5. [BBS] + [Action]

[rewritethis]

[BBS]

So what's a "homecoming" and why should I care? 2 sentences or less. Knock yourselves out.

[Action]

[One of these days, this guy might get bored of setting up weird, ultimately pointless science experiments in the Quad. Today is not that day. He's laid claim to a large patch of dirt not too far away from the stage (nobody seemed to be using it, all right?), and... planted a large purple gemstone right in the middle of it, apparently. Odd. Where'd he get that from?

Right now he's busy scratching arcane-looking geometrical patterns in the dirt with a small stick, only periodically glancing over to make sure the jewel is still there. He looks downright cheerful, which might be more novel than the shapes he's drawing. No telling how long that'll last if anyone disturbs his circles, though.]

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[Action]

[timetours]

Now this looks interesting!

[Shiny thing and fancy drawings. In the Doctor's vicinity. Oh dear.]

[rewritethis]

[He's so engrossed in his definitely-not-a-magic-circle, the voice takes a moment to register.]

Oh, hey. [Dammit, Doctor, if he'd wanted an audience he'd be up on the stage itself... Since he is in a good mood, he's about to go right back to scribbling and hope the guy can take a hint, but then he remembers who he's talking to.] You mind just staying over there? I'm kind of in the middle of something.

[timetours]

Oh, well, yes, I can just stay here, but oh! [He's practically bouncing.] You really have to walk me through what you're doing here, because it looks fascinating.

[REQUEST PARTLY IGNORED. He comes over, but doesn't touch the circles.]

So, these patterns determine and direct the flow of energy to reshape objects or basically the thing that makes it do what you want it to do? Right. Okay, that sort of kind of makes sense, but... you didn't use these to make massive bridges, so I'm guessing this is more complicated stuff... and what's that?

[Points at the glowy gem. Must. Resist. Urge. To Sonic it.]

BBS.

[fotlenke]

Reuniting family.

-Incantation Fetter

[rewritethis]

[...okay, don't quite scratch the "good mood" part yet, but he's getting there alarmingly fast.]

Hell if I know. It's not mine. The guy said it's an energy source of some kind. I'm just trying to figure out if it does anything interesting.

[rewritethis]

Points for being concise, but no, not what I meant.

[fotlenke]

Allfather...what do you mean?

[timetours]

Oh, right then. Endless human curiosity, messing with alien whatever-it-is type stuff, got it.

[Just gonna sort of stand here, watch, and twiddle with his buttons then...]

[rewritethis]

What do YOU mean? Pretty sure I'm nobody's dad.

[fotlenke]

You are not the Allfather. That is Odin.

BBS

[espio]

Party weekend thing. Might be vaguely entertaining.

[rewritethis]

[He tries to ignore Ten and carry on drawing the array. He really, really does.]

Seriously, if you're not gonna help, could you go somewhere else? You weren't wrong when you said complicated.

[timetours]

Oh, fine, fine.

[Takes a few steps back and plonks himself on a low wall. This is somewhere else, okay?]

Although, if you don't know what it is that thing actually is, is putting it in a complicated magic-slash-science experiment a good idea?

[rewritethis]

That's all? So why the hype?

[espio]

It's a party. A party with a giant popularity contest involved, at that.

Personally, I'm staying away from the dance, but at least the carnival and food booths should be interesting.

[rewritethis]

Well, okay, is any science experiment a good idea? [Ever so slight emphasis there, complete with gritted teeth.] That's the whole point of them, finding out what theory can't tell you.

[rewritethis]

[Welp, he thinks he can guess who this is.] Never mind.

[timetours]

Well, generally you start with a theory, which I'm going to just assume you've got because, well, all these liney-things have a point, but..

[MANIC GRIN.]

Brilliant!

[fotlenke]

Is that not a homecoming? Reuniting with family.

[rewritethis]

[Let's just say it's a good thing the Doctor can grin enough for two people...

But you know what, he surrenders. He looks down and continues drawing.]

It's called an array. I might not know what this thing is, but if the description's accurate, it sounds kind of like... something that used to exist back in my world. And since I need to start somewhere, that's as good a place as any. After making a few changes, obviously.

[rewritethis]

Sure. But if that's the only meaning, I'm missing something.

[fotlenke]

Perhaps Garden is welcoming home family. That would indeed be cause for great celebration.

[rewritethis]

Oh. Good to know it's optional, I guess.

[rewritethis]

Depends who "family" is, but okay.

[fotlenke]

Yes! A homecoming! Why else would there be preparations of decor and meals. A feast to celebrate the journey's worth and decor to welcome home the conquering heroes.