#41: And I won't feel a thing...

[horrible_phd]

[Voice]

So is the City breaking or what?

[He doesn't sound like he really cares, either way.]

[ooc: So after much internal debate I went with updating him all the way to the end--I'm sort of assuming at least a month or two has gone by for him. He's kind of broken but he'll snap out of it. Eventually. Expect something of a different Horrible until then. He remembers everything from the city, but it all feels a little distant right now.]

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[neverendingbeat.livejournal.com]

[The Master stands in front of the screen in his false TARDIS, businesslike.]

I'm afraid my results were inconclusive before I was essentially yanked through. But the barrier is definitely weaker. Whether or not that affects the fabric of spacetime in the City is a different story. You might do a few tests? [He shrugs.] I can't do them from this side.

1 of... 3. Ish.

[horrible-penny.livejournal.com]

Billy! You're back!

Yeah. Let's say three.

[horrible-penny.livejournal.com]

You're really back! I'm so, so glad to see you, you have no idea!

Done now. ._.

[horrible-penny.livejournal.com]

...You're different.

Voice;

[horrible-phd.livejournal.com]

Yanked through to what, exactly?

1/2 there is a ridiculously long pause in responding

[horrible-phd.livejournal.com]

2/2

[horrible-phd.livejournal.com]

I guess a lot has happened.

Voice;

[neverendingbeat.livejournal.com]

[He gestures behind him at his TARDIS: gothic, stony, guttering candles, big circular console behind him with a lighted white tube emerging from the centre and a lot of complex technology on it.]

A facsimile of my TARDIS. I don't know what it is in actuality. The machines I brought with me analyse it as a TARDIS but it isn't one. I can't access most of her--its processes and I can only access the back rooms that don't have close-able doors leading to them. Everything is locked down. And I can't communicate with her at all.

Voice;

[horrible-phd.livejournal.com]

I've was in a TARDIS once...didn't know they were so popular. Nice interior, by the way.

They're telling us to patch the holes.

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[neverendingbeat.livejournal.com]

[The Master looks momentarily confused.]

You--?

[And then it makes sense.]

The Doctor's, I assume. They're not that popular. We're just the same species. But thanks, I guess.

[He is personally less than impressed with his previous incarnation's design preferences.]

I saw. I can't imagine that patching the walls of reality with polymer will be very useful but it could slow the process down, potentially. [He shrugs.] Or it could just be busywork.

Voice;

[horrible-phd.livejournal.com]

Yeah, there was this party, a while ago.

[He's trying to sound normal, or not normal but not as apathetic as he feels.]

Maybe I'll whip up a batch of glue, after I run some tests. The barrier appears to be disturbingly close to--well, anyway, I think I'd prefer the city didn't disintegrate.

[primrosella.livejournal.com]

Billy?

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[neverendingbeat.livejournal.com]

Good luck. I'd like to know what you find out. I'd prefer that the City not fall to pieces. At least not while I'm probably still inside it.

[He gives Doctor Horrible a thoughtful look.]

I assume...the history-changing didn't go as planned?

[spiritofsorrow.livejournal.com]

Ah, Billy. Penny will be delighted to see you again.

[horrible-penny.livejournal.com]

Do you want to come to the apartment? We can talk about it or something. I have hot chocolate.

[favoritetraitor.livejournal.com]

Doctor, how good to hear from you~

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[horrible-phd.livejournal.com]

Of course not.

I learned what it's like to get everything but the girl.

[horrible-phd.livejournal.com]

I don't--not tonight. I promise I want to see you, just...in a little bit.

[horrible-phd.livejournal.com]

I'm back.

[horrible-phd.livejournal.com]

Sorrow. I guess I'm glad to be back. Or I should be.

[horrible-phd.livejournal.com]

Hello. How are things?

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[neverendingbeat.livejournal.com]

And I suppose having her here doesn't make it any better?

[horrible-penny.livejournal.com]

Okay. Just... you know. I don't know. You know where to find me, whenever.

[primrosella.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to see you again.

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[horrible-phd.livejournal.com]

You know, life is really easy when you don't actually care. You can get away with almost anything. And if you don't, well, doesn't matter.

I think I'm supposed to start caring now. I don't know if I'm ready for that. So things should be better here, but it's complicated. I don't know.