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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[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

"I couldn't tell you," the Doctor replied, shrugging a little. "Mythical beast? Maybe a rival sub-race? Sounds a bit like that old astronauts versus cavemen question. Ever heard that one? Astronauts would win, of course. Superior intellect usually beats out brute force no matter the situation."

He stirred the strange tea that he'd been given and took a sip. It tasted like seaweed. Oh, well. At least it wasn't pears.

"Perhaps they're used to dealing with lies. People shifting their opinion to the given situation so no one felt they could trust anyone else. If nothing else, I imagine it makes political races more interesting.

[banished_dame]

Rose mused for a moment over the thought and figured if the Doctor said that Astronauts would win then clearly that mean they'd win. After all he had the truth telling serum in him, so he couldn't be lying. Of course... One good slag to the head from the club of a caveman and their space suit would be shattered.

"Really? Astronauts would win?" Shaking her head lightly she wondered if that was all it took why all the civil chaos. Why even bother with the truth serum if one person said it then that'd be that.

"Cavemen would win." Just like that. Truth from Rose's mouth to the Doctor's ears and it completely contradicted what the Doctor said.

"Ohh... that's bad yeah?"

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

"That's opinion," the Doctor said, nodding. "And your opinion is your truth. Even if you're wrong, which you are. Not your fault, Rose. Human intellect only really goes so far."

Oh, the pain of pure honesty.

"Besides, I've dealt with cavemen and astronauts. The harder ones are the learned ones. Have you tried this tea yet? It's revolting."

[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?"