001 -- {action/phone}

[soveryhuman]

[ Action, 435 Peepers St.: Well, this is certainly a familiar sort of forward-dated to May 07 post in the late morning for Rory Williams. Strange bed, strange house, strange woman claiming to be married to him- the children he never actually had, the wallpaper, the picket fence.

Yes, hello again, Mayfield. He supposes he's lucky enough in being able to remember being here before- not often that he remembers seeing that first-hand. Or maybe that depends on how long he's been out of it. And as opposed to a morning spent pressed against a corner in the living room, this time he just goes ahead and has a seat on the couch where it's easier to reach the phone. It's harder to be intimidated by the place than it used to be, which. Well, he doesn't expect will last all that long. It might just have to do with frankly terrible timing to be pulled out of the TARDIS and away from Amy.

He'll take it while he can get it.

Phone: ]

Right, um. Rory Williams speaking. Again. If anyone remembers me. However long it's been. [ Very smooth, man. ] Which I was wondering about, actually, if anybody could give me the date, because I think it's been a while. I'm mostly just calling out for that and to say hello again, and I'll probably be working at the hospital if anybody could use a nurse.

[ Annnd a hesitation, because he's debating asking if specific people are around or still around or came in and left and came back or anything crazy like that. He decides against setting up for disappointment. ] Yeah, so. Guess that's it, thanks.

[ More Action: From there he figures he may as well take a walk and see if anything drastic has changed. Stop by the old tin spaceship location, head to the park, hit the streets and scope for familiar faces and eventually camp out in the hospital whether he's employed there yet or not. The relatively small world is his oyster, as you can see. ]

Comments

[godcomplexed]

Ro...ry...?

[The Doctor is standing on the edge of his street, staring at him. His drone never wanders this way...'

[soveryhuman]

[ Allow Rory to stop and join you in staring, there. That is... most certainly the Doctor, looking as gotten-to as he ever did in Mayfield, standing on the street he lived on last Rory checked.

He's still more relieved to see him than not, all things considered, and familiar enough with Mayfield that he's not going to start wondering if that makes him a bad person. ]

Doctor. [ Awkward pause.

Awkward wave. ]

Hey.

[godcomplexed]

...So you're back?

[The Doctor sniffs and kicks at the ground.

...Which hurts because he's not wearing shoes.]

[soveryhuman]

Yeah. Yeah, guess I'm in high demand. Horrifying space-time adventures and everything. [ Clasping his hands behind his back. ]

How've you been?

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[littlebluebook]

Welcome back.

[ Okay she is actually holding back a lot of excitement here. ]

holds phone forever

[soveryhuman]

[ Riverrrr this is not at all uncomfortable. But no he's happy to hear from her. ]

Oh, thanks. As much as I'm actually supposed to say thanks for that, I mean.

ru is so demandong gOD

[littlebluebook]

[ Believe it or not, River Song is speechless. Or something close. It takes her a moment to respond. ]

It's the thought that counts. You're here now and that's- lovely.

[charming_freckles]

...Rory?! Oh my gosh, is that really you? Do, do you recognize my voice?

[soveryhuman]

[ Pauuuuuse. ]

Sue? [ No wait yep that's it. ] Sue, hello! They switched me out to a different house, looks like. You doing alright?

[charming_freckles]

I'm doing fine! Wow, it's really great to hear you NOT being a drone again! Where do you live now?

[voiceofauthority]

[Have a fellow Brit.]

You're a nurse?

[soveryhuman]

[ Aww yis. ]

Ah- yep. That's right. Nurse Williams, that's me. [ He is a marvelous nurse :'| ]

[voiceofauthority]

My housemate could use one of those. He seems to be in a state of 'constantly being beaten up by intelligent women'.

[No, she does not sound worried about Cade's state of being. More like amused by it.

Then it's business and business is down to brass tacks.]

You trustworthy?

phone;

[encored]

[he has a vague recollection of the Doctor mentioning a Rory before, so he can afford to be a little more helpful than usual...!]

I'm afraid I don't keep the dates well, but it's the beginning of May. How lucky, you've made it back just in time for Mother's Day.

phone;

[soveryhuman]

May, okay. Thank you.

...I'm really gonna regret asking what happens on Mother's Day, aren't I?

phone;

[encored]

You're quite welcome.

Oh, were you not present for the one last year? It isn't terrible in comparison to some of the other things that happen here, but you may wish to invest in a pair of ear plugs. Every male in town is subject to completely following the demands and requests of the women in honor of Mother's Day. Of course, the reverse is true during Father's Day.

Phone

[afterthesky]

Rory. You're back.

It's May 7th, with the year being as obscure as ever.

Phone

[soveryhuman]

Ahh, nineteen fifty-something is all I need to work with. In good time for spring, then. Hurricanes, tornadoes. Whatever Mayfield does this time of year. [ Ah, horrors. ]

How are you doing, Sarah Jane?

Re: Phone

[afterthesky]

Things have been fairly quiet since January, actually. Well, in terms of dangers. Mayfield seems to have taken a turn for the daft..

Streets

[infourbooks]

[Well, that looks like him. And he's not acting like a drone.]

M-Mr. Pond?

Streets

[soveryhuman]

[ He stops and turns at the name (and he wonders why people keep calling him Rory Pond. You are what you answer to). ]

Oh, Neville, right?

Re: Streets

[infourbooks]

Yes. You're... back to normal, then?

[Such a strange place with all the coming and going]

phone; OMG WHY DO I TAG WHEN I AM SLEEPY...

[the_girl_who_waited]

[ Oh, that is a voice she recognizes easily. ]

It took you long enough to show up! [ Seriously, Mister Pond. This sort of lateness is to be expected from the Doctor, not yourself. ] Where are you?

phone; because rp is made of this action

[soveryhuman]

[ brb beloved wife gotta fangirl ]

Amy!

phone; i should be asleep right now but RORY SCREAMS

[the_girl_who_waited]

Rory!

[ And then this thread was just the two of them screaming the others name. ]

Wait until the Doctor hears about this. [ He's mister sulky pants runny nose all the time alright. ] Er, you did speak to the Doctor already right? Well, it doesn't matter. Where are you? Are you really going to go the hospital your first day back? Let's ditch and go to that diner. You owe me. As in you really owe me, so let's go.

[ There may have been a breath or two taken during all of that. Probably not though. ]