Huh, a little late updating than i had planned but oh well! I return. I got caught up in reading numerous books i got for Christmas xD
I hope everyone had a good Christmas! n_n
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"So! Egypt! Pyramids, mummies. What more could you ask for?"
"Sand in your shoes? Relentless sun-"
"Phil stop complaining! This was your idea, so I decided to bring you back when Egypt-mania was all the rage."
"Excavations?"
"Indeed! Oh those budding little archaeologists," Doctor looked distantly around and shook his head. "I don't really like archaeologists."
"Why?"
"As a time traveller I point and laugh at them. Would you perhaps want to join in with the laughing?"
"Oh yeah sure thing I like to laugh at things I don't understand." Phil said while opening a packet and popping a blue M & M into her mouth. Chewing it she shrugged and rolled her eyes, Doctor nodded at her weird hand gestures.
"Yes quite, I agree although I do not know what you're trying to say. But I agree with you Phil."
"I was trying to say," Phil said while finally swallowing the chocolate sweet. "Aren't the archaeologists superstitious?"
"You're thinking of curses? Well Phil the thing about curses is that half the time it's all paranoia." Doctor said while rummaging in his jacket pocket. "Ta da!"
"Yeah those shades really bring out the dorky essence that is you."
"Oh your charming are you not?" Doctor lowered the glasses and looked at her. "We'll see who is throwing petty jokey insults at who when we're out there. In the relentless sun," Doctor put more emphasis on the word 'sun'. Phil popped in another sweet and rummaged in her rucksack.
She'd already said that if they were to go to Egypt there was no way she wasn't taking her sketchbook. Doctor pointed out that she had a photographic memory when it came to wanting to draw what she'd seen. But regardless she ignored him and packed it anyway. Pulling out aviator glasses she grinned.
"Yeah those glasses really bring out the human essence that is you, Phil. Only a human would think wearing aviator glasses in a desert is a good idea."
"Well your glasses look like the ones from Men in Black, which is sort of ironic considering..." Phil said thoughtfully while putting her bag on and then crossing her arms over her baggy white Star Wars vest. It was her favourite and had a faded picture of a Star Fighter on it, the picture wasn't originally made to look faded. She'd just worn it so many times that the picture was cracked and faint.
"Well all chatting aside shall we?" Doctor moved over to the door and opened it, Phil walked quickly after him, her boots making slight stomping noises on the floor grating. Looking around she grinned, "This is cool."
"Actually it's hot, but I get what you're saying. I guess it is sort of cool isn't it?" Doctor looked around and shut the door behind Phil, she was to preoccupied with starting to wonder off. "Hey!" He shouted after her, Phil stopping and turned slowly. "No wondering. People are at work here, if they see you they'll be suspicious."
"Because walking out of a police box isn't suspicious enough?"
"Well now you're just being picky."
"I'm speaking sense."
"I don't like your sense, my sense is better. I'm right, you'll look suspicious if you just walk past them." Doctor patted the door beside him, "Leave her out of it."
Phil rolled her eyes and stood still until he walked past her, turning she followed behind him. "So today we're tourists?"
"Well tourism isn't really happening at the moment. Tell me Phil, you said the history interested you. Which parts?"
"Worshipping animals."
Doctor lowered the glasses and looked at her. "I'm kidding! Although it is sort of interesting. Just everything, the religions, the ideals. I can't just pin point something when there's so many parts which interest me." Phil paused, "Are we going to come across pompous English people?"
"You're English."
"But I'm not pompous."
Doctor walked towards a cluster of tents which could be spotted, they weren't to far away from where the TARDIS was parked. "You probably could be if given the chance."
"Hey!" Phil exclaimed and ran to walk beside him. "That's not fair, I'm to nice to be pompous."
"Do you know the meaning of the word Phil? Or did you just fancy throwing it into a sentence?"
"If someone described a person as pompous, they mean that their behaviour and speech is that of a serious manner. Only because they think they are more important than what they really are."
"Well done Phil! Use it in a sentence."
"What is this English on the first degree?" Phil muttered and stuffed her hands in her torn and wholly jeans. "The man near that white tent is strutting around in a pompous manner."
"Yeah you're right he does look rather pompous." Doctor confirmed as they stopped and watched the man pace slightly in front of the white tent. The two looked at each other and then at him.
"That is a man in a suit."
"Archaeologist." Doctor said, "They're not so hands on yet. I mean look," Doctor pointed to another tent. "They bring their families out here! It's more like a holiday." Phil looked a little disheartened, "Don't look so down Phil! Only because they aren't up for a little hands on work in exploration doesn't mean we're not. Right?" She gave a nod which caused him to grin.
"You know, they order people around so why don't the people who actually go in first get any credit?"
"Because that's called selfish human nature," Doctor said while patting her on the shoulder. "It never changes." Phil looked a little troubled by that.
"We're complete arses aren't we?"
"Yes," he nodded and then shook his head. "But you're brilliant...arses...huh, this is going down a strange avenue for a conversation. Shall we?" Doctor gestured towards the troubled man, Phil nodded and walked after him. Doctor didn't want to question as to why now out of all times Phil choose to notice the little flaws of humanity. That would be something he could ask her later when they were back on board the TARDIS.
"Hello there! You alright?" Doctor asked, Phil couldn't help but slap a hand to her forehead. Talk about casual, Doctor made it look so natural to be walking in the deserts of Egypt. The man jumped and looked at him and then at her, completely startled.
"Yes quite...who are you?"
"Doctor and Phil, we're budding explorers." Doctor rubbed his hands together and followed the man into the tent. Phil smiled and walked in too, it was frightfully hot out there. She didn't quite take into consideration of how hot it would be. The two of them took off their glasses and looked around, Doctor walked up to a table and picked something up.
"You move from Men in Black, to Tommy Cooper? That's an odd transition." Phil said while nodding to the fez which Doctor was holding onto. He gave her a look which made her roll her eyes. "Oh go on then."
"Right, you look slightly troubled and I'm rather good at helping out with other peoples problems. What's wrong?" Doctor asked while walking after the man. He sat down at a table and looked up at him, he did a double take and obviously chose not to question as to why Doctor was suddenly standing wearing a fez.
Phil nodded, that was a wise decision, the less questions Doctor was asked the better. He had a habit of rambling on the answers. Walking towards some of the other tables in the tent Phil looked over some of the broken pieces of pottery and what not.