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tampered2008-08-07 03:41 pm
i-themagician.livejournal.com) wrote in tampered2008-08-07 03:41 pm
log; ongoing
When; Friday, August 8th, evening.
Rating; PG for now
Characters; The Master (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
master_supreme) and Clow Reed (i_themagician
Summary; Clow takes Harry out on a "date" and it becomes a contest to see who can pretend to be more drunk and act like more of a failure to make the other guy underestimate him.
Log;
Unpredictability is an important part of strategy. If your opponent doesn't know what to expect of you, he won't know how to defend or counterstrike until it's too late. Hence, while there is not an unlimited number of strategies to try in any given situation, and especially not ones that will work, it is generally a good idea not to use the same one more than once in quick succession no matter how well it worked the first time.
... Unless you are making a conscious effort to look like an idiot.
This would be the third time that Clow had pulled the 'not-so-coincidentally meeting someone at a random place' trick, although the Master had no reason to know about the first two. This time, however, Clow employed neither the shock value of showing up on the Time Lord's doorstep nor the brazen disregard of getting "caught" drinking some place sacred to him. The fact that he couldn't do either of those things this time was irrellevant - it was in this case to Clow's benefit, anyway.
Thus, it was on a seemingly random street near an alleyway that Clow waited patiently for his date to show - and he would show, just any second now...
Rating; PG for now
Characters; The Master (
master_supreme) and Clow Reed (i_themagicianSummary; Clow takes Harry out on a "date" and it becomes a contest to see who can pretend to be more drunk and act like more of a failure to make the other guy underestimate him.
Log;
Unpredictability is an important part of strategy. If your opponent doesn't know what to expect of you, he won't know how to defend or counterstrike until it's too late. Hence, while there is not an unlimited number of strategies to try in any given situation, and especially not ones that will work, it is generally a good idea not to use the same one more than once in quick succession no matter how well it worked the first time.
... Unless you are making a conscious effort to look like an idiot.
This would be the third time that Clow had pulled the 'not-so-coincidentally meeting someone at a random place' trick, although the Master had no reason to know about the first two. This time, however, Clow employed neither the shock value of showing up on the Time Lord's doorstep nor the brazen disregard of getting "caught" drinking some place sacred to him. The fact that he couldn't do either of those things this time was irrellevant - it was in this case to Clow's benefit, anyway.
Thus, it was on a seemingly random street near an alleyway that Clow waited patiently for his date to show - and he would show, just any second now...
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Do you hate him? he thought at it. I hate him, too.
Upon the Time Lord's return Clow gave him one of his smarmiest smiles as if to say, glad you could join us again. Even if there really wasn't an 'us'. Perhaps the now-personified liquor counted as a third person in his mind? Who knows?
"Is that how old you are?" Clow hadn't known what to expect, honestly, but he wouldn't have been surprised if the Master were twice that age. "That would make us about the same age, then. See? Something in common!"
By this point, the magician had gained quite a nice blush to his cheeks from the alcohol - perfect. Anything he tried from here on could pretty much be written off as drunkeness.
"Let's see, what else...?" Resting his cheek on one hand, he swishes the liquid around in his glass, watching it for a moment as if lost in thought. "Oh! I know - that whole 'destroying the world' thing. What's the attraction? I still don't quite get it."
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"I thought you were to be talking about yourself," came his flat response to the question. Honestly, the reasons for destruction were so varied. Sometimes, it had a purpose; others, it was just fun. "As a Time Lord, it is my right to do as I please with other worlds, species... And there are so many worlds; destroying one, two, twenty-- hardly makes a dent in the universe at all. Now, back to you. Magic is your trade, is it not? Tell me about it. We don't have such things where I'm from."
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"What about it? If you really want to know specifics, I do teach a class on theory at the academy." Though, he doubted that the Master cared too much. "In any case, I suppose at its core it's best summarily described as a product of force of will combined with a genetic predisposition. It's not wholly uncommon on my world, but rare enough to have gone unnoticed by most aliens - and humans, for that matter."
That last sentence was probably extraneous, but Clow couldn't help but imply that if there is magic in the Master's universe he is just one of those who hasn't figured it out yet. You can't prove a negative, after all.