oz • 018

[timeticksaway]

Who: Oz and you
Where: In a field, how specific!
Style: Either
Status: Open!

[ Nestled among a field of flowers - and perhaps a few weeds and tall grasses - is Oz, arms crossed behind his head, staring at the clouds. It's been nearly a year and a half and it feels just like yesterday

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[blacknredrabbit]

Oi. What isn't right?

[Alice had been looking for flowers. She wasn't exactly looking for them for any good use but after Ace had brought her that cactus flower she had taken a small liking toward them. The fact that they all smelled different and looked different was curious. But to see Oz here wasn't something that she actually excepted, not that she minded.]

...Actually what are you doing here?

[timeticksaway]

[ A weak laugh, and he looks at Alice with a smile, but it soon fades. ]

This day. This place... just something is off, you know?

Or maybe Alice doesn't know...

[blacknredrabbit]

Huh?

[She sits down next to him.] What are you talking about now?

[timeticksaway]

What's a dream, Alice?

[greatersecrets]

[It feels weird that it should be happening, since she's done this before, but it's taking far longer than Hitomi thought it would to settle in here.

[It's... well, it's not like it's exactly unpleasant here, but she still feels restless. As if (and why should this even surprise her?) she really should be doing something else. This isn't home either and it's not even like she has anything to do and while it's a relief to know that Van at least is with her, it's still--

[Well. Hitomi doesn't like to dwell on it, so she's been keeping herself occupied as best she can. Getting some idea what this weird place looks like doesn't seem like such a bad idea, which is what she's doing when she almost literally stumbles across the boy in the grass.]

Hey, are you okay?

[timeticksaway]

[ Oz looks up, slightly surprised at the question, or perhaps it's more so just the appearance of another person. Either or, he's staring wide-eyed up at the stranger, blinking, blinking and - ]

Of course. Why wouldn't I be....?

[greatersecrets]

You were talking to yourself.

[Should she sit down? Is he going to stand up? Hitomi settles for taking a pace back, lacing her hands in front of herself.]

[timeticksaway]

Oh.

[ Tilting his head. ]

Is that strange?

[neverwasahero]

[Gathered in his arms are a small bouquet of flowers, others settled in a basket beside him-- he had been planning on sending them to some but he truly did not expect to run in a certain Vessalius.]

Oz?

[timeticksaway]

Ah!

[And Oz shifts up, looking at him with surprise. ]

Hello, Jack!

[neverwasahero]

What brings you here? [A smile, not to mention what it was you were talking to yourself aloud.]

[timeticksaway]

Ahhhhh. Just thinking~

[failingsohard]

[And this is Gilbert hovering over you like a worried mother hen.

THANK GOD YOU DIDN'T SEE HIM TEENY.]

- Oz?

[timeticksaway]

[ HE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE CRIED AND FALLEN INTO DEPRESSION -

A blink. And then a grin and he's making a grab for your wrist C: ]

Gil~!

[failingsohard]

[ - brb almost falling face-first into the grass -- ]

Are you okay?

[timeticksaway]

Huh? Of course! Why wouldn't I be...?

[ / lies ]

[bigassmachete]

[Just passing through the fields of Espoir as per usual when a familiar blond head of hair catches her eye]

Oz?

[timeticksaway]

Rena! [ sitting straight up - whoah head rush ]

[bigassmachete]

It's been so long since I've last seen you, it has. What are you up to, I wonder?