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Adventuring Survival Tactics, Period 4, A Classroom, 4/12/07

The Doctor didn't have desks in the classroom today.

He had little swatches of carpet. About 18 inches by two feet, rectangular. In various ~~moddable~~ styles and colors. He gestured as for the students to sit on these bits of carpet. After the opening bell rang, he smiled.

"This is Adventuring Survival Tactics," the Doctor said. "And the first adventuring sruvival tactic you need you learn is that those carpets EAT PEOPLE!"

He made spooky fingers.

"Okay, maybe they don't," the Doctor said. "But they could. One some strange planet. Now something else to keep in mind is what you are, in fact, capable of. So that's today. It's a getting to know yourself, and each other, exercise. You'll tell us all your name, what you think your greatest strength is, what you think your greatest weakness is, and the weirdest fact you can think to share about yourself."

He brushed off his jacket. "I'll begin. My name is The Doctor. My greatest strength is, of course, being as fantastic as I am. My greatest weakness is the very rare ocassion when I am overconfident. The strangest thing about me is that I've suffered eight circumstances that would normally have been fatal, but I live on." He nodded. "Your turn."

After everyone shared, he smiled and clapped his hands together. "Fantastic. Now then, you're welcome to talk with your fellow students about the following situation for the rest of the hour. No homework for the next week, because I'm nice like that. Now, discussion topic. What would you carry in your pockets if you knew you were going out into a dangerous place. No backpack, no. Pockets only. What're you bringing? Discuss."

He was a bit smug at that. He knew that no one else had dimensionally transcendental pockets.

[ooc: ~~Wait for the OCD~~ Welcome to play, my friends!]

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"Adventuring survival tactics?" Rose said, entering the class, "Thought your basic philosophy was talkin' your enemies to death and failin' that, running for our lives."

The fact that She was smiling at the Doctor oh-so sweetly should tip him off that something was wrong. Or about to go wrong.

"...go ahead and spoil the kids for future classes, why don't you," the Doctor said.

"I live to spoil certain moments of your big ego," Rose said, with the same saccharine grin and with no warning at all, hit him on the shoulder again. It was cathartic in a way, she realized now why Jackie did it so often.

"Oi, you're turning more and more into your mother by the day," the Doctor said, rubbing his shoulder.

Rose ignored that and immediately said, "Jack? You warn me about squirrels but not about Jack?"

"Oh, didn't even think to mention him, did I?" the Doctor said. "There's a Ricky in the basement too, you should know."

"Mickey," she said automatically, "And yeah, know about him, no thanks to you." She paused and added, "Though, there *was* a Ricky."

The Doctor gave Rose a look. "Evil clone or something?"

Rose paused, wondering how much exactly she could say to him and said, carefully. "Parallel Earth, parallel Mickey, or in this case, Ricky."

"Odd, that," the Doctor said. "Was he any more interesting?"

Rose tried to recall Ricky but he was all tied-up with her current memories of Mickey, who ended-up much the same.

"He's tougher," Rose said, "and brave. Organized a group called Preachers to stop an autocrat called John Lumic. He died when the Cybermen appeared."

"Cybermen," the Doctor said, shaking his head. "Awful things."

Rose sobered. "Yes, they are. They've killed a lot of people." She shuddered remembering the parallel Jackie and all the death the Cybermen caused. "There are still some Cybermen but we've managed to eliminate most of the threat."

"Hard to keep down, them," the Doctor said. "Just when you think you've got them, you find a whole new mess."

"Like Daleks." Rose said with both certainty and anger. "Only reason I got this sabbatical was 'cause we've decimated three last known cells. It'll take them long before they'd regroup. And Mickey promised the first sign of them amassing forces," she took out her Superphone. "He'll call me."

"...Mickey is actually fighting Cybermen?" He was not believing that for an instant.

"Surprised you, didn't it?" Rose said with a smirk, "He's gotten quite good at it, bravest human I know. Told you there was more to Mickey."

"I am torn between my utter and complete disbelief at that idea and my utter trust in you," the Doctor said. "The trust is winning, though."

Rose bit her lip trying hard not to smile.

"You'd be proud of him, before I came in he and ~~his boyfriend~~ Jake almost single handedly stopped the Cybermen from controlling Earth."

"Fantastic," the Doctor said. "It's good that he finally pushed himself into his potential."

"He certainly has, been a great help, Mickey has." Rose said proudly, then paused, hesistant. "Jane told me... Jane told me I -- your Rose died?"

The Doctor froze for a second, then nodded. "She did."

Oh, Doctor... Rose put a hand on his arm. "I'm so sorry. I know, I know how that feels losing someone you-- losing someone."

The Doctor tried to put on a smile, but his eyes betrayed his true feelings. "You lost me, didn't you? Well... sort of, at least."

This time Rose couldn't look him in the eye, but she still held on tight.

"Twice," she said, softly. "I lost you twice."

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