I own nothing! Sorry about the long update, school starts earlier than I would have liked. (And sometimes it takes a while to update a story.)
mimi34: Hot chocolate is life. 100% I definitely will have fun with the Master for that.
NachoBlueberry: Thanks! I have a habit of making Koschei seem extra cute, since my sister has a huge bias for him. ;)
"I still don't understand how you are supposed to crush a crystal. That stuff is like invincible!" Theta commented for the hundredth time since they got back to the TARDIS.
The companions were, at this point, looking forward to a rant made by the Doctor about absolute nonsense more than another comment about crystals.
"Koschei, can you please go distract him?" Ushas hissed, looked secretly at the blond. "I can't do this if he's distracting me."
The Master-turned-child saluted before slyly guiding Theta away with a few words.
"Is he always going to be like that?" The Rani-turned-child put her attention back to the crystal in the crushing bowl.
"Pretty much." Martha sighed, thinking of the amount of questions the Doctor would ask if he didn't understand anything (most of them being 'What?').
Ushas sighed, looking back to her project. All of the companions watched her closely because, even though they wouldn't have admitted it, they too didn't know how you could crush something as hard as a crystal in a simple bowl with a rock.
She ran her fingers along the edges of the stone, searching for indents or anything to tell her there was a weak point. She had finally found one on the fourth edge, leaving her finger to mark her place as she reached for her rock.
Then, with much precision, she sawed the crystal with the sharp end of the stone, making sure indent was still where she thought it was. After about five minutes, she managed to break through what seemed like a skin to the crystal.
"The crystals from Midnight have a membrane, kind of like a skin, that keeps crushed bits inside. The inside part is what we're going to use." she squeezed the crystal a bit, and dust flew from the crack in the skin.
Jack nodded, he never personally had the chance to experiment with these crystals.
Ushas then proceeded to slowly crush the other ingredients, making sure that there was one hair for each victim.
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"So," Theta pumped his legs on the railing he and Koschei were sitting on. "What's up?"
"A variety of things."
"Helpful."
"Very much so."
They looked at each other for a short moment.
"When Ushas finishes, do you think we'll remember this experience?" Theta's legs stopped pumping and were still.
"Hopefully. I don't personally like not knowing what part of my life was like." Koschei answered.
"What about when you were a baby?"
"That's different."
Another moment of silence.
"But what if we're...different when we are our future selves? We might not want to remember this."
Koschei looked slightly astonished. "Why would you think that?"
"Borusa told me that nothing can last forever. His way of teaching me wasn't that good, though." Theta made a face.
"When is it?"
"I don't know."
Koschei nodded. "What did he use this time to try to teach you?"
"He mainly used examples. My brother was mentioned a few times, as was Millennia and Rallon."
"Millennia and Rallon died with honor." the Master-turned-child said solemnly.
"If by honor, you mean being the Celestial Toymaker and a doll for the rest of eternity...the yes, that would be honor." Theta stated. "Their souls are still in their bodies, but they can't control them."
"We'll eventually figure out how to free them into the Realm of Death." Koschei stated. "If anyone deserves it, it's them."
LINE BREAK
Ushas, Koschei, and Theta were all in their old clothes, which were quite baggy on them nowadays.
"Are you sure this will work?" Jack was holding a squirt gun full of the cure. "I don't want to end up killing you or something."
"It is guaranteed to work." Ushas stated, confident that she was right.
"All right." the immortal man looked away.
Everyone sucked in their breath as Jack sprayed them, and a big puff of smoke appeared.
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