http://hullo-sweetie.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] hullo-sweetie.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] trans_92011-10-04 09:57 pm

Hybrid is for cars, not Time Ladies. [Closed]

River's eyes slowly began to open, and oh, this felt familiar. Similar to that time she'd been drugged by Madame Kovarian. A sluggish feeling, a  general feeling of drowsiness. Yup, she'd definitely been drugged. Again. Judging from her unfamiliar surroundings and her current state - handcuffed to a chair - she'd been kidnapped too. Ugh, what was it about her that just screamed 'kidnap me and brain wash me?' The last thing she remembered, she had been getting ready to do some exploring of the ventilation shafts and then - Nothing.

"I generally prefer to be the one doing the handcuffing. It's just not as fun this way." That's River for you. Even when in a potentially dangerous situation, she always had a cheeky remark or two up her sleeve. "Do I get to meet my captor?"
syncopath: (pleased)

[personal profile] syncopath 2011-10-24 09:12 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, doesn't that sound familiar. And you gave in, the Master said scornfully. After such a glorious resume. It was entrancing really, watching her break every rule presented to her. This was no wild child. This was a Time Lord nearly up to his own standards. This was a goddess.

What a waste. But he was drawn in, firmly hooked now. He wanted to see the Doctor's trust forsaken.

"Show me", he breathed. "Show me what you did to him."
syncopath: (punishing)

[personal profile] syncopath 2011-10-26 10:55 am (UTC)(link)
Love! He burst out laughing, the sound harsh and bitter. Of course she'd fall prey to weakness. Oh, you're wrong.

He may have asked once, but the Master wasn't one to beg. "Show me," he snarled out loud, digging in harder. It was a warning, but it would be her only one before the Master took matters into his own hands.

Show me, and I'll let you go. If he was right, she'd do far more damage to the Doctor set loose anyhow. Given the proper guidance.
syncopath: (ho shit)

[personal profile] syncopath 2011-10-27 08:42 am (UTC)(link)
Of course. That'd be the Doctor, never thought to ask. He could have plucked that memory from her mind easily, but instead he marched toward his imminent death in some feeble attempt to preserve points in time. The Master didn't concern himself with that sort of thing. Let time rip itself apart! He'd get what he wanted.

Just as he was now. He let out a throaty sound, almost a low purr, at the sight of the Doctor stumbling backward. The telltale regeneration energy glowing at the edges-- oh, she must have got him good.

The Master nearly ripped his hands away when the second shot came. Panic gnawed at him, even witnessing this through the eyes of another. He found himself silently willing the Doctor to just get up, get up and regenerate, Rassilon damn you! As if that would help.

"You..." For a moment the Master was at a loss for words, a rare thing. "You killed him," he finally whispered, in complete shock. For a Time Lord, there's 'killed' and then there's killed, and somehow River Song is powerful and clever enough to pull off the latter.

He's not sure if he wants to kiss her or kill her.
syncopath: (scarf)

[personal profile] syncopath 2011-10-30 09:03 am (UTC)(link)
The Master could barely understand his own reaction. He'd wanted the Doctor dead for centuries, had fantasized about it and meticulously planned his downfall. But now that he'd actually seen it happen, all he could feel was a vague sense of disappointment. It should have been him, the Master decided. He should have been the one to kill the Doctor. Not this half-breed, no matter how clever she may be.

The Doctor was safe for now. Whatever he'd seen in River's memories must have been from the future. And the future could always be rewritten.

They could kill the Doctor together.

The Master's face broke in another wide grin, his mind pushing back against River's. Not harsh, but forceful, and equally as seductive.

"He would do that. Thinking he could save you when there's absolutely no 'saving' to be done." He leaned in even closer, his body resting more heavily on hers, their lips nearly touching.

"I could make you glorious, you know."
syncopath: (screwwwwdriver <3)

[personal profile] syncopath 2011-11-01 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Oooh, 'pleasure'. The Master could never say no to that word.

