008; influx

[demnify.livejournal.com]

[and here is the Master. hello, Master! :D]

My, my. Seems we're getting more people of late. Steady little trickle of new blood. Of course, no one from home, save myself and the Doctor - but that is of little matter or significance.

Comments

[demnify.livejournal.com]

Let me guess. In his ... 700s, 800s?

[didorothy]

'bout there, yeah. He didn't give an exact age.

[demnify.livejournal.com]

Thought so. My version of him was about the same. My, my. For once, I'm the older one.

[didorothy]

[gets the obvious from this, and doesn't feel the need to state that the Master is young compared to the Doctor (aww, cute~)] Have you known each other for long?

[demnify.livejournal.com]

[a light chuckle]

Our whole lives, Mr. Tyler.

[didorothy]

You must be real chummy then.

[demnify.livejournal.com]

Not really. Centuries worth of bad blood between us since our youth.

[didorothy]

What happened?

[demnify.livejournal.com]

It's something I'd rather not talk about, Mr. Tyler. I was a very young man, then.

[didorothy]

Were you happier?

[demnify.livejournal.com]

[pause]

I was naive.

[didorothy]

You were happier. And you might say you were foolish then, but I'd wager that something inside you wants to be that foolish child again.

[demnify.livejournal.com]

No. You are greatly mistaken, Mr. Tyler.

[didorothy]

What was it like back on Gallifrey? Did you dream of becoming who you are? Or did you have other plans, ones you've failed to pull off?

[demnify.livejournal.com]

I'm not letting you get the upper hand on me.

[didorothy]

You just admitted there's an upper hand to be had.

[demnify.livejournal.com]

There always is, no matter who and what.

[a growl]

My past is just that, Mr. Tyler. My past. Let it lay where it is.

[didorothy]

And you seem so much happier with your present.

[demnify.livejournal.com]

Being trapped on a dying, exploding planet does tend to do that to a person.

[didorothy]

So tell me about when it was better.

[demnify.livejournal.com]

I don't need a therapist.


But I will say this - it was better prior to being trapped on this bloody planet and getting infected with this virus. I had mentioned before, I was about to go into retirement, so to speak.

[didorothy]

Retirement from murder?

[demnify.livejournal.com]

Murder, genocide, destruction, tyranny, all the sorts of things I normally did.

I have been in the business a very long time, Mr. Tyler.

[didorothy]

Why stop?

[demnify.livejournal.com]

I had my reasons.