it's okay to be afraid [open]

[bossily]

Who: Clara Oswald + Ensemble (no really, it's open)
What: Post Friendly Fire stuff and things
When: Days 404 & 405
Where: Thor 103 & around
Rating: Probably will keep around PG/PG-13



The feeling of being off was gone, she could feel a tug and then things went back to how they should be, power wise. Unfortunately, the damage to her body was done due to growth working her insides over, and she was still left with hardly any life in her. She remains in her position outside in the gardens of Thor 103, leaning against a tree to keep her sitting upright. As day 404 breaks, she can hear life around her going on, and manages a tired smile. She thinks that if maybe she could get someone's attention, they just might notice her, and a healer would actually be able to help her now. She had been too afraid before, what with the powers going absolutely mad, but now...

Well. Maybe things stand a chance of working out.

Her mouth drops open, and she finds her throat incredibly dry and her lips cracked and pained. She just barely manages a few hoarse calls for help, but she realizes that no one is going to hear her over the sounds of the city getting back to normal, and with a soft sigh she resigns herself to shutting her eyes and drifting off.

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Re: Day 405 - open to anyone!

[scienceleads]

[Kate wanted to check on Clara, make sure she was alright after her experience. Having looked for her first at her home, then just generally keeping an eye out, she was somewhat surprised to see her walking about, especially when she silently began to walk alongside her. Kate merely smiled to herself, then slipped her arm in Clara's.

Clara, prepared to be mothered.]

[bossily]

[She's taken by surprise when Kate slips her arm into hers, but smiles in delight as soon as the initial shock passes.]

I thought I had imagined you being here. But look at you, stuck in Asgard with the rest of us.

[Her free hand reaches over to pat at Kate's arm.]

How've you been settling in?

[scienceleads]

I'm still trying to work out whether it's a good thing or not.

[She smiled at Clara's response. She was the one who was supposed to be motherly here.]

Oh, as well as can be expected considering powers backfired, and this place is definitely odd.

[bossily]

It's not a bad thing, having you here.

[She's fond of Kate, despite her limited knowledge of the woman and the business she has with the Doctor.]

Hopefully the power thing doesn't happen again while either of us are here. But just in case it does, I'm glad to know I've got you on my side. Because really, you've no idea how weird this place can be.

[scienceleads]

And here I was thinking you were one of the ones who was used to the weird. We tend to just deal with it in a detached way. You're the one in the front line of weird, as it were.

[There's something about all of the Doctor's companions that makes Kate want to like them - at least, most of them. Torchwood can be a bit of a problem, but there was nothing new in that.]

How are you feeling now?

[bossily]

Well enough.

[She'll stick with thinking Kate means how physically well she is. Mental and emotional health are other stories, so she won't address those. Admitting weakness to someone she doesn't know very well isn't something she does easily or with much grace.]

Ril and my Doctor healed me back to normal. Without them, I would have died. Also, I'm used to weird. Definitely used to it. It's just that things here are a different sort of trouble than either of us are used to.

[scienceleads]

[Clara can take it any way she wants to, Kate knows what she means. She knows that anything like that would be rough, but she's not offended in the slightest.]

Ril? Who is that? And that's good to hear, especially given the alternative...

[bossily]

Oh, she's...close with one of the Doctors. The Sixth one. They live together.

[She can't really find a decent way of saying they're together without making it sound awkward, so she hopes that works out well enough.]

She's someone you'll love, I think. Which means I really ought to introduce the two of you sometime soon.

[scienceleads]

Oh really? [That came with a raised eyebrow.] I didn't think anyone but River had caught his attention like that?

She sounds fascinating, and yes, I'd love to meet her.

[bossily]

[Clara just coughs at that. While she and the Doctor never have had anything happen between them, she's not blind to the tension that's there between them.]

The Doctor's human here, all of them. Which means a hell of a lot more hormones than they're used to.

[scienceleads]

Ah. I suppose yes. It does make sense when you put it like that.