[ Koschei, on his way back to his flat from work, sees the very angry woman in her wedding dress. He is intrigued, rather inappropriately so for a so-called superior Time Lord. He stops, turns, confronts her.]
[Koschei smirks slightly, holding up his hands in mock surrender.]
Now, now, there are some species where your wedding dress is their everyday clothing. Although now that I have had the chance to assess you for a moment longer, I can clearly sense your humanity. You must be a new arrival here, then. I, myself, am fairly new to this "City".
[He bows in slightly exaggerated formality.]
A pleasure to meet you, I'm sure. My name is Koschei.
[Koschei looks a little taken aback, although this soon changes into superiority and slight sarcasm.]
Martian? Hardly. Wherever did you get that idea. No, I am a Time Lord. However, I don't need to be a Time Lord to know about other species. Merely to have an inquiring mind.
[His lack of composure is threatening to break into a full-out grin.]
I'll choose to interpret it as your displacement. The system of this City allows you to move into an apartment without payment until a month has passed. So whereas that will hardly take the place of your real home, it will serve as a facsimile until you manage to leave.
I have to agree with you there, my dear; they seem very free with their money in this reality, completely unlike anywhere else in any universe I have encountered.
Are you lost, my dear?
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No. I just like taking walks in my wedding dress.
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Now, now, there are some species where your wedding dress is their everyday clothing. Although now that I have had the chance to assess you for a moment longer, I can clearly sense your humanity.
You must be a new arrival here, then. I, myself, am fairly new to this "City".
[He bows in slightly exaggerated formality.]
A pleasure to meet you, I'm sure. My name is Koschei.
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"Some species." What, are you Martian too?
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Martian? Hardly. Wherever did you get that idea. No, I am a Time Lord. However, I don't need to be a Time Lord to know about other species. Merely to have an inquiring mind.
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Master of...
[Then he is composed again.]
Lord of all Time, my dear. It's in the name.
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[He crosses his arms, trying to look very serious and official but still looking vaguely amused.]
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Take a guess, genius.
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I'll choose to interpret it as your displacement.
The system of this City allows you to move into an apartment without payment until a month has passed. So whereas that will hardly take the place of your real home, it will serve as a facsimile until you manage to leave.
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Seriously? A whole month? No deposit or anything? I've never met a landlord who didn't require a deposit.
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