in his coat and his boots and his blackheart machine

[realitymods]

[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!]

Comments

[doctorsfanboy.livejournal.com]

[Damon smiles] Are they?

[realitymods]

They are. [He turns his hand in, and a full hand of cards appears in it, their backs to Damon.] I can even read your future in them.

[doctorsfanboy.livejournal.com]

[amused] I'm a Time Lord. I don't need to have my future read.

[realitymods]

But that's science, my Lord of Time. This is magic and trickery.

[doctorsfanboy.livejournal.com]

[that "my" there causes Damon to duck his head again. Way to fluster him, Weber] What do I do, then? Magic isn't something my people are fond of, either.

[realitymods]

[it's fun!] As I said, your people really need to get out more.

[doctorsfanboy.livejournal.com]

I wish I could...but for now, I only have the Plane as an option. [which is partially why he spends most of his time here :|]

[realitymods]

And is something better than nothing?

[doctorsfanboy.livejournal.com]

[nods] Something is better than nothing, even if it comes with a price.

[realitymods]

The price may be your life.

[doctorsfanboy.livejournal.com]

[a wry smile] Telling my future? I already know I'm going to die. There's no sense in brooding over it. [not that he doesn't brood anyway]

[realitymods]

And if you don't stay dead?

[doctorsfanboy.livejournal.com]

You mean if I die here? Then I suppose I'll come back, won't I?

[realitymods]

Is that worth being able to come here?

[doctorsfanboy.livejournal.com]

I suppose I won't know for certain until it happens, but I imagine I would still return to the Plane.

[realitymods]

I mean if you had the choice. To not come here or to die.

[doctorsfanboy.livejournal.com]

I would rather come here, since it seems death is inevitable either way.

[realitymods]

Fair enough. And hey, who wants to live forever?

[doctorsfanboy.livejournal.com]

[a bit dryly] Clearly you know little about our Founders.

[realitymods]

Let me correct that: who wants to live forever who isn't completely insane?