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[Rassilon has decided he has enough of the infirmary after getting a headache. He's back in his room now and stares at the camera, looking cranky.]

I require a map of this ship. Bring me one.

Edit: [Not too long after the first transmission he adds:]

I am in no mood for arguments. Do not start one.

...The map may not be needed, after all.


[Time Lord Filter]

You stay away. I don't have the patience to deal with you. [Because the Doctor - any of them - and the Master are extra annoying, in his opinion.]


[Private to Omega]

Except you. Are you better now?


[Private to Narvin]

We have yet to talk, Coordinator; but I give you a bit more time. As I said, I don't have the patience.

Private

Date: 11/01/2011 16:18 (UTC)
ext_956330: Omega spotting a Punch and Judy Show (Default)
From: [identity profile] rass-bestie.livejournal.com
I'm fine. But you realise that you'll receive more responses asking you to say 'please' than to give you a map?

As it happens, I have one, though I haven't bothered to place who lives where. [Because mun doesn't want to infomod.]

Thank you again for volunteering.

[Private]

Date: 11/01/2011 16:26 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shortsghtedlove.livejournal.com
[Rassilon grumbles something that may or may not be "Disrespectful fools".]

I simply do not wish to be lost in case we are attacked like that again. And I will surely know where those of any importance live soon enough.

[He massages his temple lightly.] It was nothing. [Not that he doesn't like being thanked.]

[Private]

Date: 11/01/2011 16:36 (UTC)
ext_956330: Omega spotting a Punch and Judy Show (Default)
From: [identity profile] rass-bestie.livejournal.com
I'll bring it down, along with ibuprofen. Unless, you do have a zero room in your room, or something comparable?

[Private]

Date: 11/01/2011 16:40 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shortsghtedlove.livejournal.com
[He shakes his head.] No, I have not. [Unfortunately. Then he offers a small, appreciative smile.] Thank you, Omega.

Re: [Private]

Date: 11/01/2011 16:42 (UTC)
ext_956330: Omega spotting a Punch and Judy Show (Default)
From: [identity profile] rass-bestie.livejournal.com
Then you'll come to mine.

I suppose, given my unique condition, and the... effects of thereof, the Admiral felt I needed it. Or perhaps it's because it's of the original design... at any rate. My room. Eight, eight.

[Private] Spam?

Date: 11/01/2011 16:46 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shortsghtedlove.livejournal.com
I appreciate it. [His smile widens a little, before he becomes more serious again.] And perhaps we should talk about... your condition.

[Private] - Spam!

Date: 11/01/2011 16:48 (UTC)
ext_956330: Omega spotting a Punch and Judy Show (sigh)
From: [identity profile] rass-bestie.livejournal.com
Of course. [Bleugh, long story is long.]

[Spam]

Date: 11/01/2011 16:52 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shortsghtedlove.livejournal.com
[Rassilon arrives a bit later than he would usually and carefully knocks on Omega's door - loud enough to be heard, but quiet enough not to make his head throb from the noise.]

[Spam]

Date: 11/01/2011 16:56 (UTC)
ext_956330: Omega spotting a Punch and Judy Show (I'm a little busy)
From: [identity profile] rass-bestie.livejournal.com
[Omega opens the door immediately, stepping in to allow him into the Eurydice, he ducked his head, pulling out the tablets to give to him.] Here you go, my friend.

[Spam]

Date: 11/01/2011 16:58 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shortsghtedlove.livejournal.com
[Rassilon takes them, smiling gratefully. He looks tired.] Thank you.

[He looks around.] Looks like your old ship. Is that comfortable?

[Spam]

Date: 11/01/2011 17:02 (UTC)
ext_956330: Omega spotting a Punch and Judy Show (Default)
From: [identity profile] rass-bestie.livejournal.com
It's better than the other option. I trust you remember the way to my quarters?

[Spam]

Date: 11/01/2011 17:19 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shortsghtedlove.livejournal.com
[He nods.] It isn't difficult to remember. [A pause.] I just thought, the map might be useful for now, until I know the ship better. [He doesn't want to run through corridors with no idea where to go again.]

...What is the other option?

