A/N: This is compliant with my other fic, 'Of Blood and Sparks' in that it revolves around an original character and her background remains the same, for the most part.
Reading OBAS is not a necessity for this story. Just consider this an entirely different series.
Parts of this story will not be healthy in any way, shape, or form. It's going to be darker, especially right from the start. This is the other side of the coin, as it were, the what-if of different choices.
Title is influenced by the song, 'Spillways' by Ghost.
I may only continue this on a periodic basis; if I do, it won't be as lengthy as its parent story series. Many of these will be from Dottore's perspective specifically; they will be labeled with a Subject Number.
Lastly, yes, I will be working in what lore about Dottore I can, as it becomes available.
Subject KA2311 - Arrival
Although subject blinks and walks, may as well be catatonic. Grief is as brutal as my own methods but I will not be beaten by it.
E. swore this one would be in good condition and while he isn't wrong (considering his own tendencies, "good condition" is generous at times), subject KA2311 is hardly the same as our first encounter.
A good fighter, despite the stupid Gods Eye. Have yet to see if this one is as foolish as the rest. Perhaps decent enough to put Tartaglia through his paces. Vision-users rely so heavily on their supposed blessing…but it no longer glows, which is an interesting development. Neither empty nor alive, like it's wearer. Dormant.
Pathetic.
I will be amazed if the specimen lasts the winter.