x01 [holo]

[beholdthedrums]

With a slightly shaky arrival, the Master stumbles down the ramp, deep thought creasing over his face. This was certainly not the Valiant; he knew every corner of that ship. He pats himself down, specifically checking around his upper chest and glancing over it in surprise after his hands come up clean: no bullet wound, but dried blood within the

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[who_never_would]

When the Doctor's device chirps a new arrival, he doesn't give it much mind. It does that from time to time, he's got it set up to do so. A little jiggery-pokery and the communicator had obliged rather nicely - a small triumph in a land of computers that simply refused to respond to any of his demands. It wasn't as if they actively refused either, it was the unresponsive nature of well, everything that drove him a bit mad. Idly, he reaches over and picks up the little device resting on the console, gazing down at the screen. Scanning through hourly traffic in the area, the Doctor sits up slowly from his sprawl

Snake in a red dress!

[beholdthedrums]

Centuries the Master has been waiting for this. Centuries. He tossed around the bundle of thoughts in his mind, twirled them about and wondered if it was worth the wait. He wasn't even going to kid himself with the answer, it was so blindingly easy, so unavoidable. Waiting for this? Completely worth it. He knew that one day... one day... this was meant to happen. He sometimes forgot about it, sometimes stopped caring, but he always knew there was a darkness to the Doctor that his younger regenerations wished to ignore.

"You're right."

So much he feels from two words.

Maybe he won't shoot Lucy the next time he sees her. Maybe he'll sweep her into his arms and give her the kiss of all kisses. He can feel the universe in his grasp now, so close. "You can't save people who don't want to be saved," he hums his reply, bubbling openly with energy. Their change in conversation was like a whiplash effect, and he was rather surprised they even made it to this point. Right here, right now, was the rarest of opportunities.

And oh good, the