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[pumpkinbutt]

Who: Sam (pumpkinbutt) & anyone!
Where: Locke City Hospital & nearby park
When: Monday Feb 3rd; late afternoon/evening
What: Getting her usual check-ups and enjoying being out of the house for a while.

[Park: Closed to Philip]
[ The first batch of appointments are done for the day, and honestly? Sam's ready for a breather. The constant being helped in and out of one of the hospital's cheelchairs, the exercises, response tests... It's a lot! So when she's finally given a moment to relax Sam knows exactly where she wants to be wheeled: a nearby park just a block or so off from the main hospital grounds.

It's huge or grand or anything but it's outside and the cooler, fresh air makes her feel better already. Ultimately she asks to be set near one of the benches along the paths that run through it, and it's from there she'll sit with a blanket over her lap and for the moment just enjoy things as they are. ]



[Evening: Hospital (OPEN)]
[ ...And then later it's back to a few more appointments. Mostly routine stuff followed by a consultation by her family doctor but it does take a while for everything to get compiled and set up so Sam decides to busy herself with her 3DS while she waits both between appointments and after, eventually winding up near the cafeteria. Her aide's run off to fetch something for her to eat (since ew, hospital food).

At least there's no more tests to be done by that point so she's able to wear her clothes like normal and sit at an actual table, chair folded up and off to one side. ]


[[ ooc; first option is closed but the second's open to anyone who'd like to meet Sam, prearranged or not! She is disabled and has to use a wheelchair to move around, just as an fyi *^*b ]]

Comments

[deludings]

[Shuuya doesn't seem to mind what she'll think of him as he opens up the bag of chips, popping one in his mouth. There's a moment of silence as he looks up from the table at her.]

... you don't mind, do you? [Not that it'd change anything...]

[pumpkinbutt]

[ Isn't that what you're supposed to ask before?? ]

No...it's fine. [ The rest of the table was empty and it's not as if she needed a whole one to herself. He's just thrown her off a little and Sam's still trying to figure out if he wants to talk or just a place to sit or what. He looks close to her age. ]

[deludings]

[Noticing her hesitation, Shuuya grins and settles his chin on his hand.]

Don't worry. I'm a reeeally friendly guy! My legs were sore from walking around, so I figured I should grab a seat to sit at.

[pumpkinbutt]

Oh...are you visiting someone here? [ Because he looked healthy enough to her all silliness of his aside. Sam relaxes a bit more in her seat and flips the lid of her DS closed. ]

[deludings]

[His features soften and he nods.]

I'm waiting for my mom. We both had medical exams scheduled today. [A pause as he glances at her chair.] ... what about you?

[pumpkinbutt]

[ Ah. Right, that. Sam crosses her arms and leans them again the table with a small, but wry smile. ]

Same, more or less... I had surgery a while back so they wanted to make sure things were all okay.

[deludings]

It's something to do with your legs, huh? [He's not very good at tact in the first place. Shuuya munches on another chip before sliding the bag over to her.] The surgery didn't hurt much, did it?

[pumpkinbutt]

[ It's definitely much more direct than Sam is used to and it probably shows on her face for a minute until she's able to sit back a bit and nod. ]

...Not really, no. It was just the stuff after that was hard.

[deludings]

I see. [After another thoughtful chew:] So you probably hang around here a lot, don't you...?

[pumpkinbutt]

A bit, yeah. [ She doesn't looked thrilled about it but there's a resigned sort of note to her tone anyway as she cants her head a little. ] It's not that bad... A lot of people have it a lot worse.

[deludings]

[Shuuya frowns, as if encountering a problem.] Eh, then you probably don't have a lotta friends outside of the hospital then. I'm right, aren't I?

[pumpkinbutt]

[ And of course the one thing he points out is a rather uncomfortable truth. Sam's brows knit together just for a moment and her stance shifts to something a little more tense...but quickly she adopts a more resigned sort of expression and glances off to the side. ]

You don't think I get out? [ It must be more obvious than she thought, and that isn't entirely comforting. What sort of air must she project in order for him to glean that right off the bat? ]

[deludings]

[Shuuya is dense, but he isn't completely stupid to overlook her reaction. Truth be told, he usually blurted out whatever popped to his head. Point A to Point C to D, then E before finally reaching B. By then, most people had given up on listening to him.

He recognizes when he's hurt someone.]

Well... it was a guess! [He fidgets with his hands a moment.] I mean, if you're at the hospital a lot... I just assumed. I was gonna ask if you were lonely, that's all.

[pumpkinbutt]

I'm used to it. [ Which is about as much as Sam feels like offering for the moment, until she sees the fidgeting on a glance back. He doesn't exactly seem like the most tactful if she's being honest. But his would-be question does catch her attention and make her just a little less bristled. ]

What do you think's wrong with me? [ She's curious now. ]

[deludings]

[He blinks at her question.]

... you want me to say your legs, right? It must be kinda hard to keep up with some people. [There's a moment as he thinks on it.] ... I don't think anything's wrong with you. It's just that a lotta people don't go out of their way to make friends if they think you got a problem. That's what I'm trying to say.

1/2

[pumpkinbutt]

[ That hadn't been the answer Sam was expecting, and it shows. For a good moment she actually just blinks at him; caught off-guard and not sure how to reply. The obvious answer was her legs but not only did he call her on it but it's dismissed in the same breath.

She's not sure anyone's done that before, not on a first meeting. ]

2/2

[pumpkinbutt]

[ This time when Sam leans back and pulls her arms from the table into her lap it's much less defensive; almost reserved and a little sheepish. ]

...You're a little weird.

[deludings]

[The response doesn't insult him at all. It's clearly something he hears on a daily basis and he grins with practiced ease, setting his head down on top of his folded arms.]

I'm weird for making friends? You're the weird one in that case.

[pumpkinbutt]

You don't have to offer to be friends just because you think I'm lonely. [ Because that's the only reason someone would really want to bother with her, right? She'd just be a burden on anything they might want to go out and do; she's cumbersome. ]

[deludings]

[That brings an amused look to his face.] Well, that's not really true. Like, yeah! I think you might be lonely. But I'm bored, too. Waiting around isn't super eventful.

It'd be more fun with a friend.

[pumpkinbutt]

...That's it? [ Which isn't necessarily a bad thing; that much is clear from her expression. It's just puzzling to her. And maybe a little bit flattering too, in that sort of inspires-hope sort of way. ]

[deludings]

Um, yeah? [It's obvious to Shuuya! He's been waiting for a while and if he can manage to meet someone new during the time, it'll all go by quicker. He grins.]

Y'don't have to be shy about it. Unless you got a boyfriend or something that's gonna smack me upside the head for talkin' to you.

[pumpkinbutt]

Funny. [ Honestly she can't even remember the last time she talked to a boy her age for more than five minutes. This guy is such a dork.

...He's still got her smiling a little though. ]

I'm Sam. [ So...nice to meet you, more or less. ]

[deludings]

[He's glad to see her smile. Some people were annoyed by him, which he honestly didn't mind. But he'd be lying if he said that he preferred them over the times he manages to make others smile.]

Sam, Sam... got it! You can call me Shuuya. Nice to meetcha!

[pumpkinbutt]

Shuuya? Where's that from? [ Definitely sounds foreign to her but he looks about as typical as they come. Curious! ]