Topher doesn't seem particularly affected by Johnny's anger. If he really wanted to, he could quite easily manipulate the atmosphere of the dream to change his mood. That's what he does, after all. Calm and soothe people in their dreams. Sometimes for their benefit, sometimes for his own.
When Johnny finishes, Topher smiles darkly. "I'll show you, then."
Then there's a quite dramatic scene change. Another one of Topher's memories, but this time Johnny's living it. Seeing it through Topher's eyes, feeling his feelings.
"Tell me why I shouldn't kill you." Johnny struggles underneath Gabriel's weight, his hands pinning him down on the couch.
"The TARDIS won't forgive you," he answers defiantly, but it's Topher's voice Johnny'll hear. Topher's panic and anger and betrayal that flows through his mind, the dull pain of already having been manhandled and having his mind violated. Gabriel's smile disappears, and he cuts a thin line across Topher's throat with a sharp blade. Topher closes his eyes, and in place of Gabriel, the many varieties of brutal deaths that might soon befall him flashing across the inside of his eyelids. "Try again."
"Please.." he answers weakly, opening his eyes and looking beggingly, pleadingly up at Gabriel. "Please," he repeats, his voice breaking.
"Shh." Gabriel's lips curve into a small smile, his face a poor imitation of someone offering comfort. His voice is soft, but his eyes are too bright, his glance too focused. "Shh, shh." He keeps his blade at Topher's neck for a moment, lifting his spare hand to tenderly push back Topher's hair from his forehead once more. "It'll be okay." He settles his hand back at Topher's shoulder, keeping him pinned, and removes the angel blade from his neck.
He smiles reassuringly as he stabs Topher in the side. The blade presses through layers of flesh and viscera until only the hilt is visible outside of Topher's body.
And there's nothing but pain, pain and pure terror and hopelessness. Not only the sharp, excruciating pain in his side, but in his throat as Topher's scream tears through it and echoes around him.
And then... finally. It fades away, and Topher and Johnny are back where they were a moment ago, Topher looking even more grim than he did before.
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When Johnny finishes, Topher smiles darkly. "I'll show you, then."
Then there's a quite dramatic scene change. Another one of Topher's memories, but this time Johnny's living it. Seeing it through Topher's eyes, feeling his feelings.
"Tell me why I shouldn't kill you." Johnny struggles underneath Gabriel's weight, his hands pinning him down on the couch.
"The TARDIS won't forgive you," he answers defiantly, but it's Topher's voice Johnny'll hear. Topher's panic and anger and betrayal that flows through his mind, the dull pain of already having been manhandled and having his mind violated. Gabriel's smile disappears, and he cuts a thin line across Topher's throat with a sharp blade. Topher closes his eyes, and in place of Gabriel, the many varieties of brutal deaths that might soon befall him flashing across the inside of his eyelids. "Try again."
"Please.." he answers weakly, opening his eyes and looking beggingly, pleadingly up at Gabriel. "Please," he repeats, his voice breaking.
"Shh." Gabriel's lips curve into a small smile, his face a poor imitation of someone offering comfort. His voice is soft, but his eyes are too bright, his glance too focused. "Shh, shh." He keeps his blade at Topher's neck for a moment, lifting his spare hand to tenderly push back Topher's hair from his forehead once more. "It'll be okay." He settles his hand back at Topher's shoulder, keeping him pinned, and removes the angel blade from his neck.
He smiles reassuringly as he stabs Topher in the side. The blade presses through layers of flesh and viscera until only the hilt is visible outside of Topher's body.
And there's nothing but pain, pain and pure terror and hopelessness. Not only the sharp, excruciating pain in his side, but in his throat as Topher's scream tears through it and echoes around him.
And then... finally. It fades away, and Topher and Johnny are back where they were a moment ago, Topher looking even more grim than he did before.