trans_9 | Don't get your hopes up [closed, bendytimed to before shore leave]

It took a lot to contain the Doctor’s excitement, and they hadn’t even started looking inside the Hangar yet.

The first time he and Jamie had passed by here, they hadn’t ventured far enough inside to warrant any definite recognition of proximity towards his ship. Now that he was here again, of course (and he had his suspicions well fueled), the TARDIS was giving off clear, if not somewhat distant, locating signals. Her distinct signature flitted about his brain like a fly around his ear, making him anxious, energized. She was symbiotically connected to him, after all. Finding her even nonfunctional would be like meeting a long-lost twin sibling, albeit one of a different species that could travel through space and time.

For fear of taking this analogy too far—overuse of extended metaphors can be hazardous to one’s health—the Doctor focused again on the many rows upon rows of impressive looking space fighters, mechas, motor scooters, etcetera, waiting patiently (or not so patiently) for the others to receive his message over the comms. Part of him was worried that Jamie might not make use of the established network as readily as some other crewmembers, but frankly he’d been here long enough to understand how it worked. Besides, the Doctor probably drilled the time and location into his brain while he was pacing around the room the night before, muttering the notice and possible formats to himself as he distractedly took apart his omnicom, put it back together, took it apart again, rearranged some components…

No sleep for weary Time Lords, so the saying goes. Or something like that.

[[ooc: Mainly for the designated ~~Who crew~~ DW characters and those that know about the TARDIS (Kaylee, Billy, Renne, anyone else I haven't mentioned), but if you want to pop in, let one of us know and we'll see what we can do. :3 ]]

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[[ooc: Hah, yeah, beat me to it. x3 Maybe we'll do a bit more of this threading for a while, then have a new sub-thread for when they actually find it? Also, we've kinda already established that the TARDIS is in the back, so Ten's group gets there first, right?]]

The entrance of Rose almost went unnoticed by the other Time Lord, who didn’t turn around to give her a pleasant smile until she spoke and the others addressed her. He seemed ready to say something; his mouth opened, he raised a hand. But then he thought better of it and stuck with the wide grin, holding for a moment before he went back to lead his group. Things to do, you know, places to be—not at all like the Doctor was still kind of embarrassed about Rose first meeting him wearing slime and nothing else. Of course not.

And yes, he was deliberately ignoring his other self now, even though he could clearly hear that annoying sonic hum behind him and see the shadow created by a much brighter torch, most likely blinding everyone else in that vicinity. At least he was secure in the knowledge that he didn’t have to rely on some dinky screwdriver to fix or modify or unlock things. Pah. Better off without the blasted device.

…In truth the Doctor missed it greatly, but still. Don’t need a sonic screwdriver to be better than Ten. Hmph.

Internal ramblings aside, the blond Time Lord wore a casual smile and was, as before, almost bouncing with energy. Hands in pockets and brow raised, he stopped in his investigation of a nearby mecha only to lean sharply forward and replace his Panama hat.

“—Right, that should work,” the Doctor nodded briefly and resumed his pacing, going in no specific direction (as a matter of fact he was making a large, aimless sort of circle), “Now we should all know what we’re looking for. Ah—it’s a large, blue police call box, has a light on top. Renne, you’ve encountered the TARDIS before, haven’t you? Would you recognize it if you came across her again?”

It would be okay as long as Kaylee stayed there, Billy thought.

Once they were far away enough from the other group and he settled into his routine of looking and thinking, he tried to explain his trouble to Renne without the others overhearing.

I really appreciate you defending my honor, but I don't think that was the right time. The Doctors are our leaders in this situation. Offending them with personal insults, no matter how true you feel they are, would get us in trouble and end any chances of us continuing to help Jamie. I just don't think the victory you might have won was worth the cost.

Besides, he was right. That was stupid of me. If I'm going to help him I need to do better. There was absolutely no disappointment or anger directed at Renne in that exchange. All of it was frustration with his own failings.

...oh, was the Doctor talking? Pulling out of that inner conversation, he nodded absently. "Jamie described it to me."

And stay there Kaylee would, if only because she couldn't really handle Billy's looking like a kicked puppy. Searching for the TARDIS? I nice bonus to getting that smile back on the Ranger's face where it belonged.

Kaylee gave Rose a friendly smile as the woman approached, but groups split off too quickly after that to say or do much.

"Can't say Jamie's ever described it to me, though." Which was strange, given the many times he'd bragged and boasted about the ship to her. She listened carefully to the Doctor's description, and eventually only shook her head. "Don't think I've seen it, but if it's around and not over with the smaller vessels..." She glanced up at Billy. "Don't have a special TARDIS parkin' section, do we?"

Don't get your hopes up [closed, bendytimed to before shore leave]

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I'm so sorry this is inexcusably late :(

It's very much excusable. <33333