1 - Have I made you desperate?

[lacksconviction]

[He takes his time before introducing himself, establishing the purpose of this place, the fact that his magic definitely was depleted and not coming back by any means known to him, and weighing up the odds of his escaping by the usual means, before deigning to make his first journal entry. He has taken off his ridiculous supervillain hat, for effect:]

My my, is this not an ambitious effort? Certainly, a more elaborate one than the last chamber in which I was imprisoned. To whose hospitality do I owe my gratitude, may I ask? Which one-eyed wolf has clamped these strange jaws around my throat?

[He smiles, but it's unconvincing. His eyes look strangely pained.]

Or perhaps I expect too much in assuming this a prison, rather than an arsenal of purloined weapons, or a vault to hold the spoils of war?

[A slight pause, before he decides he's giving away far too much, and clicks the communicator off.]

Comments

[timesbureaucrat]

I've worked for worse. Granted, not much worse, but he does keep his bargains.

[lacksconviction]

Mm. I suppose now that I think on it, I've probably worked for worse as well.

[At least you don't get hideously tortured if you fail.]

So what have you bartered from him, as your prize?

[timesbureaucrat]

That's a rather personal question, don't you think?

[lacksconviction]

That depends on what the answer is, doesn't it?

I'm just wondering what would be worth it.

[timesbureaucrat]

The survival of my planet, my people.

[Not his current deal, but that's the less private one.]

[lacksconviction]

An unhappy thing to need to ask for. I too have seen my own people, my own home planet, pushed to the very brink of destruction.

[Then his stupid big brother stopped him from finishing the job >C]

[timesbureaucrat]

Yes. Well. At least here I can get the resources to set things right.

What's your home planet? [Just because someone looks like a Terran and talks like a Terran doesn't mean they're from Earth, as Narvin knows well.]

[lacksconviction]

Asgard. And yours?

[Humans don't usually have the wherewithal to ask. Although their planet is frequently imperiled...]

[timesbureaucrat]

Gallifrey.

I should warn you right now, the Admiral has a bit of an obsession with Earth. Expect a lot of Earth ports and Earth holiday celebrations.