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[besiege]

[ The video clicks on, and it's obvious enough that Cat's not particularly happy about choosing to do so, but given the reason for one of her rare appearances on the network, she thought she might as well show her face. There's a bit of a pause before she finds it in herself to actually start talking as opposed to just looking a bit grumpy and reluctant, which is of course her standard approach to everything. Doesn't matter that Cat genuinely wants to get something out of this, she just hates having to ask for help. ]

All right, seeing as for once we're not being fucked around by red text or demons or brain-washing or fatal illnesses and shit, might as well make the most of it, yeah? [ She peers at the feed searchingly, pursing her lips. ] Bound to be a couple of you out there who can swim, I reckon. There's a pool here - I want to learn how. Not got much use for swimming back home, s'why I never learned, but I have a chance now, so it stands to reason I could give it a go.

Any of you lot think you can teach me?

[ She's very careful not to use the word "help", already feeling weird for how much she's talking when she usually kepts to the minimum amount of words required to make a sentence. With some amount of restraint she manages to stop herself from saying she wouldn't mind a couple of offers since some of you lot were bound to be terrible teachers.

Fair warning, Cat herself would be a pretty fucking terrible student. ]

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[meddler]

[ So, first thing was first. He'd seen Amy at what they were calling the "jump", so why not on a comms device? ]

Am—

[ But this was very definitely not Amy. For one thing, he was quite sure Amy was fond of the swimming pool. For another...

...Well, there were a lot of things that tipped him off to the fact that this was very definitely not his best friend.

But, that really wasn't anything out of the ordinary. If this ship could pull people from different universes, there was always the chance of someone wandering around with the same face. Laws of genetic probability and all that. ]

Right then. Not Amy. [ introductions will come soon. ] Did you say you need a swimming instructor?

[besiege]

You know Amy?

[ Cat had met her before, after one of the jumps, and she could safely say that of all the crazy things that happened here, it was one of the stranger ones. For Cat, at least. Nothing quite like thinking you were looking at yourself when you still knew that it wasn't you at all. The implication seems to cloud Cat's mind for a moment, until she remembers why she was on the network in the first place. ]

Uh, yeah. Got a couple of people already- [ and by "couple", she means "five", not including Miles ] -but 'm still taking offers.

[meddler]

She's my friend. Companion. Whichever you prefer. [ but... the real question at hand was... ] You know Amy?

[ and, he should probably be looking for a way out right about now, but who was to say he couldn't have a bit of fun, meet Amy's genetic duplicate and all that? If he'd already been here it wasn't like he'd be trapped for too long, now would it? ]

I'm definitely the best for the job.

[ Maybe. at least, possibly better than Rory.

or not at all. ]

[besiege]

Met her once, after a jump. Fucking weirdest thing I ever seen.

[ No offence or anything to your companion. She peers at him, tipping her head up in a somewhat challenging manner. ]

Yeah? Why's that?

[meddler]

Spatial genetic multiplicity. More common than you might think, given the circumstances.

[ and a bit of a smile. ]

I've also got some experience with swimming pools on space ships. They're a laugh, really. Well... except when they're in your library.

[besiege]

... Right. Didn't understand a word of that, but whatever you say.

[ hang about ]

How the hell d'you get a swimming pool into a library?

[meddler]

Basically, it means the universe is a big place. Or rather universes are big places. Sooner or later, you just might run into someone who looks exactly like you. There's only so many variations on the genome that you lot can have.

[ he can't help but laugh a little. ]

You know, Amy asked me that exact same question. And the answer is simple, really. My ship's interface thought that it would be a good design.

[ Thankfully, she hadn't this time around, but... ]

[besiege]

Us lot?

[ She quirks her brows, caught between being weirdly interested in what he's saying and finding him annoying and not being able to choose which to go for. ]

Your ship thought it. [ w h a t ] Your ship thought it.

[meddler]

You lot. Humans. [ pause ] Assuming you are human, of course. Never can tell, really.

[ It's a common feeling. You'll likely get used to it. ]

Yes, my ship thought it. In an abstract way. It's more complicated than that, really. If you'd be interested in an explanation of course. [ not that it matters if she is or not but... ]