the Doctor | 008 | Day 118 | Video

[nevermindtherunning]

[Hello Kore, there's a Doctor on screen for you! He's grinning from ear to ear, kicked back in a chair, feet raised up, clearly in the diner.]

I heard there's some new arrivals! Hello, there. I do love new guests to this humble island that we're ever so blessed to inhabit.

Oh-- Is that a religious enough reference?

[The chair snaps down and he's sitting up in his chair, leaning forward with his hands clasped before him.]

What's all the fuss about this 'king of hell' bloke I've heard about? I do love a good story! I met the devil once, have I mentioned that? Stuck on an asteroid? Strange one, that one.

C'mon now! Story time!

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[VOICE]

[nevermindtherunning]

Nahhhhh, I won't get killed. C'mon, Mina~ have more faith in me.

[VOICE]

[primogen_vampirate]

Oh, it's not lack of faith in you.

[VOICE]

[nevermindtherunning]

Mm, that's good to know. Really good to know, actually.

[He's mulling over her statement.]

What are your thoughts any way? Angels? Demons? Heaven? Hell?

[She proclaimed she was a heathen, after all.]

[VOICE]

[primogen_vampirate]

A bit complicated since being here.

God is real. And probably a woman. The devil is another word for the forces of darkness.

Angels are annoying.

Demons are just anything evil.

Heaven is a ship on the open sea.

Hell is other people.

[VOICE]

[nevermindtherunning]

[Of course her heaven was the ocean... And his was in space. Fair enough.]

Ahh, it all makes sense now!

[He's joking, of course.]

[VOICE]

[primogen_vampirate]

[She cracks a smile on her end, not minding it too much that her face is still a burned up.]

Does it? I must be losing my touch.

[VOICE]

[nevermindtherunning]

Oh? I don't seem to think so...

Your face feeling any better? Still a bit flaky.

[VOICE]

[primogen_vampirate]

A bit crispy, but I've had worse.

It's really the indignity that hurts most.

[VOICE]

[nevermindtherunning]

Nothing indignant about it. You didn't ask for your home to collapse around you as you were sleeping. I'm glad we got you out when we did.

[VOICE]

[primogen_vampirate]

Yes.

About that...

[VOICE]

[nevermindtherunning]

...Is there a question that is about to follow?

[He's partially curious and partially being a git.]

[VOICE]

[primogen_vampirate]

No. No question.

Only...I don't, in my life, have a lot of people who would...get me out.

Which is all just to say that I am grateful.

[VOICE]

[nevermindtherunning]

Minaaaaaa, of course I'd rescue you! Why wouldn't I? I couldn't let you die in there... if you'd die at all, but it remains, I'm not going to allow you to be hurt. I wish I got there sooner than I did.

[VOICE]

[primogen_vampirate]

I'm not questioning you.

Just...thanking you. In my particular sort of way.

[VOICE]

[nevermindtherunning]

Oh I know.

[If she could see him, she'd know he had a cheeky smile right now. Actually, she probably could hear it.]

And I'd do it a thousand times over.

[VOICE]

[primogen_vampirate]

[Oh, she can hear it.]

A thousand times? Really?

I think you'd get bored.

[VOICE]

[nevermindtherunning]

Naaaah! Never. Not in a million years! Which isn't too far off, I believe.

[VOICE]

[primogen_vampirate]

A million years with you?

I could live with that.

[VOICE]

[nevermindtherunning]

Yeah? Already starting party plans? Unfortunately I don't know the exact date anymore... Really... Time travel and all that.

[VOICE]

[primogen_vampirate]

Just as well. There should be a few surprises along the way.

[VOICE]

[nevermindtherunning]

I do like surprises...

[VOICE]

[primogen_vampirate]

Then I shall have to make a point of surprising you someday.

[VOICE]

[nevermindtherunning]

[That earned a laugh.]

Oh, brilliant, you. I look forward to this!

[VOICE]

[primogen_vampirate]

So do I. I imagine I'll end up surprising myself with how I manage it.