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doctor who (d1) the master - ainley

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[it is worth noting that the Master is quite angry. in fact, if he were a cat, the fur on his back would be raised, and he would have laid his ears back. as this isn't the case, he simply looks rather annoyed

and in a tone that is much more a low growl than anything else, he speaks... in cat, which is so horribly fitting, seeing as he already growls, hisses, and purrs from time to time]

There is no proper word to describe just how much I hate this place.

((OOC: Note! The Master's cat isn't housecat variety. His is big cat, most likely cheetah because I'm mean. It's still the same words to him, just different. Sort of like the difference between American English and British English, or how people in the southern states talk compared to people in the northern ones.))

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I seem to still be able to communicate as I am accustomed. I know several languages, so hopefully I will be able to speak with some struggling with the sudden change.

[is thoughtful]

Perhaps I was merely to new to this place.

How fortunate that you aren't robbed of your languages.

[he nods slightly]

Perhaps. The alternative might be that the illustrious controllers of this little experiment decided to choose, at random, who would be included into this one.

As many years as it took me to acquire them? I would certainly hope not.

[she straightens her skirts]

I must admit I am glad to not be included, then. Are there very many of you afflicted?

[the Master chuckles] I understand the feeling. I know a great many languages normally, so it's a bit frustrating to be limited.

[a pause as he thinks] From observation, it seems around twenty to thirty of us, though I can't be sure.

I do not like the idea that something could happen to my person so randomly, without warning.

[nods precisely]

What are you doing about it? I can't imagine you wish to be limited to my language forever, however lovely it might be.

You should prepare for that chance, at least mentally. It's been happening frequently, of late. Changes in select individuals as opposed to a whole.

I may pay Lapis and Lazuli a visit, or Miss Sault should they not be around. They usually know what is going on when these things happen.

And yet in mentally accepting the possibility it would feel as if I am already halfway to that change. I would have already given myself over to it.

Who would they be?

Perhaps- perhaps not. I was one of the first people here, and I've yet to be affected singularly. In the larger experiments, yes, but many are.

Ah. Lapis and Lazuli are the Twins. A boy and a girl, children, who assist in running this place. Miss Sault... I don't know much of her, other than she works with the Twins as well.

[eyebrow quirks]

You have been here that long then? What is your opinion of the place?

Do you think they will give you answers?

[he nods] It'll come on seven months soon. ...For the most part? It gives me somewhere to go outside of the wretched planet I'm trapped on.

The Twins might, for a price. If I'm lucky, I can simply convince them to tell without having to pay.

[eyes color, the grey in them darker]

You are trapped somewhere? Does it relate to your being here somehow?

Negotiations have little to due with luck, I think.

On a planet. And... no. I was trapped on that planet before I was able to come to this place.

Oh, sometimes it can fact. The luck comes on if your opponent is in the mood to be swayed. There are some people, the Twins in particular, who cannot be swayed even with the most convincing of arguments.

Before this place, I had never once stepped foot out of my country. Am I trapped as well?

But you will go and speak to them regardless, surrendering yourself to the unknown outcome. I admire that.

Could you leave your country at will, if you'd like? I'm a traveller, miss. Being on any planet for more than a month is very bothersome to me.

[he nods and chuckles a bit] Of course. There is more to gain than to lose in doing such, and it would be foolish of me to avoid getting an answer on the chance there might be repercussions.

I could leave France at my leisure, yes. But there is rarely any leisure.

[is thoughtful]

So you come and go as you please. Or use to? Entering and exiting people's lives on a whim?

[thoughts seem to clear]

But you are correct, I think. There is little to be gained in being controlled by one's fear.

Yet you still could.

[the Master nods and glances off to the side for a brief moment]

Precisely. I had been on a bit of a ... vacation of sorts, unwinding a little, when I found myself being taken, by force, to another planet.

[he grins]

Most people tend to be ruled by their fears. I try not to be.

[quietly, thoughtful]

Perhaps. There are many ways in which one may be trapped.

[eyebrow quirks]

Did you take well to that force? I find I react to that much in the way I do fear. I have little tolerance for it.

True.

[the Master shakes his head]

No. Though I was unarmed at the time and found myself faced with the fact that they intended on killing me. Of course... they obey me now, but I'd rather not stay here any longer.

[shakes her head briefly -- at the words? the idea?]

One must always favor control.

But in this case, it's ... a prisoner being put in charge of the prison. They cannot leave; they may only order about the others trapped there.

All that suggests to me is that they were here first.

[he chuckles] Regardless of how the position gained, there is little satisfaction in ruling the prison you are also trapped in.

[he gestures to the Astral Plane]

I usually come here to avoid it all. It's a far cry from being somewhere else, but it does enough.

[gaze follows his gesture, eyes or the endless horizon]

And in your study of avoidance, what have you found?

Time itself doesn't pass back on the planet. But aside from that... the alternatives are rarely better or more enjoyable than what I'm already stuck with.

Why do you not simply remain here then?

French is easy ;)

I forgot most of my French. D: I can count to five?

That's one more than me -- Reinette is the smart one here

The Master, also, the smart one - lucky us, we don't have to know the languages! :D

...I think eight is huit -- Why are they smarter than us :(

I think I can also say 'my name is'! - Because they are mean, clearly. D:

OH, and I can say my nationality!

Bravo! :D You have me beaten, I believe.

Yeah, but now I'm wiped out!

*pats* Then you deserve a long and luxurious language break!

I do!!

A massage is also required, I think.

Ohhhh, SOLD!

I'm good at selling things. ;P

Reinette, apparently, is buying...

I hope she knows all sales are final. (and not finale, like my fingers wrote originally)

No refunds at all? (I type and spell BAD :( Yay Firefox!)

Nope. :( Sorry. (Oh, same here, for most part, but I am denied firefox while visiting my mom. D:)

NEVER???? *cries* That's harsh, yo.

Not in a million years! And yes. This is why we're known as the harshes vacation planners ever.

Well THAT'S a slogan crying for a poster! LOL

If I had the photoshop skills, I'd totally make one.

Haven't you ever played with the Motivational Poster Maker??!!! Cuz I have less skill than you,....

I can't even find it! D: it's diySOMETHING I think. And awww. Clearly, lessons are also in order.

http://www.mossroot.com/images/masterjb4.jpg <-- so not my own, but there is the idea!

pats Then you deserve a long and luxurious language break!

NEVER???? cries That's harsh, yo.