Serenade for String Orchestra in E Major

[collector]

[Braxiatel walks through the rain with an umbrella in one hand and a cup of tea in the other. He is taking more care in keeping the rain out of his tea than he is in keeping it away from his clothes, and for a moment he even sticks his head out from under his umbrella to look up at the clouds. When he speaks, he is speaking to himself, his voice like smoothed glass.]

That's an awful lot of oil going to waste. And in such a way. [His smile is made of irony, and he looks down at the stars still under their feet despite the rain.] How the old symbols are reformed.

[With the skill of the absurdly well-balanced, he switches his cup to the hand holding the umbrella, opens the library door, and steps inside.]

[After a moment, he pops his head back out again.]

Oh, one thing: have there been any odd deaths lately? I'd be interested to know.

[Then it's back in out of the rain.]

Comments

[collector]

Because it's the most likely result. We know that death has a particular result, we know that 'weather' doesn't happen here without a reason, and we know that this rain is the blood of those resurrected here.

[bit_impossible]

Actually, the weather here is rather new to me, but, well, if just about anyone can be brought here, why not atmospheric conditions such as a rainstorm? What's next? Snow and hail in the form of this blood as well? You can bet no one would want to catch those snowflakes on their tongues.

[collector]

It's not a biosphere but a Machine. There has to be a will to bring things about - people, the weather, fights to the death.

[bit_impossible]

[rolls his eyes, sighing] Yes, I'm aware it's not a biosphere. Does anyone know if the Machine is sentient at all or tried to speak with it directly?

[collector]

It has its own will, that much has been said. I plan on performing a little experiment to see how sentient it is.

[bit_impossible]

[pretends to be uninterested] Is that right?

[collector]

It is. [He can enjoy being needlessly mysterious towards the Doctor as well.]

[bit_impossible]

[really, he hates it when Brax does that] Well, you'd just said you were. What exactly are you thinking of doing?

[collector]

I'll tell you when I see how it goes. [Brax finds it very fun.]