[Spam]

Date: 11/01/2011 17:38 (UTC)
ext_956330: Omega spotting a Punch and Judy Show (sigh)
From: [identity profile] rass-bestie.livejournal.com
[Omega lead the way.] Yes, of course. The lubricant of society is good manners, my friend! [He holds his arm for a second.] The other option was my home but we'll talk about that once we arrive at my quarters and you're under the influence of my zero room.

[The trip itself was labyrinthine, the usual security techniques, before entering the room where he'd been sleeping.

Immediately upon entering, the mental stresses of the mind on the barge is lifted. The room is grand, with a work space, a large luxurious bed and a seating area with couches and chairs. One of the couches has a duvet and pillow on it, showing where Omega has chosen to sleep. There are also various pictures scattered, with a young Rassilon, Omega's parents, people they once knew and several vistas of old Gallifrey. Omega offered a seat to his friend.] Would you like some tea?

[Spam]

Date: 11/01/2011 17:55 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shortsghtedlove.livejournal.com
Yes. [His voice is weak and his steps a bit uneven - but he isn't stumbling quite yet. Upon entry he stops, gasping, and closes his eyes. Oh. That... That feels really nice.

Rassilon swallows and after a few moments opens his eyes again. He approaches the nearest couch, sits down carefully and leans his head back, slowly relaxing, now that his headache is receding. He smiles when he sees the pictures. Oh, Omega. Of course his friend would have those - and for a moment he regrets not having any himself anymore.

He takes a few seconds to realize Omega was asking something.]
Ye...Yes. Lukewarm.

[Spam]

Date: 11/01/2011 18:09 (UTC)
ext_956330: Omega spotting a Punch and Judy Show (I'm a little busy)
From: [identity profile] rass-bestie.livejournal.com
[He pours the tea.] We'll have to petition the Admiral to give you one of your own. [It was a matter of health, so he doubted that the Admiral would refuse.] You're, of course, welcome here at any time you feel overwhelmed.

[Spam]

Date: 11/01/2011 18:17 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shortsghtedlove.livejournal.com
[He nods.] We should. [If he does, he'll have a very cranky Lord President harassing people for giving him headaches.] I shall remember.

[He eyes Omega, expression serious.] Is... the Doctor less restless now?

[Spam]

Date: 11/01/2011 18:29 (UTC)
ext_956330: Omega spotting a Punch and Judy Show (sigh)
From: [identity profile] rass-bestie.livejournal.com
I'll make the request immediately. I'd enjoy your company, if nothing else.

[He writes in his journal.] Yes. [He looks up at Rassilon.] Possession doesn't sit well with him. Apart from, well, the parallels with a god seemed to have engaged... questions.

[Spam]

Date: 11/01/2011 18:35 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shortsghtedlove.livejournal.com
[He smiles.] And I would enjoy yours as well.

[He leans back, stretching out comfortably and sips his tea.] That's good. [Pause.] What kind of questions?

[Spam]

Date: 11/01/2011 18:57 (UTC)
ext_956330: Omega spotting a Punch and Judy Show (sigh)
From: [identity profile] rass-bestie.livejournal.com
[He sighed.] We're like gods.

I mean, not in the obvious... demanding sacrifice or such like. Not the abuses, but the faith. How our people have faith in us. Put us on a pedestal.

We know what it's like to live up to the expectations of our people, but unlike Xiuhtecuhtli and his... children, we can't just throw out an excuse and they'll willingly follow us still, we fail. I failed.

[He smiles grimly.] We taught them too well perhaps. [He's really proud of them for that, even if it kicked him in the ass more than once.]

The Doctor was... well, we've a rather complex relationship and he... needs to be heard.

[Spam]

Date: 11/01/2011 19:10 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shortsghtedlove.livejournal.com
[He's quiet for a bit, staring at his tea cup, before taking another sip. Then he looks up.] They shouldn't. If there's one thing our history should have taught us, then that's how dangerous it is to create gods out of mortals. [He thinks of the Pythia and her followers and all the suffering they brought. And how it took so long for people to revolt against her.]

