In Which Some Rabbits are Folded

 As usual, my commentary is in italics, except for dialogue.

Last time, the doctors found themselves at the lighthouse at sunset, with River and Johnny walking towards its base.

They are warped to the top of the lighthouse. Watts is alarmed by this, and shouts.

Dr. Watts: CRIKEY NUTCRACKERS!
Dr. Rosalene: You aren't Australian.
Dr. Watts: (screaming) Who cares?! We're like 20 billion nanometers off the ground and standing on a damn flag pole!!
Dr. Rosalene: Just jump down; it's not like you can be hurt here.
Dr. Watts: (annoyed) Are you kidding me? It's a fricken sky-dive!!
- Rosalene moves behind Watts as he's talking.
Dr. Watts: (screaming) You can't stay here, you can't get off, God, I hate it when this happens!
Dr. Watts: (facepalming) I swear if this place--
- Rosalene pushes Watts off the lighthouse, interrupting him mid sentence.
Dr. Watts: (shouting) EVA, WHAT THE (censored)?!
Dr. Rosalene: (walking towards the edge of the lighthouse top) ...Wuss.
- The scene moves to the base of the lighthouse, where River and Johnny look at its door.
River: ...Why would they abandon her like this?
John: I suppose she's just no longer needed.
River: (turning towards Johnny) No longer needed... ?
John: By ships, I mean.
John: You know how it is, now that everything has GPS and all that.
- A few moments of silence pass. River is stumped and turns back to the lighthouse. Johnny is stunned at this gesture, but begins to speak.
John: Look, River,
- River looks at Johnny as he walks towards the lighthouse's door and pulls out the paper attached.
John: This place means a lot to me too, and I've been thinking...
John: (turning towards River) In our current state, things have been pretty stable,
John: If we save well, in a few years, we could afford to build a house on top of here.
John: It's going to be a squeeze, but I'm sure we'--
River: (exclaiming) We'd be able to see her from the window!!
- John turns towards River as she begins gesturing for an embrace.
River: In the morning, at night, we'd always be nearby!
River: (exclaiming) And... and we could walk here any time!
River: (exclaiming louder) She'll never be alone again, John!!
- River quickly hugs Johnny.
River: I'll be able to watch over her every day!
John: Yeah, we will.
- The scene shifts to the doctors watching from their right.
Dr. Rosalene: Good for them.
Dr. Watts: You gotta be kidding me.
- Rosalene turns towards Watts.
Dr. Watts: You remember what happens, don't you?
Dr. Watts: It's like watching a train wreck.
- Rosalene turns back to River and Johnny.
Dr. Rosalene: The ending isn't any more important than any of the moments leading to it.
Dr. Rosalene: The important thing is that over here, they are happy.
- Rosalene walks away from the lighthouse.
Dr. Rosalene: Let's move on.

Pretty long bout of dialogue to open the memory with. We open with the doctors pranking each other(well, more like Watts being a punching bag), which seems a bit excessive since we already had more than enough humor in the very last memory. The conversation between Johnny and River mostly highlights the circumstances leading to the construction of their house; River was upset that it was abandoned, so Johnny decided to cheer her up by claiming the land for themselves and building a house to overlook it. The lighthouse must have clearly been fairly important to them, going by Johnny's suggestion and River's reaction to it.

Rosalene then oddly gets very sentimental and talks about how the journey is as important as the ending, referring to how River helplessly dies later on to ensure the house gets completed. She needn't have bothered, she could've just said she liked the moment personally and moved on.

While it was a decent attempt at writing a heartfelt scene, unfortunately it did little to really progress the plot or throw some insight into either Johnny or River. Honestly it feels like a missed opportunity, I think there should've been some conversation right before they walked here to give a bit more character. It's quite hard to connect emotionally with characters as barebones as these.

The doctors move out to the land outside the lighthouse laden cliff. A memory link is granted, likely for the scene in front of the lighthouse. Watts interrupts Rosalene with some talk.

