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[universaljanitor]

[Greetings, Siren's Port. The face you'll be seeing is one that vanished from the Port a few days ago, but more than that it just... looks different. Older and younger all at once, free of the weight and pain that had been lining it before, the stress and insanity. Instead, in its place, is pure relief. As if the weight of the universe had been lifted off his shoulders.

Oh. And he looks like he might have just fallen through a window.]

Siren's Port? I'm really... this is the Port? Again? Now...? [His voice is strained, shaky, as if he's just about to completely lose control of his emotions] How... how long was I gone? Was it that long? Days? Months?

Is everyone still here? Jack? Washu? Jubilee? All you angel blokes?

... Rose?

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[directorestheim]

...How long were you gone?

[He's quietly curious, actually, easily overlooked.]

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[universaljanitor]

[People! There are still people here! You've probably never seen or heard someone as happy as him to be in the Port before, huh?]

A few... months, I think. Maybe close to a year? It's hard to tell, time is... it wasn't really that linear. Did a lot, saw a lot, didn't really keep track.

It was definitely months, though. At least.

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[directorestheim]

[...Probably not. He hasn't been listening in on his NV much lately, though. Still, it's a bit strange.]

Not linear?

[...Well, it wasn't as if he wasn't acquainted with time travelers.]

Being stuck here again must feel strange, then.

[Or not. That was way too much cheer for someone who's stuck.]

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[recidivus]

[...Fuck even replying on this thing. -Actually no, she will. But she's already choked on her drink and scrambled out the door because not only is he back (she knew he would be), but he looks like he'd gotten into a fist fight with a razor blade and a brick wall.

He's only just uttered her name by the time she stumbles to a stop just at the edges of the diamond, eyes blazing.]

Doctor...

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[universaljanitor]

[He's pushed himself up... kind of. Just enough to where he's kneeling, sitting back on his heels and staring at the NV down in his hands, not even thinking to look up and around him.

At least until that voice comes to him. A voice he hasn't heard for months. Even longer than that, if he listened to his Port-less memories.

In a flash, he's up, stumbling and tripping forward, the pull of exhaustion - mental and physical - causing his head to spin a bit before he focuses. And then he's running, moving forward and screw it if she wasn't ready for it. There's no Dalek to interrupt them this time.

He's sweeping her up in a hug whether she likes it or not]

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[recidivus]

[His stumble is only making her move again, run to meet him half way, to half catch him for any stumble. No Dalek, no interruptions.. No demons or strangely affecting events... Just like last time. Just them.

Of course she likes it. Loves it. Among other things.]

[jackedthename]

Oh, you know me, handsome, I'm never too far off.

[universaljanitor]

[The grin he's giving you is practically blinding, gorgeous]

Wouldn't have it any other way, Cap. You weren't too lonely while I was gone, were you?

[jackedthename]

[dsfgfjyhtgfd DAMN THAT GRIN.]

I pined. Desperately.

[hisoldgirl]

It's been a few days, Doctor.

[she can't keep the sadness out of her expression, though she soldiers through it anyway]

Do you need help?

[universaljanitor]

[Sadness on her side or not, he instantly perks up]

Told you, didn't I? No matter what happens, we always come back. Can't leave our dear ship on her own.

[He shakes his head, his voice softening a bit]

I have everything I need, now. [Oh he can't help that grin and slightly too emotional laugh] I'm back.

[hisoldgirl]

[that earns him a genuine smile and she nods] You'd be lost without me, you beautiful idiot.

So you are. What happened when you left?

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[thelittlestbub]

I'm here, Doctor. I was worried about you. You doing alright?

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[universaljanitor]

Alright? More than alright, really. I'm brilliant. [But he's still breathless, a bit. Still a touch overwhelmed. Slowly bringing himself back to normalcy, sure, but other than that? Just a touch out of it] Has anything big happened the last few days?

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[thelittlestbub]

Not that I know of, but I've been keeping my head down. Seems the feathered crew doesn't like me much these days.

[A shrug.]

Couple weeks ago, everyone got hit with sins, but that was fun.

[Hey, she enjoyed it. She doesn't know about the rest of you.]

[uberboned]

You were gone? [THIS IS GABRIEL'S WAY OF BEING ALL "HEY, IT'S YOU. I LIKE YOU. THANKS FOR NOT VANISHING LIKE HALF THE PORT."]

[universaljanitor]

[Hey, it's really just making his smile turn into a little smirk]

Decided to pop back for a quick vacation, actually. Spent a while in the tropics. Have a nice way of mixing rum and coconut to knock you out for a good while.

[uberboned]

Does it work on angels? I need someone to get Lucifer and Michael drunk again and I don't think they'll take anything else Chuck makes for 'em.

[myselfexcluded]

Doc! [Have a gleeful Washu] Seems like you've only been gone a week or so here, but I'm thinking the non-linear temporal displacement did a number on you, so it was probably longer for you. Am I right?

[universaljanitor]

A few months, on my end. [He grins, though, a little less breathless by now, but still looking a little woozy. He is gesturing at his general battered state, though]

This, at least, wasn't from the field or any physical repercussions of unprotected temporal displacement. Took a bit of a tumble through a window a few minutes ago.

[myselfexcluded]

That's the Core for you. It cares not for time nor place when it grabs you. Don't suppose you noticed anything new about your arrival patterns? I've been meaning to do more research into the people who leave and come back- if their disorientation is lessened by the familiarity and thus gives them more of a perspective of on the process of being Pulled. With enough information on that, we could throw this wide open.

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[socius]

[Have a little smile, Doctor. It's nice to see someone familiar coming back, she'll admit that much.]

It's only been a few days, here. And do I have to get lumped with the rest of the 'blokes'? I'm still a girl on the outside, you know.

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[universaljanitor]

Oh come on now. Of all the people here I would have thought angels would have had the loosest conception of gender roles and differences!

Well, aside from Time Lords that is. Still half convinced my future self was actually female given all that hair...

[Oh how the Port missed his babblings]

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[sharp]

[ It's not the face she's used to seeing, but it is the Doctor, and he did come back. Guess his younger self was better with not being late. It still hurts a bit. She's glad though -- if only for the TARDIS and Rose's sake. ]

By your standards, not that long, actually.

[ She flashes him a brief smile. ]

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[universaljanitor]

[He gives Amy his brightest - if not a tad guilty - smile. If just because... he hasn't heard a thing about her Doctor showing up while he'd been gone]

Aw c'mon Amy. [His voice is softer, more reassuring] If anything, this just proves I have a rather annoying boomerang sort of tendency. Always manage to come back one way or another. Especially if there's trouble to get into.