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lyssie ([personal profile] lyssie) wrote2005-06-15 04:14 am

Fic: Doctor Who, Making Friends

Disclaimer: Not Mine. Rating: 8+
Character: Leela
Prompt: Leela in the TARDIS with tea.
Set: post-Face of Evil
Length: 400
Author: ALC Punk!
Notes: For RedStarRobot, who is feeling icky.

Title: Making Friends

"Are you sure about this, Doctor?"

"Very! It's very relaxing!" He called from somewhere outside her quarters.

Leela rolled her eyes and decided to suffer in silence. She picked up the fragile cup he'd brought her, ignoring the plate (he'd called it a saucer) beneath it and sniffed. It didn't smell bad, but then, neither had Raschet Juice, and even Caleb had said that Raschet Juice was like drinking vomit.

Tentatively, she took a sip, then waited for the inevitable bad taste.

It didn't arrive. It was good. Surprised, she stared at the milky brown substance for a moment longer before taking another sip. This time, she was prepared for the flavor to tickle its way across her tongue.

He'd been right. It was good. She almost scowled at the white roundeled walls around her. The Doctor loved being right. He would lord it over for weeks and weeks, and probably make her feel stupid every time she asked for another cup.

With a click, Leela set the cup down onto its saucer.

She considered her options. The Doctor had tried to explain how the food machine worked, earlier. And she thought she knew. But then, the food machine wasn't a weapon. Weapons were easy. Mostly, you pointed them and pulled a trigger. Or slashed with them and cut. Machines were different. Machines were Tesh things, and to be avoided (except that was old superstition, and she was breaking free of superstition).

The solution was to find out if the machine would make tea without the Doctor's help. Leela nodded once, decided, and then drank her tea.

A few minutes later, she wandered down several corridors getting a little lost before rediscovering the mess hall. The Doctor was nowhere in evidence, for which Leela was grateful. She approached the machine and studied it for a moment, trying to remember the sequence of buttons the Doctor had used.

It took several tries and then she grumbled, "Machine, you will work. I want tea." She slammed a fist onto the panel.

Magic words. Or perhaps, she had simply hit the right buttons. A cup appeared, a saucer beneath. The brown liquid was slightly milky. Leela picked it up and took a careful sip. She smiled. "Good machine." She patted it and smiled, "This will be our little secret."

Cup in hand, she wandered back to her quarters.

She didn't get lost once.

-f-

[identity profile] astrogirl2.livejournal.com 2005-06-15 09:23 am (UTC)(link)
Cute! And an excellent Leela.
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[identity profile] lyssie.livejournal.com 2005-06-15 07:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you =) (I like her when she's half-smart, because she is. Arg. Now I want to watch Leela episodes. hrm)

[identity profile] nakedtoes.livejournal.com 2005-06-15 09:24 am (UTC)(link)
*snickers* OK, I'm uncultured and have no idea who Leela is, but I still love.

[identity profile] capriuni.livejournal.com 2005-06-15 02:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Leela was the first original companion to the fourth Doctor. She was a "savage" in the classic sense -- a woman from a hunter-gatherer society who was also a trained warrior. Here she is:

Image

(she also boosted adult male viewership numbers by a considerable amount...)

[identity profile] nakedtoes.livejournal.com 2005-06-15 07:22 pm (UTC)(link)
I remember the fourth Doctor! *bounces* Thank you!
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[identity profile] lyssie.livejournal.com 2005-06-15 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
*laughs* Er... They've kinda covered it. Thanks. :)

[identity profile] skellingtonjon.livejournal.com 2005-06-15 10:16 am (UTC)(link)
That was really cute.

But now I have to go and bleach my fingers for letting them type the word "cute" as an adjective...

;)
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[identity profile] lyssie.livejournal.com 2005-06-15 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
*mocks*

Thanks you ;)

[identity profile] redstarrobot.livejournal.com 2005-06-15 11:03 am (UTC)(link)
Yay! It makes me feel less ill with its goodness. :)
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[identity profile] lyssie.livejournal.com 2005-06-15 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay! Good. *snuggles*

[identity profile] timjr.livejournal.com 2005-06-15 01:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Excellent, quite, quite fun. Good characterization, too.
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[identity profile] lyssie.livejournal.com 2005-06-15 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you. =) (although, as said above, now I want to watch Leela eps. arg)

[identity profile] capriuni.livejournal.com 2005-06-15 02:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Cup in hand, she wandered back to her quarters.

She didn't get lost once.


Hee!

How TARDISes give hugs.
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[identity profile] lyssie.livejournal.com 2005-06-15 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes! Exactly. Because the TARDIS likes Leela. *bounces*

[identity profile] capriuni.livejournal.com 2005-06-16 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
the TARDIS is probably relieved to finally have someone on board who gets equally annoyed at the Doctor's superior attitude.... 'Cause if it annoyed Leela, think how the TARDIS must feel...

[identity profile] nostalgia-lj.livejournal.com 2005-06-15 02:57 pm (UTC)(link)
*eats you*
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[identity profile] lyssie.livejournal.com 2005-06-15 07:15 pm (UTC)(link)
*is eaten, omg*

[identity profile] pinkdormouse.livejournal.com 2005-06-15 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Awwww!!!

Gina
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[identity profile] lyssie.livejournal.com 2005-06-15 09:25 pm (UTC)(link)
*g* Thanks!