But where's the shop though?

[Ace McShane]

Ace flicked a lighter, leaning against the side of a building running over her options in her head. She’d run from Gallifrey after the whole resurrection of the “great” lord president Rassilon, she had heard of his opinions of humans, and something told Ace that Rassilon would have even less of a like for her, a former human turned timelord.

Her TARDIS was dead thank you Romana, but she always had her trusty vortex manipulator… or did. Holding it up she looked at it, that last just had shorted it out. Sighing, “So much for trusty.” but, just her luck the planet she had been stranded a planet that she would have the means to fix her vortex manipulator.

Now, she just had to find the shop. Ace knew it was around here somewhere, but the question was, where.

@seventh

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A soft groaning fills the air, as what was sure to be materializes nearby the recently arrived time traveler. Inside the old blue box, a man moves frantically around the console, frowning, as he looks up at the display screen, before sighing with relief. Seems he had made it. Another timing malfunction, another problem he would surely have to deal with. A tune up, that's what the old girl needed, The Doctor thinks to himself, as he begins towards the door of the TARDIS, grabbing his hat, scarf, umbrella and jacket from a coat rack located not too far from the door.

Fully dressed and ready, The Doctor opens the TARDIS doors, and steps out into the street, looking around briefly, trying to get a feel of where, and when, he was exactly. However, before he can truly process anything, a familiar face soon catches his eye, a cocked brow upon his features, as he makes his way over towards her.

"Ace?"

[Ace McShane]

"Ace?"

Snapping the lighter closed at the same time she spun on her heal in the direction the voice came from, that voice she knew well. Ace took a step towards The Doctor before stopping herself "Well, this is one of your faces I haven't seen in a long time." there was a slight ping of nostalgia hit Ace in the guy for a moment before she pushed the feeling to the back of her mind.

Tilting her head a little to the side, she didn't honestly know where to start, "How you been Professor?"

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"What are the chances I would run into you here? Small universe, hm?" He muses, mostly to himself, as he places a hand to his chin, and glances back at the TARDIS, eyeing the blue box suspiciously. Perhaps this wasn't merely just a simple timing malfunction after all?... Oh well, timing error or not, he was here, and so was Ace. He takes a few steps towards her, spying the Vortex Manipulator on her wrist, frowning slightly at the sight.

"Quite the crude method of time travel, if I do say myself," He speaks, placing his usual emphasis on the 'r' in 'crude'. "Don't you have a TARDIS?"

[Ace McShane]

"Did, have a TARDIS." Ace corrected when he asked about her TARDIS "She didn't make it through with me when I worked for The Celestial Intervention Agency." what little she had used to work for them, Ace had left that life behind as well when she left Gallifrey and from what she heard not a moment too soon.

Glancing over at The Doctor TARDIS Ace could feel it hovering around the outside of her mind, "They actually had a hard time bonding me with a TARDIS, guess it was due to the many years spent on yours, or at least that's what we figured."

"And yeah the vortex manipulator may be a crude way to travel, but one does what one must."

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"And how long did you work for them?" He nods slightly as she speaks. "I see, the old girl does tend to leave an impression on most people, doesn't she?" It hadn't been too long since she had left him. At least, it hadn't been for him. It was becoming more and more apparent that a significant amount of time had passed for the younger of the two. "And I suppose I can understand that, if you had no other option."

"So we know why I'm here, at least I do. Why're you you here? Trouble with the Manipulator? Perhaps I could give you a jumpstart?" A small smile tugs at his lips, as he looks at her. "Or maybe even a ride?"

[Ace McShane]

She'd lost track of the years she had worked for the CIA "Too long." she agreed with him on the impression bit "And I suppose I can understand that if you had no other option." she bowed a little agreeing again "I do what I can to survive." always had.