Dr. Watts: Wait a minute,
- Rosalene turns towards Watts.
Dr. Watts: They were referring to the lighthouse as "Anya", weren't they?
Dr. Rosalene: I suppose so.
Dr. Watts: Then, that River... she declined treatment for the sake of a lighthouse?
Dr. Watts: Isn't that a bit too extreme?
Dr. Rosalene: I've seen stranger things in the course of the job.
Dr. Watts: Me too, but ugh... I can never wrap my head around it.
- Rosalene turns back to the path.
Dr. Rosalene: It's none of our business anyway... She's not our client.

A bit of musing on the details gleamed so far, this is a decent example of dialogue that establishes character. Watts puts aside his douchebag personality for a while to seriously discuss the situation, and establishes himself as an incredulous person who seeks the causes beneath the surface. Rosalene, on the other hand, presents a calm and collected viewpoint that focuses on the current task and visible facts over everything else.

It's almost like these doctors are the main characters, even though this story is centred around Johnny and his memories. Perhaps this will change once we view more memories, however I wish there was more dialogue like this and less cheap attempts at slapstick humor or the doctors constantly fighting each other. Oh well.

We get a note for this conversation, and move on. On the way, ghostly apparitions of Johnny and River walk up the path towards the lighthouse, generating memory links for the doctors as they pass.

On the ground, the doctors get another two links upon entering. 

A rather bizarre grant, perhaps it's supposed to represent River and Johnny travelling through? Perhaps there should have been another scene with ghostly apparitions walking.

The doctors run into a paper rabbit left on the ground. This ends up being the memento to the next memory. They prepare it and move forward to...

Johnny's old house, where he notices a similar paper rabbit on the ground. He places it on his table, then ponders.

John: River?
- Johnny walks out of the room. The doctors warp in right afterwards.

We can only examine the paper rabbit in this room. Looking at it just makes Watts proclaim his exasperation with them, and give a memory link.

In the lower floor, we can examine some boxes of paper, and the grand piano. The boxes merely make Watts comment that it foreshadows River's rabbit making, but the piano triggers some dialogue.

Dr. Rosalene: How the heck did they move this thing upstairs?
Dr. Watts: Who knows, but I bet it'd be a piece of cake for the TARDIS.
Dr. Rosalene: Not really; you can't even get it through its door.
Dr. Watts: ...Mm, true.
Dr. Watts: Well that settles it: moving pianos is a pain in the arse for everybody.
Dr. Watts: It'd probably take an entire episode to get it inside.
- Both doctors are speechless for a moment. Rosalene remarks.
Dr. Rosalene: (excitedly) ...I wouldn't mind seeing such an episode.
Dr. Watts: (excitedly) Me neither. It sounds pretty epic.

A mildly humorous reference to Dr. Who, it has no impact on anything. Thankfully it's not overtly long and plausibly fits the characters involved.

Finally, the doctors enter the room on the left. They notice River making some paper rabbits and Johnny looking at her, and move a bit closer to watch. Another memory link drops in the process. 

John: You went out for a haircut this early in the morning?
- A few moments of silence pass.
John: What are ya making there?

- River keeps making rabbits. She closes her eyes solemnly, and replies after a few moments.
River: Rabbits.
River: Did you see the rabbit I left for you?
John: Yeah.
River: Tell me about that rabbit.
- A few moments pass. Johnny is curious about her enquiry.
John: Huh?
River: Describe the rabbit.
John: ...Erm, it was yellow.
River: What else?

John: A bit puffy.
- A moment of silence passes. River asks again.
River: And?
- Johnny is stumped, and looks away for a while. He replies eventually.
John: Well... it's just a paper rabbit.
John: I don't know how else to describe it.
- River solemnly closes her eyes, and keeps making rabbits. Johnny interrupts her with talk.
John: ...You're acting strange, River.
John: Is something wrong?