"Perhaps," he whispered back against her lips, and then pressed his own to them, hard. Oh, River was a killer all right. He could make her a queen, someone capable of manipulating and controlling and ultimately ending the Doctor, by his side. Someone truly able to contemplate the glory of a Time Lord empire.

He reached into his pocket for the screwdriver.
syncopath: (pleased)

[personal profile] syncopath 2011-11-01 11:54 pm (UTC)(link)
The Master didn't fluster easily, but a groan of inarticulate longing did escape him. River certainly knew how to press his buttons-- so many others would refuse to use his real name once learnt. But she... she reveled in saying it.

He pressed forward even further, grinding into her so that he could reach and unlock the handcuffs. With a click they came apart.

"There," he whispered into her ear. "Now. How are you going to repay me?"
syncopath: (scarf)

[personal profile] syncopath 2011-11-05 08:38 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, this was going somewhere good. The Master groaned a bit louder, muffled against her mouth, as the screwdriver clattered to the floor. He reached for River's clothing in turn, sinking back into the chair and pulling her toward him.

They could discuss the details of their proposed partnership later. For now, it was time to have a little fun.
syncopath: (sneer)

[personal profile] syncopath 2011-11-06 08:38 am (UTC)(link)
River was proving to be more enticing than he'd given her credit for. The Master pawed at her, under her shirt, trying to coax it off, breaking off with a quiet, pleased chuckle at the small bite.

Far more enticing. The two of them were going to have quite a time before he finally broke her. Finally created a companion worthy of the Master--

His eyes flew open when the mental link was completely severed, like the slamming of a door. The Master reached for River... and realized that his hands were secured behind his chair.

"You-- bitch!" he snarled, straining forward and struggling fiercely against the cuffs. The chair rattled and shook with his efforts. "Don't you dare!"

And then he chuckled, his eyes snapping with vicious disdain. "You're not his wife," the Master snapped. "You're nothing but a novelty to him. A pet."
syncopath: (wtf man)

[personal profile] syncopath 2011-11-08 11:24 am (UTC)(link)
The Master stilled, his eyes going wide, when she pointed the screwdriver at him.

"You wouldn't," he breathed. He wasn't talking of murder-- she couldn't, anyhow, seeing as the weapon was isomorphically controlled. But he'd just had the sneaking, sickening suspicion River would make sure somehow that it wouldn't be just anyone discovering him.
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[personal profile] makeherblue 2011-11-09 09:43 pm (UTC)(link)
The Master was right - there was only one person coming to find him, even if River's "rescuer" might be a bit late.

Make that an hour late.

Maybe under an hour. Five minutes. Under by five minutes.

There's a brief minute on the other side of the door as the Doctor tried to sonic it open. His sonic screwdriver buzzed away. River's message on his psychic paper had been vague, especially on something important like proper directions and that had set off more alarms than anything else -- River was annoyingly specific with her coordinates, at the very least, and while she couldn't be expected to respect things like historic landmarks, she did at least pay more attention to directions. The door suddenly popped open, banging against the wall as the Doctor half-shoved, half barreled in, red in the face and out of breath from a run up and down the City. He came to a stop as he took in the Master sitting in a chair.

Barely dressed. Handcuffed.

"Oh," the Doctor said intelligently while he tried to catch his breath.
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[personal profile] syncopath 2011-11-10 08:30 am (UTC)(link)
The corner of the Master's mouth lifted up in a sneer as River stole his screwdriver. The gall! Although he really shouldn't have expected anything less from a consort of the Doctor's. Especially one who thought she was in any way special due to that smidgen of Time Lord in her.

Whether she knew it or not, she was now marked, and if she had any sense that should worry her.

"Catch you later," he called out to her back, purposely saving his panicked struggles for after she'd left. The handcuffs, of course, were good. Too good. By the time the Doctor came running up the stairs and banged open the door, the Master was similarly out of breath but no closer to freeing himself.

