[RL - Lockon, Nena, Tieria, CB as a whole - Damage Control is my middle name!]

[timey_wimey]

[To say that the past few days had been... interesting... would have been an understatement even by the Doctor's standards. Dealing with unstable and unsavoury people was part of his everyday life, but when said person was someone you saw as a son, under the effects of a virus, it was rather different. Especially when said person was also intent on apparently wrecking all his relationships.

Including the one that he was already wrecking by sheer virtue of his own obliviousness.

Still! Damage control was in order, and since he wasn't in the mood to have any part of the might of Celestial Being brought down against him - and since he was also pretty sick of the obliviousness and moping of certain people who he would not name - he was now busily piloting the TARDIS towards Lagrange point 3, circa 2309.

If truth be told, he'd known this would probably be coming for a while, he thought glumly. Even if this visit was temporary, he knew it was only a matter of time now before Lockon also left the TARDIS for good to go back to the organisation. He hadn't thought it would be quite like this, but... he still wasn't relishing the thought of him leaving, whatever way it happened.

No point in thinking about that though, not when there was going to be some sort of 'throwdown' once they got there. He busily piloted the TARDIS, throwing a final lever so that it materialised right on the Lagrange base.]

Well, here we are.

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[lockon2urheart]

[Lockon had no problems with postponing the moment of goodbye, and resisted the urge to take one last look around the TARDIS' control room as he followed the Doctor to the door. There were more important things at stake right now.

...Surprise Welcome Nena was an eager reminder of those important things. Lockon couldn't help but blink in shock at her words. Tieria doing something that extreme? Tieria? It was clearly even worse than he thought. He moved forward determinedly.]

Right. Where is he now?

[trinities]

His office, but we've got to go through back ways so nobody gets suspicious! Plus tons of people would want to stop and talk if they saw you, Lockon, and we totally don't have any time for that.

[ She comes a little further into the room and kicks at a ventilation panel until one corner comes loose, then pries off the rest, standing up again and beaming at them ]

We're going through the ducts!

[ ......okay, maybe about 70% of the reason for that was to get back at Lockon for a list of reasons mostly boiling down to 'he's a douche', but people seeing them was like 30% of the reason, so that was totally fine. ]

[timey_wimey]

[The Doctor had been frowning somewhat and rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly at the mention of what Tieria was doing to his furniture - was he really that bad? Really? Well, after what he had been told... But when he heard about crawling through the ventilation ducts, a grin spread across the Doctor's face. It was as if he couldn't imagine a finer prospect than crawling through vents to sneak into Tieria's office.]

Ohhh, good old fashioned sneaking, I like it! [He beamed, rubbing his hands together.] Who's going first?

[lockon2urheart]

[Alright, he could understand not wanting to be caught up in something when they needed to get to Tieria quickly, before he did himself or any more property some damage. But really? This was the best way she could think of? He stared at her with one raised eyebrow ...and then practically facepalmed at the Doctor's eagerness. Pick your battles, Lockon. You're outnumbered.]

Fine. Doesn't it make sense for Nena to go first, since she knows the way? At least, presumably.

[trinities]

[ shakes her head, grinning, and points at him ] You're going first! Your shoulders are broadest, so if it gets too tricky to crawl through, we'll know right away! Then me, so I can give you instructions, then the Doctor. Ready?

[timey_wimey]

No arguments here.

[lockon2urheart]

[...siiigh.]

For the record, this is a really bad idea.

[Headshake, and then it's down to the ground and ...only somewhat hesitantly... heads on into the vent.]

[trinities]

It's an awesome idea! This is how Shiro got around when we were still hiding him from Tieria. [ crawls in after him~ ] Go straight, then it's the second right!

[timey_wimey]

Shiro? That's your boyfriend, right? [Sounding mildly interested, crouching down and crawling in through the vents after Nena~]

[lockon2urheart]

[I'm just going to concentrate on getting out of these vents as quickly as possible, okay. Staying out of the conversation and just crawling, focusing on following the directions.]

