Steam Powered Giraffe

[Part 4 of a Doctor Who/Steam Powered Giraffe crossover for pandoraslittleblackbox ]

Fact: Stairs are easier to go down than they are to go up.

Fact: Tae had been fine with the push-ups, but tended to slack on the burpees and jumping jacks.

Fact: Tae was now deeply regretting this.

She could no longer see the bottom of the enormous, spiral staircase. But she couldn’t yet see where the top was. It was a very easy thing, sitting and catching

[Part 3 of a Doctor Who/Steam Powered Giraffe crossover ficcy for pandoraslittleblackbox ]

“…we'regonnadiewe'regonnadiewe'regonnadie…” Tae recited under her breath. She had a string tethered to her left wrist and, at the other end of the leash, a floating lantern made of ceramics and a slow-burning flame.

Instead of boots, she had slippers.

Instead of armour - plain cotton garments she usually wore for the physical regime, every morning.

Instead of weapons… nothing.

There were no comms. If

[Part 2 of a Doctor Who/Steam Powered Giraffe crossover ficcy for pandoraslittleblackbox ]

Imagine the future. No, not the bright and shiny one where everything’s so brightly lit that you’re amazed people don’t have filters installed on their retinas so that they don’t go blind. And no, not the dark and dismal one where you’re surprised everyone isn’t carrying around lighting equipment because you can’t see a thing.