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[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!]

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Well, let me ask you this before I answer your question. Do you remember what happened before you woke up in hospital?

[shakes his head] Should I?

[starts rubbing the back of his neck, letting out a small sigh] Well, I was hoping there might have been a little spark of something...

[frowns, trying to think back. after a moment, he shakes his head again] I don't think so...

[he frowns too, but out of annoyance] Oh come on, think! You were in hospital for a reason. Oh! How about this: does the name Mikaeja mean anything to you?

Yeah, 'cause I got attacked! I already told you.

Mik... Oh! Yeah, he's the bloke they kidnapped. Isn't he?

[he nods; eagerly] And what else? Keep going!

Um... [shifts uncomfortably, avoiding the Doctor's gaze. he doesn't want to talk about this] They said I was working with him.

[goodness, that doesn't help your case, Oliver] And? [he pauses] I know it's tough, Ollie, but you'll only harm yourself further if you don't remember.

[keeps his gaze downwards] I...I don't know. [mumbles] I don't have a job there...

Hmm, what was that? You don't have a what?

[shakes his head, shifting uncomfortably] Nothing. I don't...I don't remember. There's no "and."

Oh, of course there's an 'and'! Look it up in any dictionary! Well...there is one it won't appear in, but that depends on when you do as well...

[way to basically ask him to try to derail your train of thought, Doctor] Oh? What one's that?

[train of thought derailment denied!]

[he waves those questions off] It doesn't matter, point is, there is an 'and'. You're going to continue to remember, even if it is at a snail's pace.

[frowns, shrugging uncomfortably] 'Course I am. It's just amnesia. It'll all come back.

[just not right now! he hopes]

Fortunately for us, there is a precedence for this. [pats him on the back, then he looks at what Oliver's wearing and chuckles to himself] And once you do, you can get some proper clothing.

[trying to sound cheerful] Yeah!

[makes a face] They can't keep me in hospital forever! I'm not hurt.

Well, if the hospital staff went by assertions that their patients were feeling perfectly well, only the deathly ill and newly operated-upon would ever stay.

[looks a bit crestfallen at that] But I'm really not! They said besides the amnesia, I just had a weird blood test, but they're being a bit dodgy about it, so I don't think that's anything.

Weird blood test? [he opens his mouth, then closes it. and then he realises why it would be weird--and proceeds to not explain why, instead opting to just scratch the back of his neck] Well, they're probably being dodgy because they don't want to alarm you. That or they're genuinely unsure about it. Keep in mind that you're a 21st century man living six centuries in the future.

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Doesn't mean they've gotta be all cloak and daggers about it! [sighs] I think they just don't know why any of it's happened, so they want to watch me and hope they figure it out. They ought to just let me out of there.

Well, that is why they tell patients they're going to hold them overnight for observations--key word in that sentence being "observations". Besides, they've got to figure out why you reacted so adversely to a humane agent such as citriloform. You're a unique case to them.

[grumbles] It's not like I'm gonna get exposed to it again or anything.

[hears that and gives him a look]

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