019 [Video | Action for flat mates]

[iwasherefirst]

[Rose is lying diagonally across her bed when the video comes up. She looks a bit preoccupied.]

City's quiet again. Always interestin' to see who shows up though. Anybody have someone from home stay this time?



[Locked from the Doctors, Donna, Jenny, Amy, Rory, & Jack]

I know there's all sortsa people here from all sortsa different worlds. I'd guess mosta those worlds got some sorta legend 'bout the fountain of youth or immortality, yeah?

M'interested in hearin' 'em.

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[drinkslikeanan]

[There's a shift in the way Seth is talking. He sounds calmer, more sure of himself. He senses potential client, and the 'dealer' mode is easier than anything to slip into.]

Don't know too much 'bout any legends. But I had my hands on some immortality once.

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[deathstrumpcard]

[Not that he knows anything about immortality, but he can't help his curiosity. Living forever just doesn't sound appealing to him.]

Why the hell would you want to live forever?

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[saidrepent]

Fountain of youth? [Raymond snorts.]

No one ages past twenty-five where I'm from. No one has for centuries. No legends necessary.

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[iwasherefirst]

You had your hands on it once...?

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[iwasherefirst]

My boyfriend's goin' to live for practically ever. Don't want to leave him alone.

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[iwasherefirst]

But how long do you actually live? [Yes it'd be nice if there wasn't a day on her horizon where she'll be mistaken for the Doctor's mother or grandmother but at the moment she's more concerned with how long she can live rather than how old she'll get.]

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[drinkslikeanan]

[He learned about locking conversations pretty soon after getting here. He'd rather certain people from home didn't hear this one.]

Someone sold it to me. Passed it on pretty quickly, though.

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[iwasherefirst]

[...] People sell you things like immortality?

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[saidrepent]

[There's a slight shrug.] As long as you can afford to keep time on your clock. For some people, it might as well be forever, but others tend to run out much sooner.

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[drinkslikeanan]

I run a business back home. Buying and selling powers. Since the storm, anyway.

[dulcisnuntius]

Forever is an awfully long time, Rose.

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[iwasherefirst]

So your life really is tied a clock and you have to have money to keep it runnin'?

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[iwasherefirst]

Right. How much would somethin' like immortality run me? If you could find it.

[iwasherefirst]

I know. That's why m'askin'.

[She doesn't want the Doctor to spend the rest of his life without her. She doesn't want him to lose her.]

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[drinkslikeanan]

Depends on how much they're selling for. The last time I sold it was for 40 grand.

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[saidrepent]

Time is money. You earn it, you spend it, and if you run out, you die. [And he doesn't sound terribly concerned about it, either.]

[dulcisnuntius]

It's not something to go into lightly. I know you want to have more time with him. But do you really want to outlive your whole family?

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[threadthefire]

Everything alright, Rose?

[He looks concerned, and tired, but a bit more... settled than he has in the past.]

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[cry_reaper]

The scientists in the past of my world created a virus that eliminated the physical signs of aging. Is that the sort of thing you're looking for?

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[iwasherefirst]

40...[Her eyes go wide on the screen.] M'not ever goin' to have that kinda money.

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[iwasherefirst]

Then how do you get more?

[iwasherefirst]

Made my choice a long time ago. They'll have good lives and they're with people they love. I miss my mum but...I can live with that.

And it's not just more time with him. I can't leave him. I don't want him to have to lose me.

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[iwasherefirst]

[She smiles a bit tiredly at him, appreciative but okay. She nods at his question.]

Yeah. M'alright. Not dyin' now or for the next sixty or so decades.

[Because that is where she'd go: Terminal illness.]

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[drinkslikeanan]

If you can find someone with the power who's willing to give it up, I can do the transfer. But I don't work for free.

[dulcisnuntius]

You're sure that's the real reason?