Forest of Dreams

[for the Rani and I]

"No, what do you mean you're stuck on Mehet Olorun? How did you even get there in the first place? ..... Yes I know, but in my defense I thought you were still on the TARDIS! I've been looking for you for nearly an hour! ..... wh-wha, NO I do not have Alzheimer's! ..... Stop saying I forgot you, I didn't! There was a Dalek and it- ..... I was sidetracked okay?!"

Theta Sigma snapped his phone shut with a huff, setting it to silent when it began to ring again. Adria was a Vocci he had picked up a day or two ago, after they had encountered a small group of Daleks on her planet. He'd agreed to let her travel with him for a few days, but a Dalek had followed them, and in the commotion of all the shooting and yells of "exterminate!", the two had gotten separated. Now the Vocci was on Mehet Olorun, and Thet was seriously reconsidering taking Adria with him. Perhaps he should go back to travelling alone for a while ...well, that is, after he picked her up. He continued in his brisk stride, shoes slapping a little bit louder than necessary on the mahogany floors.

Theta slowed as he entered the console room, adopting a leisurely walk up to the console. He circled 'round it, letting his hand brush over the screens, bringing the controls up. He didn't quite notice the holograms buzzing strangely, caught up in a dilemma as he was. He leaned against the railing, crossed his arms, and gazed up at the time rotor.

"I don't know... do you think that I should fly it solo from now on?" no answer from the TARDIS. Theta frowned and raised an eyebrow at her "What, do you think I should just leave her there, or something?"

Suddenly, without warning, the TARDIS jerked, Theta nearly losing his balance. It continued to rumble and rock a bit, making it obvious that they were moving. Theta reached out for the control panels to find what was going on, but his hand only met empty air where they had previously been floating. He pressed the console's surface repeatedly, hoping that they would reappear but knowing in part that they wouldn't.

"No, no wait, what are you doing? C'mon, this isn't like you to shut the panels down like that. At least let me know where we're going!"

The TARDIS jerked once more then stopped, this time actually making Theta crash to the ground, since he wasn't holding onto a railing this time. He groaned and stood up, brushing imaginary dust off himself none too harshly.

"What on Gallifrey was that about??" he trudged towards the door, despite his anger at Lady "If you wanted to go somewhere you could have just told me, jeez! You have really got to work on your communication skills"

He opened the door, but the sight before him didn't help to clear up any confusion. It wasn't anywhere that he could think of Lady wanting to go. She'd sometimes veer of course to go see Sonya or Robin, and every now and then she'd land in Cardiff in order to recharge, but this wasn't either of these things. It was a forest, shrouded in waves and waves of low hanging mist. As far as he could tell, there were no other people here, not even animals; the forest was completely silent. At least the mist isn't poisonous, he mused, having inhaled a bit beore he could stop himself and not dropping down dead. In face, the mist was kind of sweet smelling. He stepped out onto the wet grass outside the TARDIS, the mist immediately coming to flow around his knees. He sighed.

"You better have got a good reason for bringing me here"

After opening the Fob watch,everything was going south quick. it seemed the need to research was still there,and she was trying to curb it. She was doing fine till she stumbled upon the hall of failed experiments. They were subjects she had tried modifying,and it seemed her TARDIS kept them in good health. She was horrified at what lurked in some of them. She noticed one door was open,and it looked to have been empty for some time.

She looked back into her books,and found out what had lurked in the cell. Then headlines started making sense,and it was truly her fault. She zipped up her black leather catsuit,that had a rhinestone embellished R on it. She did not have any weapons,she would have to create her some eventually. She walked over to the Lamborghini,she had bought as Syra. She drove the vehicle as close to the location she thought the experiment may be. it had often spoke of forest. She thought them boring herself,and not interesting at all.

As she neared the forest,she noticed a woman stumbling out,as she walked like a zombie. This was not good,as she parked the car. She slowly walked towards the forest,as she looked at the woman,"I am truly sorry,even though you will not understand me.But believe me I will fix it."

She entered the forest,and noticed the smell.She was in explore mode trying to figure out where it had gotten to. She noticed a mist starting to appear around her feet,as she looked at the lumbering trees around her. She stopped,and hid behind a tree,as she saw a young man step out of a working TARDIS. She had never seen this man,and she then decided to show herself.

