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[oliverplus]

[today, Oliver arrives on the Plane with a bed in tow. not just any bed, but what appears to be a standard-issue hospital bed from the 27th century. he is also wearing a hospital gown, and he has an oxygen tube hooked to his nose and an IV in his arm, although the appartuses the devices were attached to don't seem to have made it to the Plane with him. hopefully he didn't actually need those. interestingly enough, there is no sign of injury on Oliver himself, except for perhaps the IV in his arm. but in addition to all this, Oliver looks terribly startled to have arrived on the Plane]

What the--what is this!? [looks around him in confusion, then gives the IV a suspicious look] I thought I wasn't on anything strong! Why the hell... This was a dream! [turns upward, apparently addressing the stars themselves] A dream, you hear?

I know I was wishing to be anywhere but hospital, but blimey, that didn't mean I wanted to start hallucinating! [sighs] I wonder how long this is gonna last... [props himself up a bit, pulling the tube out of his nose as he turns to take a look around him]

[ooc: This is NOT an experiment. Oliver is suffering from some nasty side effects of chemical exposure during an incident on Gondovan. He currently has amnesia stretching through the last several years of his life. His memory will slowly return, but for now he doesn't remember the Plane or anyone on it, nor how his empathy ability works. he also doesn't remember the details of his life on Gondovan or even the end of his travels with the Doctor. So, enjoy the confused Brummie!]

Comments

[oliverplus]

Regen...you mean changing his face? What, he was serious about that!?

A "merger"? Okay, so...what merges?

[bonnypiperlad]

I thought it was daft when I first heard it, but he can. You've described your Doctor to me, and he's different than my Doctor.

[As for merges, well...] I think it's different things for different people. Ours is a bit of my home back in Scotland with a bit of your home in Gondovan. Not the hospital though, I don't think.

[oliverplus]

What's your Doctor look like, then?

[at first he looks interested in this whole "merger" idea, but by the end of that sentence, he's a mixture of confused and horrified] But...Gondovan's not my home.

[bonnypiperlad]

Well, he... [Descriptions of Jamie's Doctor will have to wait, as he realizes that he's slipped up and said something he probably shouldn't have. Again.] Och.

Look, Oliver, it may not have been at the time ye remember, but it's where ye live now.

[oliverplus]

[shakes his head, not understanding--or not wanting to understand] Jamie, I'm from Earth.

Or...did I only tell you my cover story?

[bonnypiperlad]

Aye, I know ye are.

[gently] Oliver, you're...not traveling with the Doctor anymore. Ye decided to stay on Gondovan.

[oliverplus]

[stares at him, speechless. deep down, he knew that was coming, but he still can't bring himself to believe it] Wh...why would I do that? [shakes his head] No. [laughs thinly, trying to brush it off] No, I must've been talking about something else or...or something. I mean, that's ridiculous. I wouldn't've done that!

[bonnypiperlad]

It's because of something that happened to ye, Oliver. The Puppetmaster. Do ye not remember that, either?

[oliverplus]

[flatly] No. [but he feels something drop in the pit of his stomach at the name, though he doesn't know why. but, as stubborn as ever, he tries to ignore it]

Look, whatever it is you're on about, I must just be there doing something for the Doctor. Maybe I didn't want to tell everybody about it. But I wouldn't be staying there forever! Chloe's on Earth.

[bonnypiperlad]

[Jamie doesn't reply immediately. Instead, he retrieves the now-sleeping ferret from Oliver's bed and looks at his friend sadly. It's clear Oliver's not going to be willing to accept what Jamie's saying right now, and the Scot doesn't want to hurt him more by pointing out that Chloe's no longer in his life. He'll have to try and find some other way to help.]

Aye, maybe so. Look, let me take Trouble back and I'll tell ye about my Doctor, alright?

[oliverplus]

Yeah, okay. [nods, relief clear in his expression, though he can't shake the worry he feels deep down at the events Jamie mentioned] But uh...what do you mean take him "back"? Where are you going?

[bonnypiperlad]

Back to the TARDIS. I won't be long.

[Jamie drops from the Plane, and is gone about as long as it would take to put a ferret back into its cage. When he reappears, Trouble is definitely nowhere to be seen, and Jamie is rubbing his hands together. There. That's done.]

Now, where was I?

[oliverplus]

[stares] How did you do that?

[bonnypiperlad]

Hey? How did I what? [Jamie is confused by this for a second, then realizes Oliver meant Jamie's vanishing act.]

Oh! That's right, ye wouldn't remember how to leave right now. It's how ye get back home. Ye think about it, and then you're back there. Ye do the same to come back here.

[oliverplus]

[skeptically] Really? That's...a bit convenient, isn't it? [but the ferret clearly went somewhere, so...] Can you go anywhere by thinking about it?

[bonnypiperlad]

Better than being stuck here. We were, just a wee bit ago.

[He shakes his head, then.] I'm not sure. I've tried going a few feet one way or the other, but nothing more than that. I think if ye tried now, you'd only wind up back in hospital.

[oliverplus]

[frowns] How'd that happen?

[makes a face] I'll take your word for it, then.

[bonnypiperlad]

[He doesn't blame Oliver for not wanting to test out the theory on how far he could go right now. In Jamie's mind, it's pretty clear that Oliver doesn't want to be in hospital to start with, otherwise he wouldn't have wound up here.]

Aye, well, somebody made a choice, and we all wound up here. Don't ask me if it was something in the choice that did it, though. We've not been able to figure out who it is to ask.

[oliverplus]

[confused] What do you mean somebody made a choice?

[bonnypiperlad]

Just what I said. Someone made a choice to do something, and it brought us here. The problem is, we don't know who, so we don't know what choice it was they made. Ye were the one keeping a list to try and figure that out.

[oliverplus]

But where'd they get a choice that could do that?

[surprised] Oh. Uh... [looks down at his hospital gown. wherever that list is, it's definitely not on him] Maybe it's in my things at the hospital. I'll look for it later.

[bonnypiperlad]

Aye, well, I suppose it must have been when they were here on the Plane. When we were trapped here, we got brought into a room with this computer-thing from time to time and we had to make choices too. I think they were brought there...wherever there is, anyway.

[oliverplus]

[looks rather disturbed by that] That sounds...really messed up, Jamie.

[bonnypiperlad]

You'd not be wrong there. [Hm. Maybe it's for the best Oliver doesn't remember at the moment. At least he doesn't have to worry about things that have gone wrong before.]

Look, if you're planning on staying here a wee bit, maybe we should find ye something to wear. Or at least take those tubes out.

[oliverplus]

Ah...yeah, good idea. [grabs the IV, tugging it out--and causing a pinprick of black blood to bubble up where it was stuck in. so much for not worrying about things that have gone wrong] What the hell!?