[He leans his head back against the couch and looks at Omega, expression unreadable.] The Doctor... How much influence does he have on you?

[Spam]

Date: 11/01/2011 19:15 (UTC)
ext_956330: Omega spotting a Punch and Judy Show (Default)
From: [identity profile] rass-bestie.livejournal.com
No, I'm quite proud of them for that.

[Doesn't stop Omega from trying.] I'd say we've achieved something of an equilibrium. Though liking people I've never met is... odd. Still, you've turned that around him nicely! [He lifts his tea cup and takes a victory sip.]

[Spam]

Date: 11/01/2011 19:22 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shortsghtedlove.livejournal.com
[Rassilon smiles, but there's something strange about it.

They had never questioned him.]


Potentially embarrassing even, considering the Doctor's taste. [He takes a sip as well.] What exactly does he think of me?

[Spam]

Date: 11/01/2011 19:34 (UTC)
ext_956330: Omega spotting a Punch and Judy Show (cheek (p))
From: [identity profile] rass-bestie.livejournal.com
He... [It's hard to sort it out, their opinions of people isn't particularly separate, yet it is.] He thinks... [Omega pulls a face.] Oh, he honestly doesn't know what to think. He's attached to you. [Shakes his head.] Why do you ask?

[Spam]

Date: 11/01/2011 19:44 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shortsghtedlove.livejournal.com
Pure curiousity. Funny to think that there's a Doctor who's... attached to me. [But now he eyes Omega wearily; something is troubling him.] You're not separate then.

[Spam]

Date: 11/01/2011 19:58 (UTC)
ext_956330: Omega spotting a Punch and Judy Show (Default)
From: [identity profile] rass-bestie.livejournal.com
Funny is certainly an apt term for it. We'd have been separated by now, if that were the case. [He doesn't elaborate, perhaps Rassilon doesn't want to know.]

[Spam]

Date: 11/01/2011 20:12 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shortsghtedlove.livejournal.com
[Flat] Is there anything I need to worry about? [Because does now. After all that has happened in the last few days - he hasn't slept since before Gallifrey's destruction - he's dead tired. He just wants to talk about the things that worry him now, so he doesn't have the energy to get too upset before he has time to think.]

[Spam]

Date: 11/01/2011 20:20 (UTC)
ext_956330: Omega spotting a Punch and Judy Show (Default)
From: [identity profile] rass-bestie.livejournal.com
When I arrived, I would have said yes, but... it's part of my redemption, Rassilon, to achieve accord with the Doctor persona, make it a part of myself. With the limits the Admiral places on me, the stability of this place... I'm getting there, if I haven't gotten there yet.

[Spam]

Date: 11/01/2011 20:27 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shortsghtedlove.livejournal.com
[Rassilon stares at Omega. That's... What?] But... But that will change you. Make you not be yourself anymore, but someone else, someone inbetween -- you and the Doctor. [He's tense now, his fingers clenched around his tea cup.]

[Spam]

Date: 11/01/2011 20:37 (UTC)
ext_956330: Omega spotting a Punch and Judy Show (Default)
From: [identity profile] rass-bestie.livejournal.com
That's not what it means at all.

Perhaps I didn't explain it well.

The Doctor and I have individual thoughts... the idea is when we both have a sense of ourselves, not competing over the same memories, not knowing which thought came from who... [He doesn't go further.] The confusion is where the trouble lies, my friend. Neither he nor I will subsumed into the other.

[Spam]

Date: 11/01/2011 20:46 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shortsghtedlove.livejournal.com
[He visibly relaxes. Omega may have changed through his experiences, but he was still Omega. The thought of his friend being changed in such a way though...] I see. I... [He stops. Then - ] I misunderstood you. It's good you are getting better.

[Spam]

Date: 11/01/2011 20:50 (UTC)
ext_956330: Omega spotting a Punch and Judy Show (Default)
From: [identity profile] rass-bestie.livejournal.com
I'm sorry I wasn't clear. [He takes some tea.] You look tired, my friend.

[Spam]

Date: 11/01/2011 20:55 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shortsghtedlove.livejournal.com
[He shakes his head.] It's nothing. [He closes his eyes briefly.] Perhaps a little.

