Holograms 5 & 6

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[The hologram snaps on when Mu asks what Oliver was wondering about Saga and stops on Mu's slip-up over his own telepathy.]

[Almost half a day later, on comes the Doctor and Braxiatel about sins of the past and hopes for the futures.]

Comments

[onehundredbeers]

[He laughs a bit.]

Hey, I fucking noticed in time, alright? I pulled him up! You've still got a head.

[oliverplus]

[snorts] Yeah, noticed that, thanks!

[Oliver is smiling, but the horse is still up there]

[onehundredbeers]

[Nathan loves his horse and will let it fly all it wants.]

I was totally aiming to put my 'stomp on Oliver's hologram's head count' up to two, but fuck, guess it's staying at one.

[oliverplus]

[blinks] So...you're just stomping on the holograms? You're not watching them? [he may sound a bit hopeful]

[onehundredbeers]

Uhhhh. No. I mean I hear some stuff as I ride by? But I don't care. Way more fun to run them over than stand around watching what could be a discussion about, I don't know, underwear.

[oliverplus]

[chuckles, shaking his head] Sounds like a good idea.

[onehundredbeers]

It's a fucking badass idea. It's all the fun of smashing heads open with none of the mess. [A beat.] Oh my god I should do this at home with our holograms. Awesome.

[oliverplus]

[laughs] Just watch where you're riding, all right?

[Nathan's random ideas are taking his mind off the red eyes, at least]

[onehundredbeers]

I'll try, but I make no promises for anyone who leaps out in front of me.

[oliverplus]

Uh...yeah, all right.

[thoughtfully] Can you even bring that horse home?

[onehundredbeers]

... Probably? I haven't tried it, but, uh, I don't see why not.

[oliverplus]

Gravity?

[onehundredbeers]

Fuck that! This horse is anti-gravity. I mean. Look. It's flying right there. It's not like there isn't gravity here. Too.

[oliverplus]

...good point. You might want to make sure he has some place to land when you try it, though. Just in case.

[onehundredbeers]

Pfff. I'm more worried about Toki trying to get revenge for his fucking troll.

[oliverplus]

[with a mixture of curiosity and dread] ...what troll?

[onehundredbeers]

This baby troll he found in Finland when we went back to apologize for destroying their country a second time.

[oliverplus]

The one you woke up, you mean? That was Toki's?

[onehundredbeers]

No, no, that was the first time we went to Finland to apologize for destroying their country.

[oliverplus]

...Nathan. How many trolls've you met?

[onehundredbeers]

[He stops to count on his hand.]

Oh uh like... four.

[oliverplus]

...oh. [there is really nothing more that can be said to that]

So what happened to Toki's troll?

[onehundredbeers]

I, uh. I might've... killed it. [He glances to the side.] And eaten it.

[oliverplus]

...you ate a troll.

[this might be a question, but it might just be a statement of disbelief. it's hard to say. you never cease to amaze him, Nathan]

[onehundredbeers]

...Two. We ate the first one. That second one, uh. It was Toki's pet but I told him my stance on it! That if he found one, I would tolerate it until, uh, I didn't. Then I'd eat it.