FIC: The Shuttle Pilot's Tale

[lindenharp]

Title: The Shuttle Pilot'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.

 

My job’s important: safely transporting the Master and his administrators between the Valiant and Earth.  I also transfer criminals who’ve earned personal attention from the one they betrayed.  (I must obey the Master.)

Time for the pre-launch sequence.  I  examine every readout.  The new co-pilot performs another check.  Dunno what happened to the other bloke.  Re-education, they said.  (I must obey the Master.)

As my hands move, the console lights reflect off a gold ring on my left hand.  Don’t remember where I got it.  Perhaps I should remove it, so it doesn’t distract me.  (I must obey the Master.)

 

Comments

[crabby-lioness.livejournal.com]

Yikes. But completely believable.

[garpu.livejournal.com]

Yikes...

[kaffy_r]

How sad - and how clever to incorporate the rhythmically repetitive subconscious order. It mimics the very necessarily cyclical nature of brainwashing.

[kensieg.livejournal.com]

Is the ring the pilot doesn't recognize, his wedding ring?