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[probied.livejournal.com]

I don't claim to know what happened, but I hope everyone gets back safely. And I hope the doctors here can do something for the injured. I know first aid and CPR, but that's it.

I guess you don't need some big catastrophic thing to happen when you can go and find it yourself.

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[cricketycricket.livejournal.com]

Ahaa. FBI? American. I'm going to guess that you're a member of the NCIS, then? [loves guessing stuff like that!]

... And yes, yes I was. Briefly. Touched down with my TARDIS once after ... after something exactly the opposite happened to me. I wanted to be reminded that peace could exist, and I was. ... It's the sort of memory I try to stockpile for myself, when I can.

[probied.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's right. Special Agent Timothy McGee, NCIS.

[A VERY LONG PAUSE]

That's... incredible. Another space traveler? And probably time, too.

[cricketycricket.livejournal.com]

And time, yes! Quite astute of you, Agent McGee. [sounds very very pleased at this]

[probied.livejournal.com]

Wow. Just... wow.

[HE'S NOT SURE WHAT TO SAY.]

You must've met a lot of famous people.

[cricketycricket.livejournal.com]

Oh, quite a few! They didn't know it yet, of course....

[probied.livejournal.com]

Like George Orwell? Though he was probably Eric Blair at the time.

[cricketycricket.livejournal.com]

Strangely enough, you know, I don't think I actually met him. [pause] I did manage to keep the Magna Carta from being averted, though?

[probied.livejournal.com]

[a pause] Thanks for that.

[cricketycricket.livejournal.com]

[pleased with himself] You're very welcome!

[probied.livejournal.com]

So... what should I call you? Do you have a name, or just a pseudonym like all the other superheroes?

[cricketycricket.livejournal.com]

[there's a small, startled sort of noise from the journal, and then laughter. lots of laughter] Superhero? Oh....! ... I .... oh, that's a new one. [laughs a little more]

Oh, my. Hardly! More of an explorer. And certainly nothing super, though certainly rather something marvellous.

[probied.livejournal.com]

[MCGEE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND... but he lives in a comic book world, so everyone with super powers is a superhero. And people who travel time and space, yeah, they qualify.]

I think you should leave that judgment up to other people.

[cricketycricket.livejournal.com]

I ....!

Well, considering I said something very simular to someone else, recently? I suppose I can't argue with you, there.

[probied.livejournal.com]

I've met heroes, anyway. You could... even say I work for one.

[Not you, Tony.]

[cricketycricket.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't argue that, either. I suppose anyone who stands up and attempts to do the right thing could be seen as a hero in their own right. ... You can call me the Doctor, by the way. Everyone else does. [his real name is just plain stupid and dumb, and he hasn't used it in centuries. pfff]

[probied.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Moreso if they give speeches, but my boss isn't much of a speech person. Or an awards person. Usually Tony stands in for him.

... The Doctor. I'll remember that.

[cricketycricket.livejournal.com]

[amused] It's not exactly a name that's easy to forget. ... Is anyone from your home world here, Agent McGee?

[probied.livejournal.com]

Uh, yeah. Abby. She's NCIS' forensics specialist. I assist her sometimes, since I majored in computer forensics and biomedical engineering.

[cricketycricket.livejournal.com]

Abby! OH! I've spoken with her. She's marvellous! You know, I should have made the connection when you both said you worked in NCIS, but I didn't want to leap to any conclusions. So many different worlds, here, you know.

[probied.livejournal.com]

Yeah, yeah, of course.

I've yet to meet any other NCIS agents, though, let alone feds. Maybe I'm not looking hard enough.

[cricketycricket.livejournal.com]

[vaguely amused] You could try asking....

[probied.livejournal.com]

I guess I could. [But he'd rather take notes on the weirder residents.]

[cricketycricket.livejournal.com]

... You don't sound as though you really want to.

[probied.livejournal.com]

It's not that I don't want to. The non-agents I've met so far are... way more interesting, that's all.

[cricketycricket.livejournal.com]

It's true - the people we aren't used to seeing are often the most interesting. Though ... give it enough time, and you'll start to see that they have just as many intriguing little facets to themselves, too.

[probied.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know. I work with a lot of... interesting people.

[cricketycricket.livejournal.com]

You're blessed, then. Or, well. Cursed, if you're Chinese.