#cardiffsfinest

[thecptn-arch]

❝ — oh— oh, good lord. you can see me, can't you ?? ❞ the captain fumbled, eyes wide and locked onto the stranger's. a newcomer? a new ghost ?? no, it couldn't be ... no one else had set foot on the estate in 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜, let alone died here. swagger stick in hand, pointing accusingly at the other — as if it could do any real damage — the captain stood straight, pushing all the authority he could muster into his voice.

❝ how ?? who are you ?? I demand to know what the bally hell is going on, young man !! ❞

@cardiffsfinest — starter call [ owen ] / living dead meet ... dead dead ??

[ofcrossrcads]

@cardiffsfinest && owen sent: “  i push everyone away,  but in a way,  i am doing them a favor.  ”

seriously ?? what was this, group therapy hour ? just because she was a captive audience didn't mean she was in the mood to play armchair therapist. “ jesus. were you this much of a drama queen BEFORE you died, or is this a recent development ? ”

𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐎𝐌 𝐓𝐄𝐗𝐓 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐒   ♡   𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒 -- accepting !

[isbrilliant]

🛡️ emiko

send 🛡️ for a protective starter

"i know i'm sort of a weird aunt that's appeared in your life out of nowhere," and what a way to start a sentence that is, "but you can talk to me about whatever's going on. i've had a weird life, i'll probably get it. and i only rat people out when it's threatening their lives."

[wasme]

➜ " it's on my to - do list ! " asked @cardiffsfinest as tosh .

smile grows wider at the admission , pausing his tapping along the console . eyes lift to her and a soft delicacy takes over features , a gentle kindness settling over hearts . if she asked , he'd give her the world . and that was dangerous . " then that's what we'll do . " said with such certainty , hand lifting up to tap the very end of her nose . " whatever you want . "

[shiitb4lls]

@cardiffsfinest : “i’m fine!! i’m independent!! i don’t need you!!” from owen : ̗̀➛ always sunny starter sentences, accepting.

i can't help but let a frown tug at the corners of my lips. why was it that folks always had such a difficult time working with me ?? suppose there must be some level of insecurity at play, not wanting some hot shot detective to waltz in and mess everything up. but that wasn't the case, never was, honest. i was just here to do my job and assist the best that i could.

hands raise in faux-surrender, palms facing the other. "someone with independence still requires assistance from time to time." i state plainly, tone cool as i hold my ground. it's not like either of us had much of a choice in the matter, we were assigned to work together. "believe you me, the last thing i wanna do is be a bother and get in your way doctor harper." i say honestly, hands lowering and sliding into the pockets of my suit jacket. "like it or not we are gonna be workin' together these next few days. i'd appreciate your cooperation."

[vcrtexed-a]

@cardiffsfinest ( owen ) : " do not snap at me , okay ? "

she could have been kinder . she could have been more understanding . but it feels like time is running out , like the universe is folding in on itself and she can't stop it if she slows down at all , if she looses sight of what's important . but she knows that it's not his fault . he had no reason to trust her , no reason to know her , no reason to ever believe that she knew just as much anyone else in the building about the doctor and aliens and technology .

honestly , he had no reason to even believe she is who she says she is . everything about her comes back as dead ... no body found , but dead in the war of the daleks and cybermen . the doctor himself had signed off on it , had given witness to her demise but even he couldn't have known she'd find her way back . he'd misjudged her resilience , her love determination .

she couldn't blame him ... she was only human . but it did make things a little more complicated .

brows pinch and hands raise in apology as she heaves a breath . " sorry , sorry ! " she clears her throat , stepping closer to the other . " it's just weird that of all the things that could happen , a dead girl not being dead is the one that throws you off . " hands move to tuck into the pockets of her jeans . " does that thing of yours function as a lie detector too ? or do you have one of them things laying around , maybe ? the sooner you believe i'm not some figment of your imagination or a clone or something , the sooner we can get on with it . "

[vcrtexed-a]

@cardiffsfinest ( mickey ) asked : " not cool ! not cool ! "

fingers tighten around his wrist as she jerks him into a broom closet , the movement countered by her closing the door behind them as gently as possible , the soft click seeming to echo in the air around them . a finger presses tightly to her lips as she drops his hand , brows furrowed as she listens for movement on the outside . cheeks flushing pink as she holds her breath , terrified that they'd be caught .

footsteps fade into the distance and she releases a held breath , brown eyes quickly turning to face mickey . frown sets on her lips as she leans her back against the door . " can you shut it , then ? if you don't stop your shouting , we're going t'be caught . now the deal was you listen and follow and stay quiet . "

[timeloved]

@cardiffsfinest ♡ ' d for a starter !

✧･ﾟ ——— ❛ ROSE KICKED HER FEET IN THE AIR WHERE THEY WERE PROPPED UP BY A MISCELLANEOUS CRATE . she idly listened to the familiar sounds of maintenance , having found herself in a similar position many times , tagging along to the garage mickey worked in ❪ when she herself wasn ' t on shift at harrod ' s ❫ and just spending time with him . now , though , instead of whatever junker had been hauled in for a quick fix , her former boyfriend was elbows deep into the mechanisms of a machine that flung her haphazardly through the walls of the universes , and time and space . she remembered the start of the project , when he refused to let her volunteer to test it unless he was the one to build it , even going so far as to drag jackie into the argument . rose would forever deny that he had won , but she also hadn ' t felt like dragging out an argument with two of the most stubborn people she knew . not when they had limited time as it was , what with the stars going out .

      ❝ what ' s the verdict , mick ? safe for me to fling myself out among the stars again ? or does this next jump need to wait ? ❞ the unspoken things echoed louder in her ears , things they ' d discussed at length in privacy . ❛ this world is killing me . it isn ' t mine and i don ' t belong . it doesn ' t want me here . ❜ her eagerness to make the jump was equally about finding the doctor as it was getting out of pete ' s world , away from the pervasive sense of wrong that permeated every breath she took of the parallel universe ' s air .