Iago

( Private to the Marquis )

[Public - Video]

[The camera switches on to show Iago up on deck. He’s got fading bruises on his face, but they’re barely noticeable in the shadowy light. He sniffles once and then turns the camera around to face the stars.]

People once made pictures out of the stars. They used them to predict the future, too, but that’s not an issue here. Astrology isn’t exactly something you can follow when the stars aren’t the same from one night to the next.

I do wish we could predict it, though.

[Dramatic sigh.] I didn’t predict him returning. [Oh yes, he’s referring to the Master.] I didn’t want him returning. Yes, I spoke about…that place, but only because I was free there. Don’t fault me for wanting that freedom back.

[He sits up in his chair and then turns the camera around to show a copy of Othello. It’s the one the Master gave him right before leaving.] This is what he gave me. This is what he wanted me to remind him of. To be who I used to be. I don’t want it. [And he tosses it off screen, presumably off the edge of the Barge.]

Go to hell, Master. I want nothing to do with you.

[And the transmission cuts off...so he can retrieve his book without anyone noticing on camera....]

[Note slipped under the Master's door]

I would have made a great artist of the stage.

Private to the Marquis

[Posted sometime after their "chat"]

Dear Marquis, the work you completed is finished, though I do say this was more of a sociological experiment, rather than one conducted in nature. It would naturally adhere to different standards, but I did as you wished, with more of my research behind it.

 

Of course.

 

For your convenience, I have divided the Method down to its individual steps and what comes next. Perhaps this will satisfy you.

 

 

( Long, complicated stuff that no one should really read )