mayfield_rpg | 001 -- {action/phone}

[ 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. ]

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Ro...ry...?

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

[ 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.

...So you're back?

[The Doctor sniffs and kicks at the ground.

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

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

How've you been?

[Wincing and standing on one foot as he rubs the stubbed toes on the other.]

Fine.

You know me. Always fine.

No, yeah, I'm sure you are.

[ :I ]

I mean it looks like you still haven't got anything for your allergies. And you should be wearing shoes. But you know, you look fine.

I don't need shoes. I am perfectly allowed to not wear shoes in my own home. Don't tell me what to do.

[He sniffs and gingerly walks down the steps and slowly walks towards Rory.]

And I don't need anything. I'm fine, as you said. No need for nursing.

[ He scoffs the hell out of that. ]

Funny, I'm not really remembering you not needing a nurse. And you're in a driveway now.

Come off it. It's only because you never stop bothering and nursing me.

[He meanders slowly towards Rory. He doesn't know what to feel. He's happy of course, so happy. He'd missed Rory so much the past few months. But he can't shake of a sense of fear rising in him.]

Only because you need someone to be bothered for you. [ Arms crossing. He knows this to be fact. Not punching the Doctor. Which he thinks is a good sign, not wanting to. ]

I took care of myself fine before you lot ever even showed up.

[he crosses his arms too and sets his jaw. Oh look they're face to face now.]

[ Fine, he'll see the crossed arms and raise you an eyeroll. Boo on you. ]

Remind me why I bother arguing with you?

[Sticks his tongue out.]

Because deep inside you find it extremely entertaining. Besides, you're awfully rude for someone who just vanished one day.

[But it's not like that upset him or anything.]

This from mister "back in five minutes"? [ I REFUSE YOUR REALITY. ]

I can be as rude as I want. [ so. So there. ]

You didn't say "five minutes"! You didn't say anything.

[He's being a petulant child. He knows it. He knows he has no right to say anything. But he's really terrible at dealing with people leaving, he's found.]

So fine. Continue being rude.

Well I couldn't help it. It's not like I thought it would be fun to disappear home and leave you here for a while. [ OFFENSE TAKEN. Tut tut ruuude. ]