Homeless; not looking

[megalomaniamanagement]

Relapsing? That's what this is called. Taking on an alternate persona because you just can't deal with your own tiny, mortal little life and your inability to take initiative.

So instead you check every single box in the needy human handbook. Cry for attention. Preemptive ironic self-defense. Reversion to previous behavioral patterns that promised short-term biochemical reward.

Dopamine, of course. Oxytocin. You prefer your hits legal but oh-so-self-pityingly passive.

One day, you might learn to shut up. For good.

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[eatdrums]

Drums! Druums!

[megalomaniamanagement]

[...] Just what we both needed. A Muppet. [Arms crossed, sarcastic. Great, mun, now he's stuck with rabid puppets. Thanks a lot.]

[eatdrums]

[And now he's going to beat on his drumset. With a rhythm nowhere near the one in the Master's head.]

[megalomaniamanagement]

[If he had that in his head, he'd be long past criminally insane and into padded room and drooling territory. Or doing a lot of energetic dancing. It's a toss-up.]

That's enough.

[Tries to grab a drumstick.]

[eatdrums]

[Animal looks at the Master, then back at his drumstick. At the the Master, then back at the drumstick.

RAAAAUGH!

[Animal leaps at the master, trying to tackle him, You do not mess with his equipment]

[hastobeamazing]

[Hello again. Long time no see.]

Lecturing people on falling back into bad habits? You?

That's a good one.

[megalomaniamanagement]

You're one to throw stones. What starry-eyed brat are you towing along this time?

[Eying Eleven with aloof skepticism. And he thought the Doctor's previous regeneration was young.]

[hastobeamazing]

[Not bad, eh? He wasn't too sure about the chin at first but it's grown on him.]

Can't wait for you to meet her. She's quite extraordinary this one.

[megalomaniamanagement]

And a senior citizen, if you're dressing to match. [He's moved on from visibly judging the Doctor's new looks to visibly judging his new taste.]

[hastobeamazing]

[Like he expected the Master to appreciate his new style. He'll just straighten his bow tie happily.]

Bow ties are cool.

[megalomaniamanagement]

So sayeth the boy professor.

[Sprawling across a convenient multiversal sofa, the better to express his contempt.]

What's the story? Die horrifically while defending a lost colony of post-apocalyptic hipsters?

[the_maestro]

Ahem.

[The Maestro raises an eyebrow.] Threatening your mundane doesn't speak well to your maturity, you know.

Late response! As was out of town.

[megalomaniamanagement]

Threatening? I'm offering advice. Silence is golden. Loose lips sink ships.

[He reclines in a comfortable multiversal armchair, one leg crossed over his knee at the ankle, the fingers of one hand unconsciously tapping one-two-three-four on the chair's arm.]

i only tagged yesterday! you're good!

[the_maestro]

And there's a difference between a vow of silence and--oh, I don't know, cutting somebody's tongue out. I'm sure that you can appreciate the difference.

[He makes note of the tapping. Hm.]

Huzzah!

[megalomaniamanagement]

I would savor the difference, if she wasn't out of my reach.

[He catches his alternate's look, and stops tapping to raise an eyebrow in return. What?]