- A moment of silence passes. River does not respond.
John: River...?
- The scene shifts to the doctors watching from their left. Watts walks towards Rosalene.
Dr. Watts: I don't know about you, but I'm getting some inverse deja vu.
- Rosalene is stumped for a bit, but soon speaks.
Dr. Rosalene: I think I know of her condition, but this is rather odd even for that.
Dr. Watts: (turning to face Rosalene) You think she's... ?
Dr. Rosalene: (turning to face Watts) Do you?
Dr. Watts: ...Perhaps. Who knows?
Dr. Watts: (turning back to face Johnny and River) But like you said, she's not our client.
Dr. Watts: Let's just get what we're paid for over with.

Presumably this scene establishes when River first started making these rabbits. However, it is extremely vague and doesn't shed much light on anything. Watts even comments on how he's getting deja vu, the whole routine is similar to what happened with the yellow and purple rabbit on River's deathbed. The doctors comment on River's mental condition, but again cut themselves short before talking about it or even mentioning it. I suppose this is to avoid making unsubstantiated guesses, though it's obvious they are hinting at River suffering from autism.

The room has three objects that can be examined. The bucket has strands of orange hair, and grants a memory link. River herself makes Rosalene comment on this presumably being the day she started making rabbits, and grants another link. The platypus is the memento, and leads to..

The ground under the cliffsides, with a car parked. The doctors collect a memory link while climbing the cliffs to the right, but nothing happens. Once they reach the location of the future house though, they begin talking.

Dr. Rosalene: This is where the house used to be, isn't it?
Dr. Watts: The house that never should've been.
Dr. Watts: I mean really, what is it about unusually high and dangerous places that attract people?

This conversation gives a note about acrophobia and a memory link.

The only interesting aspect of this note is that it appears to be a jab at Neil, citing that River and Johnny don't have it. The memory link seems to have no significance outside of these cliffsides and the lighthouse being memorable to Johnny and River.

Moving on, the doctors cross some freshwater streams and run into River and Johnny sitting on a log on the cliffside overlooking the lighthouse. River speaks.

River: Is that why you approached me back then?
- Johnny looks away from River and solemnly closes his eyes.
John: Yeah.
River: What about now?
John: I suppose it's just a part of it.
John: (turning to face River) Look, it was a long time ago.
John: It's... not too relevant now, but Izzy said I should tell you the truth.
John: I shouldn't have tainted our first meeting like that.
- A few moments of silence pass. River and Johnny glance at each other, then River hops off and throws a weird ball like object on the ground. Johnny is curious.
John: What is that? A hacky sack?

River: Can you throw this as far as where Anya's at?
John: I don't know. You want me to try?
River: Would you?
- Johnny looks at the hacky sack and hops off himself. He throws a quick glance at River, then picks up the sack and hurls it away in the direction of the lighthouse. River follows it intently, almost falling off the cliff. She is interrupted by Johnny.
John: (exclaiming) River!!
John: (screaming) Are you insane?! Get away from there!
- River moves back and glances at Johnny, before moving back to the log. The scene shifts to the doctors, who were watching from their front. Rosalene speaks.
Dr. Rosalene: I think this memory isn't too far from the last.
Dr. Watts: Think they may be connected?
Dr. Rosalene: Probably.

Right off the bat, this scene does some blatant narrative cheating. We run into Johnny confessing something to River, but don't get to catch what it is, even though these being his memories, we should have been able to follow the entire conversation. River again tries to signal something, by daring Johnny to throw a hacky sack, then rushing behind it. Much like the memory before this, it's too vague to say much on its own. 

The doctors continue on, getting another memory link for reaching the cliff. They can examine River and a backpack near the couple. Examining River makes Watts comment on her cutting her hair in the previous memory, while the backpack is the memento. They prepare it and warp to...

A bookstore, where Johnny has a table with Nicolas and Isabelle, while River appears to be reading. But that's for next time.

Next: In Which We Attend a Wedding

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