He still managed to roll his eyes and attempt to save what little face he had left.

"Get a good look?" the Master arched an eyebrow, clearly vexed.
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[personal profile] makeherblue 2011-11-10 08:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"I've had enough time for several good looks," the Doctor shot back. He peered about the room, his head snapping left and right as if expecting River to come popping out of the cupboard with an explanation or three in her hands. "Where'd you put her? Doctor Song. Marvelous hair, doesn't seem to like you."

Obviously the Master wasn't going anywhere, otherwise he would have freed himself by now. There were a limited number of options here: either the Master kidnapped River or it was the other way around and River was doing that Thing where she thought she was protecting him by going after his best enemies. Given the fact he knew the Master much better than River, he wanted to say that this might've been his doing. Maybe. Possibly. Maybe-possibly-could be. Hard to tell! Prowling about the room, the Doctor seemed to come to the conclusion that River was in fact not hiding in the cupboard ready to brain him over the head with an explanation or three and maybe he might have better luck asking the Master.

The Doctor came up to the Master, his eyes flicking around and picking out the small telltale signs of a struggle.

"So! River and handcuffs again! I'm not surprised." He bent down to tug at the handcuffs around the Master's wrists non-too gently. "I really ought to find out where she keeps getting them."
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[personal profile] syncopath 2011-11-14 09:40 am (UTC)(link)
"You certainly took your sweet time getting here," the Master observed acidly, "For somebody so concerned." He craned his neck, trying to watch the Doctor's movements when the other Time Lord went behind him.

"If you're still looking for Doctor Song, she left. With the key." He wouldn't have thought that needed to be said, but the Doctor haphazardly pulling at the handcuffs, as if they'd just pop free, seemed to confirm that it did.
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[personal profile] makeherblue 2011-11-16 12:15 pm (UTC)(link)
"Bad directions. Unusually bad." The Doctor jingled and jangled the handcuffs. "I suppose I ought to ask what the two of you were doing here together."

It would be so easy to release the Master. Just pop those handcuffs open with the sonic screwdriver. But the Doctor had an idea, more than an inkling, what had happened here and he wasn't feeling quite as charitable as earlier. Finding that the handcuffs weren't going to get up and walk away on their own, the Doctor rounded the back of the chair and prowled about the room until he found a chair of his own, a high backed thing that scraped along the floor until he had it positioned right where he wanted it. The Doctor flopped down into it and hooked one leg over the other, lacing his fingers together in his lap and while he could at least give the Master his shirt back, he instead cleared his throat.

"So. I get a message from River saying she needs help. And here you are."
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[personal profile] syncopath 2011-11-24 08:40 am (UTC)(link)
It seemed as if the Doctor was trying his hardest to make this process as irritating as possible. The chair dragged along the floor, making noises the Master hadn't been aware chairs could even make. Having his hands free to, he didn't know, cover his ears, might have been nice. By the time the Doctor was well and settled, the Master was burning two holes into his head.

"Personal business," he gritted out between his teeth.
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[personal profile] makeherblue 2011-11-24 01:37 pm (UTC)(link)
"Personal business," the Doctor repeated. His eyes roamed over the Master's...current condition, plus handcuffs. "Master of the obvious, you! Very personal, I'd say."

He could leave the Master here for however long it took for him to figure out a way to free himself, as if that would teach him a lesson. Ignoring the fact that the Master was trying to burn holes right through his forehead, the Doctor pretended to inspect the armrest of his chair, picking at it with his nail and knowing that he'd have to try to get the story from River at some point, make sure she wasn't....damaged. It had probably been only a matter of time before the Master picked up what an annoyingly interesting woman River was and decided he wanted to know more, taking rather than just asking. He couldn't say he wasn't disappointed and angry at him.

After all this time between them. All those centuries. And here they were, back where they had been lives and faces and countless friends and enemies later!

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