Pico, Day 17

[elmey.livejournal.com]

Here's today's post for your snippets, comments, thoughts.

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[kerravonsen]

I think I may have come to the end of Mission Day 12! Yay! At least, I managed to explain some stuff, and calm everybody down, and reach a stopping point. I think. I hope.

Here it is, the last bit of Day 12:

Noah's Ghost, Personal Log, Mission Day: 12 - continued

I holstered my blaster then, since it seemed pointless to threaten someone who honestly didn't care if she lived or died.

"What are you?"

"Time Lord," she said.

"Time Lords are a myth," I said.

"Oh please." She rolled her eyes. "Dalek ship, Dalek doomsday device, and you're quibbling about Time Lords? Really, Jay, I thought you were more intelligent than that."

"Doomsday device? What makes you think it was a doomsday device?"

She counted the points on her fingers. "It was leaking Time. It reacted to the presence of a Time Lord. And I'd seen something similar before, in the War. The worst thing is, I wasn't able to destroy it before it sounded the alarm."

"The alarm to what or who?"

"Any other remnants of Dalek technology that survived. Other doomsday devices. Daleks in hiding. That thing sent a signal through time and space. It sent it to anything that's listening."

Her certainty sent a shiver down my spine. "How do I know you're telling the truth?"

"You don't," she said flatly. "I can't imagine what I could do do convince you." She leaned back against the wall. "But it doesn't matter, since the universe is doomed anyway."

"You destroyed the device."

"There will be others," she said. "Ours, theirs, it doesn't matter."

"Ours?"

"The Daleks invented a weapon that destroys matter. The Time Lords weren't going to be outdone; we invented something that destroys Time itself. Neither side was ever going to surrender. We would rather destroy the universe."

"Well, you're obviously wrong, since the universe is still here."

"A universe with myths about the Time War, about Time Lords and Daleks. Echoes of things that didn't happen. Shockwaves of a paradox which caused both sides to un-exist, almost. The key word is 'almost'. I exist. That Dalek ship exists. And if we exist, the war is not over. Just paused. A breath before the end of everything."

"Well, aren't you just a ray of sunshine!" I said sarcastically. "What you need is rest, therapy, and a good shag. Not necessarily in that order."

She laughed weakly. "My sexual orientation is still celibate, Jay."

Somewhere between her laugh and her despair. I had come to believe her. "What's your name?" I asked.

"Romanadvoratrelundartetikelpresodiagaliacha... though I suppose it's just Romanadvoratrelundartetik now. Or just Romana. I used to hate being called Romana; as if they were treating me like a child. But Romana is much more practical if one is adventuring; much easier to yell if one is in need of help."

"Well, Romana, welcome aboard Noah's Ghost. I think we both need to sleep." I waved her out of the room. "As my mother used to say, it will all look better in the morning." I hoped I was right about that.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Oh, so it is Romana, after all! Which one? And has the difference between the names any meaning? Sorry, the only Romana episode i've seen is Shada.

[kerravonsen]

Oh, so it is Romana, after all! Which one?

It's a future regeneration of Romana, possibly III or IV. I decided she is a redhead. I would like her to be played by Gillian Anderson.

And has the difference between the names any meaning?

I have decided that Time Lord names are a bit like Ent names; they change with the experiences of the person. Hence one of the reasons why they normally never use their real names - they're too long. The first version of her name she gives here indicates that she's the President of the Time Lords, but that's no longer true, hence the shorter version she emends it to. When we were first introduced to Romana, she was Romanadvoratrelundar. I added the "tetik" on the end as an indication that this Romana is older, more experienced. But this is all my own ideas, not supported by canon.

[elmey.livejournal.com]

Romana! that's quite nice :) things are starting to become clearer. And very worrying too.

[kerravonsen]

8-)
Indeed.
We're all doomed, doomed I say!

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Aha, so my stab in the dark was right! Jack & Romana make an excellent duo, such different personalities.

[kerravonsen]

8-)
Poor Jack, having to deal with someone who is still completely uninterested in sex. 8-P

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Asexual characters are always interesting, at least as long as one doesn't succumb to the Asexual Except for OTP of Choice clause.

[saki101.livejournal.com]

And if we exist, the war is not over. Just paused. A breath before the end of everything."

That's beautifully-phrased.

[kerravonsen]

Thank you.
I have decided that this Romana is so war-weary that she slips in to depressive apathy, doom and gloom. But poetically.

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

Jack the optimist and Romana the pesimist...

[kerravonsen]

Yep.

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

That's a great day's work!

[kerravonsen]

8-)

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

The universe being doomed seems to be true to canon - it will be interesting to see what they do to avert any immediate problems, and how they explain (or not) to their bosses.