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[bonnypiperlad]

[The snow falls in great flakes from the sky, covering the walkway that's sprung up out in the lake. The one that connects to what looks like some sort of tomb, with a stylized metal man of some sort on the wall outside the great, heavy doors. It has voices, as well, drifting out into the cold - a young girl and a man, both with English accents.]

You look very nice in that dress, Victoria.

Thank you. Don't you think it's a bit...?

A bit short? Oh I shouldn't worry about that, look at Jamie's.

[From the expression on Jamie's face, the girl's voice strikes some sort of cord deep inside - and his own reply is barely a murmur.]

Victoria...

[Some time passes before he notices the footprints, but once he does, he - like everyone else - starts to follow them, eventually making his way to the fire in the observation deck. As he's rubbing his hands to try and warm them, he looks up to see that question scrawled across the many screens in the area.]

Och, that can't be good.

(OOC: Feel free to run into Jamie at the Cyberman's tomb or on the way to the observation deck or at the deck itself. Just let me know which in your reply!)

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[bonnypiperlad]

Look, I don't know. It just was. [It wasn't exactly something he'd really thought about overly much at the time, as there were other things that had proved to be much more of a problem.]

But aye, we all did, the Doctor, Zoe and me. And it was just like it was before, coming right at us. Ready to run us through just as sure as we were standing there.

[desertdaggers]

…mm. They're not really known for talking, so it's not really a surprise… [He wonders, still.]

…so it was like a premonition, then? What did you do?

[bonnypiperlad]

I thought there was no choice for it but to run. [Which is a totally valid life choice when you're traveling with the Doctor, trust him.]

But the Doctor stopped us, told us we mustn't believe in it, and that we had to say it didn't exist. And when we did, it stopped dead in its tracks. Turned into a picture of itself, mounted on a stand. Like one of those things you find in plays when ye need to have something there for scenery.

[desertdaggers]

It did? [He stares, amazed.] So it wasn't a real unicorn… Then… what brought it to life in the first place? Or who?

[bonnypiperlad]

The Master - the man that was in charge of the place. It was some sort of a test, to see what we'd do, how we'd react. As long as we believed in it, though, it was quite real.

[And if it had completed it's attack...well, best not to think about it.]

If ye ask me, dealing with this Bigieu person like ye did would've been a whole lot less strange. Er, that is, if ye did deal with him?

[desertdaggers]

Tch. Of course someone styling themselves like that would want to do that. That's pretty impressive that the Doctor worked that out, though… a loop that sustains itself that way wouldn't be easy to pick apart.

Mm, it was. She turned out to be capable of transforming into a great cat, but that was real, I think. She could be smaller, too… not that it helped her, in the end.

[bonnypiperlad]

Oh, the Doctor's very clever. He's the cleverest man I know. But wait, ye mean to say Bigieu was a lassie? A cat lassie?

[Well, one that could transform into a cat. Same difference to him.]

What happened to her, then?

[desertdaggers]

[Hawk nods.] Yeah, that's right.

We defeated her, and then… that part of the castle collapsed.

[bonnypiperlad]

Ah, so she was crushed. Well, if she was raiding in the name of trying to gather territory when Rolante was doing well enough without it, then maybe it meant she was trying to get more power. Might not have been such a bad thing if that stopped her, in that case.

Did the raiding stop after that?

[desertdaggers]

That certainly seemed to be the case! I don't think she ever got to the Mana Stone in Rolante, to tell the truth, but… she got to at least the one in Navarre. It would have been better if it'd happened before it did, but… it can't be helped now. Everything seems to have worked out well enough.

It did. And we're all busy rebuilding now, so… hopefully we can build a better relationship now.

[bonnypiperlad]

Aye, hopefully so. Sounds as though you'll be able to make a good start at it, anyway. [Once Hawk's able to get back home, anyway.]

Ye know, it may sound daft, but I think all this talking seems to have had some effect. I'm feeling much warmer now. How about ye?

[desertdaggers]

[That is rather the fly in the ointment, admittedly.] Knowing the princess of Rolante will help, too. I'm not sure how she and Flamekhan will get along, but… well, we can get around that if we need to.

Good! [He considers for a moment, and nods with a smile.] Definitely warmer now. It is odd, but… well, it's worked, so I'm not complaining.

[bonnypiperlad]

Och, this place is always odd. Although...ye think now that we've talked, we'll be able to head down to the kitchen and get something to eat? I don't know about ye, but I'm fair famished.

[Talking tends to do that. Well, that and Jamie's thoughts are never too far from food once things have settled down somewhere.]

[desertdaggers]

Sounds good to me. Let's see if we can get there. [he turns to head towards the kitchen]

[bonnypiperlad]

Aye! [Jamie follows, and luckily there are no problems in doing so. It seems things are good...for now.]

(ooc: fade?)

[desertdaggers]

[It's good to have a reprieve like this.]

(ooc: sure! o/)