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[bonnypiperlad]

[In the park is what must be another piece of someone's home - at least, to Jamie's thinking. He's managed to stumble across what appears to be part of some strange room. A large, hexagonal console sits in the middle of a small clearing, partially hidden by some trees. There's a white wall behind it, covered in roundels, and a coat rack standing off to one side, although it appears to be rather coat free at the moment.

The console itself has a lot of wee knobs and switches and some sort of panels on it - at least, from what he can see - and a cylindrical column in the center of the thing looks almost as if it could move up and down if it wanted. He stares at it for a moment before flipping on the CAT.]

Hey, I think I found one of those bits from someone's world. Does anyone know whose it is?

[Something about that console draws him closer, however, and he winds up walking over and reaching out a curious finger to poke at one of those switches. He mutters to himself, not realizing the CAT is picking that up too.]

And why does it look so familiar?

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[bit_impossible]

[he knows very well they've been over it before but if there's some way--something--that could possibly jog a few memories loose, it's his ship.]

Hold on! [he grabs his CAT, his hand covering the pin-shaped version of it, and skids to a halt. a second later, he points the CAT at the blue police box. her windows and signs round the top give off a warm glow, though he knows now that the insides didn't come with.]

Jamie, does this seem familiar to you at all?

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[bonnypiperlad]

[He's about to protest that no, it doesn't, but then he takes a good look at the TARDIS, and gapes momentarily - as he finds he does recognize it.]

Hey, I've seen that before! That's that wee blue box that was on the moors.

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[bit_impossible]

[he smiles, glad to hear that]

Ohh yes, she was there! Is she ringing any other bells up in that belfry? Maybe...like what it looked like inside this blue box?

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[bonnypiperlad]

How would I know that? It's not as though I went inside...

[He trails off, however, a faint frown appearing on his face.]

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[bit_impossible]

[an eyebrow shoots upwards, looking past him at the misplaced old console near him] Oh no? Look at everything around you again. Really look.

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[bonnypiperlad]

[And look he does, studying the console for a moment, then walking around it, trailing a hand over its surface and jumping a little, almost as if he's gotten a shock from it. It doesn't stop him, however, and he starts to talk to himself slowly.]

Aye...I was here. We were with...Victoria. And I was explaining what some of the instruments did, and she laughed.

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[bit_impossible]

[he doesn't wait to see Jamie's face. he's immediately running again, heading for the quickest route he can think of to get down to the park]

Thatta boy, Jamie! Keep going! What else?

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[bonnypiperlad]

[He does stop now, in front of those same instruments he had showed Victoria. She had such a bonny laugh, and even though she hadn't believed them, he understood. He hadn't believed it either. But why hadn't he believed it?]

Then there was the talk about traveling through time. And she...she asked the Doctor how old he was. And he said he was four hundred and...no.

[He shakes his head violently, denying it.]
That can't be right. No one could be as old as all that. It's those dreams I was having, that's all.

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[bit_impossible]

[still running!]

But they're not dreams, Jamie! Hasn't your time here proven that to you? And besides, four hundred years is young! Was I really only that young when I met you and Victoria?

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[bonnypiperlad]

Four hundred and fifty. [It's said almost off-handedly, as Jamie isn't quite focused on that anymore. Instead, he's looking at the console room in definite confusion.]

Aye, but... [Was this really somewhere he's been?] Maybe I've gone mad.

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[bit_impossible]

[dismissively] Ohh, a few decades more decades is still young!

[he's getting closer now! thanks to the looping entrances into town, he's currently running across a bridge over the river. he can even see the console!]

No Jamie, you haven't. On a sub-conscious level, you're simply remembering. That's it!

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[bonnypiperlad]

A sub-what?

[A glimpse of the area behind the Doctor makes it rather clear that he's going to have company, so he simply decides to wait. Once the Doctor gets there, however, he's treated to a rather baffled look.]

I don't understand, Doctor. Why I am supposedly remembering these things now?

[Action now, oh yes!]

[bit_impossible]

Sub-conscious. Meaning you aren't actively thinking of something, but your brain is. Sort of like reading and listening to music at the same time. You might be concentrating on the words on the page, but your brain is listening and processing the words in the music.

[don't mind him if he starts stroking bits of his old TARDIS console when he gets there. he's missed it.]

Memory...is a tricky thing, Jamie. Sometimes, all it takes is for something simple like a particular smell, or a song to trigger something in the mind.

And other times, all it takes is for the central console of a certain time-travelling ship to appear in a park. [smiles]

[bonnypiperlad]

Aye, maybe so. [Another thought's occurred to him, and he glances down at his legs.]

Or maybe these socks have something to do with it. Hey, Doctor, why are ye doing that?

['That' being that rather fond bonding that seems to be going on with the TARDIS console, in this case.]

[bit_impossible]

[he immediately stops, folding his hands behind his back] Nothing. No reason. I was looking for an on-switch. But what do socks have to do with my old central console?

[bonnypiperlad]

[He gives the Doctor a baffled look.] Would ye not already know where that is, though?

Aye, well, I suppose it's not important. Sophie made me the socks. She's put a memory charm in them. I didn't think they'd work this quickly, though.

[bit_impossible]

[sees that look out of the corner of his eye] Fair point. I was just checking to see if anything was loose. Can't have a dial or button falling off, now can we?

[okay, that gets his attention] Did she? [slight pause] What else do you remember...? Does the name "Zoe" ring any bells? Or "Polly" or "Ben"?

[bonnypiperlad]

[And now the look is his 'Don't be daft' look.] Of course I remember Polly and Ben. Ben brought the Redcoats down on us to start with, and Polly...

[He had been about to say 'Polly had helped rescue us in the end', but something quite different comes out of his mouth - something that he had quite forgotten until just now.]

And Polly asked if I could not go with them rather than stay behind.

[bit_impossible]

[he smiles a bit crookedly, remembering them, then claps Jamie on the shoulder] Well, between that and Victoria, I'd say you're well on the way to remembering! [his grin grows as he says that] Blimey, all these years and I never even... [he just starts shaking his head]

[bonnypiperlad]

[softly] Aye. Aye, maybe I am.

[But the headshake gets Jamie's attention, and he looks at the Doctor questioningly.] All these years and you've never what, Doctor?

[bit_impossible]

Never thought I'd meet you again and see you regain your memories like this. I alway thought the Time Lords did a well and proper job of removing them for good. [they were always far better with memory modification then he ever was] But here you are, proving both them and me completely and utterly wrong.

[bonnypiperlad]

[While he doesn't quite remember the Time Lords just yet, there's still enough information there that he feels confident giving the Doctor a bit of a crooked grin.] Guess I've shown them, eh, Doctor?

[He glances over at the direction the Doctor's come from, back towards the Mayor's house and the entrance to the spacestation.] I wonder, though...if this room's here, what's inside the TARDIS back there?

[bit_impossible]

Ohhh, you sure did! [gives him a sudden, quick hug before pulling away.] Not everyone can say that.

[his expression sobers somewhat] Well...that's the thing. There's nothing. The TARDIS that's there is merely the outer shell. Everything else is gone, including the present version of this room. Well, sans trees and grass.]

[bonnypiperlad]

Nothing at all? [He's startled to hear that - at first. But it wouldn't be the first time something's gone wrong with the TARDIS. And he's starting to remember that, too.]

Och, what's happened to it this time?

[bit_impossible]

[continues to frown, his brow furrowing] I don't know. Somehow, she was brought here in pieces, and from different times. Well, when I say pieces, I only mean 'two'. I haven't found any other parts of her until now.