[Otherways] Arrival at Palasia Four

[just_the_doctor]

The hum of travel in the TARDIS ceases abruptly as the ship materializes at its destination.

The Doctor heads over to Padme's suite and knocks on the door.

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[just_the_doctor]

"Yeah, it's blank," he says with a grin. "The paper's slightly psychic. It showed them what they wanted to see." Then, a little smirk. "You can handle the next bunch. Now, let's see if we can find a way out of here. You get a sense of what direction the park exit might be?"

[darksithsenator.livejournal.com]

Padme let her eyes look around as well as searching around with the Force. The park's exit. Hmm...

"There"

Yep, she's pointing off in an opposite direction than what they're standing.

[just_the_doctor]

"Hey, you're handy," the Doctor says, winking at her. He starts off in that direction, moving with a purpose now.

[darksithsenator.livejournal.com]

"Of course I'm handy Doctor"

[just_the_doctor]

"As much as I don't want to speak ill of friends," he says as they leave the park grounds and exit onto a wide walkway, "quite a few of my previous Companions have been... less than helpful at times."

The sky abruptly stops as they leave, and it becomes apparent that they are inside a massive domed structure enclosing the entire city.

"This is wrong. This is very, very wrong."

[darksithsenator.livejournal.com]

Padme follows him inside and blinks before tilting her head back and looking up.

"Well, first time for everything I suppose."

Then she looks at the Doctor. "Well, darling Doctor, I'm not them."

[just_the_doctor]

"No, you're not, Padme. And I'm happy to have you along."

He looks up and down the walkway.

"We need to find a library or archive or something."

[darksithsenator.livejournal.com]

"Hmm..."

She walks in front of him and takes his hand before leading him away from where they'd just entered and finds a door and opens it. Well... they'd get to find out what the room was.

[just_the_doctor]

The sign over the desk is in a strange curling language unfamiliar to the Doctor (and likely to Padme as well), but thanks to the TARDIS, it's understandable as saying 'Archival Room'.

The Doctor looks at Padme. "You're a little scary."

[darksithsenator.livejournal.com]

Padme raises a brow at that. Because that's the first time she's heard him say something like that.

"Why do you say that?"

[just_the_doctor]

He drapes an arm over her shoulders. "Oh, I mean it in the most affectionate way possible. I just mean, you picked this door seemingly completely at random, and it was the right one. That Force of yours is some powerful stuff."

[darksithsenator.livejournal.com]

She gives a slight laugh and cants her head slightly looking up at him a bit. "Well, let's not just stand around. Let's find out what we need to shall we?"

[just_the_doctor]

The Doctor addresses the lady behind the desk. "Hello there. We're trying to find some... historical records, I suppose. Anything you have that might have to do with what happened to the environment outside."

She looks up at him pleasantly enough. "All such records are restricted, sir. I'll need your authorization code," she says in a tone that strongly suggests she doesn't believe he has one.

"Of course you will. Padme, love, give this nice young lady our authorization code."

[darksithsenator.livejournal.com]

Padme is trying not to laugh at how the Doctor put that. Really, she is. Because it just sounds funny...

She simply waves her hand in the woman's plain view and puts a Force command to her words. "You've seen our authorization code and will allow us access to the restricted material."

The woman behind the desk simply looks at them. "I've seen your authorization code." Then she gives them both a smile. "You now have access to the restricted material." The woman gets up momentarily to guide them to the restricted material before going back to her seat and leaving the two be.

[just_the_doctor]

The Doctor just watches in silence, shaking his head.

"Incredible," he says to her in hushed tones as the librarian leaves them in the restricted room.

[darksithsenator.livejournal.com]

"Well... my good Doctor, if it gets the job done then it gets the job done." She states simply.

"Force commands normally work on the weak minded though. So if someone's mind were stronger, say like Obi-Wan's, then I wouldn't of been able to do that."

[just_the_doctor]

He chuckles. "You have to teach me that sometime."

For now, though, the Doctor sits at the small computer terminal in the room and starts his search. It turns up three likely archive disks.

"I need 27-Delta, 13-Beta, and 61-Gamma," he calls out.

[darksithsenator.livejournal.com]

"I doubt its something I'd be able to teach you, Doctor. Only Force users can use it."

Then she goes through the archives finding the three disks that are needed and sits them down beside of him.

[just_the_doctor]

"Figures. Guess that means I just have to keep you around, then."

He loads one of the archival disks and starts scanning through the information contained.

"There's got to be an explanation," he mumbles to himself.

[darksithsenator.livejournal.com]

She gives a slight laugh at that.

"I doubt Obi-Wan would let you keep me."

[just_the_doctor]

He looks sideways at her. "You're here now... who says I have to give you back?" he teases.

[darksithsenator.livejournal.com]

Oh... that just... well, yep, that definitely wasn't something that she'd expected. Although, oddly enough he did have a point. Because he was the way to getting back. Not that technically... right then. Focus on what was at hand not what the Doctor had said.

[just_the_doctor]

The Doctor winks playfully at her brief confusion and returns his attention to the archives.

His expression darkens, however, as he goes through the three disks, and by the time he pops the third one out of the reader, his face is positively ashen.

[darksithsenator.livejournal.com]

"What'd you find, Doctor?"

[just_the_doctor]

"They... they've killed half their planet. The Northern hemisphere is still lush and green and alive, but the Southern, where we are, is just... dead. It's parroted about that it was a slight shift in the planet's orbit that caused massive ecological devastation, but they did it. They didn't understand it and they just unleashed it. Destroyed everything."

His eyes go wide suddenly. "Oh, no."

The Doctor grabs Padme's wrist as he jumps up from the seat, already running. "We've got to get back to the TARDIS!"