Why was she here, Ace returned the smile at the offer of a ride "A jump start wouldn't do it much good, there are components in it that I seem to have fried and will need to be replaced." she gestured off to the distance to indicate where the shop would have been "A ride to somewhere I can get this fixed, would be nice, thank you."

[Deleted]

"I'd expect no less from you, Ace." He confirms with a nod, it was good to know that in that aspect at least. He turns away from her, straightening his jacket as he looks back to the blue box.

"I'm sure I have the necessary components that you need, somewhere in the TARDIS, if you'd prefer to use those." He states calmly, as he begins to make his way back towards the TARDIS, expecting her to follow behind him, though he would turn his head slightly to confirm that she was, as he continues towards his time machine.

[Ace McShane]

Ace tapped her fingers against the vortex manipulator and ran over her options in her head before following after The Doctor, "I'm sure I have the necessary components that you need, somewhere in the TARDIS, if you'd prefer to use those." "I would yeah." she really would, every time she used it, it would remind her a little bit of her old home.

She moved up, so she was walking shoulder to shoulder with The Doctor. For some reason, Ace remembered him being taller, "So, you're traveling alone then I take it." she could remember how brooding he could get when he did that.

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"I would, yeah."

Her response brings a smile to his face once again, as she moves to walk beside him. "After you, in that case." He can't help but glance over to her, noting her height. The girl had gotten taller. It made him proud to see her out here, on her own. But some part of him was hoping she would ask to travel with him again. But he doubted that she would, and in all honesty, as much as it hurt, he suspected that it would ultimately be better for her if she didn't.

"I have been, actually. For awhile now, as a matter of fact." He opens the door for her, once they reach the TARDIS, tipping his hat to her, and bowing slightly. "What about you? Have you had any companions of your own?"

[Ace McShane]

Walking into the TARDIS Ace looked around once she was inside the TARDIS "It suits you better I think." she held her hand out a head of her as if asking if he minded if she looked around the console before heading up there.

Out of habit she moved a lever or two "I prefer to travel alone." without thinking about it Ace added "I rarely even travel with my wife."

[Deleted]

That catches on him off guard, and he cocks an eyebrow, as a cheeky smile overtakes his features. "Wife?
You're married! Tell me, was I invited to the wedding?" His tone is filled with excitement and pride. "You must tell me all about her, hm?" He moves towards the console, leaning down to pull a toolbox out from underneath the machine, before opening it, beginning to scrounge through it for parts for Ace's Vortex Manipulator. "I'm sure I'll have everything that you need in here, Ace." He says, as he closes the box, and lifts it, passing it to her.

[Ace McShane]

Smiling a little “Thank you.” Ace took the tool box and set on the floor before setting down in front of it on the console floor so she could lay out what she needed to work on the Manipulator as she found them.

Taking the Vortex off her wrist, she laid it off to the side and started digging in the toolbox. “You were invited to the wedding, if I remember correctly it was a very beautiful speech you gave...” she stopped for a second “give?” she looked up at him for a second not really sure which term would be correct.

Shrugging she went back to digging not really sure how to answer when The Doctor told her to tell him about her wife. Picking up a tool Ace started to work on the manipulator “She’s smart, a little bit crazy but I think that’s one of the things I love about her, we have our problems, but we’re working on them.”

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"In that case, I cannot wait to attend," He stares at the console, fiddling with a control here, turning a nob there.

"Aaah, I see. How marvelous." He says, leaning forward, elbows on the console, his face resting in his hands as he looks at her, a twinkle of grandfatherly pride in his eyes, and a sappy smile upon his lips. "And what, pray tell, is this young lady's name, hm? He stands up straight up again, before moving towards her, intending to offer her some more assistance with the Vortex Manipulator.

[Ace McShane]

"And what, pray tell, is this young lady's name, hm?" Ace stopped unscrewing the vortex manipulator for a second as The Doctor moved towards her. “Susan…” reaching up Ace rubbed the side of her face with the back of her hand before going back to dismantling “Foreman.”