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The Twelfth Doctor ([personal profile] helpline) wrote in [community profile] maskormenacelogs2017-03-03 08:17 am

so if you're feeling low

WHO: the Twelfth Doctor & Theon Greyjoy
WHERE: some sort of bumper cars/minigolf/laser tag/arcade sort of place, located in Heropa
WHEN: time is nebulous so basically whenever
WHAT: SUCK IT THEON, THEY ARE FRIENDS and friends occasionally do bumper cars together.
WARNINGS: it Theon

The two of them are waiting in line behind Sally's fairly large eighth birthday party, attendees of which are currently getting in the bumper cars. Really, the Doctor's a bit thankful for Sally and her birthday party because this means he's got enough time to explain these sorts of things to Theon. After all, he's forcibly dragged Theon somewhere that he thinks the other man would like but he's not entirely sure if he's ever done before.

"So, bumper cars. You drive them like a car and by that I mean turn the wheel in what direction you want to go, use the floor pedal on the right to go faster, use the floor pedal on the left to stop. See those little rubber sticky-outty bits around the car? That's so you can ram your bumper car into other people's bumper cars and give them a jolt."

It's all explained in a matter of fact tone. There's no judging, no sort of 'oh man how come you don't know this' intonation, the Doctor's explaining bumper cars as if explaining bumper cars is a perfectly logical thing to do (which it totally is). Sally's birthday party has too many people for one round of bumper cars so the Doctor, Theon, and a handful of eight year olds still wait in line as the bumper cars hum to life and the rest of the eight year olds start slamming their bumper cars into each other with surprising viciousness.

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