Like fire! Hellfire! [this fire in my skin]

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

[the Master skids to a halt when he appears on the Astral Plane, having apparently come in running. He immediately straightens out his clothing before addressing the Plane]

Right, so! Pompeii: very lacking in Super Soaker outlets. Anyone have a water gun handy?

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[savagestime.livejournal.com]

Aww, it's a squeaky voice!

[marthajonesmd.livejournal.com]

You're so observant, Master. [dramatic sigh] If only you would've stayed dead.

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

[totally laughing at her voice]

But I never stay dead, Martha dear.

[marthajonesmd.livejournal.com]

[so wishing she could hurt him right now] Can't blame a girl for dreaming.

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

[pats her head gently] How's Tish, by the way?

[marthajonesmd.livejournal.com]

[wryly] Doing about as well as the rest of my family. I'll be sure to tell them you asked about them. [oh, she does not like having her head patted AT ALL]

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

And you, Miss Jones?

[marthajonesmd.livejournal.com]

[tiny elegant sneer] That'd be Doctor Jones now, thanks.

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

No, I don't think so. You haven't earned that title yet.

[marthajonesmd.livejournal.com]

[glare] What d'you mean, I haven't earned it yet?

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

I thought the words were self-explanitory.

[marthajonesmd.livejournal.com]

Well, yeah, but I'd like to hear a little reasoning, if that's not too much for you.

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

You're claiming to be something and I don't believe you to be it. Burden of proof lies on you, Miss Jones.

[marthajonesmd.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm sorry I don't keep my certification in my pocket. [glaring at him some more]

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

That doesn't make you a doctor, either.

[marthajonesmd.livejournal.com]

[folding her arms over her chest] And what sort of proof do you want?

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

What does it mean to be a doctor?

[pats Mini!Martha on the head]

Tell me that.

[marthajonesmd.livejournal.com]

[irritably] Would you stop doing that?

It's not always about saving people - it's about doing the best you can for them. The best work you're capable of. You've got to know your own limitations; so many people want doctors to be capable of miracles, but that's just not possible. Sometimes, it's about knowing when to quit, both for their good and for your own sanity. [quietly] Sometimes you have to be able to perform a lesser evil for the greater good.

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

Removing a dead limb or a cancerous mass, hm, Miss Jones?

[marthajonesmd.livejournal.com]

[glances at him, her eyes dark for a moment] Or blowing up the world.

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

Martha Jones, you have grown up.

[smiles]

Good.

[marthajonesmd.livejournal.com]

[dryly] Yeah, thought you might appreciate that one.

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

Why, though? Just for kicks?

[marthajonesmd.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah, 'cos I'd totally say to myself 'Gosh, self, I'm bored. Maybe I'll activate these nuclear warheads buried under the Earth's crust and rip the planet apart.' [rolling her eyes] I was going to do it to save the universe, all right? To save the human race from suffering like it did under your reign.

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

From what?