totally not a cia agent

Agent Dorothygalemcshane of Earth. Ace for short. [Sideblog of 'boomgoesthenitro'. Follows will come from there. Tracking url.]

[lxdytrey]

“ In Narvin’s office. ” She replied bluntly, paying no attention to Ace’s defence. “ I have no idea why it was in there, I was under the impression you disliked him, and therefore would be spending less time in his offices. ”  Please, Trey, try to tone down your sarcasm.

[agentmcshane]

“Yeah, you’d think that, but for some reason I’m always being sent down to his office for some reason or another.” It couldn’t possibly be because she didn’t do as great of a job behaving herself as she really should.  And it couldn’t possibly be because she had a really bad habit of mouthing off to everyone she was supposed to be working with.

“Thanks, I guess.  You saved me from getting an earful again.”  She cleared her throat, and put on her very best (and absolutely terrible) impression of the Coordinator.  “Agent McShane!  How many times have we told you not to blah blah blah, no fun allowed, blah blah blah--are you even listening to me, McShane?! ...You know how he gets.”

[lxdytrey]

“ Really? It’s been a rather long time since the Doctor last payed a visit; your jacket must have been gone for ages. I think it’s time you started keeping track of your belongings. ”

[agentmcshane]

“I keep track of them just fine!  It’s not my fault everyone moves my stuff.”  What Ace failed to acknowledge was that nobody would have to move her stuff if she didn’t just leave it laying about wherever she liked.  “So, I gotta know.  Where’d you find it?”

[halorvic]

It’s hard being the Coordinator of the CIA

[lxdytrey]

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“Ah, Ace, this jacket wouldn’t happen to be yours, by any chance?”

[agentmcshane]

“Hey, yeah!  I was wondering where that went!  I’ve been looking for it ages.  I was starting to think maybe the Professor swiped it the last time he came by.”

[ladyxtrey-blog]

She sighed, rubbing her temples. “Ace, attempting to solve your problems with violence will only make matters worse for you in the future; they…we will end up judging you, whether we mean to or not.” She then smirked. “But that doesn’t mean I’m stopping you from resorting to violence, merely discouraging it. If things get out of hand, do feel free to just ‘have it out with one or two of them.’”

[agentmcshane]

That was as close enough to permission to beat the snot out of people as she was ever going to get.  And it was from the President herself, at that.  Ace brightened almost immediately.

“Yeah, yeah.  I got it.”  She leaned in close, lowering her voice to a conspiratorial whisper.  “If you hear anything about a busted nose or three, it wasn’t me, all right?  You didn’t hear anything.”  She gave Trey a huge, exaggerated wink.  So what if Trey didn’t mean for her to just pick a fight the second someone spoke to her wrong?  That’s what she heard (wanted to hear, rather), and that’s what she was going to do.

[thehobbitelo-blog]

Upon being addressed, Elodine looked around to see if the woman was talking to anyone else; it would be embarrassing if she responded when the question was not directed at her. It was very rare for her to be asked things like that, so she had to be sure.

"Uh, s-sure! That would be lovely," she replied, trying to find other things to say, "i-if it’s okay, of course."

[agentmcshane]

"Really?"  She hadn't actually expected that to work.  Then again, it was different here than it was on Gallifrey.  She'd need to work on remembering that.  "I mean, great."  Was that too enthusiastic?  How did people even work?  "I mean, yeah, it's okay.  So, when you do wanna...?"

[ladyxtrey-blog]

At that, Trey sound herself chuckling. “Oh, you want to fit in more? Well, don’t worry, Ace. I think you’re fitting in splendidly, no matter what the more… bigoted of Timelords might tell you. Do try to ignore them."

[agentmcshane]

"Yeah, yeah," Ace muttered.  "Easier said than done.  I just get real sick of just ignoring 'em after the fifth or sixth round of 'blame the human'."   It wasn't that all of the Gallifreyans were that bad.  The problem was, the ones that were usually tended to be the more vocal ones.  

She balled one hand into a fist and smacked it into her other palm.  "If I could just have it out with one or two of 'em just once, I think I could make them stop."  Honestly, it was a wonder Ace had managed to keep control of herself and not start a fight.  If this had been Earth, she'd have sent people away with a black eye already.  But this wasn't Earth and, while she'd been there for... (well, it felt like a long time, anyway), she was still a sort of 'outsider' on their planet, and had at least enough sense not to outright upset the people letting her stay.

[ladyxtrey-blog]

She raised an eyebrow, tempted to give her younger friend a lecture on timekeeping, either that, or about watchingher mouth around her superiors. “Of course; is there anything in particular you’d like to talk about? You have my full, undivided attention.”

