010 [video, forward dated to morning of 7/13]

[soundsofdrums]

[The Master does not look happy. At ALL. It takes him a while to speak, and when he does, his voice is lacking any sort of amusement.]

What, praytell, are the Animus up to this time? This is hardly what I'd call amusing in the least. Screwing up their computer system, haha, very funny. This--No.

Has any non-human here noticed anything different?

[Fail!Filter to the Doctor]

ΘΣ.

[It's the only form of address he can use right now without simply saying "Doctor", as much as he loathes using the name. He knows the filter isn't going to work, and so, he immediately starts talking in Gallifreyan.]

It's gone. Everything. It's as if I'm a human again. As if I've used a Chameleon Arch, but I remember everything.

And they--the drums--they're gone. They're gone. [He looks pained at this.]

Tell me. Tell me that you're affected too.

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[molto-ten-e.livejournal.com]

[Replying in Gallifreyan out of courtesy.]

It certainly seems that way, solitary heart-beat and all.

...At least you don't have to deal with the drums for the week.

[soundsofdrums.livejournal.com]

Deal? Don't you get it, Doctor? The drums are who I AM.

How can I--

We--are going to continue this conversation in my room.

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[molto-ten-e.livejournal.com]

[The Doctor makes his way quickly down the hall, doubly worried for his old friend now. To be worse off without that infernal noise Rassilon planted, his estimation of the Master's mental state may need serious reconsideration.]

So, not enjoying the start of our week as humans, I take it?

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[soundsofdrums.livejournal.com]

[He's sitting on his bed, fingertips drumming a beat on the mattress that isn't there anymore.]

The one heart is bad enough--all of this is sickening. A disease. But the--Where are they, Doctor.

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[molto-ten-e.livejournal.com]

I suspect that they will be back, as soon as the week is up, and our connection to the Time Vortex is restored.

And being human really isn't so bad- Not as if there's much functional difference between our two species here in the first place.

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[soundsofdrums.livejournal.com]

You like humans enough. You'd enjoy this. I want my other heart. I want the drums.

[Yes, he's whining a bit.]

I ought to cut your heart out to put with my own.

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[molto-ten-e.livejournal.com]

You know good and well that wouldn't work though, so I doubt that'll be happening. [Your bluff? totally called..]

I'm sure you'll manage once you settle down. How long did you spend as Professor Yana, anyway?

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[soundsofdrums.livejournal.com]

Too long for my liking. I left and used the Chameleon Arch during the Time War, when the Dalek Emperor took control of the Cruciform. Do the math. At least as that damn professor, I had no idea how pitiful I really was.

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[molto-ten-e.livejournal.com]

Still, best to try and get used to it. Not much that can be done about it, particularly in our current state.