meme | #002 -- absolute obedience ( do you do you want to )

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the ABSOLUTE OBEDIENCE MEME 1. Post with your character. 2. That character is compelled to follow the orders of anyone who replies. 3. Any orders. 4. Any orders. Meme Strategy: There's nothing in the rules about whether or not your character knows s/he must obey - as well, the other character might not know that s/he must be obeyed. Play it however you like. Don't like the orders you got? Not willing to have your character follow them, even if you've had a good time up to this point? Talk to the other player, use OOC notes or PMs, try and work it out. Got some stuff you'd never want to play out? Consider making a preferences post and linking to it when you reply here. Wanna give orders that people would love to follow? Give em context. Make it a story. Is this about revenge? Working out some personal issues? Too dumb to realize that the other guy has to do whatever your guy says?

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[waitsforever]

Right. Thanks. Nothing more specific than that?

[the_new_sexy]

Really, at this point you could do just about anything. Anything at all.

[Wait.]

You're a nurse. Married, less than two years. Already have an older daughter, though. And you've traveled. So why're you here, being boring in a little boring town like this one?

[waitsforever]

[Pause....pause...pause, as Rory gives Sherlock a gaping, confused look.]

Sorry, what? Have you...have you been spying on me? Are you--? [He rallies, and gets a bit defensive.] Anyway...yes. I have travelled, and Leadworth's lovely all the same.

[the_new_sexy]

It's lovely, but you don't spend most of your time there. You've been abroad recently. Recently enough that you've still got sand on your shoe.

[waitsforever]

Alright, cameras, is it? Or clairvoyant alien? You've got the cheekbones for an alien, not to be...speciest or anything. Come on, what is it this time? I do have to say, trying to get to the Doctor through me instead of Amy is...well, it's new. That's...something it is.

[the_new_sexy]

I simply observed.

[waitsforever]

Yeah, "Elementary", I'll bet. Observed what?

[the_new_sexy]

Wedding band on your left finger. Slender band, not surprising, gold rates have been particularly high in the last two years. Note in your right pocket, says Mother and Father, claiming that the two of you are still together, and that the person who wrote it is clearly a family member, clearly a daughter. Not someone writing for a child, they'd be in your home. But all the same, your front mailbox is hardly used. Hardly used, not a lot of mail, not a lot happening here, apart from letters to your daughter. Sand on your shoe, bit of mud caked on your coat, shows that you're frequently traveling. Can't find that sort of mud in London.

[waitsforever]

Oh, I...oh. Right, then. And you...you've got no ulterior motives to that? That was all, just--

I'm here being just a bit more boring than usual because the holiday's over, essentially.

[the_new_sexy]

But you don't really believe that, do you? You're certain you're going back, and soon.

[waitsforever]

Well, yes, I mean it's--

...


Look, do we really have to do this? I mean, it's really impressive, don't get me wrong, but I know about myself already, and so do you, so... Let's say that part's out of the way, and assume you know everything, which...sort of eliminates small talk but.

[He holds out his hand.]

Hi. Rory Williams.

[the_new_sexy]

[he shakes his hand]

Sherlock Holmes.

[waitsforever]

[His mouth opens, and then closes again. Oh. Well that explains more than it doesn't.]

Investigating out here or just in the area to tell me to stop being boring?

[the_new_sexy]

[eyeroll] Let me guess, you read John's blog, too. Wouldn't have thought you'd have the time.

[waitsforever]

[Modern day, periodical equivalent, right. He nods slowly. Well, he has read the series, if...in book format.]

You have no idea how much time I have. Have had. Really, you don't.

[the_new_sexy]

I know you've nearly died at least twice. Makes you feel like you've lived a lot longer than you have.

[waitsforever]

True, but still only close. Do you need more to work with or do you think you can work out how old I am just now? No other data? [He's not really playing, he'd just like...someone else to be able to work it out, really. Someone else thinking about it.]

[the_new_sexy]

[he steeples his fingertips and stares]

I'd say early twenties from your appearance, but----

[waitsforever]

Born in 1989, yeah, you've got that much. But?

[the_new_sexy]

But---

[He's staring at the man, and all he's getting is a lot of ???? next to his face.]

[waitsforever]

It won't have overlapped, but... [He switches to Latin, old, old colloquial Latin, just sort of vaguely wondering whether Sherlock will know it at all.]

I used to be known as the Lone Centurion, once. Not my favourite sort of...association, really, but it could help? Maybe? [He shrugs.] I don't know. Sorry.

[Back to English.] Sorry, this is really silly of me. I don't know why I'm doing this. I've stopped being boring, maybe? That's probably...never mind.

[the_new_sexy]

Lone Centurion.

[he knows this. He knows this. How does he know this?]

What is that?

[waitsforever]

[Well, he understood him, so, that's something.]

A...Centurion. [He starts sounding like he's quoting.] Who followed a mysterious magical box through the ages as its sole protector.