Hey, everyone, the fabulous Dan has returned!
To the closet, Erin had said. I'm sure it seemed like a dramatic finish to the last chapter, and you are all thinking that I'm going to start by telling you about the beautiful closet that we found after checking the TARDIS directory and then following the signs as if it was a mall, or a park in Disney World.
Nope.
It was at that point, as we were still standing in the TARDIS control room together, that Ash said what I think we were all wondering.
"...Where is the closet?"
I, the one who makes all the plans, immediately ran to the nearest door. I pulled it open and peered inside. There was a long hallway in front of me.
"I think it's in here…" I called back to Erin and Ash. Ash was checking out a door in the opposite direction from mine. Erin was standing at the centre console, rolling her eyes at the both of us.
"I'm going through this door, guys!" I yelled.
"Have fun!" Erin yelled back. Whatever, I could find the closet without their help anyway.
I entered the new hallway, which only had one exit at the far end. Opening the door, I walked in to find… an ice rink? Dang.
I slid across the rink and went through the Zamboni exit into a large room full of technology. Literally, there were computers, and smaller computers, and extra EXTRA small computers. This was a thousand times better than visiting the apple store, and with nobody to glare at you when you played with the devices!
But wait… Ash and Erin were waiting for me, and I couldn't come back without finding the closet or I'd look ridiculous. I was about to head out of the room when I saw that one section of the room had nothing but jewelry. I didn't question what jewelry was doing with all these computers, because I had just remembered that I had broken my watch the other day. I took a quick look at the watches and grabbed a digital one that looked pretty cool, swapping it with the one that was currently on my wrist. Then I headed out of the room.
The next area I entered offered me a choice of seven doors, and I chose the one directly to my left. I walked down a long hallway and found myself… right back in the console room. Erin was still standing exactly where I had left her.
"Find the closet?" She asked, raising an eyebrow. I glared at her, and she only smirked in response.
I was about to ask where Ash was, when I heard footsteps behind me. Ash entered the room from the same hallway that I had come from, but dripping water everywhere.
"Uhh, well… I found the pool." Ash said in response to my quizzical look.
Erin walked over and smiled sweetly at the both of us. "Are you two finished?"
"Why?" I asked. "How do you plan to find the closet?"
Patting the wall gently, Erin said "Sweetie, can you show us the way?" She looked over at the centre console in a pleading way. A moment later, a light turned on in a doorway upstairs.
"That way!" Erin told us.
I took the stairs in twos, and ran down the hallway. The door at the end was labeled 'closet'.
"This is it!" I called back, pushing open the door. As soon as I saw what was inside, my jaw dropped. Quite literally too, I'm not kidding.
Ash pushed past me into the closet, and then yelled "Holy clothing!"
"Whoa…" Erin said from behind me.
Let me take a minute to explain. Through that door was the biggest walk-in closet you've ever seen. It was more like a walk-in shopping mall, to be honest. But not an ordinary mall; it was more like the Destiny mall in New York. There were tons of floors, each one filled with well-organized racks of clothing of all sorts. Basically, anything that anyone had ever worn or would ever wear was probably in that room.
"Is it organized by year?" I asked, wandering in.
Ash was already two floors up, looking at band shirts from something like the year 2500. Wow, that was fast. Erin was studying ball gowns a couple aisles over. "Yep," She said, "And I found the Middle Ages!"
Ash slid down a railing towards us, holding a futuristic dress. Geez, that looked like fun, but Erin had that look that made me know that she knew what I was thinking. Drat.
Holding up the dress, Ash struck a pose and said "How do I look?"
"Great!" I said. "But I think dresses will just get in our way."
"Wrong era." Erin said practically.
"Dammit." Ash said. "Ok, ok." Walking into the Middle Ages section of the closet, Ash pulled out tights and a tunic.
"Ooh nice tunic!" I said, looking for one of my own.
Ash face-planted against the nearest wall and turned red. "Do I have to wear the tights?"
Pulling out a deep emerald gown, Erin turned to me and said "Dan, stop this nonsense with tunics. We are considered ladies in this era and are NOT allowed to wear pants."
Pssh. I knew that; I took that one history class back in grade ten or something. But you're still not going to catch me in some fancy dress. "I know, but still…"
"Well if you want to stand out in a bad way, that's fine with me. Just remember I took history classes all through high school, and all throughout history women weren't allowed to wear pants."
"I'm wearing this tunic and you can't convince me otherwise, Erin." I held up a beautiful long green tunic, complete with a brown belt and black tights.
"Have fun, I'm not going to stop you." She said, rolling her eyes. "I'm going to change."
The three of us found some changing rooms along one wall, and a few minutes later Erin and I came back out looking like the actors at Medieval Times. Erin was working on braiding her hair back, and I distinctly heard her mutter "I think I tied the corset right…"
"You're wearing a corset?!" I yelped, eyes wide. I knew she was nuts.
"Dan, I'm wearing an off-the-shoulders dress. If someone sees my bra strap they'll be suspicious." Erin said, gesturing to her shoulders with a knowing look.
Ash's reappearance stopped me from saying something sarcastic and probably rude. The outfit that Ash had on was similar to mine, but the tunic was brown with yellow around the cuffs and neckline, and the outfit also featured brown belt and a white shirt underneath. No, I'm not a clothes fanatic; Ash asked me to describe it for you in great detail, and now I have.
Speaking in a loud commentator voice, Ash announced "Aaaaand, representing Hufflepuff, Aaaaaaaash Kippleeeerrrrrrrr!" Erin and I applauded loudly, and I cheered.
"Well, that amused me." Erin said.
"Niiiiice." I told Ash. "I should have gone for a red tunic, but I love the Legolas look."
Erin rolled her eyes again. She was starting to worry that we were losing it or something. "Dorks!" She said.
"Hey!" I pretended that she had offended me. "You're a nerd too, miss I-know-how-to-get-the-TARDIS-to-do-what-I-want!"
Smirking, she said "It's called being nice Dan, try it sometime." Ok, now I was ACTUALLY offended. My pride was GREATLY wounded. I am a VERY nice person, thank you very much.
Ash, who understood how I could be when insulted, made a sucking-air-through-teeth noise. "Looks like the battle started here without me. Is there any popcorn around here?" Ash asked, pretending to look around.
To be honest, if we had been back in the apartment and not in some medieval time period in an alternate universe, I probably wouldn't have spoken to Erin for at least two days. I am quite good with the silent treatment, despite what you might think. But I decided to mostly ignore that comment and maybe spear her with a sword later (I'm just kidding, Erin, stop smacking me, I'm JOKING). Then I noticed that Ash was pretty much frozen, waiting to see what I was going to do.
"Ouch." I said through gritted teeth. Ash unfroze and ran to the computer. I finished pulling on high brown boots and said, "Well, I think I'm gonna head out now," before sauntering out into the console room. I could almost HEAR Erin's eyes rolling behind me.
"Okay, let's go." Erin said, following me.
"Hey Ash, we're leaving!" I called to the blogger who was currently typing rapidly on a certain laptop. I'm not sure that I want to know what's on that blog. Ash quickly grabbed the computer and followed us.
"Alright, allons-y!"
"Let's find our Doctor!" Erin cheered.