[023]

[oliverplus]

[Oliver arrives on the Plane in the middle of the night, floating slightly in the air. it seems he didn't want to bring whatever he was sitting on with him--possibly for good reason. there is, for an instant, the vestige of a golden glint in his eyes. perhaps it's the reflection of the sudden fire in his room that caused him to flee here, or perhaps it's something else entirely]

[still in a sitting position, Oliver sustains a short, but jarring, drop to the starry ground. his eyes are wide, his expression a mixture of startled, confused, and frightened. he's dressed in only plaid boxer shorts, for the first time revealing openly to the Plane the scars on his chest and back. and, from head to toe, he is completely and utterly drenched with water. it's running all over the floor of the Plane]

What...what just... [Oliver blinks around him in bleary-eyed confusion, too stunned to even wipe wet strands of hair out of his face]

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[oliverplus]

[Oliver is definitely relieved now] Then it's not just me! I wonder if it's happening to everybody...

Are you okay, Mu?

[lamb_of_gold]

I hope it is not a widespread thing.

I can no longer use my Cosmo. [You do the Math, Oliver]

[oliverplus]

[makes a face] You never know with this place...

[frowns] I'm sure it'll only be for a bit. Everything's always temporary here.

[lamb_of_gold]

I do hope this is not the exception.

[oliverplus]

[firmly] It won't be.

But...you said there was something new, too?

[lamb_of_gold]

[He gives Oliver A Look, but:]

I seem to have mastery over, at the very least, fire and water. I've yet to fully test what I can do.

[oliverplus]

[surprised] Wow.

I...think I got one of those, too. I mean...I don't know. It seems like maybe there's two things, and... [sighs] This is confusing.

[lamb_of_gold]

Will you tell me of it?

[oliverplus]

[nods, taking a deep breath] I think--I think I'm seeing the future in my dreams.

And... [sighs] I don't know what could've set that fire--unless it was me.

[lamb_of_gold]

The future?

You don't strike me as an arson, Oliver.

[oliverplus]

[nods] Things that happened yesterday--even the planet we went to. I saw them in a dream first. And I'd never been there before. I couldn't've known what it would look like!

It wasn't on purpose! But... [softly] I was dreaming about darkness.

[lamb_of_gold]

Are you quite sure it wasn't simply deja-vu?

[Ah, that second point shuts him up]

And so you wanted light...Do you think you could replicate it?

[oliverplus]

Couldn't've been! I'd never been there. And there was this bloke--in the dream, I thought he died. I saw him just...stop. And fall over. Turns out, he was an android who got switched off, but how could I 've known that, Mu? How did I know what was going to go wrong before it even did?

[he freezes at that] I...I don't know. I didn't even mean to the first--if I did it the first time.

[lamb_of_gold]

It seems you've developed precognition...

[A pause as he thinks of something] How is your empathy?

[oliverplus]

Yeah... [sighs, thinking of the dream of being lost in the darkness. that must be in his future, too]

Ah, don't have it. Just like your Cosmo, I guess.

[lamb_of_gold]

Are you missing anything? An object of value, maybe? [ESTABLISHING A PATTERN, HERE]

[oliverplus]

[surprised] Oh wow, so it is related! I'm missing...well. A figurine of Gandalf, actually. What are you missing?

[lamb_of_gold]

...of who?

I rosary made of 108 wooden beads. It's rather important I find it quickly.

[oliverplus]

He's from a film. And books! He's a wizard. [because clearly that's a complete description right there]

[now that doesn't sound like something that's easy to lose] Wow. What's it do?

[lamb_of_gold]

[Blink]

Currently houses the souls of Hades' entire army of spectres.

[oliverplus]

Whoa, can they get out!?

[lamb_of_gold]

No. At least not until the seal on Hades himself breaks, but they still must be constantly monitored.

There's also sentimental value to it, but it pales in comparison to it's intended purpose.

[oliverplus]

Uh, yeah, I bet...

Yeah? Where's it from?

[lamb_of_gold]

It belonged to Shaka, the saint of Virgo.

[oliverplus]

[thoughtfully] Shaka... Oh, your ghost visitor, right?