Killing Time

[crabby_lioness]

Fic:  Killing Time

Author:  CrabbyLioness

Characters:  Jack, Master, UNIT

Summary:  Set after The Sound of Drums.  The Master is killing time.  So is Jack.

Word Count:  804

Rating:  PG for adult themes.

When Jack comes back to life this time, he's still wearing the heavy restraints the Master uses when Mrs. Saxon joins them.  The floor is slick with his

Comments

[jadesfire]

Ooh, I like this, a lot. You've got the Master's voice really nicely and you paint the scene really vividly.

And I love the sibling rivalry/blood feud comparison - works perfectly.

Nice work :)

[crabby_lioness]

Nobody is a nobody. Some people just let other people mess with their heads and convince them they are nobodies.

[crabby_lioness]

Thank you. I try to be true to military personnel when I write about them.

[skitty_kat]

*shudders*

I just knew someone would write something like this after the Master's line in Sound of Drums. You just know he's going to be gleefully killing Jack over and over again. Poor Jack. I love how he has that spark of hope every time he comes back. And your Master is just right.

Thank you!

[crabby_lioness]

I tried not to write anything too specific, just window dressing. And to give it an upbeat ending.

[skitty_kat]

Unless Last of the Time Lords proves it wrong this shall be my canon. It'll probably fit in rather well.

[crabby_lioness]

Thank you. :)

[crystalshard]

Ooooh, I like it. You've got psychopath-Master down very well, along with Jack's own innate stubborness. Very good.

[crabby_lioness]

Thank you. And Jack understands psychopaths a little bit better than the Master would like.

[naye]

This is so, so good - almost speechless with sheer "wow" at the force of the words and the emotions. I love - Jack. Being Jack, still hoping, even through the worst moments. I love that he knows what he has in these ordinary people, personnel so insiginficant that a psychopath bent on conquering all would never even notice them. And I love that they're there from the beginning of the scene; the technican working on a panel, nothing to really pay attention to, just there. Still there at the end, but with so much more behind it - not just a technician, but a person with a name, and the potential to save the world. Awesome!

[crabby_lioness]

Thank you. The scene wouldn't work without Ryan there at the begining.

[nnwest]

I really like this. I could really see this exchange taking place. Very, very well done. Excellent Master voice.

One random thing reading this made me realize is how much Simm's Master reminds me of Pegg's Editor from 'Long Game'. Both written by RTD coincidentally. Seems he only has one model for insane-evil. :)

[crabby_lioness]

Thank you. I don't know about the one-model though. Lucy is clearly insane and evil in a different way.

[nnwest]

Ah, true. Though I wasn't putting her into the completely insane category yet (until I see what's up in the last ep), merely the mildly disturbing. The Master is clearly bat-shit. ;)

[crabby_lioness]

At least you don't put her in the "possessed/alien" category. I can't understand the trouble some people have accepting that she's just an evil human.