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Ian sat in the garden surrounded by big encyclopaedias. He was supposed to be looking up everything that might be relevant to their current situation but he kept getting distracted. It wasn't the location that was a problem - he'd removed himself from the library on Susan's TARDIS to prevent himself from looking at other books. No, the problem was he kept coming across things that hadn't happened yet.
He knew he shouldn't read them but it was hard not to. Not when there were important things he wanted to know, like whether there was going to be a World War III, for instance.
Given that they couldn't change the past, and his future was currently in the past, that surely meant that him knowing about it wouldn't change anything. But then that suggested there was no free will and Ian didn't think he liked that idea particularly. Just thinking about the future being in the past was worsening the headache that came with reading small print. And it wasn't helping him not to look.
ooc: come and meet Ian while I am feeling enthusiastic about playing him, cos I have no idea how long it might last
He knew he shouldn't read them but it was hard not to. Not when there were important things he wanted to know, like whether there was going to be a World War III, for instance.
Given that they couldn't change the past, and his future was currently in the past, that surely meant that him knowing about it wouldn't change anything. But then that suggested there was no free will and Ian didn't think he liked that idea particularly. Just thinking about the future being in the past was worsening the headache that came with reading small print. And it wasn't helping him not to look.
ooc: come and meet Ian while I am feeling enthusiastic about playing him, cos I have no idea how long it might last