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[oliverplus]

Characters: Oliver Day (oliverplus) and OPEN
Location: Your reality!
Time: After Oliver's fairytale has ended, and during or after yours, as you prefer
Summary: Oliver goes on an involuntary reality-hopping tour of the multiverse~
Warnings: Oliver is a geek, and depending on your reality, he might just show it. Possibly a lot

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[lamb_of_gold]

The next location may have striken Oliver as familiar. The same white marble, the same salty air, and the same hot, white sun. Perhaps not quite the same place exactly, but not far.

Perhaps the only real difference between this place and Saga's reality, was that now? It was silent.

The temple before him was in some state of disrepair. Not so bad as to have been dangerous, but the debris around the threshold of the temple was enough to prompt someone to watch their steps. However, it certainly looked a fair deal cooler in the shade...

[lamb_of_gold]

"All I have left to show you are bedrooms, the bathing room, a kitchen and a sitting room. I wasn't fibbing when I said the living space in this temple was limited."

[oliverplus]

"Oh, okay." That was rather disappointing, too, but Oliver was curious why Mu kept referring to the living area. "What about the rest of the Temple?" he asked as he followed Mu out of the room. "I mean, there's more, right? Not just the part where you live?"

[lamb_of_gold]

"There is," Mu said, leading Oliver back up the hall they came from and into the main area. Here he stopped and gestured around. "But very little. This temple is designed for me to fight in, after all, and it would not do to have sacred relics or something of the like in here, where they are likely to be ruined."

[oliverplus]

"Ah, yeah. I guess so." Oliver frowned, not quite understanding despite his assent. "But where do they keep those if they're not in the Temples?"

He followed Mu, glancing around at the other directions they could take from the main area. Small or not, he was still eager to see whatever was in the Temple. After all, it wasn't every day he had the opportunity to see a place like this!

[lamb_of_gold]

"The Holy Father's temple has most of the relics, as that is about the safest place in Sanctuary."

He looked at Oliver's wandering gaze and smiled. "Pick a direction."

[oliverplus]

"Oh." Oliver supposed he should have worked that one out, but really he'd been hoping for a different answer. He was sure the chances of his being able to see that Temple were basically none. Still, there was more of this one to explore, and that was exciting enough on its own.

"Well, um..." He walked around in a slow circle, looking around them, before pointing randomly into one of the rooms. "That one first!"

[lamb_of_gold]

Mu pushed the door open a crack, smiling. The room beyond was not messy, but there was some level of disarray - a few things were out of place and the room itself looked very well lived in. Against the wall was a large-ish bed under the room's only window, with two chests at the foot, one of which was open, showing them to contain clothing

[oliverplus]

"Ohhh." Oliver peeked around the door, but he didn't move any closer since Mu obviously wanted to respect his students' privacy. "How many other trainees have you got?" he asked curiously. He realised he really didn't know anything about them, beyond the fact that they gave Mu headaches. "And what do you mean, on the grounds below? They aren't living outside, are they

[lamb_of_gold]

"There is housing for them, don't worry. I train most of them, but Kiki and Atla are the only ones who are 'mine.' There's one other living with me at the moment, but that is because he took some fairly serious injury not long ago...and before you ask, yes, he's quite alright."

He would have continued but for Oliver's exclamation. "Ah. In that case, safe travels, Oliver. You are welcome under my roof any time."

[oliverplus]

Oliver had just opened his mouth to ask exactly that, but Mu answered the question first, and Oliver nodded instead, relieved by that response. More than anything, he was glad to hear that Mu had so many people nearby--even if they were just trainees. He couldn't fail to notice Mu's loneliness, after all.

But for the moment at least, there was nothing else he could do for his friend. Mu and his world were disappearing fast. "Same to you!" he called. "See you soon!" And he waved.

The words had barely left his mouth before all sign of the Temple was gone and Oliver gazed out over another new world.