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Settling into a new home after life in the TARDIS was, Amy imagined, fairly hard for anyone who had ever traveled in the little blue box. Already she missed the space that the TARDIS offered, the amenities that always seemed to be right there when needed, the reliable people constantly in and out.

But she and Rory needed space, especially as a couple soon-to-be-wed, and while Amy was quite fond of the influence and diversity the Doctor and other companions brought to Molly’s life, a TARDIS, with all its halls and swimming pools, was not going to be the best of places when Molly began crawling. A smaller space would be better for the small family, at least for a little while.

It didn’t mean Amy was finished with her box just yet, though. Topsy-turvy as it was, she still returned to see just what of their leftover belongings she could find to bring to the new house. Today was one such trip. It wasn’t hard to find a babysitter for Molly, and her day had opened up just enough to allow a quick trip up to the TARDIS to check on things. With a few bags in hand--just in case something good had turned up since her last visit--Amy headed through the halls of Stacy toward the Hangar.

Time for some shopping.


[[ OoC: Feel free to encounter her anywhere between the City and the TARDIS. Just specify the place and maybe the time (catching her headed there or on the way back). ]]

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He balanced the bag on the crook of his arm. With his new body he finds that he suddenly has a lot of, well, arm to go around. "Not yet. Still sorting it. Could be a few days. Maybe multiply that."

He doesn't want to tell Amy that the TARDIS isn't going to be easy to fix. It isn't often that someone with the Master's capabilities comes along and decides to have a go at the old girl and between that and being aboard Stacy in the first place, things have gotten complicated. The Doctor has to admit he's excited to roll up his sleeves on this one. He never did like easy. Easy means dull. But the thing with the TARDIS reacting so badly to the Master's touch means that he doesn't think it's safe for his friends to stay and so he's perfectly happy to help Amy with her relocating. And redecorating.

"Right! Which way?" The Doctor half-spins on his heel, pointing at a random direction.

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For a moment, Amy lets it feel like a normal day in the TARDIS. The Doctor here, looking excited for adventure, the TARDIS acting her quirky self, the need to rearrange a bit because of some big adventure. She has to allow herself these moments, she's decided, because there's no telling when the Doctor is going to up and leave her behind, like he has the others.

Enjoy it while you can, Pond.

And she does. She tosses the bags aside (they will hopefully still be here later) and bounces up next to him. "Let's try down there," she points, opposite of his direction. "Unless you've got a coin to flip."

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(He can't promise they will be. You know how bags have a tendency to grow legs.)

The Doctor grins at Amy. Amy Pond. Ginger, adventurer, etc. He'd suspected she'd turn out like that while he sat in her kitchen teaching her what proper food looked like. He pats his pockets looking for a coin as he talks, "Thought I had a coin in here," he whirls on his heel and snaps his fingers. "That way! Good as any other way (probably)."

He isn't sure why she set her bags down. For a woman trying to move all this Stuff, she isn't being terribly efficient about it, is she? Humans. Them and their occasional bouts of non-logic. Still, anything is better than when they get so infuriating and logical and boring that it's almost possible to feel your brain melting out your ears. In fact, that's exactly how it feels. (He's even checked his ears for brain leakage after some of the most boring encounters - it's what any rational lifeform would do).

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(If they aren't there, he can most definitely help her find some new ones to fill. And then fill them. ...on second thought, maybe not. He would probably fill them with all sorts of useless bobbles, and the last thing they really need is Molly exploring bobbles.)

"I don't think the coin would make much of a difference," Amy laughs. The ship is a maze of hallways, and if they went by that system they would inevitably have to break out the die at some point.

Shirking her bag-moving duty is easy enough for Amy. In the long run, it gives her more excuses to come back to the TARDIS, to visit the Doctor and check in on him. It's where they all belong, and where they'll probably all end up again in the long run. Temporary move, that's what it is. Why take everything all at once? Besides, they're obviously going to find some crazy adventure. Bags would only weigh them down.

(It should be noted somewhere that this observation on bags is true only most of the time. Amy does not doubt that, should a bag belonging to Mary Poppins come along, the Doctor would not hesitate in incorporating it into every possible adventure. A Companion for his pockets.)

Lead the way, I'm following you on this one. :3

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The Doctor begs to differ on the coin. (Plus the bobbles! Because if you're going to explore bobbles, you really ought to start them out young).

He lets Amy choose where she feels is worthwhile to explore. He'd like to say he knows every twist and turn of the TARDIS after all the centuries but the truth of the matter is she's still burping up rooms here and there and he thinks he might've found part of the Pond's bunk bed run right through the wall in the Zero Room. Thankfully neither Pond was in it but! At least he found the bed! Or part of the bed. Actually it's more like half a bed. Maybe Amy can find a use for half a bunk-bed. She's a bright girl like that.

The Doctor walks after Amy, today feeling very fond of the human right now. This is the girl who has done more than wait. Amy Pond of the stars! This might not be her proper timeline. Maybe she won't ever get there. But he's proud to say at least she's doing very well for herself and he thinks that sooner or later she might not need him to go on adventures (although really, adventures are more fun when you have someone to adventure into the adventuring direction with).