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indie isobel macleish ✸ other blogs ✸ sideblog to friendoftheood written by livia

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@verycivilofyou​ ( starter call. )

isobel stared at the man in disbelief, holding back the urge to sigh or murder someone. of course he was here. the queen assures her that she saw a man with green skin and lo and behold, a man calling himself the doctor appears. 

they are all standing outside of the queen’s chambers, waiting for the monarch to tell her tale again. last night she had been too tired and shocked by the events to tell them in a proper manner. 

“i know who you are.” she whispers to him, blue eyes flashing menacingly. “i would leave if i were you.”

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twatisms:

“Yeah, I’m sure. Just give him the rest he needs. It won’t help anything at all waking him up too soon. Promise I’ll let you all know when he’s ready to talk.”

“and how long will that take?”

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twatisms:

Looking over the clothes that Gwen had given Isobel, Owen held back a sigh at the sight of them. While it would be alright for people these days, he thought she would have had a little more sense to choose something a little more simple for someone who hasn’t spent more than a day in this centrury. “Alright, the jeans… Put your legs through the top there and all the way down to the bottom… The rips in them. That’s what’s in fashion these days. People like it for some reason. See the zip here, pull that up once you’ve got them up and do up the button. Following me so far?”

isobel stared at the garment, trying to with her eyes imagine what he was saying. giving up, she held it with one hand, and used her arm to mimic the movement of the leg. “like this?” she asked putting her arm through one one than through another. 

staring at the zipper in wonder, she plays around with it for a few seconds, pushing it up and down. “oh! it’s just like the laces of a corset, simply faster.” uglier looking as well, but she kept that part to herself. better not insult the fashion, who knows how attached he is to these jeans.

[dailymarvelqueens]

I was very earnest and focused from quite a young age– and geeky. At school I was called a swot. I always thought that if you just put your head down and got on with work you’d get away with far more than if you were being explicitly naughty, so I studied.

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@ahopefulbunch ( starter call. )

“your time is very strange.” isobel commented as a men dressed as a hot dog passed by them. “very strange.”

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five-guns-days:

“It’s a strong curiosity beyond boundaries to see dangerous horizons— Vlad, mh…I suppose it’s is somehow possible…if I managed to find a correct date  — what about 1473?”

“i am not sure. i am not familiar with the dates of his battles. should we check the tardis’s library?”

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A very descriptive and detailed profile of your muse. Repost with the information of your muse, including headcanons, etc. If you fail to achieve some of the facts, add some other of your own!  When you’re done, tag 15 other people to do the same!

TAGGED BY: @oftorchwood

NAME:  Isobel Macleish

AGE :  usually between 24-35

SPECIES: human

GENDER:  cis female

RELIGION:  christian

ORIENTATION:  pansexual & panromantic

PROFESSION: Head/Founder of Torchwood

BODY TYPE: short, slim

EYES:  blue

HAIR:  black

SKIN:  light

HEIGHT:  5′2″

WEIGHT:  54kg

SIBLINGS: none

PARENTS: Margaret && William

ANY PETS?: yes [ ]  ||  no [ x ]  

COLOURS:  light green, dark red, dark lilac

SMELLS:  that fresh smell of water, and yes water has a smell, it’s that fresh smell; lavender, leather.

FRUITS:  blackberry

DRINKS:  tea, red wine.

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES? YES [ x ]||  no [  ]

FAVORITES:   spending time with people she cares about, discovering new things, feeling like she has a purpose.

SMOKES? yes [  ]  ||  no [ x ]  ||  Occasionally [  ]

DRINKS? yes [ x  ]  ||  no [ ]  ||  Occasionally [ ]

DRUGS?: yes [   ]  ||  no [ x ] ||  Occasionally [ ]

DRIVER LICENSE?: yes [  ]  ||  no [ x  ]

TAGGING: @twatisms, @theidealiist, @five-guns-days, @strikingheroics, @verycivilofyou &&& anyone else who wants to do it.

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@twatisms ( starter call. )

“no, you do not understand! i have a whole life, i have responsibilities and people I love in the past. and your team doesn’t think i am going to be able to return to my original time… my whole life has been ripped away before my eyes, again. how can you possibly begin to understand that?

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@five-guns-days ( starter call. )

“a suggestion? well, i was wondering, do you think we could, if it’s possible, to meet Vlad the Impaler?”

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tardisinhumanflesh:

“Nope, not in the slightest,” Aethena mused, quite  proud of herself. Often times she found her ability to speak the truth shocked people. Or they never anticipated her answer to be so willing. Granted, if she  knew the institution this woman worked in, she would  not be so happy to tell the truth.

“I could try to explain it to you, but I believe the whole concept will be rather confusing. Most people go a  bit cross-eyed when I try telling them.”

“you will find that i am... that i can understand some  concepts easier than others.” she replies easily,  primly resting her hands on her lap. “why don’t you give it a try?”

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twatisms:

“Yeah, that’s what I’ll do. 21st Century Clothes 101, if you will. Crash course into what you’re wearing and how to get it on. Show me what you’ve gone and I’ll talk you through it.” He could sense her fear, an inbuilt extra sense he gained from his work as a doctor. Working out just what they weren’t telling him could tell him so much more than what they said aloud.

though greatly confused by his expressions, isobel is able to summarize what he meant. “there is this shirt, i think she called it a tep? and these breaches, but they have so many openings!? i am not sure what’s going on.” gwen gave isobel a top with an open back, and a part of skinny ripped jeans, a basic look for the 21st century girl, but a mystery for the victorian lady. 

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canspotatimeagent:

“They are,” he says with no small amount of pride. If there’s one thing that will always make him puff out his chest a bit, it’s mention of his team. “Hand picked them myself. Alright, some a little more than others, but they’re the best at what they do.”

“what about funding? we had to rely on some personal donations, the crown wasn’t always in such a giving mood.” most of them came from harry, who isn’t so bad, but other times they had to deal with people with some peculiar ideas.

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strikingheroics:

“Oh, you do?” New information. That might make it a bit tricky; it’s far easier to make things up when the person the Doctor’s talking to isn’t really from around the area. They suppose they will just have to make do.

“My apologies, and my condolences of course.” The Doctor gives a polite nod before pausing. Polite Victorian society didn’t really like ‘there’s odd alien activity going on’ as reason to visiting somewhere like Glasgow or, well, anywhere. “A close friend of mine lives here. She suffered badly from a terrible illness for a month, but now that she is better I thought I would visit. Yourself?”

“oh, really? poor dear. i hope it’s nothing contagious.” for a second she is actually honest, but than she remembers this isn’t a simple person she is talking about, and the story is more than likely a lie. “i hope she was attended by a surgeon, you hear such dreadful tales about apothecaries who think too highly of themselves.”

“a small vacation, visiting a few relatives who still remain in the area.”

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my drafts are basically empty, so, how about some new threads? because who doesn’t wanna deal with the overworked head of torchwood??? and people being generally clueless about aliens? 

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Actually, no. I wanna sleep. Replies tomorrow

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my drafts are basically empty, so, how about some new threads? because who doesn’t wanna deal with the overworked head of torchwood??? and people being generally clueless about aliens? 

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@tardisinhumanflesh ( starter call. )

“you are not from here.” the accusation is accompanied by isobel raising her chin just slightly, though her blue eyes continued to curiously gaze at the redhead. “are you?”