#crimeswithoutnumber

[preposterousbutitworks]

@crimeswithoutnumber asked:

|     “ If it’s of any consolation, she was not too terribly pleased to see me either. ”

“ well, i wasn’t too terribly pleased to see either of you! ”

he wrenched his head up, and scowled slightly at the other man. then——after a moment, he swiped a very irritable hand underneath his nose.

“ i mean——it’s not too terribly pleasing of a thing to have to do, is it? ” he sniffed a bit, then straightened up, making his way across the console room——turning his attention to the tardis’s controls.

“ thwarting your devious schemes? ”

he stopped short of his counterpart, and then he looked down, yanking a couple of levers into line.

after that, he went on messing about aimlessly with the console, though——he wouldn’t have said that was what he was doing.

“ i mean, it’s no wonder i wasn’t too terribly pleased to see either of you either. ”

he shot a sidelong look at the master without actually looking at him.

“ would you mind not getting in my way? ”

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“Is it always like this with you?”

[preposterousbutitworks]

@crimeswithoutnumber asked:

|     “ Ah, do crack a smile, my dear Doctor. Even you found my disguise a little amusing, surely? ”

“ what, that ridiculous getup you were in when sarah and i arrived? ”

his eyebrows shot up a ways, and he scowled, stepping in——then, sniffing slightly, he ducked his head into his scarf, and swiped one of his hands underneath his nose.

“ now, listen here, master——i don’t like to criticize other people’s passions, but your sense of humor’s getting terrible. ”

he surveyed the other man very seriously. his voice was low——sotto, and a tiny bit grim.

“ why don’t you just hand me that quantum accelerator and we can agree to disagree? ”

[preposterousbutitworks]

@crimeswithoutnumber asked:

|     He removed one of his gloves and smacked the other man across the chest with it.

his hand shot to where he’d been struck, and then he thrust out the other one, whipping the glove out of the other man’s grasp and smacking him across the shoulder with it.

“ now, look here, master——you’re getting violent. ”

he handed the glove back——then he sniffed a bit, and turned away, whisking that same hand underneath his nose as he went.

“ anyway, it’s no good, you know, i mean, going around pointing fingers——or gloves. ”

he stuck a digit out at the other man, but he didn’t look at him——then he moved around to the opposite side of the tardis’s controls.

“ i mean——it’s a group effort, isn’t it, operating a tardis? ”

he’d made his way over to where the recall circuit was, and was attempting to dismantle it, well——somewhat belatedly.

“ you could try taking a little responsibility——or we could do the sensible thing and lay the blame on the time lords.”

he looked up again.

“ that’s what they always do, after all, only they lay the blame on us. ”

[preposterousbutitworks]

@crimeswithoutnumber​ asked:

|     “ Not at all, my dear fellow. I only meant that if you truly wish to improve the young lady’s mental resistances, I do imagine that I could be of some considerable help. ”

“ well, i’d imagine you’d be of some considerable something! ”

his voice was low——sotto, and a little dubious.

“ help isn’t really the thing that comes to mind. ”

he sniffed a bit——and then he swiped a hand through his hair, and made his way around to the other side of the console.

he managed to do it all without meeting the other man’s eyes.

“ in any case, master, i don’t think you understand the meaning of the word. ” his eyebrows shot up a ways while his voice dropped down by contrast.

“ and in any case——in any case, you know, i think i can manage to look after my own companions myself. ”

[preposterousbutitworks]

@crimeswithoutnumber asked:

|     “ Had you been listening to me, you could have simply canceled the ray injection. ”

“ now, you listen here——you——! ”

he brandished a digit, and made to push past peri. then he stopped short——like he’d just noticed her, and aimed an inscrutable sort of look in her direction.

“ i beg your pardon. ”

he took hold of her shoulders, and moved her out of the way. then——after a moment, he looked back at the other man.

“ now——you listen here, master. i’ve just saved your life, and you’re trying to tell me what i should have done differently. ”

he’d put his finger up again. his tone was a bit less animated, but——the look he was wearing suggested he wasn’t taking any less offense.

“ i mean, i don’t like being told what to do at the best of times, and you——! ”

he sounded very severe all of a sudden. he stopped——leaned in, and then he started over again.

“ you’re looking a gift horse in the mouth. ”

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