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[demnify.livejournal.com]

[the Master paces, agitated, up and down the plane. for those wondering, why, yes, he's been on it for the past week or so, and has yet to return to his reality]

Well, at least I have an answer to that...

[it is worth noting that the above dialogue is half-muttered. perhaps he is taking up a habit of speaking to himself]

Comments

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

Figured as much. What do you call yourselves?

[demnify.livejournal.com]

Our race? Gallifreyan. Though the two of us are Time Lords, specifically.

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

Time Lords? ...Yeah, that's not arrogant or anything.

[demnify.livejournal.com]

Our race is fond of rather haughty titles.

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

[Chuckles.] Obviously.

[demnify.livejournal.com]

[he chuckles as well] Though it is a fitting title. We do, generally, have command over Time.

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

So what does that mean, then? You can like travel through time or something?

[demnify.livejournal.com]

Correct!

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

[Laughs.] Well, that must come in handy! You could go back and keep yourself from making mistakes and such.

[demnify.livejournal.com]

Ah - no. The Blinovitch Limitation Effect keeps that from happening. Even then, it would take a Time Lord of considerable power to resist the potential ill effects of the following temporal paradox.

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

... [Just stares at him like "did you really expect me to understand that?"]

[demnify.livejournal.com]

[yes, you were; he sighs] No point in explaining it - that was the condensed version.

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

So basically, no.

What can you do, then?

[demnify.livejournal.com]

I, of course, can travel when and where I like. And, provided I don't interfer with my personal timeline, I an do whatever I like with Time itself.

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

So you could change things, or keep a thing from ever happening? That's a lot of power.

[demnify.livejournal.com]

Indeed, I could. That is why only a few Gallifreyans become Time Lords.

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

Ah, okay. So you're one of the special ones.

[demnify.livejournal.com]

[he chuckles] You could say that...

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

And the Doctors and such, they're all the same way?

[demnify.livejournal.com]

Yes, they are.

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

Is that good, all these Time Lords here? Or is it a case of too many geniuses in the room?

[demnify.livejournal.com]

It depends on what they do, really. Some Time Lords use their powers appropriately... and some of them abuse them.

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

Well, I guess that's the danger with any major power.