“Yes, well, not today, cant…. I’m busy…” He nods and turns back to the monitor. He was determined not to let her know about his blindness.
“You’re busy? With what?” He was never just busy… always dropping whatever their adventure was supposed to be in order to help someone or another. “Doctor!” What was the matter with him?
“Just… Busy… you know… with stuff… very important stuff… that I can’t put aside… yes… very very important stuff.”
He doesn’t do anything to the screen that he was ‘looking’ at, before turning around and making his way to the stairs, making sure to have it look like he could see.
Tho he also hopped she didn’t see how his hand had almost missed the rail or the fact he wasn’t really sure where in the room she Now was.
Torvic glares down at the suspicious man. What kind of answer was that? He moves to another branch so he could study him more closely.
”Are you or are you not one of Theta Sigma’s cousins?” He asks trying to remember all the names of Lungbarrow. He needed to know, because if word got back that he was disrespectful to an adult from such an old house his elders were not going to be happy with him
He groaned slightly. “No, okay, im not one of his cousins nor am I from the house of Lungbarrow… are we seriously going to talk about houses? I mean, were not even on Gallifrey right now.” He grumbled.
That got to him alright. The last bit .”W-what do you mean we are not on Gallifrey?” Torvic asks with a fearful stutter. The boy had hardly ever left his Houses lands and when he did it was straight to a dome.Suddenly everything seemed very frightening. Including the tree, he was in.
“This…this is an alien tree..?” He mutters to himself lifting his hands away from the bark as if it would suddenly come to life and bite him
“Its the whole reason i’ve been following you around, kid, dont you think i wasnt surprised to find a timetot away from Gallifrey? Im not going to let you get hurt wandering about a strange place, not while i can help it.” he told him seriously.
“Now, how about you get down from there and ill show you the wonder’s of this planet thats called Hot Chocolate? hmm?”
Torvic glares down at the suspicious man. What kind of answer was that? He moves to another branch so he could study him more closely.
”Are you or are you not one of Theta Sigma’s cousins?” He asks trying to remember all the names of Lungbarrow. He needed to know, because if word got back that he was disrespectful to an adult from such an old house his elders were not going to be happy with him
He groaned slightly. “No, okay, im not one of his cousins nor am I from the house of Lungbarrow… are we seriously going to talk about houses? I mean, were not even on Gallifrey right now.” He grumbled.
The Master raised a brow at the child. “‘caaauuussseee~ You are a TimeTot, alone, by yourself, in a strange place, where anything can happen. I may be an evil genius, but even i have parental instincts when it comes to my own kind.”
“So carry on, ill just be a step behind you, making sure nothing happens to you and perhaps once you’ve grown tired of wandering, ill take you back to my T-Capsule for a nap.”
the boy looks warily at the other Gallifreyan before he slowly starts walking ahead. He maybe gets a few feet away before he takes off as fast and his little feet could carry him.
Koschei kept up with him only to sighed in frustration as he took off after the Tot.
“Torvic…! Oh come on…!” “Please stop running!”
He hadnt even figured out how old the boy was, so he didn’t know where in his timeline he found himself.
“Arnt you even a little bit curious about who i am?! And i thought Theta was the fast runner!”
“It’s just… Well you see, I think everything’s terrible anyhow. I’ve been everywhere, and seen everything, and done everything. I’ve had a very bad time.”
“That’s a really sad way to look at stuff.” Bill reached out to touch his arm, tugging gently at it. “C’mon, mate, you can talk to me. You know all them times I came to you and basically cried at you about stuff? Yeah? That’s what friends do. I’m your friend. If something’s made you — I dunno, sad, or angry, or whatever…you can tell me about it. Vent. You don’t have to hide it behind a vague ‘the whole universe sucks’ kinda thing. It’s okay to be sad.”
“Yeah.” his frown turned into a small smile. “Yes, yes you are my friend.”
…And so he told her. “Have i ever told you that im over 2000 years old? A lot can happen in that time, i mean, in 2000 years the human race changed quite a bit… and me, ive had 12 faces… 12 different lives and ive been in a huge war where i lost my planet… well i thought i did, and i lived almost 500 years thinking that i had lost it, that i was the last of my species, only to go back on my own time line and find out that it wasnt gone… just lost…” He sighed.
“The universe is a mess bill. A great big mess, with wars, too many to count, people dying left, right and center. Sometimes i just sit and think… why do i do this? why do i go and save planets, is it really worth it, when in a few years time, they will just get invaded or start another war… all i did was delay it for a few years..” he dragged a hand down his face.
“So, it wasnt a single person that made me upset, its just everything put together that makes me question if its worth continuing… making me think if i should just stop.”
The Master raised a brow at the child. “‘caaauuussseee~ You are a TimeTot, alone, by yourself, in a strange place, where anything can happen. I may be an evil genius, but even i have parental instincts when it comes to my own kind.”
“So carry on, ill just be a step behind you, making sure nothing happens to you and perhaps once you’ve grown tired of wandering, ill take you back to my T-Capsule for a nap.”
“I- I think I got the time wrong… sorry… um… please don’t say I’m a year late, I hate it when that happens, it makes me seem like I break my promises.”
drapetxmaniia - The Urge to run away 