And maybe this is a cry for help [video]

[controlparadox]

[There's a bit of a fumbling blur and a muffled thud before a dirty, scruffy face appears at an awkward angle. The Master is lit mostly from behind, but you can still appreciate how intent his stare is. There's a view of what looks like the ceiling behind him, as if the device is being operated from the floor and he's hovering above it. There's

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|| VOICE

[smokesss]

'nother Doctor?

[Maybe the scientists are starting to get lucky, now.]

|| VOICE

[theirdoctor]

[Blink. Blink blink blink.]

Another? Another? What do you mean, another?

[Video]

[not_the_pastry]

Doctor?

[And she frowns, confused.]

You look different than the last time we met.

[Video]

[theirdoctor]

Oh, do I? I do that sometimes. You know, new face, meeting people I've met then remembering who I've met and - sorry, but have we met?

[Voice, sort of]

[controlparadox]

[in the background on the Doctor's end you can hear the Master complaining vociferously]

If you're going to engage in small talk, Doctor, the least you could do is use your own device and stop contaminating mine with your inane babble.

[voice]

[theirdoctor]

[He leans away from the communicator, muffling the phone's receiver]

I wouldn't call it contaminating. And you started it, so don't you start.

action;

[theirdoctor]

[Away from the camera, now, he sits himself next to the Master, making sure the communicator was on hand should he need to use it. He was weak, and the Master could most likely tell. No pretending in this room, not when the camera isn't rolling.]

How did you manage that, then? I'd be impressed if I didn't believe you'd hurt whoever answered you.

action;

[controlparadox]

[He scowls and recoils a little, twisting his wrists around unconsciously inside the cuffs the Doctor's so kindly provided him. And that he hasn't quite worked out how to escape yet.]

You didn't honestly expect me to sit quietly and wait for your return, did you?

action;

[theirdoctor]

[He looks up towards the wall, eyeing him with his peripherals.]

No - well, yes, but that would be too easy, wouldn't it? Someone has to keep an eye on you, and that someone will always be me.

action;

[controlparadox]

[He visibly shudders, though whether it's from gnawing hunger or merely the thought of the Doctor attempting to babysit him until the end of days is up for debate.]

Don't be so sure.

[and then, petulantly:]

You can't keep me like this. I'm starving.

[parasiticism]

You will cure them, then?

[theirdoctor]

I'll certainly try my hand at it, yes! That's why were all here, isn't it?

[parasiticism]

A lot of people are here against their will.

[theirdoctor]

-Oh. Oh. Right! Well, we'll just have to help them too.

video

[dotachiiiiiiin]

...do you not have actual names?

video

[theirdoctor]

Those are our actual names. I'm the Doctor, he's the Master. Not exactly conventional, but we're not all that conventional ourselves.

voice-ish (again with the overheardness)

[controlparadox]

[The Master pipes up again from his corner]

For Rassilon's sake, Doctor, could you manage to make us sound any more like a same-sex couple?

voice-ish (again with the overheardness)

[theirdoctor]

Wait - what? No, that's not - what?