[Spam]

Date: 11/01/2011 21:00 (UTC)
ext_956330: Omega spotting a Punch and Judy Show (Default)
From: [identity profile] rass-bestie.livejournal.com
Well, now. I do happen to have a bed going spare. [He indicated the bed in question.] You could fit a small family in there! Whose idea was that? [May well have been his.]

[Spam]

Date: 11/01/2011 21:05 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shortsghtedlove.livejournal.com
[Rassilon stares at it for a moment before he starts grinning.] It is rather big, yes. [He stands up sluggishly, stumbles to the bed and falls on it.] Thank you, Omega. [He'd feared sleeping by himself, had been scared of what his dreams could bring.]

[Spam]

Date: 11/01/2011 21:10 (UTC)
ext_956330: Omega spotting a Punch and Judy Show (Default)
From: [identity profile] rass-bestie.livejournal.com
Of course, my friend. I'll be here. [He's used his abilities to chase dreams away before, admittedly on humans with little to do with Time Wars, but he'll be there to talk him through it, should he wake up. Besides, there's always work he needs doing.]

[Spam]

Date: 11/01/2011 21:16 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shortsghtedlove.livejournal.com
[Rassilon smiles. He wants to say something, but he's already dozing off.]

[Spam]

Date: 11/01/2011 21:19 (UTC)
ext_956330: Omega spotting a Punch and Judy Show (Default)
From: [identity profile] rass-bestie.livejournal.com
[Omega takes a pencil and paper and sits down on his sofa-cum-bed, quietly drawing.]

Date: 11/01/2011 17:23 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ichoosefight.livejournal.com
[ Steph sees no problem with this request, and as such takes the time to doodle her own little map, with cute pictures to illustrate locations like the pub and the CES. ]

I'm not really in the mood either.

Date: 11/01/2011 17:28 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shortsghtedlove.livejournal.com
Good. [He doesn't look good himself though. Then wants to say something, pauses and changes his mind. Two maps may come in handy. If he looses one.]

Date: 11/01/2011 17:32 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ichoosefight.livejournal.com
[ She's too jaded to ask if he's okay. He probably isn't. Nobody's okay. ]

Always nice to have a map.

Date: 11/01/2011 17:37 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shortsghtedlove.livejournal.com
It is certainly useful. [Especially when you need to find someone while Aztec warriors are running around.]

Private.

Date: 11/01/2011 17:29 (UTC)
toldastory: (doctor through the stars)
From: [personal profile] toldastory
I'm afraid I don't have a map, Rassilon, but thank you for helping in the infirmary. I appreciate it.

Private.

Date: 11/01/2011 17:34 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shortsghtedlove.livejournal.com
[He nods.] It shall not be a problem. I have already been offered two. [A pause.] As you see, I am not at all like you had thought. [He's still not quite over being compared to Davros.]

Private.

Date: 11/01/2011 19:59 (UTC)
toldastory: (Fingers on lips)
From: [personal profile] toldastory
I do appreciate your help, and thank you once again for it, Rassilon.

Date: 11/01/2011 18:08 (UTC)
timesbureaucrat: (huh?)
From: [personal profile] timesbureaucrat
Understood, Lord President.

[Narvin is perfectly happy to delay. It gives him more time to try to figure out what the hell he's going to do.]

Date: 11/01/2011 18:12 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shortsghtedlove.livejournal.com
Good.

[He should have a really good excuse ready; Rassilon almost got hit by that one warrior. And is not happy about it.]
From: [identity profile] soundof-drums.livejournal.com
Is grumpy your default setting, Lord President? [Said mockingly... But at least he used your title!]

Somebody could use a nap...
From: [identity profile] shortsghtedlove.livejournal.com
[Rassilon stares. Then his expression goes from grumpy to "just bit into a lemon" - it's quite comical. Then he disconnects. The Master deserves no answer, in his opinion.]

[Time Lord Filter]

Date: 12/01/2011 00:40 (UTC)
championoftime: (7 - alert)
From: [personal profile] championoftime
[He used to like you so much, Rassilon! What in the cosmos!?] You're welcome...

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