Outside the TARDIS, mid-day Monday

[nine-and-ears.livejournal.com]

The Doctor strolled along his merry way back from the causeway, having successfully saved the Earth from imminent destruction not once but twice during his time away from Fandom. He whistled a happy tune, and paused when he noticed his 'Gone Fishing' sign was no longer on the TARDIS door.

And then, he put his key in the lock. And turned it. Then, he attempted to push to the door open. For some reason, there was resistance. He put his shoulder into it, and out from the door poured thousands upon thousands of gallons of water which had seemingly seeped into the TARDIS during the flooding, but amazingly stayed in when the water levels receeded.

He kept an iron grip on the side of the blue box as water continued to gush out, down towards the beach and the open waters.

Definitely an odd way to be welcomed back to town.

[ooc: Open. Expecting one TARDIS refugee in specifics, though.]

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[courtincalamity.livejournal.com]

Along with the water, out spilled a sputtering Jane on a bright yellow emergency raft.

[nine-and-ears.livejournal.com]

The Doctor's eyes grew wide.

"Jane?"

[courtincalamity.livejournal.com]

*cough* *cough* *sputter* "Fuck." *cough* *hack* *spit*

"Where the fuck you been?"

[nine-and-ears.livejournal.com]

"London," the Doctor said. "Saving the world. What happened here?"

[courtincalamity.livejournal.com]

Jane looked around at the soaked ground and the flopping fish and the seaweed dangling from her hat.

"Drought."

[nine-and-ears.livejournal.com]

"Bloody awful things, droughts," the Doctor said. "The agricultural industry of the island will be forever scarred."

[courtincalamity.livejournal.com]

"It's a fucking shame."

[nine-and-ears.livejournal.com]

"Good thing the TARDIS has a tumble-dry setting," the Doctor said.

[courtincalamity.livejournal.com]

"...Tumble-dry?"

[rose-bad-wolf.livejournal.com]

Rose's eyebrows rose when she saw water gush out of the TARDIS and watched it flood towards her newly dried trainers.

[courtincalamity.livejournal.com]

Jane waves at Rose from her spot in a newly formed puddle on the ground.

[rose-bad-wolf.livejournal.com]

Rose jogged towards Jane, "You alright?"

[courtincalamity.livejournal.com]

Jane squelched to her feet.

"Yeah, I'm good. Fuckin' waterlogged all to shit, but good."

[rose-bad-wolf.livejournal.com]

"I wouldn't want to be in the TARDIS when that happened." She approached the ship and stroked the door, "How'd she react with the water?"

[courtincalamity.livejournal.com]

"I think if she thought anything she'd be more amused then anything."

[rose-bad-wolf.livejournal.com]

She chuckled, "I think you're right, TARDIS could've thrown the water out anytime it wanted, quite a trouble maker this."

She was still stroking the door, it didn't occur to Rose that she'd gotten as bad as the Doctor with all the TARDIS stroking.

[courtincalamity.livejournal.com]

Jane has got adept at ignoring TARDIS stroking.

"I'm also pretty fucking sure that somehow more water ended up in there then actually got in through the door... Don't quote me on that." Jane said. "And don't ask where the raft came from either, 'cause I haven't the foggiest fucking notion."

[rose-bad-wolf.livejournal.com]

"With the TARDIS, no one knows." She said, finally pulling back her hand and grinned. "I stand by my argument that the TARDIS is the reason why twe kept missing the right century because she throws as at the most troublesome situations so she could watch us run around for our lives. 'Course the other half of me thinks the Doctor's just a rubbish pilot."

[nine-and-ears.livejournal.com]

The Doctor gave Rose a wave.

[rose-bad-wolf.livejournal.com]

Rose waved back, "Hello! Save any worlds while you were out," she made airquotes, "'Fishing'?"

[nine-and-ears.livejournal.com]

"This one," the Doctor said. "Twice."

[rose-bad-wolf.livejournal.com]

"Good for us then," She said with a smile, "By the way, I like your students, they're all smart kids."

[nine-and-ears.livejournal.com]

"Good," the Doctor said. "Would hate for them to underperform for a substitute." He rubbed a finger in his ear. "Rained a bit, did it?"

[rose-bad-wolf.livejournal.com]

She snorted, "Always a talent for understatement, you." She grinned at him suddenly, "Guess what I did? Flew a ship that's what! Flew it right out to the asteroid belt an' almost collided with one asteroid!"

[nine-and-ears.livejournal.com]

"Good on the almost," the Doctor said. "Look at you, all adventuring without me. Fantastic."