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thecricketerThe Doctor was used to feeling far older than he seems, but this was utterly ridiculous.
At least he'd managed to make it back to the TARDIS shortly after being…transformed. He take comfort in that as he leaned against doors that were entirely too big. At least his clothes had shrunk as well, he'd have looked quite a fool trying to run in them otherwise. (Of course, now his celery was larger than his lapel. Why did he wear it again? It was beginning to look tasty, how long was it since he'd eaten? He'd prefer something sweeter, though. Why didn't he wear something sweet? Like a lolly. He should stick a lolly on his hat.)
As he slid down to the TARDIS floor, he tried to ponder what, exactly, they had done to him. It had seemed like a beam (it was very red, like ripe cherries on Earth, he rather liked cherries, though when it came to berries the blue were best) but he never got a chance to examine the machinery – how did it work? Why did it work? What was there purpose?
No, he knew that, they were probably testing it out – they'd been using their people as test subjects for ages, it was the very thing he was trying to put a stop to; he frowned, then, looking quite serious for a little boy. He thought he did a fairly good job of rallying the people, organising some resistance. He would check back once he was normal again.
According to one of his allies – and insider who'd long had doubts which he may have helped along – it should wear off in several days. Until then, well, he would just have to manage being tinier, more easily distracted, and craving sweets. Did he still have jelly babies anywhere? Oh, and he'd probably have to sleep more, being a child. (He could probably use his old opera cape as a blanket, or wrap himself in that scarf. His bed would look very large, wouldn't it? Hardly a child's bed. Now he was getting sleepy. Was that normal?)
Focus, Doctor. You are still a Time Lord, you are still over eight centuries old, you are not a seven year old boy who's never seen the Schism.
That thought both sobered and awakened him, and he went off to find a step stool so he could work the TARDIS.
She made it easy for him – rather like when she gave him that wheelchair, very kind of her, would this be like a new regeneration? – and soon they were in flight.
Several days, he thought, settling down on the stool. His fingers began to tap the sides – it had never taken this long before, had it? – and he hummed an old lullaby none of his friends would recognise.
Oh, dear, they'd be quite a lot larger than him too, wouldn't they? Perhaps they would have sweets.
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At least he'd managed to make it back to the TARDIS shortly after being…transformed. He take comfort in that as he leaned against doors that were entirely too big. At least his clothes had shrunk as well, he'd have looked quite a fool trying to run in them otherwise. (Of course, now his celery was larger than his lapel. Why did he wear it again? It was beginning to look tasty, how long was it since he'd eaten? He'd prefer something sweeter, though. Why didn't he wear something sweet? Like a lolly. He should stick a lolly on his hat.)
As he slid down to the TARDIS floor, he tried to ponder what, exactly, they had done to him. It had seemed like a beam (it was very red, like ripe cherries on Earth, he rather liked cherries, though when it came to berries the blue were best) but he never got a chance to examine the machinery – how did it work? Why did it work? What was there purpose?
No, he knew that, they were probably testing it out – they'd been using their people as test subjects for ages, it was the very thing he was trying to put a stop to; he frowned, then, looking quite serious for a little boy. He thought he did a fairly good job of rallying the people, organising some resistance. He would check back once he was normal again.
According to one of his allies – and insider who'd long had doubts which he may have helped along – it should wear off in several days. Until then, well, he would just have to manage being tinier, more easily distracted, and craving sweets. Did he still have jelly babies anywhere? Oh, and he'd probably have to sleep more, being a child. (He could probably use his old opera cape as a blanket, or wrap himself in that scarf. His bed would look very large, wouldn't it? Hardly a child's bed. Now he was getting sleepy. Was that normal?)
Focus, Doctor. You are still a Time Lord, you are still over eight centuries old, you are not a seven year old boy who's never seen the Schism.
That thought both sobered and awakened him, and he went off to find a step stool so he could work the TARDIS.
She made it easy for him – rather like when she gave him that wheelchair, very kind of her, would this be like a new regeneration? – and soon they were in flight.
Several days, he thought, settling down on the stool. His fingers began to tap the sides – it had never taken this long before, had it? – and he hummed an old lullaby none of his friends would recognise.
Oh, dear, they'd be quite a lot larger than him too, wouldn't they? Perhaps they would have sweets.
((If anyone would like to interact with little!Five, do feel free - any community, meta or otherwise.))
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Date: 2007-08-30 09:11 pm (UTC)"I remember I put them down low 'cause it's harder to break them if they can't fall very far. Not that I break things, I'm good at not breaking things. Some of my friends have been clumsy, though."
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Date: 2007-08-30 10:44 pm (UTC)"Would you like to choose a couple of mugs?" she asked as she opened the door, moving so that he was within arms' reach of the shelves.
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Date: 2007-08-31 04:42 am (UTC)"Sure!" He rummaged carefully through what seemed endless shapes and colours - well, carefully for a rather hyper child - until pulling out two mugs, holding each firmly by the handle.
One of them seemed very old. It was worn, chipped in places, though the paint, rendering an abstract Mutter's Spiral, held strong.
The other was newer, or perhaps, like many objects in the TARDIS, resisted the pull of time. Thin, vibrant vines twisted throughout, forming ancient equations; and they varied infinitely, because the vines tended to reshape themselves.
This was the one he offered her.
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Date: 2007-08-31 05:06 am (UTC)She accepted the mug he offered, oddly touched by the gesture and selection. "Thank you," she said softly, bumping the cupboard door gently with the back of her hand to close it, and carrying him over to the refrigerator. "Oh, good, you've got milk. Brilliant."
She carried both milk and Doctor over to the stove, setting down the milk and the mug carefully, and setting a pan on the stove. She poured the milk and and turned on the burner, shifting him so that he rested over her hip once more. "It won't boil if we watch it. Or so they say," she offered with mock gravity.
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Date: 2007-09-02 03:52 am (UTC)"It must be shy," he said solemnly.
"Performance anxiety."
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Date: 2007-09-02 03:59 am (UTC)She moved away from the stove, and asked, "Do you want to sit on the counter? Or shall I keep carrying you?"
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Date: 2007-09-02 04:17 am (UTC)"I mean, um, if I'm...getting heavy or, um...the counter would be fine..."
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Date: 2007-09-02 05:25 am (UTC)She shifted him to her other hip, sighing softly. "That's better. Now then. Spoons?"
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Date: 2007-09-07 10:50 pm (UTC)"Very good." A moment after his brow furrowed, and he looked about.
"Ummm....that cabinet over there? I think. Could be the other one. Or maybe both."
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Date: 2007-09-08 03:05 am (UTC)Without thinking she reached and tucked a stray bit of his hair behind one of his ears.
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Date: 2007-09-23 11:09 pm (UTC)"Here that are! Most of them are teaspoons."
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Date: 2007-09-24 01:16 am (UTC)