Title: Language Barrier
Word Count: 168
Prompt: #2 Confused
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"What's wrong with the TARDIS?" the Doctor asked himself.
"Why do you assume something is wrong?" Martha asked, trying to decipher the writing on the wall.
"The TARDIS should translate, it knows every language in existence, but yet this is still unreadable." The Doctor started to fiddle with buttons and pull levers that Martha had never seen him use before. Maybe she should tell him what was going on before he did something to permanently damage the machine and he ended up stuck on Earth, in her time zone, probably living in her flat. God, her mother would love that!
"Doctor, it's not an unknown language, it's text talk."
"Text what?"
"Text talk, teenagers use it on mobile phones to text their mates."
"That's not a mobile phone," he said, pointing to the wall.
"Like all languages, it's evolved into real life talk as well. I can translate it, don't worry. There's nothing wrong with the TARDIS," Martha told him, giggling at the bemused look on his face.