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[oliverplus]

[the sphere clicks on to a young boy, just starting to sit up in bed, rubbing his eyes and giving a huge yawn; he has a sweatshirt on that is about twice his size, pooling around the half of him that is visible over the bedsheets]

Mum? [blinks, looking at the room around him] Are we on holiday? [more loudly] Mum! Where’s everybody?

[starts

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[twilightfell]

What's a holiday?

[oliverplus]

Oooh, your face is floating! [points at the image from the sphere] It's like a movie! That's so cool!

You don't know what a holiday is!? It's like, you don't have school, and sometimes you and your family all go somewhere fun and do stuff. You've never been on holiday before?

[twilightfell]

... [woah. you lost him at movie.]

.. I dunno. I don't remember anything. And someone told me I don't have a family.

[oliverplus]

What? Why would they say that? Everybody's got a family!

Ohhh, I know! A funny man said my family isn't here. Maybe both our families are somewhere together?

[oliverplus]

Yeah! I'm Ollie. Do you know why our clothes are all funny?

[oliverplus]

Yeah, it is! But isn't no shoes fun?

[bit_impossible]

[was just in oliver's bathroom changing into a spare set of clothes his friend had, seeing as the clothes he was wearing moments before were now too small and too tight, and uncomfortably so. He walks back in wearing jeans that are a little loose and a The Killers t-shirt that's definitely a size too big on him--all thanks to his lanky figure--and stops when a younger version of Oliver greets him.]

Uh, hello! [thinks about how to go about this and quickly concludes there is no pleasant way and he's not about to start lying] I'm the Doctor, Ollie. You...sort of are on a holiday, but your family's not here. They left you in my care.

[oliverplus]

Like...a special holiday just for me!? What do I get to do? Are there lots of fun games? Where are we?

And I don't know you. Why did they leave me with a doctor? I'm not sick, and Bobby's the one that faked to get out of school!

[bit_impossible]

Yep! Just for you. This is, uh, a special cruise for smart people! Your parent were very pleased with your marks this year and decided to treat you! And I just so happen to be the greatest genius on this ship. [grins proudly about that]

So you see, I'm not just any doctor. I'm the Doctor.

...Who's Bobby?

[oliverplus]

Really? I thought Dad didn't like my marks!

Doctor who? What's your name? Are you famous?

He's my big brother! But he doesn't get very good marks, so he's probably not here.

[dawnward]

[it takes the Doctor's comment for it to click with Riku that this is Oliver.

...somehow he's not surprised]

[oliverplus]

[notices Riku watching him; makes silly faces back]

[dawnward]

[...doesn't know how to respond to silly faces]

[oliverplus]

[laughs as Riku's face] Why don't you talk? [pokes the image] Is your hologram broken?