Movin' Out!

The Never Ending Quest - Episode 12233

The period that followed was extremely chaotic and confused, as Nyssa attempted to explain to the Doctor just what she was doing stowing away on his TARDIS, and Betty attempted to explain to her sister (who was terribly thrilled to meet Nyssa, but was even more confused by seeing her with the third Doctor) and brother-in-law (who seemed more interested in the elves) just exactly what was going on. Oddly enough, the sister, Kathy, though wildly excited, seemed less astonished by all this than one might have expected. In fact, she kept exclaiming "I knew this was gonna happen one day!" (among many other excitable interjections). She was distressed at the news that Betty would not be coming back, but generally seemed very happy for her sister (and perhaps more than a little jealous!). Her main concern, in fact, seemed to be in how she was going to break the news to their mother...

Eventually, once the introductions, explanations, and exclamations had all been made, the Doctor, Nyssa and Inquirer (who had sort of invited herself to participate) moved aside for a private talk, and Betty quickly comandeered the others to help her pack books. "I can't take them, all, obviously," she said with evident sadness, "but I at least want to bring the ones I haven't read." Of which there turned out to be about four hundred! Needless to say, this kept everyone busy as Betty threw some clothes and personal effects into suitcases, herded two very consternated cats into their carrier, and began a somewhat heated conversation with Ragan and Kathy over what to bring and what to leave behind:


BETTY: "OK, Kath, I'm not going to be coming back to this universe, so you can just keep whatever's left behind that you want. Like, um... You can have the Blake's 7 videos..."

KATHY: "Oh, sure, you get to go off and be a Doctor Who companion, and I get your Blake's 7 collection."

BETTY: "Well, if you don't want 'em..."

KATHY: "Oh, no, no, no! I want 'em! I want 'em!"

RAGAN: "Well she can't have them! Dammit, I haven't even seen them all! I was only up to like the second season when I got sucked into Addventure! We're taking them!"

KATHY: "But you never even copied them all for me!"

BETTY: "Sorry, kid. I just can't deny someone who's basically me..."

KATHY: "Well, she's already got the Blake sleeves to go with it."

RAGAN: "Hey, my sleeves are not that puffy!"

KATHY: "Besides, what are you going to play 'em on?"

RAGAN: "I'm sure the Doctor can rig up something."

BETTY: "Well, look you can have the Doctor Who videos..."

RAGAN: "Don't you think we might want those for reference or something?"

BETTY: "Erm, OK, you can have the Star Treks..."


Well, it went on like that for some time, but eventually they got things settled, packed up, and into the TARDIS. By this time, the Doctor (and everybody else, for that matter!) seemed to be getting impatient to leave, and Betty hurriedly began running around putting the last of her affairs in order: leaving her sister with her ATM card and PIN number and instructions to pay the rent until the rest of her stuff could be moved out; sending a few goodbye e-mails, including ones to her employers and the gamemaster of her regular weekly RPG session to let them know she wouldn't be back ("although I hate to leave them in the middle of an adventure," she muttered with regard to the latter); and finally leaving a message on her mother's answering machine saying "Hi, Mom. I know you made me promise not to leave the planet without permission, but I'm a grown woman now, and, um, I'm afraid I've got some news for you..."

  1. But, eventually, it was time for a teary farewell...

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ragan (whose mother really DID extract such a promise, and with pretty much just this sort of situation in mind!)

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