route b (6/23) day five - MORNING to AFTERNOON

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[moleculars]

[ Piper shrugs ] Maybe if it were giving us the finger, then it'd just look plain normal. [ She hates this freaking island. ] I'm just glad it's not a face.

[nurse_boy]

[laughs slightly]

Good point. I think I'd turn around and leave if it were doing that though ... or if it were a face. [shudder]

[moleculars]

There aren't many faces that would look good carved into a rock. Sorry, George Clooney, but you just don't make the cut.

I'm Piper, by the way.

[nurse_boy]

((lmfao he just introduced himself finally in the other thread. OH WELL /HANDWAVE))

[he actually laughs out loud, crossing his arms and turning to look at her]

I'm Rory. Probably should have introduced myself on the ship, yeah?

[moleculars]

( don't worry, introducing themselves twice is the start to a beautiful friendship? :P )

I'm Piper. It's a big ship with a lot of crap going on - I'm surprised I even remembered the captain's name. [ Cue a sigh ] It would've been helpful if the castle gave us name tags. But even then, I probably wouldn't bother reading them.

[nurse_boy]

((I think I will run with that. :D))

Yeah, it's a lot of people to keep up with ... and I'm horrible with names. So usually I just try and remember faces, and then act like I remember their names, without trying to bring it up. [makes a funny face] Doesn't always work.

[moleculars]

[ Piper laughs ] I bet. It's worse when they know your name and you have no freaking clue what theirs is. But you're not alone with your method - I try and get their name out of them somehow. It was much easier in school as everyone had their name on half of their things.

Or they mispronounce your name. I always find that to be the absolute worst thing ever.

[nurse_boy]

At least at the hospital back home, we all wore IDs, and all the patients had their names on their charts. I could sneak a look if I had to.

[looks over at her]

Does yours get mispronounced a lot then?

[moleculars]

I'm glad I own a small club with a few staff. I worked in a restaurant for a while and I could barely remember half of the names there. A lot of people come and go.

I get Pippa sometimes.

[nurse_boy]

Pippa? [frown, like that sounds ridiculous to him] Like Kate's sister?

[moleculars]

[ Piper frowns. If there's another Piper in this godforsaken place ... ] Who's Kate?

[nurse_boy]

[he blinks, like he's realizing he made an oops]

Oh--sorry. I meant Kate--Kate Middleton. She's engaged to marry our Prince William back home--in England--and she's got a sister named Pippa. [slight eyeroll] My stepmum is all about the royals, you'd think they were the most perfect human beings on Earth, listening to her.

[then he makes a slight face like--maybe he's just made an idiot of himself--and clears his throat slightly]

[moleculars]

Oh, right. Your stepmum and my sister may get along. She will be sorely upset to know he's engaged. [ She gives him a sympathetic smile. This castle can most definitely be a bitch ] I'm from 2001 and the only thing I know about Prince William is that he's the [ airquotes ] "good-looking one" [ /airquotes ]

[nurse_boy]

2001, really? [he is ... not going to think about how old he was in 2001. Those were the awkward teenage years] I, uh, wouldn't know anything about William being the 'good-looking one' ... all I know is Amy--my wife--if they ever show up on the news she says she fancies Harry a bit. Probably because he's a bit of a bad boy. [another eyeroll]

[moleculars]

May, 2001, if I remember correctly. It wasn't such a bad year. [ Though ... she can't exactly remember why, but it was better than the last two, so that's something. ] Ah, the bad boys. They do screw you over in the end. [ Or try to kill you. ] I don't like either of them.

What year do you come from?

[nurse_boy]

Nah, it wasn't that bad, not really. [as if there's much good about being a terribly insecure and shy sixteen-year-old boy] I'm from 2010 myself, June, so ... a little further on from you. Bit of a busy year for me.