" Notice how quiet the forest is,not even a bird,so how did you come across a working TARDIS. Last I heard Gallifrey was gone. Only a handful of us survived,and I would have remembered you in the academy. I am The Rani."she said,and waited and then continued.

"Plus saw a woman as I was walking int the forest,looked like a zombie. Like her dreams and everything that made her active was gone." she finished.

The new man did not know her,and she was going to keep him in the dark,about her involvement with the creature hidden in the forest. The Forest that robbed any who entered,of their dreams and what kept them wanting to live. She knew in a couple of days,the woman she saw would commit suicide.

(( hope this is ok still getting over my rp rust.)

(So I had this idea, maybe this mist is like, a physical form of the life forces that the ood removed from people? And the ood remains alive by breathing it in? And maybe it can do this to both people and animals, and that’s why there were no animal sounds in the forest. Just an idea.

And it's okay, I understand that you haven't role played in a while. Pretty good post for being 'rusty' though, lol)

Theta looked around the area the TARDIS had landed in with curiosity and a slight bit of apprehension. The place seemed to be relatively harmless, but he couldn't really tell if there was anything out there due to the mist, whether it be some angry native of whatever planet he had landed on, or a dip in the ground where he could twist his ankle. He made note to watch his step around here.

"Notice how quiet the forest is, not even a bird, so how did you come across a working TARDIS. Last I heard Gallifrey was gone. Only a handful of us survived, and I would have remembered you in the academy. I am The Rani."

Theta startled, whirling around to face where the woman's voice had rung out from. And there she was, stepping out from behind the trees, looking almost ghost-like with the way she seemed to drift through the mist. He could only blink dumbly at her words, ears catching everything but mouth not knowing how to respond. The woman, apparently a Timelady, continued.

"Plus saw a woman as I was walking int the forest,looked like a zombie. Like her dreams and everything that made her active was gone."

"Okay, hold up, hold up" Theta moved closer to the woman, eyes just a bit wide in wonder. The rest of her words, the ones not involving Gallifrey, flew through one ear and out the other "You... you know Gallifrey? You're a Timelady!?"

Theta laughed in delight. Although he had met plenty of Timelords and Timeladies in this universe, there weren't nearly as many as he'd like; learning that there was another one out there was always a joy. Theta couldn't wipe the smile off of his face as he held out his hand for her to shake.

"It's great to meet you Rani, I'm Theta"

(( That sounds like a cool idea ))


The Rani had no explanation about the mist,and maybe they could figure out what it was. Her gold eyes looked at Theta,as she made her way through the mist. But why was there a sweet smell.and why was this guy gawking at her. As he moved closer she watched him,with suspicion.She did not know this guy,and if he was acting falsely things could go bad fast.

She heard the excitement in his voice,as she answered,"I was born and raised on Gallifrey,stared into the untempered schism when I was eight. I graduated the academy,but I was exiled. My experiment got loose and ate Rassilion's cat and then bit him making him regenerate. But you have to admit a rat eating a cat is pretty ironic."

The laugh was one of delight,but she heard the underlying tone of homesickness. She took his outstretched hand and shook it,and when she heard his name,she was confused.

" The only Theta I know goes by the doctor,I went to school with him and Kol. You might know Kol as The Master. Maybe it was a common name,and he just choose it for his nickname. You might not like me if any of the other timelords have anything to say about it."she said,as she releaased his hands.

" Well,the disapperances bring you here as well,or do you leave your TARDIS on the random setting and it takes you wherever distress levels are high. ," she stopped and got a sad smile," The Doctor used to leave his on random and left the brakes on all the time. You are not supposed to hear groaning all the time. I do miss the burnt orange skies of Gallifrey."

Apparently this reincarnation of hers like to rample she had totally gone of topic in 3 seconds. She was still sorting memories in the right place,she had maintained Syra so long memories were all mismatched. She spoke out of loop,maybe it would get better as she went along.She wondered about her old schoolmates,but they all hated her,and she did not know how she was going to rectify who she used to be.