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[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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[formervanguard.livejournal.com]

[Oh goddess, another boy in only his boxers, why. djklafj But Oliver is a friend, so she's not going to just turn away. That doesn't mean her cheeks aren't as red as a tomato.

She does rush over to him, slowing once she gets close enough.]

Oliver!! Are you alright?

[bit_impossible]

[not a minute later, the Doctor appears and sprints towards Oliver--which isn't exactly needed since he was very close to Oliver's location back on the TARDIS anyway--and blasts Oliver in cold, blue flame-retardant foam. he stops a few seconds later, of course, and lets the little canister hang at his side]

Oh, so the sprinkler system is back on-line. Brilliant! Glad to know that's fixed at last.

[oliverplus]

Marta! [Oliver stares back at her, still wide-eyed] I...yeah. I'm fine...

[if you consider an expression like that of a frightened animal "fine," at any rate]

[hypospraying]

Oliver! [She disappears and reappears less than ten seconds later, carrying an emergency medkit.]

What's wrong? What happened? [She kneels beside him, ignoring the water, and starts to scan him.]

[oliverplus]

[Oliver turns to the Doctor and just stares. he spits foam and water for a few seconds, then tries to wipe the stuff out of his face] Bloody hell, what was that for!?

[oliverplus]

[Oliver just blinks at her] Christine?

I'm...I'm fine! I don't know...something caught on fire... [he watches her scan him with the eyes of someone who has given up expecting to make sense out of anything that's going on right now]

[hypospraying]

Explains the water. Somebody douse you? [She puts the scanner away.] Your heart rate's elevated, obviously, but it's not picking up anything else.

[bit_impossible]

[gives him a look that's both confused and insulted at the same time] What do you mean, "What was that for?" I got an alarm there was a fire in your room and was coming to put you out! And that's what I did!

[a pause] Well, I helped, anyway.

[formervanguard.livejournal.com]

[She doesn't. And she kneels down beside him, looking him over, trying to figure out why he's soaked and... uh... not wearing pants djfklajdskl NOT THINKING ABOUT THAT PART.]

Oliver... you're shaking! And you're totally soaked! What happened?

[oliverplus]

Huh? Oh, no. Sprinklers...I think.

[he gives another somewhat-bleary blink, glancing down at his drenched self. his eyes widen all over again as a result] Oh, hell! I was asleep! [and therefore totally not clothed right now. oops]

[oliverplus]

I wasn't on fire! [flails an arm, flinging foam at him as a result]

[hypospraying]

Ah, gotcha.

[She tries smiling reassuringly. After all, she's a nurse and has seen a lot of bodies before.] No wonder you're so disoriented. Here, let's move out of this puddle.

[oliverplus]

[Oliver looks down at himself as though he's surprised to find he's drenched. he pushes wet hair out of his face in a rather confused manner] Um...something caught on fire. I don't know...

[bit_impossible]

[somehow doesn't get a bit of foam on him] Well, of course you're not now!

[formervanguard.livejournal.com]

Fire? [She frowns, obviously concerned.] Are you sure you're alright?

[oliverplus]

Yeah...okay. [Oliver smiles back; it's an automatic gesture. he starts to stand, his bare feet sliding against the wet Plane floor as he does so] Whoa...

[oliverplus]

I wasn't in the first place!

[at least, he doesn't think he was. the sprinklers came on so fast, he's not sure he would have known otherwise]

[oliverplus]

Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine! [he gives her a reassuring smile] I was just asleep, so...oh, hell. [he's just realised that he's not dressed. oops. he cringes as he looks down at himself to confirm the inevitable] Yeah, uh...sorry about this... [his smile turns a mixture of embarrassed and sheepish]

[bit_impossible]

[arches an eyebrow at him, folding his arms over his chest] That right? So, what was on fire, then?

[formervanguard.livejournal.com]

[Aaaaand, she blushes all over again. Well, less of a blush, and more like her face is just completely red. She smiles anyway, laughing (a little awkwardly), and glances off to the side.]

I-It's okay! I'm just glad you didn't get caught in the fire. I mean, I could have healed you, of course! But I'm glad it didn't happen at all.

[The scars don't really appear to bother her - she's seen battle after battle, of course.]

[oliverplus]

I don't know! I was asleep!

[he was dreaming about darkness, and then, suddenly, there was a fire. it's too much for coincidence, but he's not ready to admit that just yet]

[onehundredbeers]

[Nathan glances at Oliver. Then down at the floor. And in a no-nonsense, almost fatherly tone, he says...]

So, uh. You gonna clean that up?

[This is totally the proper response.]

[bit_impossible]

[frowns, concerned] Then how did the fire get there? What happened, Ollie?

[oliverplus]

Yeah... [he isn't sure what else to say that. being half-asleep isn't helping matters] But hey, thanks! I...um...I should probably go back and see what happened.

[and see if he can get some clothes. he doesn't like making her uncomfortable]

[oliverplus]

Huh? [Oliver blinks at him] Uh...yeah? [looks around him as though he's surprised to find himself sitting in a growing pool of water]