014 - Home Sweet Home

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And everybody's been called home.

The Barge is just so cozy now.

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[impure_tale]

And how are we feeling?

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Lovely!

And you? Still got the taste of me in your mouth?

Oh, wait, never mind that. What I should be asking is: how's Romana? I'm afraid nobody will let me come see her!

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As a matter of fact, I do. Narcissist, with just a hint of quivering, virginal worm.

Goes well with wine. I'll have to get a better sampling next time.

And Romana is no longer your concern.

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Quivering? Virginal? Pity. It seems your taste buds have been dulled by your years of excesses. I'll not even touch the "worm" part.

As a fellow Time Lord, she will always be my concern. Does it upset you that despite all that I've done to her, she connects more deeply with me than she ever will you? Our bonds with humans are such fleeting, superficial things.

[OOC: He would totally make the above private, but he wants Romana to seeeee]

[impure_tale]

Don't try to play her off of me, chaton; I've been doing that dance for other people for far too long. I know all the steps.

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I'm not trying to "play" anything. I can touch her mind, reach out with such gentle, deft caresses, explore such depths of her... and you can't. It's quite simple, really!

What a cute nickname, but I hardly think it's fitting.

[impure_tale]

I think it's quite fitting.

And you seem to be misreading me. I'm not out for reaching any "depths" with her; I seem to recall making it clear that's what I was recruiting you for.

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And why is that?

Then you should've given me flowers first.

[impure_tale]

Shouldn't that be obvious? Because you're small, and far too overconfident. It's cute, really.

And what is the expression they use in the future? "Never on a first date"?

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If only we were all so lucky to have a common body built for blunt force.

Flowers are customary for a first date.

[impure_tale]

Not where I am from, pet.

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Tssk, and here I thought you were a gentleman!

[impure_tale]

What do you think I am? English? It wouldn't surprise me if their traditions and tropes for courting other men are many and noted. But those aren't the sorts of things you widely encounter on the continent.

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Awww, then I'm afraid you'll get nowhere with me.

[impure_tale]

We'll just see about that, now won't we?

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A man of initiative! Don't I feel charmed now.