Backdated to the fourteenth

[traken_master]

My temper is wearing thin. I admit, I wished for a rather substantial pile of books and a few other small items, such as a spaciotemporal wave gauge. Still, I think this dizziness, combined with the loss of my compressor is a bit uncalled for. The castle brought us here against our wishes and we have few other means of retrieving many items we would normally have access to.

Don't gloat, Doctor. I well remember how to build a compressor. I won't be lacking for long.

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[starhipped]

What is.. a compressor?

[Is it a specific compressor? But, more importantly!]

I'm sorry you're feeling sick!

[hullo_sweetie]

Someone sounds sure of himself.

[Oh hey there Master]

[cheerupemoborg]

If it wants us to make everything from scratch, you'd think it would at least provide us with the raw materials to do so.

This is simply obnoxious.

[traken_master]

Obnoxious is a good word for it, my friend. Provoking is another.

[traken_master]

Dr. Song, we've not spoken recently. I trust you are well. I have no reason to sound unsure. I invented the compressor and building another is no difficult task.

[traken_master]

The compressor, the tissue compression eliminator, is a weapon of my own design. It removes moisture and space from the molecules of a person's body, shrinking and killing them.

Thank you. Hopefully it will past swiftly, though that, I suppose, depends on the castle's humor.

[hullo_sweetie]

The castle seems intent on messing with me this past week so I must say I've had better days.

Ah, I didn't know you built it yourself

[starhipped]

A weapon? You're .. sorry about losing a weapon?

[Wait, sorry, she doesn't feel so bad for you now.]

Why would you need something like that here?

[traken_master]

Have you been here long, child? The castle enjoys playing pranks and we often find ourselves on strange worlds. I advise you to learn to defend yourself.

[That's okay. He's not much for sympathy, in any case, for himself or others, really.]

[starhipped]

A weapon like that could be dangerous to others in the castle!

[traken_master]

The castle is messing with us all. Have you tried requesting an item lately?

I did. Engineering is an especial interest of mine.

[traken_master]

Nonsense. I've carried the compressor for centuries and am well versed in its use. No one has ever been harmed for it, unless I willed it.

[starhipped]

But you have harmed people with it! That's horrible.

[hullo_sweetie]

Oh this started a couple of days before the castle started acting up. It's actually the first time I've been consciously aware of a loss....

[traken_master]

Less horrible than if they harmed me. The universe is a dreary and dangerous place, young one. I suggest you accustom yourself to the fact.

[inafadingcrown]

There is little of this place that is not uncalled for. [Elves don't get sick. They just don't. Having flu like symptoms is just...not very nice, she's discovering.]

[starhipped]

I hope you never get it back.

[cheerupemoborg]

Or maybe petty. It's doing it just to get a rise out of us.

[cricketycricket]

Oh, but I'm not gloating.

[he's simply ENJOYING THE MOMENT]

[traken_master]

[The Master chuckled.] I doubt I shall. I'm going to have to build a new one. Do you object to weapons in general or only to my possessing one?

[traken_master]

I do not disagree, dear lady. The castle has the manners and behavior of a peevish child.

[traken_master]

Oh? What has our esteemed host been doing to you, if I may ask?

[traken_master]

No? What are you calling it, then? [He's so not fooled, Doctor.]

[traken_master]

Then, it is a fool. It's succeeding and may come to regret it.

[cricketycricket]

Quietly enjoying the moment. .... Now, hush, moment's not quite over yet.