Thread:The Purpur Man/@comment-26173711-20191202211201/@comment-36309590-20191207072609

Aubrey continues to jog along after Dreth as he takes a series of back alleys and streets, eventually coming face to face with his TARDIS.

"Ah, here we are," he sighed. "Home at last."

Pulling out a small silver key, he slides it into the lock and turns it, pushing open the front panel-or door rather-before stepping inside. Pausing mid-stride, however, he turns round to look at her.

"You coming in or what?"

She blinked. "Wait, what?"

"Coming. In. Unless you'd like to walk all the way back home that is?" Dreth remarked, propping himself up against the doorway.

Aubrey shook her head, stepping in as he moved aside. "Uh, yeah, right. Sorry."

"No worries," Dreth said, moving towards the console at the center of the room.

"Athena?" he said, seemingly to no one in particular. "Would you be so kind as to plot a course for Aubrey's apartment?"

"Certainly," a soothing female voice replied, apparently from everywhere at once.

Dreth clasped his hands behind his back with a small smile as the main doors closed after Aubrey had made her way inside. Glancing back at her, he gave a small wink as the rotor at the center of the ship began moving up and down, accompanied by low thuds and a deep wheezing, gradually going faster and faster as the capsule made its way through the Time Vortex. After a couple of minutes another wheezing sound, similar to the first, radiated throughout the room before being cut off by a loud DUN!

"Well Aubrey," he said, turning towards her as he flipped a switch on the main console. "Here you are. Home sweet home."

"Yeah..." she said, brushing some stray strands of hair from her face. "So... this is it huh?"

"For you, yes," he replied, crossing his arms over his chest. "For me, I'll be travelling around a bit as I wait for this device of mine to finish growing."

"And once that's done your people will be crossing over right?" she asked, shifting her weight from foot to foot.

Dreth nodded. "That's the plan, yeah."

Aubrey nodded, backing towards the now open doors a bit. "Hmm. Well I guess I'll see you around then."

"I guess so."

With those words still hanging in the air between them, Aubrey gives a little wave before turning round and exiting the capsule. Flipping the lever back into its upward position, Dreth uncrosses his arms and leans against the console.

"Where to now?" Athena asked.

Dreth pondered the situation for a bit. Eventually, he came up with the perfect place.

"The Time Vortex," he said, drumming his fingers against the edge of the console. "Once there, engage drift mode. That's where we'll wait for the beacon to mature."

"Affirmative." The sound of whooshing filled the area as the TT Capsule slowly dematerialized, leaving Aubrey standing in the middle of her living room, alone.