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[just_the_doctor]

One of the slogans for Milliways once upon a time was "If you've done six impossible things this morning, why not round it off with breakfast at Milliways?" The Doctor's not sure he's accomplished six today, but he figures it's close enough for a drink. So before the Clerics arrive to collect River, he leads her and Amy through the TARDIS hallways and into the bar.

Amy lags behind, still a little worse for wear after having an Angel in her mind, and so the door closes between her and the Doctor and River. For a moment, the Doctor's afraid that she won't be able to get in, but then the door opens again, and there she is.

"And here we are!"

[ooc: three pups, three muns. And welcome Doctor Number Eleven to the bar!]

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[fairytale-name.livejournal.com]

Amy was actually in the Bar just once, quite a while ago. But, as with most bizarre things in her life, it was discounted and relegated to that part of her experiences everyone always told her was imaginary.

After all, a strange Bar behind her bedroom door is as unbelievable as a crazy man in a blue box.

So she stops and stares for a moment. "So this really was real, too?"

[just_the_doctor]

The Doctor turns and stares at her with his best "well, duh" expression. "Oh, Amy. You should know by now that everything is real somewhere."

[fairytale-name.livejournal.com]

She tilts her head at him a little. "What, so you're saying there's some planet out there with the Easter Bunny?"

[just_the_doctor]

"Tritannus," he says immediately. "We can go if you like, but the smell there has the tendency to... linger."

[mogget_cat]

There is something shaped like a cat perched on the bar nearby, tail coiled about his paws as he watches them enter. The Doctor, he recognizes. Not so much by smell, but it translates to something similar enough to be called scent. The others are unfamiliar.

But the fact that there is trouble with the door as they enter - an all-too-common occurrence of late - makes him narrow his spring-green eyes in concern. And the Tarot cards expect him to stand by and do nothing.

[just_the_doctor]

There is a definite tension around here that the Doctor's not used to. He takes a seat next to Yrael with his back to the bar, and begins idly scritching behind the not!cat's ears.

[mogget_cat]

The rumbling, deep purr that answers the Doctor's scritching is the purr of a chaos-monster in a fuzzy, catlike shell, taking solace in small pleasures while his home apparently falls to bits around him.

[fromtheoldcountry]

Borgel turns his head and smiles broadly. He smiles at lots of people. Especially people he likes. Perhaps he recognizes a kindred spirit.

"Yes! Here we are indeed! 'Here' is usually a fine place to be, wouldn't you agree?"

[just_the_doctor]

"'Here' is almost always the best place to be," the Doctor agrees. "Even if 'there' looks better, by the time you get there, it's 'here'."

[fromtheoldcountry]

"Which is what makes it such a splendid place to call home," he says, "because you can go wherever you like and never have to leave. Me, I was born in the Old Country. But I've lived 'here' all my life."

Borgel's smile broadens as he extends a hand. "My name is Borgel" - he makes an untranslatable guttural sound that sounds nothing like "MacTavish" but even less like anything else. "I am a time tourist."

[ostro_goth]

Teja is sitting by the fireplace, brooding over a mug of tea (even Goths adapt to some modern things here), and looks up when he notices the interrupted entrance.

"Greetings," he says, getting up. "It is not supposed to do that."

He touches the door.

[just_the_doctor]

The Doctor looks back at the door. "Oh, I'm sure it's nothing. Amy's just had a tough day."

[ostro_goth]

"That is no reason for the door not to let her pass," Teja says, peering at the door. "Things have been odd lately, I fear."

[hell_in_highheels]

She hates camo. It's so... tacky. But sometimes a girl just has to make do.

Two steps over the threshold, she pauses and blinks, waiting until the odd sensation behind her breastbone settles. She covers with a smirk, and a grin, looking around for possible familiar faces and easily accessed exits. Eventually her gaze returns to the Doctor and she quirks an eyebrow at him.

"I love it when you cheat."

[just_the_doctor]

It's still strange to know what he knows about this woman and know how much more she knows about him. Strange, but intriguing.

And the way she looks at him. It's... well, he doesn't know what it is. But he's not entirely sure he doesn't like it.

"You just love cheating."

[hell_in_highheels]

"You say that like it's a bad thing."

It's strange living your life back to front with the person you trust most in the universe, but she might just be starting to get the hang of it. (Not in the least, but she's never been afraid to fake it for appearances' sake.)

"Come on, then. I'm famished."

[nitro-is-ace.livejournal.com]

Ace, in a moment of serendipity those reliant on somewhat disobedient sapient time-traveling machines are prone to, strolls in through the back door at around the same time, whistling cheerfully (and somewhat (entirely) off-tune-edly) through her teeth.

Basically, an evil alien baddie ticked her off.

He exploded.

This is a fairly common occurence.

As someone once observed, there's probably a support group for this sort of thing.

[just_the_doctor]

The Doctor looks to his companions and puts a finger to his lips. Then, he puts on his angriest face, crosses his arms across his chest, and steps into Ace's path.

"I knew if I waited here long enough, you'd come crawling back here. Do you have any idea of the damage you've left in your wake?"

[nitro-is-ace.livejournal.com]

To be very very fair, his angriest face is the stuff of nightmares for quite a lot of the universe. The correct answer to that sort of face is 'yes, sorry, very sorry, I'd like to make this right, did I say sorry yet? Sorry'. Thus, Ace can be entirely forgiven for doing a great impression of a cat who's suddenly realized the floor is made of hot coals.

Really.

Ace, unfortunately, was taught to give the entirely incorrect answer to that sort of face, mostly because she usually sees it as a cheap imitation on someone who only thinks he's capable of being scary. Thus, while she's running through her mental rolodex of who the hell this bloke is and what, exactly she'd done and where, exactly Cora is and hoping like hell Spoon doesn't decide to mix things up she has a ready answer.

"Clearly not enough, toerag. Seems I missed a spot." She fires back, with an almost manic sort of grin.

[a1enzo]

A digital youth the Doctor might recall is seated near the Door. His belt is hung about with a stunner (which looks a bit, but not entirely, like a sonic screwdriver), a forcefield generator, and a wooden broadsword, and he's wearing a gauntlet with a grapnel-gun and multitool functions. A rolled-up bedroll is leaning against the table. Signs suggest someone who is trying to be ready for anything.

At the moment, however, he's just playing an electric guitar. Specifically, running through the treble lines of all Bach's Inventions, in order of key and at top speed.

[just_the_doctor]

The Doctor gets two steps beyond Enzo's table, and then stops and doubles back. "You look like you're expecting a war."

[a1enzo]

"Mister, have you seen this place lately? I don't know what I'm expecting."

[forgottenmotley]

"Here you are and here we are, but here we are we may not actually be for long," the Fool offers cheerfully.

He's sitting on the bar, swinging his legs lightly, bells (which aren't there) ringing as he does.

"And you have a new face!" he then exclaims, his eyes and smile wide with delight. He had met the Doctor here before and got him to buy him Fish n Chips.

[just_the_doctor]

He shrugs. "Yeah, it's this thing I do. What do you mean, 'we may not be here for long'?"

[forgottenmotley]

"It's a thing I do, too." He shrugs as well and then gestures expansively. "The Doom is upon us! Everything is failing! There is a shift in the air. The sky is red! The basements are gone! There's a crack in the wall. Everything is out of whack!"

He pauses for a beat.

"It's really quite exciting."