Fic: The Cracked Mirror (8/20)

[but_can_i_be_trusted]

Author: irishvampire13
Title: 'Cut'
Rating: PG
Word Count: 209
Claim: Eleventh Doctor Era; 20 Prompts: Fantasy and Fairy Tales
Prompt: #4: Sword
Notes/Warnings: Potentially disturbing imagery. Implied mental violation.

Summary: One quick mental sword-thrust to debilitate them. That's a good start.

Mind-control is very much a fine art. It is also an exact science. Everyone responds to it in a different way. And one person's reaction can vary based on the situation.

Ideally, you want to catch your victim by surprise. That makes it easier to slice past any walls they have in place. You can cut them down swiftly, before they have a chance to stop you.

One quick mental sword-thrust to debilitate them. That's a good start. Then you can work more at leisure, carving away at their resistance. Fine-tuning their wills, until you have what you want: Someone who will do whatever you require.

It can be difficult, if you've never done it before. A mind can be so, so delicate. Precision is an absolute must, or you'll do more harm to your subject than you might intend. You want a finely-honed edge, not a cudgel.

Of course, if you share memories with someone who has prior experience, then you're in a dream spot. They know how to take over someone's mind; therefore, you can do the same. Easy as anything, really. Like knowing how to duel, without ever having handled a blade.

How does that old Bob Hope song go? Ah, yes. Thanks for the memory...

Comments

[sevanatwonights.livejournal.com]

For some reason when you said mind control I automatically thought of the Mind Probe line in The Five Doctors. "No not the mind probe!" At least, the ganger doesn't seem to want to harm anyone permanently.

[but_can_i_be_trusted]

Really? Huh; that's funny. :) Man, I have to watch that again. Been a while. And, yeah, I don't think the Ganger would really know how to handle harming people permanently. Too much Doctor lurking beneath his surface.

[sevanatwonights.livejournal.com]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrvh_jB6c70

[but_can_i_be_trusted]

I've got to dig that DVD out now. ^.^ And I totally have to reference the mind probe in a future fic someday.