would simply say he'd removed the thing himself." Despite the fact that the Doctor was so fond of trouble, Damon trusted his friend not to get him in trouble with the High Council.

"Aye, of course he would. He'd not want to get ye in trouble," Jamie says, unconsciously echoing Damon's thoughts. He's looking rather thoughtful, however, and for a moment it seems like he's about to ask a question.

He hesitates. Should he ask what he wants to? Or should he talk about it with the Doctor, first? If the Doctor's not interested, then no harm done. But...if Damon's answer is no, then there's nothing to even talk about with the Doctor. So what should Jamie do?

In the end, what decides him is simple. Damon is here. The Doctor is not. So, he decides to just go ahead and ask anyway and figure things out from there.

"Would ye do it again if ye were asked to?"

Damon considered this carefully. "Your Doctor is an earlier version of the one in my timeline, Jamie. If I were to replace his time rotor now, the Time Lords wouldn't be able to call him back in the future, and very large explosion of antimatter might occur if I changed that. I can't risk it."

But still, he didn't want to disappoint Jamie, or the Doctor, and if there was even a chance that things would turn out alright if he changed the timeline...he sighed. "Not without asking the Doctor first. Not yours, but the alternate Fifth on the Plane, or the other one. He'll know if it's a risk worth taking."

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Jamie is about to protest that it would be a very good idea for the Time Lords to not be able to call the Doctor back, but then he has to go and mention explosions. And even if Jamie's unclear as to what anti-matter is (although he can take a guess), large explosions aren't good in general.

"Aye, I suppose not," he says, somewhat disappointed. It would have been nice to not have to deal with the CIA and then they could just go do what they wanted. Get Victoria, maybe...

His thoughts are interrupted when Damon continues, and he's hopeful again for a moment - and then he's somewhat confused. "Why would the Doctors on the Plane know?" he asks, trying to puzzle it out. "Because they're later regenerations?"

"That's precisely why," Damon replied, nodding. "They'll know best how it would affect the timeline. But know that if I could do it without risk, Jamie, I would."

As much as he yearned for the Doctor's presence on Gallifrey, it would be selfish to keep him chained there in any way, especially when he didnn't want to be.

Jamie's grateful that Damon's willing to help - even if it may not be possible - and he claps a hand on Damon's shoulder. "You're a good man, Damon. Thank ye for that."

He'll think about whether it'd be a good idea to bring it up with one of the Doctors on the plane a little later. For now, it's something he can tuck in the back of his mind and leave there for a bit.

Wandering over to where Damon had first been standing when Jamie came in, he looks at the area with interest. "Hey, do ye think this merger thing works both ways? Would I be able to go to Gallifrey from here?"

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