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[leathered]

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[ The Doctor seems to be in some kind of busy public place, and you can hear people chatting all around him. The clink of glasses seems to indicate some kind of restaurant or bar. It is one of the City's many bars, and the Doctor hops up on the bar stool. There's a rustle of his jacket as he pulls a photograph free from an inner pocket, and he addresses the bartender. ]

A pint, please. And can you look -- just a second, really look. Have you seen this girl about anywhere? Average height, blonde. Name's Rose. Probably not using her last -- [ The bartender says something inaudible, sounding disbelieving. ] Yes, she looks like Rose Tyler because she is. Now have you seen her? Think hard.

[ The bartender answers in the negative. The Doctor (or Lieutenant John Tyler, as he currently believes himself to be), sighs. He drinks his pint. Third bar tonight with no luck. By the end of tonight, he's going to have found her, or gotten extremely drunk. Which seems to be more likely. ]

[ Rose, Rose, why did she run off to this City? He doesn't know. But he's determined to find her and get her out. ]

[voice; locked to Tosh;]

Any luck? Could really use a computer miracle about now.

[ ooc: Gothic Romance curse with the Who/TW cast. Open to action in any one of the City's various City bars if you'd like. ]

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[sadandsingle]

Only some, ah, adult videos so far. I'm working on trying to track her down via the sites that they're on, but it's difficult to get information from dodgy places like that.

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[leathered]

Adult -- [ He huffs. Seriously? He's known a little bit of what she's been doing, but he'd hoped... That was a dangerous world she was getting herself into. He had to find her as soon as possible. ] I really, really appreciate it, your hard work. I doubt this is your usual kind of case.

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[sadandsingle]

Oh, well...[Tosh is a little flustered by the unexpected compliment from someone she's quite, well, fond of.] My usual cases just involve people cheating on their spouses and being too inept to hide their own trail. It's nice to do something good for once, you know?

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[leathered]

She might not want to come back with me. [ A long thinking pause. ] Not going to report me for kidnapping, are you?

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[sadandsingle]

In my line of work, I prefer to avoid anything that might make the authorities notice me.

Be careful, though, John. You never know what kind of...friends she might have made.

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[leathered]

Friends, sure. [ The idea made me want to spit. ] Nothing a good punch or two won't solve. If someone's hurt her--

[ He bites back the words. Better not get too detailed and distracted. ]

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[sadandsingle]

[Tosh tries to sound reassuring] I'm sure she's fine. Well. Mostly fine. [God, why is her life so awkward? HOW DOES SHE TALK TO GUYS?]

[Oh, yeah, and there's the sound of typing in the background] Hold on, one of the blokes from these sites is promising me information if I pay. Yeah, that sounds totally likely.

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[leathered]

Pay him. I'll reimburse you.

[ His parents don't know he's doing this, and they won't give him any money for it, but he doesn't care. He'll figure out funding somehow. Right now, he needed someone to help him track down leads, and Tosh was a real lifeline. He'd have to take her to dinner after all this was over to thank her. ]

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[likejuliet]

[Rose emerges from the bathroom, swiping at her nose and running her tongue across her teeth to get any lipstick off them. She galnces around the room as she sways between the tables toward the bar, leaning heavy on the edge of it.]

Dirty Martini. Be a love and put extra olives in it?

[ooc: Up to you what sort of attire she has on and what bar it's at. I'm good with most anything.]

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[leathered]

[ His sister is wearing -- well, it's more about what she's not wearing, which was basically, "almost anything." He's flustered now; he hasn't seen her in this close to her all-togethers since she was small enough to escape their mother's grasp and go streaking down the hall, giggling. And here she is, flirting with the bartender and ordering a drink, and he has been gone in the service much, much, much too long. He crosses the room in wide, bounding strides and grabs her arm. ]

Rose, what are you doing?

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[likejuliet]

[His voice doesn't even register at first. He has been gone a very long time and she's tried so desperately to put her family and that life behind her. She's had to. The thing that she does register is some wanker is grabbing her arm. She turns with a scowl.]

All right, arsehole, wanna let go of me now 'fore I call security. Twenty bucks doesn't give you the right to--[And then she recognises him. her eyes go wide and her jaw drops a bit.]

John, what are you doin' here?

