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[nitro-is-ace.livejournal.com]

(Very OOM: Ace's horrible, no good, very bad day)

The door to the lake isn't usually the one people come back through.

It is a long-established fact that Ace isn't most people.

So, there's an Ace in the doorway.

A very pale Ace.

Who's leaning on the doorframe heavily.

And doesn't look inclined to move.

Um. Help?

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[nitro-is-ace.livejournal.com]

"Poison gas, poison water, poison earth, it's all gone wrong now." Amazing how she can go from happy-go-lucky to miserable in a heartbeat. "Should have gotten him out the first time, but they didn't believe me, I've got a record."

[creator_raven]

"I think you do not mean the kind with music, perhaps."

Possibly she switches because one of them is fake.

"They are silly, I think."

[nitro-is-ace.livejournal.com]

"I've never had a record player. Had a tape deck once, it got blown up by a Dalek, which was good, protected the first law. First time a Dalek did good, but then I hit him with a bat." She smirks.

[creator_raven]

"The kind with wings?"

[nitro-is-ace.livejournal.com]

"I don't think I've ever seen one of those, not up close, not even when the hemavores were about. They're supposed to go together you know, bats and vampires." All said with a 'what can you do?' shrug.

A stiff one.

[creator_raven]

Raven blinks, and for one moment he looks incredibly pained.

"Is there a thing I might do to help?"

If one were listening, one might hear a faint tinge of desperation. Might.

[nitro-is-ace.livejournal.com]

She looks quite confused at his expression. She's listening, it's just the signal's getting scrambled.
"Help? No... I don't think. Could be part of the problem, that. Not thinking. That isn't correct." She frowns. "Am thinking, just not linearly. Too much strain, have to rest." She stops to contemplate this, nibbling on her cookie.

[creator_raven]

Raven wraps an arm very carefully around her shoulders, and hugs, lightly.

"Rest is good. I am here. You are fairly safe, for the moment."

[nitro-is-ace.livejournal.com]

"Yes, all's safe, knocked him out, y'know, left him in stasis. Won't be killing worlds t'hurt me." She agrees, somberly. "They'll likely kill him. Glad the Doctor didn't. I think he wanted to. He's changed."

...

"But he said I did good." She smiles, still terribly pleased about that.

[creator_raven]

"You often do very well, I think. From what I know, at any rate."

He smiles at her, and ruffles her hair, carefully.

"There are times it is wise not to kill, yes. When there are rules and laws in place, I think. And they are trustworthy."

[nitro-is-ace.livejournal.com]

She nods, slightly.

Adrenaline has all worn off now.

She leans against him, rather boneless.

"Home now."

[creator_raven]

He holds her a little more tightly, stroking her hair.

"Yes. It is a good place to be, sometimes."

[nitro-is-ace.livejournal.com]

A happy sigh.

A bit of a snuggle.

Raven? Your little sis is asleep. Still clutching that cookie.

[creator_raven]

He takes the cookie, eats it reflexively, then settles more comfortably into the booth.

He has all the time in the world to wait, really.

And more, besides.

This is Milliways, after all.