fracturedrp | It's a Wild Wild Life

Current Location: Central Park, New York City
Current Music: Wild, Wild Life - Talking Heads

It's a Wild Wild Life

When: After a trip to California
Where: Central Park, New York.
Who: OTA

What:

The Rift has been active once again and Jack has taken a small group with him to of all places Central Park. It was nice to have localized activity above the HUB it was easier to find but it made the immortal uneasy.

Jack turned around with his Webley in one hand. He listened to his cheerleader under the HUB giving him and the others directions. The energy signal is a strange one that is leading him closer towards the Central Park zoo. It's a bright sunny day with families and tourists flocking over to see the exhibits.

"Hey, is anyone feeling a little strange?" Jack turns his head around and with an influx of people in the area he reholsters the gun. "Please, let's try not to cause anyone to panic." He tells the people with him and with a motion of his hand he gives a silent order to put the guns away. He pushes himself through the turn-style and he begins to make his way through the mass of people who are enjoying the warm weather.

'Careful Jack, you're getting closer to it's location. It's located in a far corner of the zoo grounds.' Toshiko says, through the commlink to everyone on the surface.

"I promise someone that we can do some guns a wavin," Jack jokes, but the matter is far from one as his hand slides into the pocket of his greatcoat when he pushes through a group of onlookers near a group of flamingos.

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The Master leaned against a nearby tree, smirking.

"That's highly appropriate. The question is what is happening at the zoo? And, why a zoo, of all places?"

"Oh, who knows why the zoo. Something or other has decided to be anomolous here and the Doctor dragged me out after it. It'll probably turn us all into poodles or who knows what."

"The Doctor?" the Master asked, trying not to sound too interested, though he imagines this is how a prize hunting animal feels, when detecting prey. "I thought he might be interested. Which Doctor are you with?

"A Ten. There are some others around too, I think."

The Master chuckled, pleased.

"Excellent. It's a bit strange for them to be in America isn't it? Is that a quirk of this universe? My Doctor spent so much time with the British, he was occasionally mistaken for one of them!"

"They seem to split between here and Cardiff fairly evenly in my experience. At least lately."

"Odd, but no matter. Don't they call America 'the land of opportunity?'" the Master gloated. "A change of venue might be quite productive."

"It might, at that.

"So, how've you been?"

"I've been well, thank you. I'm trying to become adjusted to this universe, so I've had to change my plans a bit," he admitted. "How are you? You weren't too inconvenienced by the trial, I hope?"

"No, I was lucky.

"I even got to eat one of the people who came to collect me, so I'd say it was a win in all."

The Master laughed. He supposed he really shouldn't find the cannibalistic murder of a member of his own species amusing. Still, the indolent fools on Gallifrey deserved it, if only for underestimating him...any version of him!

"Yes, I'd say you came out on top of the situation."

"He was quite delicious, too." The Master giggles. "Don't worry, though, I won't eat anyone I know."

"That's comforting, thank you," the Master acknowledged, wryly.

He looked around, scanning the crowds. He didn't want the Doctor to come up on him, by surprise. That just wouldn't do. Frowning, he noticed some birds, flying haphazardly. Taking out his scanner, the Master noted that they were coming from the direction of the energy signal.

"Well, my dear self, would you care to do some investigating?"

"Investigating what, exactly?"

"This energy signal, of course. It might be something valuable. It certainly seems to have had an intriguing affect on the birds in this area," the Master explained.

"Yes, it does rather."

"Well, then, let's see what's disturbing them," the Master offered, again.

He pushed away from his tree and began walking towards the energy signal. He skirted around the children, parents, and school teachers thronging around. Looking up, the Master noted that the closer he got to the energy source, the fewer birds were around.

"I wonder why it's just the birds being affected . . ."

"That's a very good question. I don't know."

The question only gets odder, when he turns around a corner and finds the ground littered with tiny sparrows. Frowning, he steps around the birds, slowly edging closer.

"And what does it say about me that I'm hungry now?

"Bloody sparrows, looking all tasty like that . . ."

"That you need to eat, I presume," his other self countered, distractedly. "You might as well take what advantage you can of the situation."

He wasn't really paying much attention. He was begin to feel a bit odd, as if something was in the air. If he was given to romanticism, he would have described it as a sensation of creeping intrepidation.

"Well, yes. That too." The Master chuckles, than snatches at a nearby bird.

. . . and there is now a big black snake curled up where the Master was. It looks as confused as a snake can get.

The Master noticed the creeping sensation increased as he moved forward. He turned to watch the other Master eat and blinked in genuine surprise! The Master was gone, his space occupied by a black snake. The Master held out his scanner to take a reading of the animal and flinched. Spots had formed on his hands and a fine down seemed to be growing on the backs of them.

Eyes widening in horror, the Master ran his tongue over his teeth. Fangs were definitely forming. Impossible! He'd cured the Cheetah!virus, defeating the damn thing! There had been no indication in any bioscan that it was lying dormant! But, there was no denying the spots on the Master's body or the fur growing on his hands.

As the transformation completed, the Master let out an enraged yowl.

"Well, thisss isss interessting. Might explain a few thingsss, like where thosse ssparrowsss came from.

"Mmm, ssparrow ssoundsss real good right now . . ."

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So, what is he going to be?

A cheetah. :D

Oh yes, of course :D

Re: Oh yes, of course :D

When should we do it?

I'm ready, when you are. :D

I was ready yesterday! :D

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