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[oiorpata]

You keep hyping this thing up that I'm starting to think it just can't live up to these expectations.

[ she is, 100%, being a shit. ]

Time traveling pictionary it is.

[lateness]

[ If there's one thing to rile him up, it's any kind of slight on his beloved ship.

But he takes her tone as it is. We call this #characterdevelopment ]

oh you'll see

just you wait andy

you'll love her

i reckon she'll love you too

[ Yes, he speaks as though his ship is a person. And she was! Once. Temporarily. It was a beautiful, if brief moment, but one he'll never forget. It was the day he and his TARDIS could talk to each other; the day she'd said 'hello'. ]

brilliant!

[oiorpata]

She's got to make an actual appearance before any declarations of love are forthcoming.

[lateness]

well

yes

that's fair

i do hope i might find a way

[oiorpata]

Doesn't seem like something Viveca's capable of bringing here. I assume you asked.

[lateness]

ah yes

quite right, i did ask but with no luck

i haven't given up though

not yet

[oiorpata]

Yeah, you don't really seem the type.

Maybe she'll show up on a mission.

[lateness]

oh! oh now that would be lovely, wouldn't it?

and convenient

and just like her, really, to show up out of nowhere

probably when i'm about to step through some kind of mysterious crack

[oiorpata]

How often does she rescue you from danger?

[lateness]

oh i should like to say almost every time

[ Having a ship for those getaways is extremely convenient. ]

[oiorpata]

That probably says something about you.

[lateness]

and just what do you think it says about me, then?

[ 🤔 ]

[oiorpata]

If you're that old and can't recognize that part of you, I can't help you.

[lateness]

well i'm asking you what you think

[oiorpata]

You might be a little reckless.

[lateness]

ah

only a little?

suppose i've been holding back then if that's your impression

[oiorpata]

Maybe I was trying to be nice about it.

[lateness]

hah!

oh, were you?

[ As if Andy cares about niceties.

The Doctor calls shenanigans. ]

well, i’ll have you know i have been trying to be a bit more careful lately

if only to set some sort of example for the others you know

[oiorpata]

[ oh that pulls a laugh out of her, too bad he can't hear it over text. ]

You looking to create an army of hat thieves?

[lateness]

i wasn't before

but i'm certainly thinking about it now

brilliant idea!

imagine how many more hats we can collect with an army

[oiorpata]

Start working on your heist strategies now.

[lateness]

yes i really ought to write them down

might i ask if you'd like to be recruited? you'll find some wonderful hats

[oiorpata]

[ yes. ]

I would absolutely join a team of hat thieves. There's just so many out there.

that gif LSKDJLSD;

[lateness]

thieves? or hats?

or both?

either way: brilliant

welcome to the team, andy

andy in a nutshell

[oiorpata]

Definitely both. But the universe's hat supply is just waiting for a good theft.