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The Doctor (neverthelast) wrote in whoville,
@ 2009-05-12 19:02:00

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capnjohnhart, cpt_jack, mitchell_bh, neverthelast, pomme_de_sang, romanathesecond, sortamarvellous, thedeathless, themasterreborn, thete

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It was an extraordinarily gorgeous day even for fake New New York. The Master and Doctor had taken over a corner of Central Park to try to gather together cricket teams, from visitors or natives, whoever knew or was willing to learn the basic rules and play. Captaining opposing teams, of course. The easy banter back and forth indicated high, good spirits.

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pomme_de_sang
2009-05-14 05:02 pm UTC (link)

"Always having to be insanely careful," he replied with a shake of his head. "Enhanced strength can make dealing with regular humans hard, especially if you're trying to pass. Massive mood swings around the full moon. Getting overly emotional can make you slip and change. And then there's the people who want to kill you just for being what you are. So...trade offs."

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	themasterreborn 2009-05-14 05:04 pm UTC (link)
	"I'd had to pass before. I get that." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pomme_de_sang 2009-05-14 05:11 pm UTC (link)
	Jason nodded. "I'm lucky. My position with Jean-Claude affords me greater protection. I can be open about what I am without it being a problem." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	themasterreborn 2009-05-14 05:12 pm UTC (link)
	"Because he is Master of St. Louis," he probed. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pomme_de_sang 2009-05-14 05:25 pm UTC (link)
	Jason nodded. "Yeah, exactly. I...work for him." It was more than that. But most people seemed to have issues when he tried explaining it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	themasterreborn 2009-05-14 05:30 pm UTC (link)
	"My title is Master. Koschei's a childhood nickname. I confused Jean-Claude a great deal, because he wanted to know my name and what I was master of." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pomme_de_sang 2009-05-14 05:36 pm UTC (link)
	Jason snorted and laughed. "He would," he agreed, grinning widely. "It definitely has connotations back home. It's a power level, for one. A master vampire is strong enough to make their own heart beat. A Master of the City is generally the strongest master vampire in the area." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	themasterreborn 2009-05-14 05:41 pm UTC (link)
	"A lot of my people took titles once they reached a couple of centuries old. Or regenerated, whichever came first." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pomme_de_sang 2009-05-14 05:43 pm UTC (link)
	"Mmm. Point. There are some vampires who take titles, but they're usually more than a thousand years old and very, very powerful." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	themasterreborn 2009-05-14 11:48 pm UTC (link)
	"We...change. Not between two states like you do, but multiple times, never to return to what we previously were, not entirely. A title can be a reminder of what we were, who we are, who we want to be." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pomme_de_sang 2009-05-15 04:14 am UTC (link)
	Jason nodded slowly. "The Doctor explained a little about it. The one with the beaky nose and the ears." Most likely Koschei knew who he was talking about. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	themasterreborn 2009-05-15 08:45 am UTC (link)
	"There's a couple of him around, or were." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pomme_de_sang 2009-05-15 05:29 pm UTC (link)
	"No idea. He's the only Doctor that I've met. Introduced himself by noting that I wasn't human and wondering what I was." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	themasterreborn 2009-05-15 05:32 pm UTC (link)
	He covered his mouth and laughed at himself. "I did that to Jean-Claude. I was not my best when I ran into him." More seriously he said, "If it's the Doctor I'm thinking of, he's got a lot of reasons to be wary and out of sorts. Not that that really excuses him." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pomme_de_sang 2009-05-15 05:42 pm UTC (link)
	Jason grinned sardonically. "I'd probably have taken it better, but I hadn't even had my first cup of coffee." He tilted his head and nodded. "No, but I suppose it's more understandable." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	themasterreborn 2009-05-15 05:53 pm UTC (link)
	"I don't know if it's been made clear to you yet, but a lot of people who get dropped here are survivors of war," he said, looking out around the gathering. "Some of their fight or flight response are on high." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pomme_de_sang 2009-05-15 05:55 pm UTC (link)
	Jason shook his head slowly. "I hadn't made that connection yet." He probably should have, given the people he'd talked to so far. "Guess that kind of makes me the odd man out in a lot of ways." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	themasterreborn 2009-05-15 06:03 pm UTC (link)
	"That's why I letting you know before you got blindsided. Although I got the impression from Jean-Claude that at least life as a vampire can be fairly violent. Constantly defending territory, right?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pomme_de_sang 2009-05-15 06:08 pm UTC (link)
	Jason nodded slowly. "Not saying that there hasn't been a fair amount of trauma. It's not an easy life that we live." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	themasterreborn 2009-05-15 06:19 pm UTC (link)
	He nodded. "Fair enough. Didn't mean to make the conversation an angst contest. I don't know, Jean Claude in particular struck as. Not likely to react well if someone got unpredictable and irrational at him. Especially if he didn't know why. Perhaps I misjudged." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pomme_de_sang 2009-05-15 06:24 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh, no, you're right. Unpredictable and irrational can be deadly, and usually not to the irrational one." Jason's voice was pretty bland at that, though his mind went back to Damian, locked in his coffin. "But that's because he has so many who depend on him." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	themasterreborn 2009-05-15 06:26 pm UTC (link)
	"I sympathize." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pomme_de_sang 2009-05-15 06:30 pm UTC (link)
	He glanced at River on the pitch and nodded. "Somehow, I thought you might." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	themasterreborn 2009-05-15 11:17 pm UTC (link)
	He gave Jason a quick smile and nodded. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pomme_de_sang 2009-05-16 04:22 am UTC (link)
	He flashed a grin, then tilted his head. "May I ask you something?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)