Toga Party

[henry-jones-jr.livejournal.com]

Atop a long table in one corner of the bar sits a row of punch bowls containing ladles and various cocktails: from margarita to plain screwdriver. These are accompanied by several bowls of ice, some containing various bottles of beer. There are stacks of plastic glasses, paper plates, napkins, and a large pile of ivy wreaths at one end. The drinks are buffet-style at this party, so help yourself.

There are plates scattered over the residual tables in the area, some overflowing with huge bunches of grapes, others containing savory fare such as chicken legs, hunks of bread, olives, cheese or humus dips.

To try and give an impromptu impression of a Roman/Greco theme, the tables have been topped with white tablecloths and chairs and surfaces strewn with ivy. If there had been a way to fashion columns or import colonnades in twenty four hours, Indy would have tried it. But ivy will have to do on short notice. At least its not poisonous.

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[nitro-is-ace.livejournal.com]

Ace gawps. It's the only word for it.
"You have his hat? How in the world did you manage that?"

[balletrat]

He gave it to me, *Meg says, cheerfully.* Ages ago - I've got it somewhere in here -

*And she starts to rummage busily in her tutu.*

[nitro-is-ace.livejournal.com]

The gawp turns into a staaaaaaare.
"You keep his hat in your tutu?" She didn't think tutus were storage devices.

...

Maybe Meg is a Time Lord.

[balletrat]

I keep most things in my tutu, *Meg says, blinking.* It used to be that this one didn't store stuff as well as my other one, but it's picking things up quite nicely - oh, here it is!

*She places the hat firmly on her head.*

[nitro-is-ace.livejournal.com]

Ace stares a bit more.

...

"You don't happen to have some other name that's horribly long and unpronouncable, do you? Or maybe a penchant for getting people to follow you about?" It pays to be sure.

[balletrat]

*Meg winces.*

- someone told you about my full name, did they?

[nitro-is-ace.livejournal.com]

Ace's stare turns back into a gawp.

"You're a Time Lord and you didn't tell me? Meg!" Ace is hurt, poor thing.

[balletrat]

*Meg blinks at her, confused.*

- a whatsis?

[nitro-is-ace.livejournal.com]

Ace flails a little at the ballerina.
"A Time Lord! You have clothing that contains everything and a ridiculously long unpronouncable name! You could have told me, you know. I wouldn't have spread it around." She says, a touch reproachfully.

[balletrat]

Well, it's not that unpronouncable, *Meg protests.* I just don't like it. Er. I don't think I'm a Time Lord - how do you know if you are?

[nitro-is-ace.livejournal.com]

Ace blinks. She's never been asked this question before. Don't Time Lords have little Time Lord classes, and whatnot? Maybe Meg was switched at birth.
"Err... have you ever died and came back as someone else?"

[balletrat]

*Meg thinks about this.*

Well, as far as I know, I haven't died yet, *she says, reasonably.* Would I remember if I had?

[nitro-is-ace.livejournal.com]

"Um... I think so? The Doctor always did. At least, he remembered his previows selves, most times." Ace, even though she traveled with one for years, knows very little indeed about Time Lords.

[balletrat]

*Meg thinks back.* Well, I don't remember any previous selves - but then, my father's sort of, you know, Endless, so it might be a special case.

[nitro-is-ace.livejournal.com]

"Your father is an Endless?" Ace moves from one topic that is stareworthy to another. "I... didn't think that could happen."

[balletrat]

*Meg blinks.* Oh, it happens more than you'd think, actually. I've got a half-brother, and I think another half-sister somewhere, and a cousin or two floating around -

[nitro-is-ace.livejournal.com]

"It... what... HUH?" Meg is breaking Ace's brain. This isn't nice. She's trying to picture Dream with kiddies, and isn't succeeding too well.

[balletrat]

*Meg gives her a rather worried look.* Are you all right?

I mean. It makes sense, if you think about it. Endless are all-powerful, so if they want kids, they ought to be able to have them -

[nitro-is-ace.livejournal.com]

Ace whimpers.
"Can we not talk about freaky all-powerful beings having kids? Ta." She breaks in, wincing. Next she's going to have to think about the Doctor having kids, and...

OW.

[balletrat]

*Meg grins, and shrugs.* Well, if you want - it broke my head a bit, too, when I first found out who my father was. Never knew before, you see.

But it is a bit nice being legitimately able to blame all my problems on my father.

[nitro-is-ace.livejournal.com]

Ace is unfailingly, incurably curious. Curses.
"Errr... so... which one is it?"

[balletrat]

*Meg grins.* Desire. The gender-ambiguous one - actually my half-brother, hesheit's his mother, not his father. It gets complicated.

[nitro-is-ace.livejournal.com]

"There's a gender-ambiguous one?" Now, Ace has heard it all. Though, of course, if she thinks about it, she'll wonder why the all aren't gender-ambiguous.

[balletrat]

Well, what you see himherit as depends on what you desire, *Meg explains.* So, you know, girls tend to see himherit as a guy. Except when they don't. But you get the basic gist.

[nitro-is-ace.livejournal.com]

Ace blinks.
"I wonder if that works for other Endless. Like culture-wise. Do distant African tribes see Death as something other than we see her?"