nexus_crossings | +1 Doctor

+1 Doctor

The Doctor arrives in the Nexus. And he's not sure how he got here. Not that it matters. He has no TARDIS and no memories of Clara. All he has are the clothes on his back, his sonic specks, and his trusty guitar. Okay, he has a little rucksack filled with a change of clothes and other odds and ends that he's collected on his quest.

He looks around and this place looks... rather American, considering. Of course, everything looked American to him these days, he's spent far too long in the States looking first for the TARDIS and then for Clara. He so far has been unsuccessful at both.

"Excuse me, has anyone seen someone called Clara?"

{{OOC: The Doctor's Canonpoint will be in flux until I figure out which one is best for this setting. I'll make it clear in his threads.}}

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Weird. Not good and weird. Weird weird. Like Rigsy's tattoo... And that makes the Doctor very uncomfortable for some reason. He wishes he could remember why.

"And Time Lords do that sort of thing now?"

Where the hell had he arrived?

"Not all of them I reckon, I still help protect the Earth and the universe. Whatever problem that the Doctor ain't fixing or he's somewhere else fixing another problem." Waylon says before he stops and thinks for a second. Was the other man perhaps a counterpart of the Doctor? A Doctor from another universe? And someone that doesn't seem to be taking what he is saying too well.

"And of course still being a Time Lord, I go off taking trips into time and space with my two companions."

He really doesn't mean to weird him out, he's just being honest. And plus it was always nice to meet another Time Lord that wasn't part of the government.

Edited 2016-09-14 23:41 (UTC)

He's been Lord President often enough, one can't quite say he's not part of the government...

"You... help the Doctor? Why would you help a renegade like him?"

The Doctor isn't giving anything more away, sorry. His distrust of the Time Lords and all they've done to him over the years - especially recently are enough to shut this conversation down.

Waylon can now definitely get the sense that he doesn't seem to distrust other Time Lords. He wonders why, but he keeps his questions to himself. He didn't want to make this any more weird or awkward for the other man.

"Well for the record I'm a renegade like him, just to get that cleared up. As for the question, I help him because I love the Earth and humankind as a whole, I don't want to see the Earth or any other planet really and the universe get destroyed. People from anyplace deserves protection from any kind of evil."

The Doctor nods.

"How very noble of you. Very altruistic. But how do you define 'evil'?"

Which is the most important question. The Doctor had always thought he knew... until he ended the Time War - both ways...

"Evil is anyone who tries to bring pain and chaos onto innocent people and civilization. Evil is those who seek out power for their own, be it taking over the universe or just a planet. Evil is those who seek to oppress other in corrupted and selfish means." Waylon answers, not taking to long to get his words together.

The Doctor nods, as if he's agreeing.

"And who decides what is pain and chaos? Who decides what is corruption?"

Because, that's the root of it. That's where most Time Lords got it wrong. In his universe, anyway.

Waylon pauses to think on the question for a few seconds, it felt like it was one of those questions where the answer wasn't exactly black and white.

"Well that's a good question, feels like there isn't a black and white answer to it. I could say nobody decides pain and corruption, but that would leave out those who are currently experiencing pain and corruption or have had experienced those in the past. I reckon it all comes down to an individual level, it's up to us, every single individual out there to decide what is pain, what is chaos and what is corruption." Waylon finally replies.

"I see. So, you decide for yourself whether or not 'evil' is befalling the Earth. And you act accordingly. Did you learn that from the Doctor? Or are you just trying to emulating him best on the legends you know about him?"

Mostly, he's curious. Because, well, Waylon is talking about him, without knowing he's talking to him. It gives a bit of an idea about how others see him.

"I am friends with the Doctor yes, but I'm not trying to be him in any way. It's me being a decent, good person. If anything I learned that from my parents and they raised me to be a good person. The Doctor ain't the only Time Lord that ain't corrupted." Waylon points out, it would be like saying there was only one human out of all of humankind was good and non corrupted.

"The Doctor isn't a good man."

