Mun finally finished season seven

[ibakedasouffle]

Well then.

It's not all bad is it?

Could be worse I suppose. No reason to be upset, mun dear. I'll be alright! The Doctor's got me and everything will be fine. You'll see.




...I hope.

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[ofdrumsthesound]

Sometimes even he can't save us.

[ibakedasouffle]

I know he can though. Has before, he'll do it again.

[ofdrumsthesound]

Sometimes he can. I hope he can. But then he never could with me. Although I was and am terrified of being saved, which probably didn't help.

And here I am telling my story to someone I know only as 'probably a companion.' Name?

[ibakedasouffle]

Terrified of being saved? How doe that even work?

Clara Oswin Oswald, at your service. And you? It's only fair of course.

[ofdrumsthesound]

When the madness is all you know, going sane is terrifying.

Of course. I am the Master, but you can call me Harry if you like.

[ibakedasouffle]

...I guess that makes sense. Kinda.

The..Master.

[Excuse her while she stares for a second before continuing.]

Pleasure to meet you, Harry.

[ofdrumsthesound]

Going sane by now would probably wind up killing me.

Hey, it's no crazier than 'just the Doctor' now is it.

Pleasure is all mine.

[ibakedasouffle]

Seems a bit counterproductive.

[Insert cheeky grin here.]

Well, maybe if he was just 'The Doctor', that would be the case.

So how do you know him anyway?

[ofdrumsthesound]

Sadly, yeah.

We know each other before we ever went to school. We saw the Schism together. We fought in the time War together. We are the last of our kind.

[ibakedasouffle]

[Her grin fades slowly.]

....Wait..I recognize you...I don't know which one of me it was but I remember you.

[ofdrumsthesound]

Do you? And what was I doing, to make you so sad?

[ibakedasouffle]

You were hurting. I mean, hurting the Doctor and the others but..you were hurting too.

Do you play at SWS?

[ofdrumsthesound]

. . . yes. Yes, I was.

I've actually never been over that way before

[ibakedasouffle]

...And you're still hurting..aren't you?

Come join us!

[ofdrumsthesound]

Yeah.

I'm trying to be better these days, if only to spite Rassilon, and that just makes them worse.

Alright then~ BD

[ibakedasouffle]

You can't just push that stuff aside though.

Talking always helps..well, it's always worked for me at least. Have you tried? You've got to have someone you can talk to..right?

:D

[ofdrumsthesound]

Not really. The Doctor, maybe, but he hates to hear about a lot of it.

C:

[ibakedasouffle]

Well then.

You can talk to me.

[ofdrumsthesound]

. . . part of me wants to kill you. Just because you're standing there, so close, and it would make my headache go away.

Part of me wants to eat you. I'm hungry, so very hungry, this body is malfunctioning and it won't die but it won't live either. And food helps. And you are meat.

You have been nothing but nice to me, and I still want to devour you alive and screaming. Can you imagine what it's like for me when people are jerks or idiots or just in the way even?

[ibakedasouffle]

It must be hard. I can't even imagine, I really can't.

[She doesn't seem all that put off though. Weirder things have happened to her.]

But what would it solve? It wouldn't make the hurt go away would it? Seems to me like there has to be a better way to make it better.

[ofdrumsthesound]

For a little while it would be better. *He smiles ruefully.* Time Lords can't have asprin, and it wouldn't help anyway, but killing people is so nice . . .

And you can't imagine what the drumming is like, either. So loud, it takes energy just to think coherently past them.

[ibakedasouffle]

Drumming?

[ofdrumsthesound]

The noise. In my head.

War drums, always beating, telling me to kill and to hurt and destroy ruin fight.

[ibakedasouffle]

That sounds unpleasant.

Can't you make the sound mean something else though? It can't always be death and destruction can it? I mean, it's your head.

[ofdrumsthesound]

It's in my head, but not from my head. It's a signal, a torture device, and the key to the Lock around the Last Great Time War.

[ibakedasouffle]

...So you can't ever get rid of it then? That..doesn't seem fair.

[ofdrumsthesound]

Fairness is just a word. And one I've had little reason to use in my long life.

[riverborntorun]

Your mun having doubts?

[ibakedasouffle]

A few, yeah. I might be as well. Trying not to though. Just can't help it, you know?

[riverborntorun]

That's perfectly natural. My mundane had a very strong reaction to that episode.

I'd try to keep the faith, though. I have very good reason to believe you'll pull through, sweetie.

[ibakedasouffle]

Oh, you're just being kind now. Seems to be a thing for anyone that travels with the doctor to run into a dead end eventually.

[Still, she wears a bright smile as she shrugs.]

But at least I can be happy with the decision I made, right?

[riverborntorun]

[She chuckles.] I'm never kind unless I choose to be, Clara. Something you might want to remember in case we ever meet again.

But yes, you are right - no one can run with the Doctor forever. Stories, no matter how wonderful, have to end sometime. But at least it's an ending that you wrote. That's something to be proud of, not just happy.

[ibakedasouffle]

I'll make sure to keep that in mind, Miss River.

[Have a small grin to accompany that before her expression turns thoughtful and she nods.]

I will be proud of it. Don't see how I couldn't be. I saved him and that means he can keep saving others. That's what matters most.

[abandonedone]

And now all of the Doctor's life is open to you. Can you really say you trust him now?

[He's not trying to be mean or anything, he's just... bitter.]

[ibakedasouffle]

I think I can, yeah. It's not like he ever tried to make me think he was the perfect good guy or anything.

Everyone has secrets afterall.

[abandonedone]

His secrets affect the very existence of life itself. It's not something to be taken lightly.

[ibakedasouffle]

Pretty sure his time traveling affects the 'existence of life itself', sir. And I'm not taking it lightly, thank you very much.

I just have more faith in him than you, I guess.

[oldgirl]

*Not all bad... Except when it is.*

[Never mind her, she's just tired of always dying, getting blown up, being treated as just a machine - transport, the endless abuse people inflict on her (especially the writers.)]

[ibakedasouffle]

...Well...yeah, I guess that's true.

[You poor thing. You really do get the shit end of the deal most of the time don't you?]

[oldgirl]

*Of course it is true. I cannot lie.*

[She can be misleading, offer one truth in place of another, but not a bold face lie.]

[ibakedasouffle]

You say that but I'm not sure I'm too keen on believing that. I know you don't like me much.

[oldgirl]

*I never said I do not like you. You are... Painful. In the same way that forcing me to cross timelines is painful.*

[Or like Jack Harkness: Impossible things simply hurt.]