I've come to expect these sweetly poignant stories from you, and this one lives up to lovely expectation. My favorite bit is, of course, Hex's choice of map.
A small box for a treasure, and inside was an assortment of toy soldiers, long-stale bubble gum, a whistle, and three handwritten notes. They were, as it turned out, each from a child who'd dug the treasure up in the past, found the note of welcome from the previous young pirate, and reburied it with his or her own treasure. Hex, smiling, added a sprinkle of alien coins when the Doctor wasn't looking, and a note about travelling among the stars. He deposited the rolled-up map in a passing boy's bag as they made their way back to the TARDIS, and knew he was smiling stupidly with the sensation of having engineered events to make someone truly happy.
Really, that's what Doctor Who is all about, isn't it?
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Date: 2008-07-17 09:41 pm (UTC)A small box for a treasure, and inside was an assortment of toy soldiers, long-stale bubble gum, a whistle, and three handwritten notes. They were, as it turned out, each from a child who'd dug the treasure up in the past, found the note of welcome from the previous young pirate, and reburied it with his or her own treasure. Hex, smiling, added a sprinkle of alien coins when the Doctor wasn't looking, and a note about travelling among the stars. He deposited the rolled-up map in a passing boy's bag as they made their way back to the TARDIS, and knew he was smiling stupidly with the sensation of having engineered events to make someone truly happy.
Really, that's what Doctor Who is all about, isn't it?