[agentmcshane]

"It's nothing, really," Ace began, not entirely sure how to go about things now that she actually had the President as her audience.  "It's just, I've been here a while, right?  I like to think I've been doing a bang-up job of fitting in with you lot.  Is there..."  Here, Ace hesitated.  She really hated to ask, but it would make life easier. "Is there anything else I could do to fit in a little more?"

[fightingeldergods]

The Doctor took back his hand, only to make his fingers play nervously with the ones in his other hand. Benny. Well, couldn’t Ace guess? It had been the same old story: girl runs into alien, alien offers girl a trip around the galaxy, girl mistakes the offer for a tour around every bar in the galaxy, girl leaves alien when things get too serious.

"She left. She missed her family," he answered sharply, returning the conversation to the topic he was interested in. “So the TARDIS is completely empty of any archaeologists, cats, and evil megalomaniacs. Just like old times,” he added softly, with more than a tinge of nostalgia.

[agentmcshane]

"Just like old times?  So, is that before or after you started playing chess with everyone's lives?"  She didn't mean for that to hurt.  Really, she'd had years and years to think about it and yeah, all right, she understood why he'd done everything the way he had.  And all right, she forgave him. She was sure she would've done something similar, if she'd been in his shoes.  It still didn't mean she wanted to throw herself back into that life right away.

But to be fair to him, the offer was tempting... She liked Gallifrey well enough, but she was also itching for a chance to stretch her legs properly and get a breath of fresh air every now and again.  Ace sighed.  Damn him.  He had to know that, given the choice between her own life and traveling with him, there really was only one right decision.  "Give me an hour, I'll see what sort of arrangements I can make."

[arkytiorforemancampbell]

CIA Agent Ace Kickass Mcshane

[agentmcshane]

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"Hey, ma'am?  You kinda remind me of someone I knew a long time ago.  Can I--can I buy you a drink?"  Even in time-and-space-appropriate clothing, Ace McShane was about as subtle as a battleaxe.  "I-I mean, if you don't want, that's fine.  I just figured..."

[fightingeldergods]

The Doctor’s face seemed to automatically shift into a frown that Ace had, more than once, referred to as puppy eyes. “Bureaucracy, Ace? That’s very unlike you.”

He paced in front of her slowly, observing her, almost analysing her. “I promise you somewhere sunny, and problem-free.” He sighed softly, resigned. “And I will allow you to drive, under my supervision, of course,” he added quickly.

He placed a hand softly at her shoulder, grinning at her. “It will be only for a couple of days, a week at the most. And I will return you right here, without any coordinators noticing. Come on, where is your spirit of adventure?”

[agentmcshane]

"Yeah, well, when in Rome and all that."  So what if she was different?  If he didn't like it, he shouldn't have left her however many years ago it'd been.  It wasn't like she could've stayed the same as she had been.  She'd never have survived on Gallifrey.

"My spirit of adventure?  I must've left it in the TARDIS wine cellar.  Benny probably drank it by now.  Hey, speaking of, how's Benny doing?  I haven't seen her since--well, since Skaro."  Come to think of it, that had been the last time she'd seen him, too.  She really would've thought he'd have visited sooner.  "Is she still staying with you, or has she left already?  I can't keep track anymore."

[ladyxtrey-blog]

“No, it’s you that’s late, I’m afraid.” She replied, her eyes narrowed at the watch. “I believe it might have something to do with your watch, however nice it may look.”

[agentmcshane]

"What?  C'mon, I'm not just a stupid human, the conversion isn't that hard," Ace began, angrily jabbing a finger down onto the watch face for emphasis.  "I'll have you know that I even double-checked--"  Her brain finally caught up to her mouth as she absent-mindedly ran through the numbers again, ready to argue with the President.  

Except... the President was right.  She'd gotten ahead of herself.  Ace could feel her cheeks practically burning.  "Oh. I must've forgotten to carry the--Y'know what?  It isn't important," she said hotly, glaring angrily down at the ground.  "Sorry for making you wait, my lady.  Uh, Romana.  I-I just wanted to talk a little, is all."

[agentmcshane]

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"Y'know, I'd say I'm honored, but..."

[boomgoesthenitro]

My dear Ace, sometimes I think you do for the English language what Escher did for spatial geometry.

Seventh Doctor, Lucifer Rising (via boomgoesthenitro)

[agentmcshane]

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"Romana!  Er, Lady Prez."  Ace pushed up the sleeve of her robe and checked her watch.  Her Earth watch, which tended to be fairly useless on Gallifrey, something that hadn't changed in the past... well, however long it'd been.  She'd lost track. 

"I thought you weren't due down here for another ten--aren't you a bit early?"

[boomgoesthenitro]

[ I’m so, so sorry, but I had to share this because I can’t stop laughing about it. Oh my god ]