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The blue phone box stuck out like a sore thumb. As Pippin approached it with curious eyes, they accidentally walked face first into the leg of the Doctor coming out of it. "Oof!" The almost two-foot tall plushie stumbled a few steps backwards. "Oh gosh! I'm so sorry!" -- @onlyalad

The doctor took a step back, almost as if he was in shock before immediately straightening his posture. And raising a thick brow at the sight of the..stuffed animal? Underneath him. “Quite alright. Are you okay? Quite a fall you’ve had there.” He’d ask questions later, maybe it was..some sort of alien? Possessed? He’d figure that out eventually. “I’m deeply sorry, my dear! I didn’t mean to get in your way.”

"Oh, it's not your fault!" Pippin smiled as they straightened themself back up too. "I'm ok." They responded, taking a pause to look up at who they were talking to. They recognized the human species quite quickly. "I hope I didn't hurt you." One of the things Pippin knew about humans is that they felt pain, so hopefully nothing had happened in that regard. ...Oh, right, they were wandering around for a reason. "Do you live in the..." They tilted their head to look behind the Doctor and read the text atop the TARDIS. "...box?" If he lives in a box, that's more toy behavior than human.

“Oh, I don’t think it’s either of ours faults, old chap.” He said softly, placing his hands on his hips and observing the little thing. “Good. I’m glad you’re okay. I would hate to be responsible for you falling unconscious.” He tilted his head at the rabbits question, and turned to look at his TARDIS. “..Ah. I suppose I do. Why?”

Pippin softly laughed at his mention of knocking them out. It was a funny mental image, and frankly, it was not an experience that had ever happened to Pippin, so the plush had no idea if that was even a possible situation or not. "It just doesn't look like any human home I've ever seen. Normally those who live in a box are a toy like me." It wasn't referring directly to itself, but some of its brethren, like dolls and the like.

“Oh well..I’m not human, dear one. I’m The Doctor!” The old man scolded, as if it were obvious he wasn’t human. Though clearly, it wasn’t. He looked human. Sounded human. He even spoke human! Which..wasn’t very Time Lordy of him, he supposed. “A toy, like you? So am I to assume you live in a box? Or..”

Pippin’s embroidered eyebrows raised in surprise. “You’re not human?!” It thought about that for a moment. Huh. So is a Doctor another species then? Oh, speaking of other species… it snapped itself out of its thoughts. “Oh? Me? No, not me, but I know toys who do. Like, um… Oh, I know Barbie lives in a box! She’s a very nice doll, and those boxes are always very well fitting. They’re not nearly as big as yours, though.” Pippin noted, trying to comprehend the situation. “Are you a doll?”

The Doctors lips curled at Pippins little note and he sighed, “..I am not a Barbie doll, thank you. And she’s much bigger on the inside, not a box! A TARDIS. Which stands for time and relative dimension in space..” he soon realized Pippin probably wouldn’t understand that, they were a stuffed animal after all or they..looked like they were. Was stuffed animal an offensive term? Why. He hoped it wasn’t. “I’m an alien, so to speak. I believe that’s what most people would call it. Or a time lord.”

Pippin clapped their plush paws together with an excited “pomf” at the sound of this new information. “An alien?!?” They could hardly believe it. A huge smile adorned their face. He didn’t look like what they imagined an alien to be like at all, but then again, they had never seen an alien before, so who were they to assume? “Wow!!” They hardly knew what to say, they were so pleasantly surprised by this. “A- a time lord?” They tried those words out. “Do you travel in time???” They didn’t want to make any rude assumptions but they just couldn’t resist that one. The idea was too exciting.

“Yes. Time and space. Like I said. Time lord.” He tried not to be to grumpy, considering this Pippin seemed to be relatively young. He tried smiling at them, though it looked rather forced..even if it wasn’t. “An alien. Yes. Time lord..and you are?”

Pippin returned his smile with a wide one of their own. They were a bit oblivious, so they couldn’t read his slight frustration, only the smile they saw on his face. “Me? Oh, right! My name’s Pippin!! I’m a stuffed animal! A plushie, a toy, whatever you call it!” They beamed up at him, and extended their small plush paw for him to shake.

“Pleasure to meet you, Pippin.” The doctor said politely, taking their small plush paw into his hand and shaking it, “And..I hope it’s not to intrusive, my dear. But how exactly are you..speaking?”

Pippin took a moment to process what he had just asked them. “That’s a… very good question!” They let out a nervous laugh. They looked away to think for a moment, their little eyebrows furrowing. “I…” They looked back at him. “I don’t remember! I-I know there are others like me, but… well okay maybe not all stitched up like me… but I don’t remember, uh… coming to be.” They weren’t sure if this answer was going to frustrate the time lord or not, but they’d rather tell the truth then get themself into any kind of mess.

