[Video | Cellphone]

[dododo]

[ This expression is a mixture of concerned and confused - very confused. And on the tired side, because he's just come home in the early morning from a long shift but. That's not important. ]

There is a police box in my living room.

...

One of those old telephone boxes they had in London to get a hold of the police, I mean.

[ Which is probably what he's staring at, and he turns the phone around for the network to get a look. And, yep, there it is, smack in the middle of the room, in the brightest of blues, if on the worn side. And very much in the way. ]

I can't open it.

[ He walks over, tries the doors again, both pushing and pulling. ]

Nope.

No one happens to have a key they don't know where it goes to?

[ That's mostly a joke. He sighs, and places his hand on one of the edges. ]

These... Pulses have almost always seemed fairly nonsensical. But I can understand notes, weapons, songs and stories, memories or whatever you're supposed to call them that make no sense and have no context. But this? A police box I can't even open? What is the point of that? Are they trying to tell me I was a police in my past life.

[ That he's still not sure what believe, if that actually is the case with all of them.

He finally turns the camera back on himself. ]

Any theories? I'd be glad to hear them. Or maybe someone has any tips on what to tell people who visit.

[ Maybe he should get rid of it but there's... some part of him who absolutely does not want to do that.

He presses his lips together, and ends the recording. ]

Comments

[voice]

[epimethean]

Huh!

[This fellow British accent sounds more bemused than anything, mostly because seriously what.]

That's, uh. That's sort of weird. I didn't know--and it just showed up?

I mean, you could always borrow an axe, if you want to know what's inside that badly. Or--maybe an attempt to pick the lock, first. An axe is probably-- should probably be a last-ditch effort, if you know what I mean.

[voice]

[dododo]

--yes, I think it probably should be. Do you think there might be something of importance in it, then?

[epimethean]

Who dumps an empty police box into someone's living room?

[dododo]

Don't ask me. Does any of this truly make sense, hm?

[Video]

[originaloddcouple]

It... kinda looks like the Time Booth!

Except... blue.

And there are less windows.

And that's a police box, not a telephone booth.

[Video]

[dododo]

Sorry, what?

[ No, no, hang on, he knows this one. ]

Inspector Spacetime?

[ Frown. ]

Don't be ridiculous, it can't be a Time Booth.

[Video]

[originaloddcouple]

Yeah, it looks completely different...

But it's also reallysimilar...

Maybe past you was a fan of... some spin-off. Or something.

[Audio]

[truthandlogic]

Tell people that it is an antique you purchased. With a few other items that originate in London it would be quite believable.

[Miles definitely was considering that one himself, except in his case it would have to be items that originate in Asia to go with the samurai figurine.]

[Audio]

[dododo]

So basically I'd have to buy a few British antiques.

[ What a pain in the arse. ]

It would be a very sudden interest that came out of nowhere.

[Audio]

[truthandlogic]

It would make the story more believable. Collectors tend to start with smaller pieces before getting something that large.

[Text]

[shiromadoushi]

Maybe you need to flashback-back the key before you can get into it? Maybe a passcode or something? Some special way to open it.

...and it does kinda look like that booth from Inspector Spacetime, like those guys said. Already have one guy getting fan stuff from a show. Somehow it would be fitting if that show existed in other worlds too...

[Video]

[dododo]

Any tips about how I could get at that?

[ He frowns, glances at the box again. Well, that's useless. ]

[Text]

[shiromadoushi]

Not sure. It's pretty hard to tell what'll give someone flashback, no one's figured a way to trigger them.

Maybe try concentrating really hard? Or search every inch of that for a secret latch or hidden secret or something.

[handwritten]

[wastingtime]

You won it in a special promotion you hadn't realized you'd signed up for until they left it at your doorstep.

But goodness. That's certainly an interesting item to receive.

[Voice]

[dododo]

That... is actually a brilliant idea.

[ He's not giving up on the putting-it-into-storage idea, but that is still something. ]

It's absolute nonsense, is what it is.

[Voice]

[wastingtime]

Is it? I didn't think so at the time, I must admit. Though, it could make a good conversation piece. Ask them how you think you obtained it.

video;

[dancingonapin]

A police box...? Holy hell, that is one weird thing to have appear in your living room...

These pulses that people keep mentioning. They're really capable of causing things like this to appear out of thin air??

[If he had a car or something suddenly appear in his bedroom or living room just like that, that would probably constitute as the worst day of his life.]

... Have you tried breaking the lock? It must be extremely old, considering we haven't had police boxes in London for bloody ages now, I can't imagine the door holding up too well against brute force.

video;

[dododo]

No, I haven't tried. Maybe it's too rusty to open with a key anyway...

[ He really just doesn't know how to approach this. ]

video;

[dancingonapin]

Well, you could try it with a wrench or something... Though it really depends on whether or not you want to damage it. God, why would something so odd just show up like that...

Do you think it's a likelihood that the key will show up in your pocket sometime if you wait around for it? I mean, I suppose it's hard to talk about likelihoods when we're discussing things that, by all rights, should be completely impossible...

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[argents]

No way! That whole thing just appeared out of no where?

[ Then, a moment later: ]

It looks like it's been through a lot, doesn't it?

[Voice]

[dododo]

I don't know how it appeared, it was there when I came home. But you're right, it does...

[argents]

That's weird. I don't know what kinds of things a telephone booth can get into...

voice;

[metalbent]

Say you're collecting novelty stuff?

voice;

[dododo]

That and similar seems to be the general consensus.

voice;

[metalbent]

Also, you should totally start collecting police boxes. That's way better than like, stamps or keys.