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[painlessfighter]

[Hello again, Luministi. Natsuo is back, and he's not happy. If you were here last season, you might be about to have some serious déjà vu...

House B3 in Luministi Greens West is quiet for a short time after the Mayor's message, but roughly a minute later... every last window of the house shatters. In unison. Loudly. If you're in the area, you definitely heard it.

A young boy, with cat ears, a tail, and wearing an eyepatch, dashes out the front door. He looks angry, a little panicked... and maybe if you manage to catch him while he's running, you might notice he's trying not to cry.]

Youji!! ... Anyone!! Hello?!

[A pause... and then, he feels the need to add:]

I hate this place!!

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[painlessfighter]

[He's rubbing at his eyes with the back of his free hand while Jamie speaks - totally not crying, totally. Really. Honest.]

Mm. [Nod again!] It brought me back. Without Youji again. [His voice turns sharp - angry.] This is stupid. I'm going to make them stop this time.

[bonnypiperlad]

Och, that's just great. We've not found Resarci yet. If he's gone back there and brought ye all back somehow, I'll... [His voice - also angry to start - abruptly turns resigned as he realizes that Natsuo's not the only one trapped.]

Aye, well, I'll suppose I'll not do much of anything unless I learn how to fly the TARDIS.

[painlessfighter]

Fly what? [blink!]

Hey, you're on another planet! Aren't you? [He cranes his neck a bit, like it'll really help him see past Jamie and give him a better look at the background.]

[bonnypiperlad]

The TARDIS? Oh, aye, that's right. I'd not remembered when I saw it. Look, do ye remember when I found that funny looking console in the park? The one ye wanted to press all the buttons on?

And aye, I am, but we're in a cave. It's not very exciting. [He turns the CAT, though, so the lad can see the cave wall. Which looks mostly like rock, with maybe a little crystal worked into it.]

[painlessfighter]

[Nod!] That thing flew? Really?

Ohhh. [Satisfied with the view of the cave, he nods again.] Yeah, that's boring. Why are you there?

[bonnypiperlad]

Well, not like that. There's a whole rest of a ship that goes along with it. If we can get out of here and find the Doctor again, maybe he can show it to ye at some point.

Right now, though, we are - or we were - trying to track down Resarci. But it turns out there's something else going on here. Ye remember what I told ye about the fans? We found a few of them, turned into statues. And that's not the only thing.

[painlessfighter]

Oh. A ship! Like a spaceship? [His eyes light up a bit. That's awesome!]

Fans turned into statues? [Frown!] What do you mean, that's not the only thing?

[bonnypiperlad]

Aye. [That is a multipurpose 'aye', covering both spaceships and fans turned into statues. It's handy like that.]

One of the statues was Proctor.

[painlessfighter]

Proctor? [He takes a second to think that over.] But why?

[bonnypiperlad]

I don't know. That's what Xion and I are trying to find out, aye? And the Doctor, too, until he disappeared.

[painlessfighter]

Disappeared? That’s rude. Is he coming back?

[He does think about Proctor though, for a second...]

Hey. Is Proctor still a statue? If he’s not, I can get him to talk again. Should I do that?

[bonnypiperlad]

I don't think he can. Last I checked, the TARDIS is still here. [He glances over his shoulder for a brief moment.]

And Proctor's still a statue. Xion and I need to get a wee bit further in these caves and see if we can find out anything about them, I think. Maybe if we figure out what's going on we'll be able to turn him back again.

[Although, to be honest, at this point, he has no idea how that'll even be possible.]