Rose's grin faded at the mention of the President of the Timelords, her expression instantly sharp, and shoulders shaking. "Rassilon?"
Rose was clearly not a fan.
As for celery, while Rose wasn't able to laugh that instantly, she did grin and shake her head, "That's nothing. His Sixth life had this rainbow monstrosity," a shudder, but purposely exaggerated, not like rage and fear of before. "Hideous. If Sunshine gives me the go ahead, I'll dig out from Fluffy to show ya, yeah?"
Rose nodded quietly about the claustrophobic and nonfunctional TARDIS, and closed her eyes. "Mm! That's why the rest of his lives don't live there, except when Fluffy heads out on missions." She tilted her head to the side. "Or when he and I went back. Then I had the TARDIS' soul, but no Doctor."
If Romana had been sent on the mission by Rassilon, it was before he was deposed, and then replaced, and then voted back in for the war. But that meant... a TimeLord perhaps??? Or... almost certainly given Rassilon's attitude to -- didn't 4 say he had to leave Sarah Jane behind because humans couldn't go to Gallifrey then?
Rose had a crazy impulsive thought about trying to stop the Time War again, like she once suggested to 8, but rationally she knew better. Even for all she'd done...
Rose knuckled her forehead slightly, "I was traveling between the void--" Tch... Stupid Rose. She could slap herself. Wait no, maybe it was fine, the universes weren't as sealed off in Romana's time, specifically because of Rassilon--
Rose ground her teeth slightly, glancing off sideways, and shoving fists in her jacket. Torturing the Doctor, trying to blow up all of time and space, and then the "worst" (in Rose's view): splintering a timeline in which Rose was turned cyberman and shot her Mum.
Her eyebrows rose as she suddenly remembered something else. She took Romana's hands in both of her own, clasping them gently.
"If you're a friend of the Doctor's, from Gallifrey... there's someone else here you must be very very careful with. She has forgotten -- well, chosen to forget," Rose made a small tsk and an even smaller frown, "Her first name. She goes by Me, or Lady Me." The shoulder tremble was back.
How much was safe to say? She didn't want to scare one of the Doctor's friends. It was so bewildering as it was! The TimeLords were gone, then survived because of-- no one except Rose had a good idea of how, and Fluffy flat out couldn't believe it, and 9 didn't really want to in case--
She sighed, still shivering even though it wasn't that cold inside.
Confession Dial, Rassilon, Lady Me. The Trap. "She is not an enemy... but," Rose's shoulders stilled, her eyes narrowing, "She's been to Gallifrey at the end of Time. She's seen the Doctor at his absolute worst," well no, Rose very much doubted that. Rose had seen the Doctor after the war, and suicidal, and murderous, and tyrannical, and everything he hated. But the hybrid, which Rose was not even remotely foolish enough to mention, was bad enough that Rassilon tortured him over it, and 8... was rather blase about that, because that's Rassilon for you. Seriously, Rose was going to kick that Lord President in the face, if he ever arrived.
Still, Rose had to think carefully how to explain it. The significance for Romana, without giving away anything about the TimeWar or even too much about Rassilon -- just in case. "The TimeLords and Ladies used her as bait for a trap for him," she narrowed her eyes carefully. Yes, that would work, given how Romana had been assigned to him. Even if Romana was part of those in the future making the trap, Romana herself was well enough before all the events, that Lady me was bound to trouble her. And that was without Lady Me even understanding the Time War and the significance of the Doctor thinking he was the last of his kind.
Rose let go of Romana's hands, having forgotten the stories about TimeLord standoffishness in her own emotional pique, and giving her an apologetic half-grin.
"Ten, Fluffy is determined to just stay here now. For all the missions he might go on and stuff, it's part of his being here. He's focused on enjoying the moment here," Rose closed her eyes, half wincing slightly, "Whiiiiich... might be a bit o' my fault," another apologetic grin, "Buuuut he IS happier not worryin' about what the TimeLords and... Rassilon," Rose couldn't even hide the dead-eyed flat expression at his name, "Have planned for him next. Lady Me's from even beyond his future. Jack knows--" Rose squinted, "A bit of it? But him and Lady Me don't get on." She mimed two rams clashing heads with her fists knocking together in demonstration. "Too opposite everythin', yeah?" A quiet snort. "Not sayin' ta avoid her, or that she's bad, she's really lonely, but wants to be alone..." Rose rolled her eyes. "But be careful with her, yeah? She doesn't have much reason to trust any TimeLords, and those connected to 'em -- not even the Doctor, I think."
