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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!]

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[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!?

[bonnypiperlad]

[Jamie suddenly realizes that if the needle's pulled out there might be blood, and he goes to reach his hand out to stop Oliver.]

Wait! [Oops. Too late. He grimaces, pulling his hand back.]

Er. About that...

[oliverplus]

[turns to Jamie, his eyes still wide in shock, as he clamps a hand over the spot] You know about this!?

[bonnypiperlad]

Aye, I do. It's...look, Oliver, I can tell ye why, but ye won't like it.

[oliverplus]

[eyes still wide] Yeah...like everything else, I take it. [swallows hard] Okay. My blood is black. At least I know what they meant by my blood test being weird. But Jamie...am I sick or something?

[bonnypiperlad]

[Jamie's afraid that it'll be even worse than that, but he really can't see any way out of not telling him. He rubs at his eyebrow for a moment, but is quick enough to reassure Oliver. Or, well, try to, anyway.] No, no! You're fine. Er, well, apart from the amnesia, that is.

The blood is...is... [There's no good way to say this, but he tries to keep his tone as gentle as possible.] It's something that happens to people who've died here.

[oliverplus]

People who've.... [stares] I'm dead!?

[bonnypiperlad]

[Well, he did say that Oliver wouldn't like it. Jamie, however, refrains from pointing that out.]

No, of course not. You're here and talking to me, and I'm not dead. Your blood's just a wee bit different now, that's all.

[oliverplus]

Yeah, but you said...! I mean...what, am I some sort of zombie? What do you mean people who've died?

[bonnypiperlad]

Och, don't be daft. Zombies can't talk. [They just scream and try and eat your faces, and...the mental tangent is not helping Oliver, probably.] If ye die while you're on the Plane, the Twins bring ye back, and you're just like you were before. Except now ye have black blood.

[Well, there's the matter of that power, but he still has no idea that's happened to his friend. To him, Oliver is the same as he was before he died.] That's what the others have told me, anyway.

[Jamie has no real reason to doubt what people have said, though, and he looks at Oliver a little sadly.] I...I'm sorry, Oliver.

[oliverplus]

Well, I don't know! I've never been one! [at least the disbelief involved in the mental tangent helps him keep it together. this is a lot to take in]

Oookay... Not a zombie, then. Just brought back from the dead. Hasn't anyone told those Twins that's supposed to be a bad idea? I mean...haven't they seen any films? Pet Sematary, at least? I...

[but at Jamie's apology, he trails off, swallowing hard and trying to calm down] It's...it's okay. I guess. I don't...feel like I've died. I don't remember it.

Is that why I've got amnesia?

[bonnypiperlad]

Hey? [Jamie has seen a few films, thanks to the Doctor. Just not that one. And, predictably, he doesn't get it.] Why would a film make a difference if someone's bringing ye back from the dead?

I don't think that would be why ye can't remember, though. Ye were able to remember fine after it happened, and that's not changed until now. Maybe ye really are allergic to that citric foam stuff.