He shrugs. He knows.

"I don't mean that he's a bad man. But people have a way of putting others on a pedestal without knowing anything about that individual. And you're kidding yourself if you think he's not corrupt. All Time Lords are corrupt, it comes with longevity of life. It's a matter of how they deal with it."

Waylon pauses for another few seconds thinking, "Cf course none of us is 100% perfect, I ain't saying that. Me and the Doctor both have made mistakes but overall we help others I...actually tell you what, why don't you meet my friend Jesse in Hazzard County sometime, he'll give you a good practical sense of what's right and wrong."

"I'm over four point five billion years old. If I haven't figured it out yet, I never will."

Which is how he knows things. He's ancient.

"So, the Doctor. What does he look like these days?"

Waylon's eyes widen in amazement a bit, though it isn't really unexpected. Time Lord can live almost forever barring any accidents and such, "Wow..I can't say I have met another Time Lord that old. I'm only 10,500 years old."

"Well the Doctor he's around my height. Short brown hair and likes to wear a suit, says allonsy a lot. He says it his tenth incarnation. I actually met the Doctor first when he was his in Ninth."

"And hopefully you never will again. I'm just stubborn like that."

And he's a hell of a bird.

"Young and carefree, then...."

"Wouldn't be surprised." It sounded about right to Waylon anyways abput the Doctor he knows.

Yeah I suppose so," Waylon chuckles, being reminded of the days he would spend with various women and guys in one night stands, "Probably not by human standards anymore. I use to sleep around quite a bit but now I usually stick to my two perma companions, Hank Williams Jr and Willie Nelson. I would've been more into cocaine but doesn't have much effect on us Time Lords." Waylon shrugs, just being honest.

"That... wasn't the kind of 'carefree' I was referring..."

Give him a minute.

"Wait. 'Sleep around'? Why? Isn't the TARDIS good enough?"

Yeah, it kind of went over his head, but was that intentional or not?

(ooc: I need a confused Waylon icon pic lol)

Waylon stares at him in confusion, pretty sure that he might've not gotten what he meant. He was meaning to say that he had sex and wait, did that mean that the other man might've went 4.5 billion years without knowing about or having it? He thinks it might be more the latter cause how can one go that long without knowing about it.

"Well I meant umm...having bedtime recreational activities," Waylon starts off feeling a bit awkward, "And the Tardis isn't the only place I partake in sex, just the only place I do it in nowadays. Previously I would do them in hotel rooms when I went on my tours."

[ooc: The Doctor is constantly confused these days.]

The Doctor's frown deepens. "And your TARDIS lets you? What about 'no hanky panky on the TARDIS?"

Or is that only a 'his rule' because of River? But In general Time Lords having Sex? Since when? Pythia's Curse made it utterly unnecessary. Odd. This Time Lord is very very odd.

"I think we maybe should change the topic."

Waylon can very much agree with the last sentence. He was feeling awkward with this currently conversation and he was glad it seems to be a mutual feeling. Question now is what topic should it be changed to?

"Agreed. So what kind of music do you play? Waylon asks, deciding to go back to the topic of music. He figure that would be the next best topic since apparently the other man knows how to play guitar.

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He offers a small grin. That's a good choice.

"Oh, a little bit of everything... which is actually surprising, since I used the play the spoons and the recorder before that."

Waylon feels more at ease seeing his reaction to the new topic. He nods, "Interesting, I usually play my own kind of country music, rock...whatever sounds good to me really. I sing as I probably mentioned before, they call me an outlaw singer." Waylon shrugs, it wasn't a title that he bestowed himself on, rather someone else did in a magazine.

"How... interesting. Can't say I do any country."

Folk, yes. Country. No.

"Well that's fine yeah. I'm pretty famous back home, my perma companions sing and play the same kinda stuff I do." Waylon casually states.

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"Perma. Companions.?"

Colour the Doctor confused.

"What is a 'Perma companion'? And why would you refer to them as that? Is there something wrong with friend? Or in your case band-mate?"

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