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[leathered]

[ He is ridiculously hurt by her first reaction. Completely ridiculously, because it isn't like she's seen him in a couple of years, and she's hardly recognizable to him. The hurt look passes over his face for just a moment before he's all steel again. ]

I've been looking everywhere for you, what do you think? Came home and they told me you'd run away.

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[likejuliet]

[She sees that look of hurt and it wounds her. She softens a bit at it then shoves her hair behind her ear and takes a deep breath. She can't let him do this or she'll end up going back home for him. She doesn't belong there anymore and she doesn't want to.]

Did they bother tellin' you why or did they pretend to be surprised by the whole thing?

[Her voice drops a bit.]

I should have told you, but I was afraid you'd talk me into staying.

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[leathered]

Tell me what's going on. Please. And here--

[ He takes off his coat and hands it to her. ] Please.

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[likejuliet]

[She takes the jacket a bit hesitantly. She knows the minute she puts it on, she'll want the safety, love and protection that came with her old life, but there are other things that came with her old life that she doesn't want. She squares her jaw, gives him one of those 'alright but we're not through here' look and slips the jacket on, closing her eyes as she takes a deep breath and just inhales the smell of the leather and him.]

All right. Hold on.

[She doesn't want to take him back to her flat. She'd rather he not see the way she lives. She runs a hand through her hair and leans on the bar, beckoning the bartender over. She whispers something to him, he leaves and returns with a key that she hands over.]

VIP room, come on.

[It's quite natural really to reach out and slide her hand into his. She swears it's only to guide him through the crowds. And yes, John, they will think she's taking you back there for more traditional reasons that don't involve talking.]

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[sadandsingle]

[So Tosh turns up at the bar a few hours beforehand, to scope things out. She doesn't normally do this for her clients, but, well. She wants to impress him. A bribe to the bouncer got her pointed in the right direction; she sidles up to Rose, feeling incredibly awkward about all of this. She's really not good at bars. Or social interaction.]

You Rose?

[Shit. She hadn't meant to start off so direct. There's a reason why she does her work online, from a distance. She needs a cover story, too, or this will all fall apart rather quickly. Why did she decide this was a good idea again?]

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[likejuliet]

[Rose is working the floor and she's not unaccustomed to women coming in so when the woman asks for her, she's not entirely surprised.]

Yeah...somebody send you my way?

[She reaches out, running her fingers down Tosh's arm. Yup, she thinks she's a client.]

[sadandsingle]

[Tosh raises an eyebrow at the contact, but manages to keep from pulling away. Instead, she flashes her a smile, which has just a hint of unease to it.] You could say that, yeah. What's someone like you doing working in a place like this?

[likejuliet]

[Rose sees the unease but just assumes it's because Tosh doesn't have much experience with women. Lots of people come to Las Vegas for things they'd never do anywhere else. She shrugs a bit at Tosh's question.]

Meet the most interestin' people here.

[It's a line and it probably sounds like a line.]

[sadandsingle]

[Either Tosh doesn't realise it's a line, or she just ignores it. Experience with women, what's that?] What, you've never thought about going someplace better?

[likejuliet]

[Tosh's question has Rose giving her a bit of a confused look. This isn't an ordinary client. She glances over her should to see if Donna is watching.]

Not sure what you mean. The owner here takes care of me.

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[meadomina]

[ She regards the picture with a blank look, before smiling briefing and shaking her head. ]

Pretty girl, but no, can't say I know her.

[ She could say she knows her, because she does. But she'd rather make eyes at whoever this is stalking Miss Tyler down. ]

She must mean very much to you.

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[leathered]

[ He huffs in disappointment. He'd thought, he'd hoped, this might be a good lead... but nothing yet. ] She's my sister. Means the world to me.

[ He's not the sort of man who is terribly demonstrative about his affection. So when he says something like that, it has the weight of truth behind it. ]

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[meadomina]

Oh, I'm so sorry. [ Donna's hand goes to his shoulder and she'll give him a squeeze. ]

Let me buy you a drink, hmm? City's a big place, it's hard to a body here and it seems as though you've been through quite a bit. What was your name, again?

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[leathered]

[ Well, it's hard to turn down a free drink, even if he isn't in the mood for much more than brooding. ]

Thanks. John Tyler. Yours?