AL waves her off. "She's not the first alternate version of me. She's just the one that's actually active-ish, depending on what of yours she's reading. I have two others. You know my winged unicorn form? Apparently, in those universes, I decided to remain that way permanently because - and isn't this always the way - I fell in love with one of the equine breed. One is Goldy - Golden Mun, one of mine. The other..." She pauses and sighs a little, the very tips of her wings taking on a slight blue hue. "The other is named Astrofucus and he was a friend of a really good friend of the alter ego's who had an accident a while ago and, as a result, is no longer active online anymore. We haven't seen Astro since, either. It's hard when your friends lose touch, but we'll always be here whenever and if ever they decide to return." She shrugs and fiddles around in hammerspace. "Here's pictures...Goldy and Astro."
Then she smiles. "He's third-to-last." She thinks a minute. "Here, I'll illustrate. Line up, guys. Doctor, do you still have that pad and pencil?"
Five reaches into his coat and pulls out a pencil and a sketchbook that looked really too large to be in an inside pocket but whatever. The rest of the guys line up, Adam and Tommy briefly in their old positions before a twirling finger from AL signales to them that they have to switch. Empty chairs start levitating as she's writing names on the paper and tearing the pages out of the book, placing themselves as holders for the ones who aren't there.
After a moment, she pauses with the pencil held over the pad. She clears her throat and holds them out. "Can someone else write his name? I just...I can't."
Gary obliges, taking the pad and pencil from her, writing down a name and putting it on the chair between himself and Clark. She smiles gratefully at him.
Once everyone is in place, the scene is: two empty chairs (labeled Ben and Vince), Jamie, Five, a chair (labeled Doc), Eight, chair (War Doctor), Nine, Ten, Eleven, Twelve, Tommy, Adam, three chairs (Doc, Ryan and Dex), Clark, chair (Wesley - in Gary's handwriting), Gary, Jesse, Luke, Coulson, a chair (Phoenix), Data, a last chair (Ben), Erik.
Jack and Radu stand off to the side out of the way. AL explains, "Those two were just friends. They're here because I want them here."
AL then stands between the first two chairs. "These happened before I lost my memory and my family. Ben, as you may or may not know, is the alter ego of the alter ego's ex-fiance. Vince is a kind of freedom fighter with bat wings - called a Batavian. Another friend of the alter ego borrowed me for a story she was writing and that was made part of my canon."
She points to the empty space between Vince's chair and Jamie. "Secundus!Me's Adam Steel would be here. He looks like Tommy because, if I may get meta, the same actor played both."
She walks down the line. "Now this is after the explosion that wiped my memory. So, Jamie and Five." She stops at the chair. "My Doc. While not a romantic relationship, I was linked to him so he counts. It was with him I was taken out of time and reunited with the Doctor."
She walks on. "Eight." Stopping at the chair, she says, "The War Doctor. You met him at my 50th anniversary party. While, yes, he fought in the Time War, he was still the Doctor - no matter what he or any of them say - and I still loved him and I still stayed with him, helping where I could."
Moving along. "Nine, Ten." She pauses. "Technically the Meta-Crisis Tenth Doctor would be here but he went to the alternate universe. He'd age like a normal human and the Doctor and I wouldn't have been able to care for him, so we left him with someone who could." It's a rather painful memory but she shakes it off.
She walks on. "Eleven, Twelve, Tommy, Adam." She stops at the three chairs. "Doc again after we were reunited. Then Ryan Steele, with an 'e' at the end. Now, Adam Steel, no 'e', down there could be here in a different universe but the alter ego decided to use him for Secundus!Me. Ryan was a VR Trooper who fought evil monsters in virtual reality. And Dex...well, Prince Dex of the planet Edenoi. Tommy and I met him while he was a Power Ranger and afterward Dex was sent to Earth by his grandfather to fight off yet another evil force." She chuckles. "Earth was invaded a lot in the 90s."
Moving on. "Clark." She stops at the chair, a pained look on her face. Clearing her throat, she says, "Wesley." Her voice cracks. "He was a Watcher for a vampire slayer but he went rogue to hunt demons and he met me. We were happy for a while, then he..." She winces again. "He wasn't the man I loved anymore and I severed the link and left." And that's all she'd like to say about that.
Quickly she moves down the line. "Gary, Jesse, Luke, Coulson." Stopping at the chair. "Yes, the alter ego up and ultimately decided that Phoenix Wright was going to be added to the list. She still insists that I rescued him from falling off a cliff, so we'll go with that for now until she decides to expand on it."
She makes a Vanna White pose at Data. "Here he is. Sadly the alter ego decided that he really couldn't be around forever as much as we both wanted him to and thus had him shut down permanently after he'd been alive for 122 years." She takes his hand and cuddles up to him. "We got together five years after first meeting, he got the emotion chip two years later, and we had 89 more years together until that awful day." She squeezes him and sighs, then points to the chair beside him. "Ben again, though I broke it off with him, too. Different reason, though, from...from him." She jerks her thumb behind her at Wesley's chair. "Things happen."
