Summer in the City

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Susan was terribly, terribly bored. And lonely, which often accompanied ‘bored’. She couldn’t help it – all of her friends had gone. Marisol had died, Aixa had leapt at the first chance of freedom, and Dr Ryce had disappeared. She didn’t know what happened to Dr Smith, but he hadn’t been very reliable company anyway. His disappearance hadn’t stung the most, as she was used to him being gone. And anyway, she didn’t need those people. She was Susan English! She could certainly entertain herself for a while. She didn’t need anyone else. Not uh, no way, no how.

Except… as she rid the city of its gnome invasion for quite possibly the sixteenth time in two days, she realized that it wasn’t as fun as it used to be. There wasn’t anyone there to smack her on the wrists, or to cheer her on. Or… well, anything. Even the voices in her head had gone unusually silent. Wasn’t it just so convenient that everything had abandoned her? She huffed, sticking her hands in her pockets as she walked down the street. What did she used to do, before she met Dr Smith and Marisol? Her mind came up short – her first memory was seeing Dr Smith. She must have had a life before him…

She crept into the library, looking around curiously. Good. She could probably entertain herself with a book or two, at least for a while. She grabbed a book – something about history, written in dry language by a most likely very dull author. Susan nestled down in a corner on the floor, determined to occupy her brainparts while she could. Otherwise she’d very probably die of boredom.

An hour later, she was asleep with the book on her face.

[ ooc | @johnflask ]

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John walked through the different aisles, absently putting books away. His job had gotten very... boring sense a certain family had gotten banned from it. Its not that he didn't enjoy it anymore, he loved his job! He was just.. bored. He momentarily played with the idea of ditching work for the rest of the day, maybe he could go on a quick trip across the universe. Or find a way to get pugsy out of the house for good... Nah, she'd probably kill him. And Rowan would help.

He shook his head slightly, sliding a history book into its rightful place on the shelf. He'd probably think of something to do after work.. after all he was technically 'new' here. Regeneration was helpful on some aspects, but it sure made keeping a job difficult. He turned into another aisle, stopping a few feet in. Someone asleep in the library, again. He was used to this sort of thing, he usually just crept by and let them sleep. But sense the library was closing in an hour or so, he couldn't just let her stay there. He gently picked the book up, and shook her shoulder a little. “Excuse me?”