Best Enemies

Today's the day where I make up for having so many Three/Delgado ones, apparently.

Title(s?): 2 Shalka Fragments: “Question: Why did the Master invite Alison on board?” + “Answer: Really? Because it gives him another way to mess with the Doctor.”
Pairing: Shalka!Doctor/Shalka!Master, also featuring Alison
Length: The first is 578 words; the second is 969. Combined (as the fragments/drabbles are related to each other), they form a mighty mastodon of 1,547 words!
Summary: The first fragment contains Shalka!Master trying to wheedle his way out of explaining just why he was so willing to invite Ms. Cheney on board; the second fragment contains the Master taking advantage of the opportunity to embarrass the Doctor in front of his new companion.
Warnings/Rating: None; PG
Author on LJ (or Teaspoon, or Prydonian): shalkalaka

Why this must be read:

Shalkalaka has some absolutely delightful Shalka character voices, and a wonderful execution of the Master’s mental commentary that provides for a number of brilliant punchlines. You can’t help feeling a sense of glee while the Doctor and the Master indulge in some excellent banter and then beat around the bush about discussing motivations derived from the feelings you refuse to admit to having. In addition, just watching the Master prepare to humiliate the Doctor by showing Alison the equivalent of awkward high school pictures is amusing as hell.

Shalkalaka uses the following tags for her entry of these linked fragments, and they ultimately sum up the heart of the story much better than I, in my feeble abilities, could ever hope to do: “d/m, fic, shalka, stop being so married.”

Excerpt:

The Doctor had poured out two glasses of Scotch, not brandy, which meant that, in the Master’s experience, Words were about to be exchanged. It was nice to be proven right.

Link to both of the fragments: Here it is!

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