- thirty-eighth year waiting -

[nurse_boy]

[coming back from a trip home and the things he lived through and saw there--and having to face up to the fallout here--has left Rory drained, defeated, and depressed. So he's gone outside for some fresh air and to get away from it all. He's currently sitting on a large rock by the pond, trying (and mostly failing) to skip rocks across the water.

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[lone_defender]

[So she's never met Rory in person, but it's not hard to notice a person sitting near the pond thoughtful and failing to skip rocks. Really, her compassionate nature simply can't allow her not to butt in.]

It's all in the wrist.

[nurse_boy]

[she catches him in the middle of a toss and he startles, turning sharply to look at her. The rock goes wide and dunks straight in the water.

He's a bit breathless from surprise]

Sorry, what?

[lone_defender]

[She offers an apologetic smile for the startling, before nodding to his hand.] Skipping. It's in the wrist, not the hand.

[nurse_boy]

[looks from her to his hand to her again, then back to his hand. He gives his wrist an experimental wave before he shrugs a bit dejectedly]

I was never good at this sort of thing anyway.

[tosses the rock; it skips once before plonking into the water]

[lone_defender]

No time like the present to practice, though, is there?

[nurse_boy]

[morosedly watching the ripples spread out across the water]

No, I guess not.

[and after a pause, he looks askance at her]

Have we met?

[lone_defender]

[She's...not sure. Her memories are all fuzzy while she's stuck in a human body, and that's aggravating. But she'll just have to guess.]

I don't think we have. I'm Rose.

[nurse_boy]

((sorry for the lateness, LJ suckage and all...))

Hmm. [he's looking speculatively at her] I thought your voice sounded a bit familiar. [shrugs] Anyway, I'm Rory. Nice to meet you.

[his voice isn't as cheerful as his words are, though]