lindenharp

Title: The Reporter's Tale
Series: Valiant Tales. Read them in order here.
Rating: G
Characters: The Master (Simm), other characters
Genre: drabble
Spoilers: Minor spoilers for The Sound of Drums and Last of the Time Lords.
Summary: A series of drabbles about the people who lived, worked, and suffered on the Valiant during the Year That Never Was. 100 words according to MS Word.
Disclaimer: The sandbox belongs to RTD and the BBC. I'm just playing here, in the corner, making little sand-TARDISs.

After the takeover, my cameramen were drafted to broadcast his speeches. I volunteered to chronicle his regime.

“A silent observer,” he commanded. “Nothing written until I say.” He provided a security bracelet for access to most of the ship. As it touched me, my mind froze. Mocking laughter. “Sycorax slave-band. Inhibits specific brain functions.”

I couldn’t talk, couldn’t write. To stay sane, I “wrote” in my mind. How else to endure the horrors I witnessed? Now he’s dead, I can write the story, but… it never happened. They offer me a pill to forget. Did the Sycorax create that, too?