Davros manipulates Tasambeker to spy on Jobel
Plot Beats
The narrative micro-steps within this event
Davros expresses pleasure and requests to see Jobel, leading to a holographic display of Jobel's face.
Davros discusses Jobel's character with Tasambeker, mentioning his arrogance and past offer of immortality.
Tasambeker reveals her past affection for Jobel and her current feelings of humiliation and hatred towards him.
Davros suggests that Tasambeker should observe Jobel through security cameras to intensify her feelings of hate.
Who Was There
Characters present in this moment
Feigned magnanimity masking deep manipulation and satisfaction in shaping human emotion to his will
Davros sits at the command hub of his laboratory, pivoting between manipulative rhetoric and surgical precision. He deploys Jobel’s hologram as a psychological scalpel, probing Tasambeker’s vulnerabilities with feigned empathy. His tone oscillates between patronizing praise and cold condescension, keeping Tasambeker off-balance while directing her emotions toward execution.
- • To exploit Tasambeker’s personal grievance to create a loyal assassin
- • To isolate Jobel by weaponizing Tasambeker’s hate
- • To reinforce his own authority through psychological control
- • That power is preserved through domination of hearts and minds
- • That personal vendettas can be channeled into systemic obedience
- • That human emotion is predictable and therefore exploitable
Humiliated and conflicted, her initial defiance melting into subconscious resentment and fear of defying Davros
Tasambeker stands before Davros’ hologram, her professional facade cracking under months of accumulated slights and abuses. Her voice wavers between defiance and near-tears as Jobel’s face gazes down at her, a specter of her own unresolved feelings. She clings to self-control, but Davros’ insinuations peel away her defenses, leaving her caught between pride and subjugation.
- • To conceal the depth of her personal hurt from Davros
- • To reconcile her lingering affection for Jobel with her obedience to Davros
- • To survive the encounter without total submission
- • That loyalty to Davros means survival on Necros
- • That Jobel’s cruelty is a personal failing she should have risen above
- • That emotions must be hidden to maintain professional standing
Irrelevant to the scene directly (not present), but his prior behavior toward Tasambeker is the emotional catalyst for Davros’ manipulation
Jobel exists only as a projected image suspended above Tasambeker, his arrogant sneer a constant reminder of past humiliations. Though physically absent, his presence looms through the hologram, his earlier abuses replaying in Tasambeker’s mind. He is an unseen antagonist, his authority undiminished even in effigy.
Objects Involved
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Jobel’s hologram is summoned and positioned as a psychological weapon, hovering at Davros’ command above Tasambeker. Its lifelike sneer and exaggerated features amplify her shame and rage, serving as both memory trigger and enforcement mechanism for Davros’ interrogation tactics. Its brightness and magnification shift with his manipulation, intensifying her discomfort.
Surveillance cameras embedded in the ceiling track Jobel’s hologram and relay every micro-expression on Tasambeker’s face back to Davros. She becomes aware of being watched by them, heightening her sense of exposure and entrapment. The cameras serve as Davros’ proxy eyes, turning her private grief into observed obedience.
Location Details
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Davros’ laboratory functions as a chamber of psychological interrogation disguised as scientific authority. The cold steel platforms and flickering monitors surround Tasambeker like a cage of light and wire. The sterile, antiseptic atmosphere amplifies the unnatural spectacle of Jobel’s glowing image, creating a theater of calculated cruelty where emotion is dissected as thoroughly as tissue.
Narrative Connections
How this event relates to others in the story
"Davros’ manipulation of Tasambeker through surveillance and emotional exploitation—first to hate Jobel, then to love the Great Healer—parallels his scientific exploitation of the dead. Both are forms of engineered obedience, reinforcing the theme of systemic control through emotional and biological manipulation."
Tasambeker accepts Davros bargain