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realitymods ([personal profile] realitymods) wrote in [community profile] realityshifted2010-07-05 10:05 pm
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in his coat and his boots and his blackheart machine

[Every girl's crazy about a sharp-dressed man, and this man is dressed sharply indeed. How can you not like a guy with a top hat and a cravat? Tall, blond, and smiling, he catches a note that appears in the air in front of him. He is smiling even as he reads it and murmurs,] You monster.

[And then the note burns away in his fingertips, and the man turns to the Plane at large, showman-like.]

Ladies, gentleman: I am here to invite you all to an event two days hence at the Coliseum, where four of your fellows will battle to their deaths. The food is free; the sport is costly. These will be the first of fights but not the last, and we hope you enjoy the entertainment we offer in these next few weeks. A fair few of you will have your chance to live or die, whether or not you wish to.

[He fixes the angle of his hat.] And someone should try to keep the children from it. Small mercies.

[ooc: IC announcement for this!]
oliverplus: (Looking)

[personal profile] oliverplus 2010-07-06 04:41 pm (UTC)(link)
But that's it? We can't...I don't know, make a last request to the Plane before it kills us or anything?
oliverplus: (Suspicious)

[personal profile] oliverplus 2010-07-06 04:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[scowls] I doubt you know much about gladiatorial matches if that's what you think.
oliverplus: (Upset)

[personal profile] oliverplus 2010-07-06 04:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[unfortunately, his frustration is starting to get the better of him] No, you don't get it. I don't want any of that! I just want a way to make this stop. Look, I'll...I'll be in your match. I'll even give you a morituri te salutamus or whatever else you want. But you said there'll be more matches. So what can I give you that'll stop other people from dying, too? Please!
oliverplus: (Suspicious)

[personal profile] oliverplus 2010-07-06 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[oh, that hurts. even his life itself doesn't mean a thing, does it?]

Then what do you want?
oliverplus: (Looking)

[personal profile] oliverplus 2010-07-06 05:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[frowns] Then how does this get you freedom? Or power?
oliverplus: (BW)

[personal profile] oliverplus 2010-07-06 05:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[makes a face] Is Shay who's above you, then? [darkly] He said the black hole will grow if people die.
oliverplus: (Listening)

[personal profile] oliverplus 2010-07-07 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
[oh, he doesn't believe a word of that] So who is? And why does everyone want the black hole to grow? If you're not working together, how do you know who'll get power from it?
oliverplus: (Thinking)

[personal profile] oliverplus 2010-07-07 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
[makes a face, but he knows this conversation isn't going to go anywhere if he just gets mad at the bloke. he's seen the Doctor make that mistake enough times to know better] Okay, so...who is above you, if it's not Shay? Are you on different- [stops himself, pursing his lips. one at a time, right]
oliverplus: (Looking)

[personal profile] oliverplus 2010-07-07 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
[scowls, but he keeps himself calm] All right, so...is he on a different side from Shay, then?
oliverplus: (Questioning)

[personal profile] oliverplus 2010-07-07 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
[frowns. he's relieved that he got a straight answer for once, but that wasn't the one he was expecting] So who gets power if the black hole grows? Both of them?
oliverplus: (Really?)

[personal profile] oliverplus 2010-07-07 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
Then why do they both want it to grow?
oliverplus: (Suspicious)

[personal profile] oliverplus 2010-07-07 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
[not quite sure if he should be sharing this, but he has a feeling this bloke already knows anyway] He said someone could go in it then--take control of the Machine.

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