Marriage? What?

[thecricketer]

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...Well. That's certainly...interesting.

Really, Romana, I would expect better from you.

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[thecricketer.livejournal.com]

*grins*

Ah, no, fortunately. I'll do my best not to rouse it in the future.

Well - yes, it does, rather.

((Five likes him! ;p))

[the-corsair.livejournal.com]

*rueful* Wise man. She can be vicious.

I am relieved to hear it.

((*giggles* I don't think Byron's spoken to him.))

[thecricketer.livejournal.com]

That... does seem to be a theme with my friends as of late.

*sighs* At times I wish I could revolutionise it myself.

((I bet they'd get on. Hannibal would probably know who he is, for a start.))

[the-corsair.livejournal.com]

That they can be vicious?

You and me both. It was bad enough in my day, what they called an education at Cambridge, but at least at Harrow, they pushed us to learn the basics and the Classics.

((That always helps. Five in RoTM hasn't put it together yet, and Byron was really near pouting, though he took him to Ancient Greece, so he might've forgiven him. Sort of. He's still going to be "that street there? That's eventually going to be named after me."))

[thecricketer.livejournal.com]

Yes. *pauses, considering* I'm currently travelling with one young woman who will break a man's arm for touching her bottom - not that I blame her, mind, even if I don't approve - and another who's entirely too good at smashing pottery over peoples' heads. For a start.

*sighs* I've seen education shift and change the world over, but they can never seem to get it right. I suppose lack of funding and interest doesn't help the system overmuch, and that seems a broad problem.

((*giggles* Aww. That's...entirely too cute, really. Hopefully he'll get the hint.))

[the-corsair.livejournal.com]

*grins a little* It must be something about you that attracts the feisty ones, then.

How they cannot understand that education is one of the hallmarks of the future of civilization, I do not know. Funding shouldn't be an issue, but even moreso this...teaching to tests that they are doing now? What happened to stimulating a child's curiosity and making them want to learn? Not that it was much better when I was a child. They kept saying I was slow, but they merely were not engaging my interest in grammar school.

((lol. He keeps thinking he should know him, but I guess the name and the year 2007 disconnected. Nine was all, "That's fantastic. How are you alive?"))

[thecricketer.livejournal.com]

*wryly* Apparently. I've no idea what it is.

I can't penetrate that mindset, either - it should be very common sense. Ah, yes, they're doing that about now, aren't they? Dreadful idea, entirely counter-productive. Students should be allowed to pursue their own interests - not to say that Gallifrey is much better in that regard, either.

To think they believed you of all people to be lacking in intelligence...well, it speaks of their incompetence.

((Heh. Maybe Five's just determined for things to make sense for once. *giggles* At least one is direct.))

[the-corsair.livejournal.com]

You can be a bit feisty yourself?

Is it not? I should think with how very much more your people know that they would be better at passing it on.

*wry shrug* I didn't exactly apply myself for the first few years.

[thecricketer.livejournal.com]

*opens mouth to argue, pauses* On occasion.

*dry, rather harsh chuckle* You would, wouldn't you? No, they want people to learn only what will best serve the High Council and their vision of what Gallifrey should be.

*slight smirk* We have that in common, then.

[the-corsair.livejournal.com]

*grins* Mmhmm.

*sighs, a trifle disappointed* So not really any different than other civilizations, just more techonologically advanced.

*grins a bit* So I've heard.

[thecricketer.livejournal.com]

*frowns* Not all that feisty...

I'm sorry to say. *sighs, bitterly* It could be quite enlightened if everyone wasn't so utterly afraid of change.

*raises eyebrows* Should I start defending my good name?

[the-corsair.livejournal.com]

*smirks* I beg to differ, Doctor.

Change can be a terrifying thing to some.

Oh, it might be too late for it.

[thecricketer.livejournal.com]

*eyes widen* Well - that - would you, now? ...How feisty have I been?

Hn. You would think that a society that can bend Time to their will could learn how to overcome their fears.

Oh, dear. You haven't been talking to Romana, have you?

[the-corsair.livejournal.com]

Very feisty.

You would think so, yes.

*amused* Just a bit.

[thecricketer.livejournal.com]

I would attemp to protest, but, well, I did snog you. *dissaproving twist of lips that's rather undermined by the faint blush* I suppose that could be filed under 'feisty'?

To think a world could allow itself to become so stagnated - it's one reason I like Earth, you know. Humans, they change all the time.

I suppose I don't want to know what she's told you.

[the-corsair.livejournal.com]

*faint blush of his own, which is really surprising* Yes, well. There was that...incident.

*skeptical* Do they?

*brightly* Most likely not.

[thecricketer.livejournal.com]

*eyes widen at the sight* Yes. ...It was just snogging, yes?

Well, one can travel back a century and see a marked difference.

*sighs and pinches the bridge oh his nose* On the other hand I do tend to let curiosity get the better of me...

[the-corsair.livejournal.com]

*more of a blush* Mostly?

*snorts* Not that marked except in technological advancements.

*chuckles* Ah, but I am very good at remaining aloof and mysterious....

[thecricketer.livejournal.com]

*stares at him for a moment, then once more pinches the bridge of his nose, this time closing his eyes* Mostly.

Yes, well, I suppose it depends on where exactly you find yourself.

*wryly* I'm not sure if I should be grateful or not.

[the-corsair.livejournal.com]

*tries for an innocent smile* Mostly.

*half dark* Yes, well England is letting same sex partners have legal unions now instead of hanging them or imprisoning them just for being themselves, so I suppose that is progress of a sort.

*amused* You should be.

[thecricketer.livejournal.com]

*opens his eyes to catch the smile and return a deeply cynical look, his tone weary* And what, exactly, does 'mostly' entail?

It's certainly more than Gallifrey has made. The process may have taken entirely too long but at least it was being made.

I never got on well with 'should', I'm afraid.

[the-corsair.livejournal.com]

*slightly aggrieved* I tried to get you to talk about whatever was bothering you, but you got downright ... amorous to shut me up.

I suppose. Now if the rest of the world would atchup.

No, I didn't think so.

[thecricketer.livejournal.com]

*hand falls to his side as he regards Byron with genuine surprise* Did I, now? That's... certainly a new method.

Oh, they will in time.

*small smile* Something else we have in common?

[the-corsair.livejournal.com]

I must say I was quite surprised as well. *faint glare* I was just keeping to snogging. You escalated it.

Perhaps.

So it seems.

(ooc: "atchup" is apparently a word now? *eyes fingers*)

[thecricketer.livejournal.com]

*raises hands* I'm sorry? *his blush seems to have intensified a bit* Definitely going to have a talk with myself. Honestly...

*with just a bit of sarcasm* Of course I wouldn't know...

Perhaps we should start a list. Now, what exactly did she tell you?

((*giggles* Want to borrow the Doctor's ruler?))