Trouble is a Friend of Mine

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The Magpie

?Trouble – it will find you
No matter where you go
No matter if you're fast
No matter if you're slow.?

It had meant to be a simple visit. The Magpie tended to go stir crazy and got bored very easily on The TARDIS, so, as often as The Nomad or The Phantom could pry themselves away from the console, they tried to let her visit Earth and stretch her legs.

Maggie was sixteen now, very close to being seventeen and her parents had become far less strict about letting Maggie wander around by herself. After all, normal teenagers wandered around the city all the time, so why not Maggie? Probably because she had the attention span of a squirrel. A very hyper one.

Okay, so maybe Cardiff wasn't the most exciting place to be dropped off. It was pretty quiet, the shopping center left something to be desired and her ADHD was nipping at her. No. She promised her parents she wouldn't wander off. They were supposed to come and reclaim her in about two hours and she was supposed to meet up with them.

That wasn't going to happen. Something flickered right past, only catching a glimpse out of the corner of her eye. That was all The Magpie needed to make her forget what she was doing and she adjusted her satchel to try and chase down the little mystery critter that was trying to elude her.

"Hey! Wait up. I'm not gonna hurt you!" she pleaded as she along, not bothering to keep track of where she was going so that she might possibly be able to retrace her steps. She was led to a large water fountain structure and she huffed when she realized she had both lost track of what she was chasing and.... she'd lost herself.

"Aw man. Dad's gonna kill me." she lamented as she did a quick look of her surroundings. "Well... Good job, Magpie.. I think we broke your old record." she scolded herself, referring to the breakneck speed in which she had gotten lost. She'd only been in Cardiff a grand total of ten minutes.

Notes/OOC:Warning.. Shenanigans with Magpie are not for the faint of heart. There will be laughter, tears, Joy, sorrow, a temperamental teenager with a wonky vortex manipulator and a home made sonic screw driver.. what could possibly go wrong?

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The only sound in the console room was the usual low hum, accompanied by a click every so often as the TARDIS' pilot fiddled with the controls. He was frowning, and gently bumped his fist on the edge of one of the panels. Nothing happened. "That's not right," he muttered to himself, walking around to one of the monitor screens. The Doctor rubbed his chin and peered at the readings. "I wasn't really planning on stopping by here for a while," he spoke to no one in particular. Not that anybody in particular was there to hear him, anyway. "We're not exactly low on fuel. Oh...this isn't to do with the rift, is it? That can't be good."

He took another look at the screen, and pressed a couple of switches. This time, something did happen, and a strange-looking graph of sorts popped up. "Okay, not the rift. Completely different sort of energy. Sort of. Maybe? What is wrong with you?" Chewing his lip, he looked up at the top of the time rotor, before shrugging and heading for the TARDIS doors. Anything that could cause his time machine to land suddenly in mid-flight was worth looking into.

Stepping outside, he looked around the familiar city of Cardiff. Everything looked as it should be. Buildings, people, cars, chips...nothing out of the ordinary. "Not another rift earthquake, then. I suppose that's something." Reaching into his coat pocket, he took out the sonic screwdriver and tweaked the settings a little bit. Then he pointed it outwards and slowly turned in a circle until he came to a point where the buzzing and whirring seemed to grow louder. "Gotcha!" he grinned, heading off in the direction of what must have been the reason for his ship landing.

A few minutes later, he was glaring daggers at his screwdriver, smacking it against his palm as he attempted to navigate the winding streets of this large human settlement. "No, no, not that way, that's not it...stop it! Oh, you never like to make it easy, do you?" Peering so intently at the small device was he, that he didn't notice the person in front whose back was turned to him. He was brought up short as he bumped into them. Head bolting up, he quickly reached out to stop the person from falling forwards and over.

"Ah, sorry!" the Doctor said immediately, somewhat sheepish. "Sorry, my fault. Didn't look where I was going. You'd think I'd have learned by now. You okay?"

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She's been too preoccupied fretting over the fact she was now lost, she never heard the shuffling feet behind her. As thoughts traveled back to the strange silvery critter she had seen (and seemed to have lost) she felt someone collide against her back and before she could hit the ground, was grabbed and he helped her regain her balance.

She spun around and looked up at him.. Way Up.. She squirmed uncomfortably. She knew she was short, but this man completely dwarfed her. The bow tie made him seem a little less intimidating and a smile crept it's way across her lips.

"Oh, I'm okay.. You startled me more than anything else..." her oddly colored eyes fixed on the Sonic screwdriver in his hands and her eyes went wide with excitement. "OH!! A Sonic!! Rock on!!" and she grabbed his wrist to pull the device to eye level so she could examine the readout on the side.

"Are you tracking it too? I'm Magpie, By the way! Nice to meet you!"