Felt it in my fist, in my feet, in the hollows of my eyelids... [Open]

[nolimitation]

who ; Olivia Dunham and YOU!!
what ; Olivia's just going out for some air. For no reason at all. At... three in the morning. Yep.
where ; A park somewhere in Kurzweil.
when ; Tonight! Or some night... whenever... I'm flexible.

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[heterochromiia]

If Sollux was prone to lack of sleep due to a combination of the nightmares endemic to his race and his propensity for coding benders before, it was nothing compared to now. The voices in his head had left him in peace, but the nightmares were worse, even if he wasn't as consciously bothered by them. Moreover, he just felt...removed. Like he was only half inhabiting his body. Maybe it was a side effect of being probably dead back home, but he just didn't feel attached to his worldly and bodily needs anymore.

Besides, Dave's nightmares were getting worse, and he wasn't used to them. He needed the recuperacoon more. And it wasn't like Sollux had a sleep cycle to speak of anyway. Sleeping in the day was natural for trolls, and after returning to the Veil it had thrown his new diurnal sleep cycle (or semblance thereof) all out of balance. He definitely wasn't sleeping tonight.

So he wandered off, one zone through the next, figuring out how to get rid of his time until he smelled someone- hm. Different. His nose still wasn't as sensitive as Terezi's, and he was re-learning his psionic sight, but from what he could tell it was that woman calling herself an agent of some FBI thing - what did that stand for anyway? He'd have to ask Dave and see if he knew. In the meantime, he smiled and waved in greeting at a space three feet to Olivia's left.

"I think we talked on the network? I'm not sure! Still getting used to the blind thing. Re-used to it. Yeah."

[nolimitation]

Olivia lifts her head when the glimmer surrounding him becomes impossible to ignore even when it's just in the corner of her eye. It's getting harder to convince herself the auras are just a side effect of her migraine when she notices them around people before she consciously registers that those people are there... but the idea that they're actually traces of energy from other universes she's seeing - well, that's just not possible. She's just nervous and seeing things, that's all.

She smiles at his greeting, and nods before remembering he can't see the gesture. "Yeah, we did. I don't think I got your name, though."

[heterochromiia]

She smells a little strange, this close. Blue with amber flecks. Not on the outside, but on the inside, and it is so weird to be making that distinction. Sollux sniffs a little as if against the cold night air, trying to pinpoint what it is about her - but nope, he doesn't really get why he smells that from her. Weird. Seeing by synesthesia is nothing but weird.

Oh well. He smiles as he takes a seat beside her, shrugs. His machinery hums softly to itself, doing a little self-maintenance. "Yeah, you didn't ask! But I'm Sollux Captor. And you're...Olivia, right? It sounds like a nice name."

Sollux yawns a little, stretches his arms slightly. "So, I thought humans weren't nocturnal. What brings you out at this time of night?"

[nolimitation]

"You're right, I don't think I did ask. I guess I was a little preoccupied at the time. And thank you. You have a pretty interesting name yourself."

She can't help studying him now that she can see him up close rather than just on a holographic video screen. The gray skin and horns are still odd and somewhat unsettling, but the mechanical parts... Those actually remind her a little of Nina, albeit a lot more extensive.

"Most of us aren't, no. I... might as well be at this point, with my job." She laughs softly. As often as a phone call from Broyles drags her out of bed, maybe her life would be easier if she just gave up and became officially nocturnal. "But this time I just had a headache. Couldn't sleep, so I thought I'd get some air."

She pauses, eyeing the boy for a moment longer, and then asks, "What about you? You said humans like you're not one. Would it be rude to ask what you are?"