realityshifted

[there is a new building on the Plane! or, rather, a room--from the TARDIS, to be exact. Oliver has propped its door open with an oddly-shaped metal canister, allowing the Plane's residents to see that the room basically consists of an outside ledge around a giant ball pit. yes, a ball pit--filled to the brim with shiny, multicolored, hollow plastic balls]

[Oliver is standing in the doorway of the room, looking nervous but hopeful, and holding a gun] I figured we could use a break after, you know, everything. And I... [his expression slips slightly, but only for an instant] Well. I want everybody to have a chance for some fun. I wasn't sure I'd be able to get it all here, but it worked!

And this might make things even more interesting. Watch! [grinning, he turns to face into the room. first, he fires the gun at the ceiling, creating an oval outlined in blue. then he fires again, into the corner of the pit this time. anyone watching can now just see the edges of an orange oval in the pit. there are now two ovals rather like these. the balls around the orange one are pouring into it--only to reappear falling out of the blue hole in the ceiling. this is creating a sort of ball waterfall, which due to momentum is causing lots of flying balls as well. a few even go rolling out the doorway]

What do you think? Jump in!

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[He tries to answer, but he's caught in the current of balls shifting around and is headed right back for that orange portal and goes around again...

He falls a little faster this time, but he does his best to twist so that he falls at an angle and out of the flow. This results in him landing the wrong way on his ankle, but at least he's stopped cycling through?

He sort of crawls his way over to the edge, resting his chin there, and sighs.]

... Ow.

[Oliver aims to move the orange portal, but he doesn't manage it fast enough. he fires at the wall, stopping the flow of balls just after Eithan goes through again] Eithan! You okay!? [runs over to the edge of the pit]

Y-Yeah! Yeah. I'm great! Really! [He goes to stand up straight.] I'm just-- Ow, fuck!

[He winces in pain, then sighs heavily and pulls himself out of the ball pit, careful to use only his arms. He sits on the edge.]

I think, heh... I think I broke somethin'.

Oh god, I'm sorry! Let me see? [sits down next to him, trying to get a look at his legs since it's obvious he's trying not to use them]

Nah, it's not your fault! [Have a slightly pained smile as he tries to move his hurt ankle a bit.]

Ngh. And it's no big deal! Really! My girlfriend's a healer. I'll be fine! [Pause] Okay, so she'll likely smack me first and call me somethin' along the lines of "moron". But then I'll be fine.

[hopeful] Healer, as in, she can do magic?

I could get you some ice...

[He nods.] Yep! That's Val. [That might be a sappy, fond little smile on his face... but it twists in pain when he accidentally moves his ankle.] Er... yeah. Ice'd be good for now. If you don't mind? Sorry...

Right. Uh. That was my dumb stunt for the week, yeah? Don't let me forget that.

[quickly] No problem! Back in a tick!

[actually, it takes him a couple minutes to get to the medical bay and find an ice pack. but he does at least manage to push aside his fear of the medical bay since he's getting something for somebody else] Here, this should help! [offers him the cold, blue, very thin object. he's not sure when it's from, but it definitely looks futuristic]

[thoughtfully, still feeling rather guilty] I probably should've shot at the top so the balls wouldn't go through so quickly...

...was it fun, at least?

[He's silent while Oliver's gone, still quiet when he comes back, though he does give his friend a nod of thanks before eying the futuristic cooling pad thingie-majigger and eventually putting it over his sore ankle. He can't really think of anything to say about moving the portal, except maybe to remind Oliver that it wasn't his fault. But at the question...

... he grins wickedly and nods once, sharp.] It was awesome! And so worth it!

[smiles back, looking Eithan in the eyes and hoping the other young man feels as enthusiastic as he sounds, despite the injury] Well, that's something! If I can make it a bit safer, it'll be perfect.

[Oh, his enthusiasm is definitely genuine. He'd bounce in place if that didn't mean agitating the ankle.]

Seriously, it's like... free-fall! Completely! And hey, don't worry about it, yeah? Like I said, it wasn't your fault! I'm sure it's safe for anyone else! *guilty smile* I'm just accident prone sometimes, I guess.

[laughs] I'll have to give it a go! But maybe after I've moved it...

I don't think it was you... [watches the flying balls suspiciously] I think it's getting faster. [frowns]

Anyway, you should get that ankle looked at!

[He watches as well.] ... Huh. You know, I think you're right about that...

Ah, yeah! I will! Of course! Just... puttin' off gettin' hit by Val. You understand.

[smiles wryly at that] Yeah. But don't put it off too long! She'll just yell louder, you know.

[aims the gun at a different wall, moving the portal to the top of the pit so that fewer balls are able to flow into it]

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