Not really wanting to move from Data yet, she just points to the last person. "Last but not least, Erik." She then spreads her arms, smiling. "These are The Guys. There are many like them, but these are mine." She laughs.
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8/4/15 13:16 (UTC)Then she smiles. "He's third-to-last." She thinks a minute. "Here, I'll illustrate. Line up, guys. Doctor, do you still have that pad and pencil?"
Five reaches into his coat and pulls out a pencil and a sketchbook that looked really too large to be in an inside pocket but whatever. The rest of the guys line up, Adam and Tommy briefly in their old positions before a twirling finger from AL signales to them that they have to switch. Empty chairs start levitating as she's writing names on the paper and tearing the pages out of the book, placing themselves as holders for the ones who aren't there.
After a moment, she pauses with the pencil held over the pad. She clears her throat and holds them out. "Can someone else write his name? I just...I can't."
Gary obliges, taking the pad and pencil from her, writing down a name and putting it on the chair between himself and Clark. She smiles gratefully at him.
Once everyone is in place, the scene is: two empty chairs (labeled Ben and Vince), Jamie, Five, a chair (labeled Doc), Eight, chair (War Doctor), Nine, Ten, Eleven, Twelve, Tommy, Adam, three chairs (Doc, Ryan and Dex), Clark, chair (Wesley - in Gary's handwriting), Gary, Jesse, Luke, Coulson, a chair (Phoenix), Data, a last chair (Ben), Erik.
Jack and Radu stand off to the side out of the way. AL explains, "Those two were just friends. They're here because I want them here."
AL then stands between the first two chairs. "These happened before I lost my memory and my family. Ben, as you may or may not know, is the alter ego of the alter ego's ex-fiance. Vince is a kind of freedom fighter with bat wings - called a Batavian. Another friend of the alter ego borrowed me for a story she was writing and that was made part of my canon."
She points to the empty space between Vince's chair and Jamie. "Secundus!Me's Adam Steel would be here. He looks like Tommy because, if I may get meta, the same actor played both."
She walks down the line. "Now this is after the explosion that wiped my memory. So, Jamie and Five." She stops at the chair. "My Doc. While not a romantic relationship, I was linked to him so he counts. It was with him I was taken out of time and reunited with the Doctor."
She walks on. "Eight." Stopping at the chair, she says, "The War Doctor. You met him at my 50th anniversary party. While, yes, he fought in the Time War, he was still the Doctor - no matter what he or any of them say - and I still loved him and I still stayed with him, helping where I could."
Moving along. "Nine, Ten." She pauses. "Technically the Meta-Crisis Tenth Doctor would be here but he went to the alternate universe. He'd age like a normal human and the Doctor and I wouldn't have been able to care for him, so we left him with someone who could." It's a rather painful memory but she shakes it off.
She walks on. "Eleven, Twelve, Tommy, Adam." She stops at the three chairs. "Doc again after we were reunited. Then Ryan Steele, with an 'e' at the end. Now, Adam Steel, no 'e', down there could be here in a different universe but the alter ego decided to use him for Secundus!Me. Ryan was a VR Trooper who fought evil monsters in virtual reality. And Dex...well, Prince Dex of the planet Edenoi. Tommy and I met him while he was a Power Ranger and afterward Dex was sent to Earth by his grandfather to fight off yet another evil force." She chuckles. "Earth was invaded a lot in the 90s."
Moving on. "Clark." She stops at the chair, a pained look on her face. Clearing her throat, she says, "Wesley." Her voice cracks. "He was a Watcher for a vampire slayer but he went rogue to hunt demons and he met me. We were happy for a while, then he..." She winces again. "He wasn't the man I loved anymore and I severed the link and left." And that's all she'd like to say about that.
Quickly she moves down the line. "Gary, Jesse, Luke, Coulson." Stopping at the chair. "Yes, the alter ego up and ultimately decided that Phoenix Wright was going to be added to the list. She still insists that I rescued him from falling off a cliff, so we'll go with that for now until she decides to expand on it."
She makes a Vanna White pose at Data. "Here he is. Sadly the alter ego decided that he really couldn't be around forever as much as we both wanted him to and thus had him shut down permanently after he'd been alive for 122 years." She takes his hand and cuddles up to him. "We got together five years after first meeting, he got the emotion chip two years later, and we had 89 more years together until that awful day." She squeezes him and sighs, then points to the chair beside him. "Ben again, though I broke it off with him, too. Different reason, though, from...from him." She jerks her thumb behind her at Wesley's chair. "Things happen."
Not really wanting to move from Data yet, she just points to the last person. "Last but not least, Erik." She then spreads her arms, smiling. "These are The Guys. There are many like them, but these are mine." She laughs.