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Rose was clearly not a fan.
As for celery, while Rose wasn't able to laugh that instantly, she did grin and shake her head, "That's nothing. His Sixth life had this rainbow monstrosity," a shudder, but purposely exaggerated, not like rage and fear of before. "Hideous. If Sunshine gives me the go ahead, I'll dig out from Fluffy to show ya, yeah?"
Rose nodded quietly about the claustrophobic and nonfunctional TARDIS, and closed her eyes. "Mm! That's why the rest of his lives don't live there, except when Fluffy heads out on missions." She tilted her head to the side. "Or when he and I went back. Then I had the TARDIS' soul, but no Doctor."
If Romana had been sent on the mission by Rassilon, it was before he was deposed, and then replaced, and then voted back in for the war. But that meant... a TimeLord perhaps??? Or... almost certainly given Rassilon's attitude to -- didn't 4 say he had to leave Sarah Jane behind because humans couldn't go to Gallifrey then?
Rose had a crazy impulsive thought about trying to stop the Time War again, like she once suggested to 8, but rationally she knew better. Even for all she'd done...
Rose knuckled her forehead slightly, "I was traveling between the void--" Tch... Stupid Rose. She could slap herself. Wait no, maybe it was fine, the universes weren't as sealed off in Romana's time, specifically because of Rassilon--
Rose ground her teeth slightly, glancing off sideways, and shoving fists in her jacket. Torturing the Doctor, trying to blow up all of time and space, and then the "worst" (in Rose's view): splintering a timeline in which Rose was turned cyberman and shot her Mum.
Her eyebrows rose as she suddenly remembered something else. She took Romana's hands in both of her own, clasping them gently.
"If you're a friend of the Doctor's, from Gallifrey... there's someone else here you must be very very careful with. She has forgotten -- well, chosen to forget," Rose made a small tsk and an even smaller frown, "Her first name. She goes by Me, or Lady Me." The shoulder tremble was back.
How much was safe to say? She didn't want to scare one of the Doctor's friends. It was so bewildering as it was! The TimeLords were gone, then survived because of-- no one except Rose had a good idea of how, and Fluffy flat out couldn't believe it, and 9 didn't really want to in case--
She sighed, still shivering even though it wasn't that cold inside.
Confession Dial, Rassilon, Lady Me. The Trap. "She is not an enemy... but," Rose's shoulders stilled, her eyes narrowing, "She's been to Gallifrey at the end of Time. She's seen the Doctor at his absolute worst," well no, Rose very much doubted that. Rose had seen the Doctor after the war, and suicidal, and murderous, and tyrannical, and everything he hated. But the hybrid, which Rose was not even remotely foolish enough to mention, was bad enough that Rassilon tortured him over it, and 8... was rather blase about that, because that's Rassilon for you. Seriously, Rose was going to kick that Lord President in the face, if he ever arrived.
Still, Rose had to think carefully how to explain it. The significance for Romana, without giving away anything about the TimeWar or even too much about Rassilon -- just in case. "The TimeLords and Ladies used her as bait for a trap for him," she narrowed her eyes carefully. Yes, that would work, given how Romana had been assigned to him. Even if Romana was part of those in the future making the trap, Romana herself was well enough before all the events, that Lady me was bound to trouble her. And that was without Lady Me even understanding the Time War and the significance of the Doctor thinking he was the last of his kind.
Rose let go of Romana's hands, having forgotten the stories about TimeLord standoffishness in her own emotional pique, and giving her an apologetic half-grin.
"Ten, Fluffy is determined to just stay here now. For all the missions he might go on and stuff, it's part of his being here. He's focused on enjoying the moment here," Rose closed her eyes, half wincing slightly, "Whiiiiich... might be a bit o' my fault," another apologetic grin, "Buuuut he IS happier not worryin' about what the TimeLords and... Rassilon," Rose couldn't even hide the dead-eyed flat expression at his name, "Have planned for him next. Lady Me's from even beyond his future. Jack knows--" Rose squinted, "A bit of it? But him and Lady Me don't get on." She mimed two rams clashing heads with her fists knocking together in demonstration. "Too opposite everythin', yeah?" A quiet snort. "Not sayin' ta avoid her, or that she's bad, she's really lonely, but wants to be alone..." Rose rolled her eyes. "But be careful with her, yeah? She doesn't have much reason to trust any TimeLords, and those connected to 'em -- not even the Doctor, I think."