RP for banished_dame: Truth-telling exploits of doom!

[rude_not_ginger]

The planet of Zelmenox.

Lovely place. Streets were lined with rubies, literally. It seemed like the right sort of place to take Rose Tyler for a trip. Land somewhere within the principal city of Vertias, have some lunch and wander around a bit.

Really, though, now that the Doctor thinks about it, he should've taken at least a brief glance at the books he had on Zelmenoxian law before landing there. Not twenty minutes after they started wandering, they were approached by one of the half-horse aliens (a police officer, in fact) and asked if they'd taken the Vertian Supplement, required of all citizens and visitors.

The correct answer was "no" and the Doctor was regretting saying that. Now, they sat in a Vertian cafe, looking over some of the custom guides to figure out exactly what they'd been injected with.

"It's a truth-telling serum," the Doctor announced, looking over the edge of his glasses at his companion. "To try to sort out the 'primary question of the universe'. Whatever that could be."

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[banished_dame]

Narrowing her eyes at him a bit she wasn't at all amused by that bit of truth. Though maybe that was opinion. Though she hadn't had an opinion on the whole caveman astronaut thing either until just then. It was sort of a bit of confusing at the moment.

"Yeah? Maybe that's all your opinion too. Just cause you're handsome and wear the glasses that make you look smart doesn't mean you know everything," Rose stopped herself there because it felt right and also now she was wondering just how much of that was the truth... because really... this could get complicated.

"Wait, so... there is the truth like the sky is beige... then there is opinion like Cavemen would win, so why even bother with the truth serum at all?"

Rose glanced to the tea, "It smells like Mum's casserole. I won't have that at all."

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

"Well, my species has ten thousand years of intellectual power, I think I earned a little of that." Which was less opinion and more fact, in his mind. "Not that I think your species is unintelligent, you all are very exciting and creative. And surprising. Just...not nearly as intelligent as mine was."

Was being the operative word.

He grinned at her comment, though. Not that he was insecure with his appearance, it was just nice to know that Rose thought the same thing. "You think I'm handsome, hmmm?"