The doctor frowned and tilted his head, observing them carefully, “I see.” He sighed, “Well Pipp. Again. Quite a pleasure. You really musn’t be out like this though! The streets of London can be dangerous. Especially for someone as small as you..why, I almost didn’t see you when you showed up!” He grinned at that, and chuckled, “Why. I don’t remember coming to be either. I don’t think anyone does!”

“Dangerous?? Are you sure?” Pippin raised an eyebrow. “Nothing bad has happened to me yet! I mean, I’ve heard of bad people, but I haven’t seen any.” They said, expressing their simplistic worldview. And when they heard his last statement, they let out a sigh of relief. “Oh, good.”

“Quite positive!” The doctor reassured, putting his hands in his pockets, “Well it’s good you haven’t seen any. That’d be a shame!” The doctor made a small hum of approval, and grinned, “Good indeed!”

Pippin happily clapped its paws together, the Doctor’s happiness spreading to him. “Yay!” It couldn’t help but exclaim. “So where are you going?” Pippin asked curiously. “If you’re going somewhere, I mean.”

“Can’t go anywhere that isn’t on earth, I’m afraid..I was going to head to the store, actually. And yourself?” The doctor watched the little thing delightfully. Amused by its movements, “Pipp. May I ask you something? What do you prefer to be called exactly..? Just..Pippin? He..they? Do you have a gender? I apologize. I’m just curious, that’s all.”

“Oh I was just taking a walk. Lots to see out here!” They smiled. “Just Pippin! …But you can still call me Pipp!!” They laughed nervously, not wanting to give the impression that they were opposed to nicknames. “I don’t think my name’s ever been shortened like that before. It’s cute!!” They giggled. “Uuuummm, gender, gender…” This Doctor fellow gave them quite the afternoon of thinking. Not that they minded. “I’ve never really thought about it before. I always thought that gender was just a human thing. …umm, you can use they for me! Or it! I am a toy, after all.” It laughed to itself. “What about you?”

“Gender is a human thing indeed!” The doctor sighed in thought, and bit the inside of his cheek in thought, “..Well. I look like a man, so I suppose you can refer to me as such! But anything is fine, really. We don’t really use..pronouns where I’m from!” He placed his hands on his hips and looked Pipp over, “Really? I would’ve assumed differently.”

"Anything, hm?" Pippin nodded in understanding. "Ok, got it! I guess I'll just keep calling you The Doctor." They giggled, but they meant their sentiment. "You're surprised?" Pippin shrugged. "I've never really thought about associating myself with a gender. I'm just a plaything, and I like it like that." They smiled. "Although maybe I'll think more about it some time. ...But- but anyways... can I come with you? To the store?"

“The doctor it is, then!” He grinned, placing his hands on his hips and observing Pippin carefully, “Well you aren’t just a play thing. You’re much more than that, I’m sure.” He stared at Pippin for a bit, before shrugging his shoulders, “Well I..I don’t see why not.”

"Yaaay!" Pippin happily clapped their paws a few times at the Doctor's agreement to let them tag along. They then changed their stance to be beside the Doctor instead of in front of him, ready and eager to follow along. They looked up at him curiously and asked, "More than that? What do you mean?"

“Well dear fellow. You have emotions, do you not? Im not just a time lord. I’m The Doctor. And you’re not just a ‘play thing’ you’re Pippin! You clap and you smile and you..bump into people, just like everyone.” He smiled softly, trying his best to provide some sense of comfort, “Do be careful. Look both ways-“

“Oh…” This got them lost in their thoughts for a moment, before they finally registered his latter statement. “Oh! Right!” They stopped and walked when he did, and heeded his advice. “I guess I never really thought about it like that. Because I don’t think you were, since you’re not a toy, but I-I was created with a purpose. To be played with. So I never really thought about… me.” They said as they followed along, taking after the way he walked. “If you know any humans, you might know that they love to make things for reasons.”

“Well of course. Human beings love to make things..it fills them with joy.” He raised a brow at Pippins words, and let out a soft snort. “I suppose that’s why they made you! You are quite joyful. I’m sure you bring plenty of you.” He grinned and then came to a stop, “Here we are, Pipp. Mind your step.”

"...I suppose you're right! A-and thank you! I try to stay smiling. No use in a sad toy after all." And as Pippin heard the Doctor's warning, they quickly gripped onto the nearest thing, that being the Doctor's leg, for stability, until they let go after they made it over the step. It was rather large for them, after all. Then they looked up and around at their surroundings. "Woah, so much stuff! What're you looking for here?"

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