050 - [Voice/Private to the Doctor/Unhackable]

[mydadsthedoctor]

Dad, would it be okay if we had a chat somewhere outside the house. I was thinking sometime around midnight. Not like we have a whole lot to do around that time anyway considering most people are sleeping.

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[im-brilliant.livejournal.com]

[He stiffens for a second.]

You can help keep watch in case he starts something. But if he does, I don't want you jumping into anything. And no one is to know that he might be a potential danger - causing unnecessary panic is not something people need right now. Do I make myself clear?

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[mydadsthedoctor.livejournal.com]

Dad, this is Luceti we're talking about here. Most of the people around here don't exactly panic.

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[im-brilliant.livejournal.com]

That may be true, but I still believe he's someone we can handle on our own. I'm not going to take him out just because he's done some awful things in the past. Would be rather hypocritical of me, come to think of it.

You're free to talk to him, in fact I'd like you to. He doesn't have to know that you're aware of who he is. Just so long as you're more careful with the information you divulge.

But - I should warn you... If you start hearing anything that sounds like some sort of drumbeat, I want you to tell me, alright? It's one of the things he's used to hypnotize people in the past.

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[mydadsthedoctor.livejournal.com]

[Her back still turned to him, she completely freezes, all her muscles instantly tensing at the mention of the drumbeats just before she turns to look back at her dad with a little bit of surprise. She hadn't been expecting him to mention anything like that.]

Drumbeat? What kind of drumbeat?

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[im-brilliant.livejournal.com]

[Her reaction doesn't sit well with him at all, and he's almost hesitant to explain further.]

It's a rhythm of four - almost like a Time Lord's heartbeat. I haven't heard what he's hearing, but he was able to replicate it into a subliminal phone signal. Was able to find it that way - it was how he won the Prime Minister election on Earth. But that's so very much him. Forcing people to partake in his own madness.

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[mydadsthedoctor.livejournal.com]

A rhythm of four...[She kneels down to pick a couple rocks up and starts tapping them together the moment she stands back up. One two three four, one two three four, one two three four. The beat was exact. Not as if she were trying to get an idea for the sound, but as if she had specifically heard it before.]

Like that? [She actually looks slightly upset now, though she's obviously trying to hide it.]

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[im-brilliant.livejournal.com]

[Those sound exactly like the beeps he heard coming off the phone, and the tapping Martha had been doing. Now he's worried.]

Yes... Exactly like that. Jenny, where have you heard that before?

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[mydadsthedoctor.livejournal.com]

[Throwing the rocks away, she brings her hand up and taps her head to indicate where she had heard it.]

It was an effect of an experiment on me, compliments of the Malnosso like usual. I think they were using the drums as a kind of trigger at the time.

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[im-brilliant.livejournal.com]

[He's quiet for a minute, considering all this information.]

Well... [The Doctor chuckles grimly.] They're far more clever than I had been giving them credit for. They certainly have been doing their research.

Alright. If you hear it again, though, especially around the Master - I'll need to know. It might mean he's up to something again.

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[mydadsthedoctor.livejournal.com]

Don't worry, I'll be sure to let you know right away if I ever hear it again. Trust me. [After the first time, it was not something she took lightly.]

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[im-brilliant.livejournal.com]

Good. And as for the Master, best we can do is just keep an eye on things. I'd imagine he'll be much like how we were at first.

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[mydadsthedoctor.livejournal.com]

Right. So talk and keep an eye on him, just be careful doing it, yeah?

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[im-brilliant.livejournal.com]

Exactly. And I'll have Jack do the same. Everything should be fine.

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[mydadsthedoctor.livejournal.com]

Alright. I imagine you want whatever information we get him to spill too, am I right?

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[im-brilliant.livejournal.com]

Of course! Anything you find out that's even remotely relative.

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[mydadsthedoctor.livejournal.com]

Then I'll find out whatever I can. I'm sure I could get a bit out of him.