Damn you, spruce bark beetles!

[bellerophontes]

the BAD MOVIE NIGHT meme

◘Post your character with their name and canon in the subject line.
◘Your character and the character(s) who tag are now watching a bad movie together. Maybe they're using it for a drinking game. Maybe they're just mocking it. Maybe they're even filming reaction videos. You decide.
◘No RNG options - just pick whatever movie you love to hate. If you can't decide on one, Birdemic, Plan 9 from Outer Space, or anything listed here is always a good choice.

Comments

It was in the Stockholm Syndrome one. Makes no sense considering I failed to follow the theme. :P

[handymetacrisis]

[Doesn't she know it.]

I don't think you're right 'bout that. He's changed a lot.

Ah yes . . . now to find it.

[ofdrumsthesound]

But who wouldn't be mad at the loss of his oldest friend?

http://bakerstreet.dreamwidth.org/284719.html?thread=210726191#cmt210726191

[handymetacrisis]

Just 'bout anyone. What sorts of things would he do if you went mad under our watch?

[Just in case it came to that. They were really concerned.]

:D

[ofdrumsthesound]

God knows. *He manages a choked sort of laugh.* It was the Doctor who destroyed Gallifrey, in the end. Reality was staring to shred, he had to do it, but still. Can you imagine it, destroying your entire world? You family, your friends, all the places you played as a child, all the famous landmarks, the animals and the trees?

I'm all he has left of his life before the War. At least the original Doctor has his TARDIS still, yours hasn't even got that. If I finally broke completely because of you . . . why, he might commit suicide and take the whole planet with him. He might start torturing people, he might set me and himself on fire. I don't know.

[handymetacrisis]

I couldn't... [Rose had known what he had done. It was to save everything from ending; much in the same way he ended all those Daleks on the Crucible. She personally couldn't understand what it would have like to destroyed everything she loved and cherished.

If that was the outcome, she wouldn't have it. She needed to talk to her father about it.]

But..if it happened...wouldn't we be enough for him? 's been fine already, before you came along. Was it only friendship between you two?

[ofdrumsthesound]

Not if it was your fault.

We're soulmates. Best friends and true; if I had stayed sane he would likely have never needed human companions. We were supposed to be each other's everything, brothers in all but blood. We were toddlers together, we climbed trees together, we learned to walk and swim together. We were taken before the thrice-damned Schism together, if he'd been on one side of me instead of the other it would be him with the drums.

A world without him wouldn't be worth living in, I've dragged myself out of Heaven to stay with him. I want to kill him but I would die for him, and both feeling are mutual. *He smiles sadly.* We love each other, in some strange broken way for which there are no words.

[handymetacrisis]

[She's quiet for a few minutes, thinking over what the Master's said and put it against what the Doctor's told her about him. She smiles sadly, relaxing just a bit.]

I 'spose it's silly for me to feel a bit jealous, yeah? I mean, I know he really cares for me, but what you said sounded more passionate.

Why did you let yourself die then? At the end of that year, when he begged you to regenerate, you didn't. Why?

[ofdrumsthesound]

We've known each other so long . . .

I didn't want to be trapped. He would have kept me, and I didn't like that. He was with people who hated me. I liked the person I was at the time. I was angry with him. I didn't want to lose again. I was sick of the drums.

There were a lot of reasons, really. And I've always been good at spite.

[handymetacrisis]

What will you do when he dies? This one I mean, not the other one. How would you even get back to him?

[For a moment Rose peeks over the back of her chair towards the bedroom. They're not a lot of noise for someone who should be cleaning.]

[ofdrumsthesound]

I'll find a way, trust me. But that won't be for another few decades, with any luck. *He smiles softly.* I'll go to the old universe and give the original all my memories of him. Or maybe I'll build a soul collecter like the old ring I used to wear, and give the Doctor the piece of himself back.

*His smile widens.* Are you eavesdropping, Handy?

[handymetacrisis]

[There's a loud crash then, as if to say "no, I'm not." It also says he's not happy with what he's hearing.

Rose shakes her head, stifling a giggle.]

You just know he is. Bet he's worried we're tradin' embarrassing stories.

[ofdrumsthesound]

Well, I suppose I could start . . . *He giggles.* But then he might start, so nevermind.

[handymetacrisis]

No, no, do it! [She giggles] Let's trade stories, yeah? I bed he was a hyper kid back on your planet. Gave his parents all sorts of headaches.

[ofdrumsthesound]

Oh yes. The number of times I had to get him down from trees or pull his foot out of holes . . . *He laughs.* Had to do his homework for him too, half the time. Smart kid, but so absent-minded! And I don't think he ever passed his driving test, he leaves the emergency brake on all the time. Makes the stupidest sound . . .

[handymetacrisis]

I bet he did! [Rose laughs and there's a loud crashing sound again.]

Don't make me come in there! [She yells and then laughs hard. He was such a child!]

Let's see if I can think of somethin'. Oh! You should've seen 'im goofin' around and singin' to stuff. It was a riot!

[ofdrumsthesound]

I've done that often enough . . .

Hey Handy, want to come join in the storytelling?

[handymetacrisis]

[There's a moment of silence before he comes stalking out, pouting like a child. Rose can't help but laugh at him, nearly crying from how hard she's laughing.]

When did this turn into 'let's embarrass the Doctor' say, hmm? I could go on about all the things you did at the academy, Master.

[ofdrumsthesound]

Go right ahead. My older memories can be a bit fuzzy, actually--I think it's because of how my history was edited in the War.

[handymetacrisis]

[He settles down beside Rose once she's calmed enough, shifting just to sit a bit closer to her. She leans back against him.]

Let's see...hmm...it's a bit hard to pick something. It seems I was the one who got you in trouble most of the time.

[ofdrumsthesound]

*He lets out a surprisingly innocent giggle.* See? Told you.

I was the good boy. And now . . . *His face turns sad again.* And now look at me. How did that happen?

[handymetacrisis]

The War, Rassilon, our own rivalry...take your pick. [He sighs and Rose looks between the both of them, a little sad herself] But we'll fix it.

[ofdrumsthesound]

And until then I'm happy to be your secret weapon. *He sighs.* Might need to be, actually, I don't want to be locked up and I don't dare try to stop killing.

Please, Handy, let me kill and hurt and eat . . .

[handymetacrisis]

[He knows where the fear of being locked up comes from. He was listening after all.] I won't let that happen. You're not a weapon, Master, least of all mine.

[He sighs and runs a hand through his hair.]

I can't let you. I can get you food, but I can't let you kill.

[ofdrumsthesound]

I need to, or the drums will destroy me. They get louder and louder, nothing soothes them but violence and I don't want to wind up hurting you or your friends. Because evenually I will, I know I will. I won't be able to stop it, they'll get so loud I won't recognize you anymore as anything but meat.

[handymetacrisis]

[It was terrible. He's trapped between his best friend and his new family. If he let the Master hunt and kill, then Pete would have the Master locked up and even more helpless. If he didn't, then the Master would go crazy and come after them.

He didn't know what to do or say, looking for Rose for help. She could help him figure it out. Right?

Rose sighed and looked up at Handy. She knew how important the Master was to him, now especially.]

Maybe we can work something out. Set up somethin' for you out in the woods.