+ Eleventh Fairytale +

[imsorryimissed]

E-Everyone stay away from Jak.

Mrs Kopanski don't go near him. Or Thom. Or Lily.

[Oleg swallows hard.]

Just... keep awy from him.

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[lilyground]

OLEG?

[Hi she's POUNDING ON YOUR DOOR.]

[imsorryimissed]

[Someone is pounding on his door! Oleg is in the bathroom and he looks up. The lights are off in his room and he whispers into his comm.]

Someone's at my door.

[lilyground]

It's me and Mimmi!

[KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK.]

[missmimmi]

[Yeah hi Mimmi is knocking too]

Oleg! Oleg, Schatz, open up, please.

[farfairersoul]

There is nothing wrong with Jak. You were clearly somewhere you shouldn't have been.

[electroniccrane]

Shut up.

Oleg, how are you feeling?

[imsorryimissed]

[The Major.

Oleg shivers when she defends him, because he remembered her running towards him. Was she going to save him? Tears prickle his eyes and when he speaks, his soft voice is tight with tension that threatens to crack.]

I'm fine. How are you, Major Kusanagi? Did he hurt you?

[electroniccrane]

Just a little. I'll be fine soon.

[As soon as she swallows her pride, anyway.]

I'm sorry I wasn't there earlier, Oleg.

[fetchthestick]

OlegOlegOlegOlegOleg!!!!

[Thom RACES down the hall, skids to a stop at Oleg's door and paws at the base. There's a puppy nose jammed under your door and scrabbling little fingerpaws, Oleg. Thom twists and squirms as if he could somehow fit under there.]

Oleeeeeeeg open up!

[imsorryimissed]

[Well, Oleg knows that this certainly isn't an attacker, so he walks over and opens up the door immediately.]

T-thom!

[fetchthestick]

Yeah!

[Thom bounds up and immediately starts licking Oleg. He doesn't know where he was hurt but he bets licking will make it better.

Licking makes EVERYTHING better.]

[imsorryimissed]

[Having a housecall from Dr Tongue is the canine magic bullet for whatever is the matter, from a splinter to cancer, it's true.

Oleg is thrown off balance and he thumps back down on his ass as Thom starts furiously licking his face. Oleg just hugs at his best friend.]

J-jak-- stay away from him, okay?

[oblique_wisdom]

[She's not sure what to say.]

Are you all right...?

[Wiser not to press buttons where Jak is concerned, she supposes.]

[imsorryimissed]

He killed me.

[oblique_wisdom]

...You jest...

[imsorryimissed]

What?

[He has no idea what a jest is.]

[throwslikedavid]

Jak? What did he do?

[This isn't a curious passerby, this is someone who may have just found the answer to a mystery.]

[imsorryimissed]

[This kid sounds about his age.]

K-killed J-Jane and me and h-hurt Major Kusanagi.

[Oleg swallows.]

He's a monster.

[throwslikedavid]

I think he got me too.

[imsorryimissed]

[Another one?]

I'm Oleg Yu--Gazelle. Oleg Gazelle. Who're you?