[trinities]

Then there's gonna be a ladder, we have to climb that and it's the first left after. And yep, you've got it! He snuck around here for a while before we figured that Tieria didn't actually care for whatever reason.

[timey_wimey]

Tieria didn't care, hmm? [... not that the others can see it, but the Doctor is looking thoughtful with his crawling right now.] So much for level 7 secrecy and all that, although to be fair, I suppose I did mess that up a bit last year anyway.

skipping miri's go cause she's out and lockon's just crawling :>

[trinities]

Yeah, I never really figured out why! Maybe it's cause Shiro can worldhop, so he's pretty useful to have around. Plus he's not really smart enough to be a spy, you know? [ but she sounds a bit distracted, as if she's considering something, and then apparently comes to her conclusion as she reaches forward and pinches Lockon's bottom. Hey, you only live once. ]

OMG HOW COULD YOU SKIP ME YOU DIRTY WHORE ;A;

[lockon2urheart]

?! [Might have only been listening/paying attention with half an ear, but it's hard not to notice something like that. Jumps in surprise, at least as well as he can on all fours in a cramped ventilation shaft (which isn't very well, he manages to hit his head on the ceiling, ow) and tries to twist his neck to glare at her as much as possible.]

What do you think you're you playing at?!

OMG WHY DO YOU ALWAYS CALL ME NAMES

[trinities]

What? It was there, I wanted to see how nice it was!

OMG WHY DO YOU ALWAYS DESERVE THEM

[lockon2urheart]

You wanted -

[angry sigh, and face forward again. More important things than an argument right now.]

Focus, will you. And stay away from my ass.

[-oh hey, there's the ladder. brb climbing it.]

OMG BE MATURE ADULTS, YOU TWO

[timey_wimey]

[The Doctor's eyebrows shot up at that exchange, attempting to merge with his hair. He would have facepalmed if he weren't busy crawling through the vents, if only to hide the smile threatening to play over his lips. Instead, he settled for an eye roll.]

Behave, you two.

OMG NO U

[trinities]

Don't worry, I'm done now~ [ climbs up the ladder behind Lockon ] So after the turn, just keep going until I say so, we're almost there!

OMG SHE STARTED IT

[lockon2urheart]

That's a relief. [muttered]

[CLIMB CLIMB {insert acapella version of snake eater here} and crawl crawl

crawl crawl

crawl crawl]

OMG I DON'T CARE WHO STARTED IT, I'LL FINISH IT

[timey_wimey]

[climb climb climb the ladder behind you two. and we're crawling~]

OMG U HOR

[trinities]

[ and here we are! Stops just after a grate in the bottom of the tunnel and slides her fingers under the edges to lift it up, standing it on one side of the tunnel. She holds onto the edges of the new exit and jumps through it, the reduced gravity meaning that she lands gently on her feet before kicking off and moving to one side ]

Come on, it's just down this hall!

OMG HDU

[lockon2urheart]

[It's a little odd to try to get used to reduced gravity again after a year away from it, so his landing isn't as graceful as Nena's, but he does manage to land upright. He mimics Nena's kick-off movement, following her with a determined expression. Out of the vents, it was easier to focus on why he was here in the first place.]

And he's definitely there, right?

OMG PUT A SOCK IN IT

[timey_wimey]

[Manoeuvring himself out of the vent and following the other two's movements - not exactly gracefully, but it's perfectly acceptable, like he's moved about in zero-g before. Once out of the vents, he straightens up and looks around with a curious air.]

[Reasonably:] Why wouldn't he be?

:X

[trinities]

He's in there, I checked!

[ it's just a few doors down, and she pauses facing the door for a moment before it slides open, revealing the dark room inside. She moves to the side and jerks a thumb inward ]

He's all yours, Lockon.

:X

[lockon2urheart]

[He nods, looking into the dark room rather than at her.] Right.

[With a quick look over at the Doctor - ] I'll see you later, Doctor. [ - he moves on into the darkened room.]

[Quietly:] Tieria?