A housewarming, of sorts.

[mobius-bound.livejournal.com]

WHO: Jenny & Cameron (I'm at work, I'll code this later)
WHERE: Cameron's new apartment. Where all the worker bees live, or something.
WHEN: 7:01pm Sunday Night!
WARNINGS: Epically slow tags since Cait is at work.
SUMMARY: Cameron moved out! And Jenny is the only person she's close to who hasn't managed to UTTERLY ANNOY HER TODAY. Yeah today's been special, so Jenny is a welcome face.
FORMAT: Quicklog or paragraph

[ By 7:01pm Cameron is all moved in; not that she had much at the house to begin with. Even though she had been there a month, the apartment upstate had more items that were hers than her room at the house had been.

Perhaps, she considered, she had never really thought of it as home to begin with. She was satisfied with her decision, even if no one else seemed to be, except for Kyle. ]

Comments

[mobius-bound.livejournal.com]

Whatever you are willing to tell me. How long were you there before you ended up here?

[ Stirring soup! ]

[bitunlikely.livejournal.com]

I was there for two days before I stole a shuttle and decided to go travelling. There was too much to see to stay on one planet. And too many bad guys to stop and-

[And she wants to make Daddy proud.]

And it wasn't home.

[mobius-bound.livejournal.com]

Where is home? Have you ever been there?

There is no space flight where I am from. And I don't know that I could ever run away, even just to see new things. I thought about it. But I would worry that I am risking too much.

[bitunlikely.livejournal.com]

[She frowns and when she speaks, she's very quiet.]

Dad says Gallifrey is gone. But I don't know if it would be my home or if the other Time Lords would treat me like he did when I came out of the progenation machine.

[mobius-bound.livejournal.com]

Maybe home is wherever your father is.

[ She watches Jenny for a moment and then returns her attention to the soup. ]

You miss him.

[bitunlikely.livejournal.com]

[She glances at Cameron for a second.]

We had just started getting along.

[mobius-bound.livejournal.com]

Would you be happy if he arrived here?

[bitunlikely.livejournal.com]

Very happy.

Lynda said he was here once before.

[mobius-bound.livejournal.com]

That must have been before you were here, then.

[ Soup's done! Time to get bowls. ]

I don't have parents, not really. I'm not sure if I would want any.

[bitunlikely.livejournal.com]

What about the people that made you? Don't they count?

[mobius-bound.livejournal.com]

It was not a person.

Even if it had been, it would not count.

[bitunlikely.livejournal.com]

[She tilts her head and looks at Cameron, very much curious.]

What was it?

[mobius-bound.livejournal.com]

An aggressive, meglomaniacal, and genocidal artifical intelligence.

[bitunlikely.livejournal.com]

And it wanted you to protect people?

[mobius-bound.livejournal.com]

[ She shakes her head. ]

I was reprigrammed. Original parameters included observation and infiltration.

[bitunlikely.livejournal.com]

[Jenny frowns and gently places an hand on Cameron's upper arm.]

Is that a good thing or a bad thing? Being reprogrammed?

[Without waiting for an answer-]

I don't think I'd like to be reprogrammed. I want to be able to decide for myself.

[mobius-bound.livejournal.com]

It is neither good nor bad. It just is.

[ She smiles at Jenny, hoping to be comforting. She doesn't want her friend to worry. ]

We had no choices.

[bitunlikely.livejournal.com]

[Jenny still looks unsure; Daddy's a good teacher.]

I think everyone should have a choice.

[mobius-bound.livejournal.com]

I have one, now. Perhaps when the war ends more of us will.

[bitunlikely.livejournal.com]

[She moves her hand away and shrugs slightly.]

Are you happy that you were reprogrammed?

[mobius-bound.livejournal.com]

Yes. Otherwise I would have killed him.

[bitunlikely.livejournal.com]

Why does it matter so much if John lives?

...can you tell me that?

[mobius-bound.livejournal.com]

Timeline preservation. He is important in the future so he is important now.

[bitunlikely.livejournal.com]

Why is he important?

[mobius-bound.livejournal.com]

He is pivotal in ending the war.

[bitunlikely.livejournal.com]

That's very important, then.