ximilia | { video } | Yule be Home for Christmas

[ The ~~brain~~ video feed turns on, revealing a very charming and handsome young man sitting in front of the camera wearing a pair of sunglasses. Where’d he get those glasses from? Ray-Ban could never!

It looks like he’s sitting in one of the residential rooms that appear to be somewhat polished, save for the packaged meat sitting behind one bed. ]

Well? Come on, then! And maybe don’t look so cross, you know, show them a little holiday spirit! Should we get you the hat? We should get you the hat —

Shut it! I know what I’m doing.

[ An exasperated sigh can be heard to the side that sounds eerily Clara-esque. ]

And what’s all that about?! Why am I the one delivering this? Just get flappy bird to do it! Why can’t we send them an e-mail? Or one of those carrier pigeons?

What pigeons, Doctor?

Hold on a tick — did we get pigeons in our item drop? That’d be brilliant, eh? We’d hardly need these communications devices, oh! Oh, I could show Alina —

No! Now, stop it! You’re distracting yourself.

[ In a few moments, the Doctor (the cute one) is looking off to the side with his eyes slightly squinted. ]

Read. The… Yes! Yes! I know!

[ The Doctor (the incredibly smooth and sexy one) starts sifting through a short stack of index cards in his hands. ]

Hello. This is the Doctor. You know? The incredibly tall and sauve one. Not the old, crinkly man who is currently reading this messa--

[ His eyes immediately shoot up to show his predecessor the meanest of mugs.

There’s an audible “Ow!” heard offscreen, followed by Clara reaching over to grab that first card. You can clearly see the internal struggle the Doctor (the one who is serving Einstein meets Beethoven realness) is going through. Like a child being tasked to wash the dishes or having to kiss their granny. ]

These past few months have been incredibly difficult and tiresome, but I assure you all are doing a brilliant job. This is the part where you give them a thumbs up and a smile.

[ ...Skipping that part. ]

Given that we’ve spent over 500-some odd hours together on this station, me, Clara and the old bat who looks like a grey dusty tumbleweed reading this messa—

[ Tossing that away! ]

—Would like to invite you all to celebrate Christmas with us. For all of my non-Earth friends, it is a special holiday most humans like to spend together. There will be plenty of food and fizzy drinks to go around. There will also be tree-mendous decorations. Stop for laughter. [ … ] I snow hope you will all able to join us.

I love you all from my head to my mistletoe.

[ After all that is read, the Doctor promptly reaches for a brick and clutches it against his chest and lets out a sigh of relief. From somewhere off-camera, there’s a series of claps, maybe applause? Maybe a fly somehow made it onto the station? (No it’s definitely applause, joined with a ‘See that wasn’t so hard now, was it?’) ]

Doctor!

Can I have my crisps now?

[ ooc note: threadhopping is a go!

color key: clara = orange, the doctor (11) = blue, the doctor (12) = purple ]

[ ooc update: You can find the Christmas Party log HERE!!! ]

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They're the same person. Technically speaking.

[Yeah, Daisy. You must have missed the power point presentation. Clara will have to dig it up for you.]

Technically?

[They look absolutely nothing alike.]

[She makes a pinching motion with her fingers.]

Very technically. They're the same person. But they have incredibly different bodies, faces, voices, and personalities.

[Awkward smile goes here?]

[Girl, what?]

...So they're different people. With the same name.

[ don't mind him. ]

Imagine the shit with me. Different sleeves and all of that. Except they get a fucked up side effect of personality frag when they switch bodies.

[Oh.]

Are they--?

From the same place as you?

[That doesn't quite add up, but there's still a lot Daisy doesn't know about either of their planets.]

Wait, but, you can't be in two sleeves at once. Can you?

[ congrats on complicating the explanation even further, kovacs. ]

Not from the same place. Just ... similar body-switch-for-survival concept. And yeah, technically, with a little cloning and double sleeving, it could happen. But they just got time fucked here. Same person, different time stamps.

Oh.

[Why didn't they just say that from the beginning? That makes way more sense.]

So that means any of us could just happen to run into ourselves here?

Awesome.

Fucking great, isn't it?

[ not only did he expertly clarify things for you, daisy, but he also added more excited worries to look forward to. you're welcome. ]

[Thanks.]

Are there two of you I should know about? Cause I really hope not.

Lucky for you, I'm a one of a kind asshole on here.

Thank God. One of you is more than enough.

[And because she saw the conversation.]

Seems like Clara really wants you to go to the party.

[What's going on there, Kovacs?]

[ daisy — ]

She wants everybody to go to the party.

[ he's not taking that bait. ]

[Interesting.]

Sure, but she seems to really want you to go.

I'm the anti-social jerk that peppy team-building girls like her like to lure in to group events like a challenge. I'm just a potential dash on the score board.

[ mind your nose, daisy. ]

I'm sure the same thing'll happen to someone like — oh, I don't know — Kirigan? But then again, I'm sure you got that invitation handled on your end, right?

[ :) ]

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Voice. un: Kirigan

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Exactly what he said.

[She nods like she's an expert on Kovacs and sleeves as well as the Doctors and their regeneration.]

And this isn't weird to you?

[No offense.]

Should it be?

[None taken.]

I mean, I don't know. Seems like it would get confusing.

They're from different points in time.

[How is that confusing??]

By having the same name, I mean.

How do you know them?

He came to Earth in need of a companion to travel with, and I happened to fit the description.

[Hold up.]

I thought you were a teacher?

I am, when I decide I want to spend some time back on Earth.

So you're a teacher who also travels through space and time?

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