The One With The Hostage Situation: Video

[twoheadsofcabbage]

[For once, they are not broadcasting from inside the last rent controlled apartment in Manhattan: they are in Prefect's quarters. As is Prefect. And this does not appear to be a social call. Scrad keeps his eyes, and the gun-shaped object in the pocket of their hoodie trained on Prefect, as Charlie addresses everyone, stretching forward on his stalk to peer into the comm's camera.]

Okay. Here's the deal: we want off this boat, and we want off it now. So unless you wanna see something unpleasant happen to this guy-

[Charlie jerks his head in Prefect's direction. Scrad nods.]

-...I'd suggest somebody get with the getting.

Comments

[most_feared]

That was only out of hand as you made it. [And he doesn't want to think about the people that they were involved in hurting. It pulls him out of professional mode, and he's been hiding in his own responsibility in personal involvement for years rather than having to face that he lost people. Elaborating will further push him into a position where he has to admit that he was pretty badly wounded by these circumstances. So he moves on to the obvious stupidity of, "But it's alright to do this if he was sad!"]

Being upset or having bad things happen to you is a bad reason to hurt people. And this time it may have been you, but next time it might be someone not so prone to Stockholme. And if you go through with a shit-stupid plan, you two, [Non-gun holding hand points between one head and the other] especially you [at Scrad, who seems the most susceptible to being pushed around.] it stops being their idea and becomes your idea, too. That's what being an "accomplice" is.

[He motions off to the side with the icer.] Go do some laundry! I'll come find you in two hours. And believe me, I will find you, so don't try to hide. And then I'm taking you to Zero.

[timesbureaucrat]

[Narvin looks between Scrad and Charlie with narrowed eyes.]

You're fortunate that one day in Zero is all you're getting. On Gallifrey I'd have you interrogated as a potential terrorist suspect.

[It's like good cop, bad cop, and worst cop with Prefect, Kay, and Narvin respectively.]

[twoheadsofcabbage]

[They nod while staring at Narvin in confusion. Why would they be interrogated as a potential terrorist suspect? They're a fully convicted terrorist. But they wouldn't presume to tell Narvin how to do his job. That's not how they're wired.

Kay's orders are clear, though, and they're visibly relieved to receive them. Even gesturing with a weapon is threateningly comforting.]

Yessir.

[They mumble in not-quite unison.]