plan
/plan/
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noun
1.
a detailed proposal for doing or achieving something.
when Oscar awoke on the train to Mistrial, several emotions began to hit him all at once.
Panic, fear and dread. Though he quickly realized they were not his own.
Ozpin.
It had been so long since he had felt someone else's emotions, rather than just his own… it was a comfort he didn't realize he'd missed.
"Oz… I've missed you."
{Oscar? What… what happened? Something isn't right, your soul-it's changed!}
Oscar isn't sure of what to say, that he's them from two year in the future? That they failed in their noble quest and the God of Light has sent him back to try again? That… they lost everyone and everything that had ever mattered?
In the end, Oscar knew that Ozpin was inside his head and would be able to see all of this, would come to know of Oscar's failures in time, so he decided to just bite the bullet and explain everything. From the beginning.
"It's a long story, Oz… Long and painful. But it all starts when I met a dusty old Qrow."
By the time he was done with his story, Oscar was in tears, remembering all their losses, their failures and all the betrayals they had suffered in such a short time overtaking him, it was all just too much for his heart to bare.
{Oscar… I'm so sorry… your life hasn't been an easy one, has it?}
"No, but know life worth living is easy, is it?" He asked, "we suffered so much, but… there were good moments too, and though they were far less, that doesn't take away their value."
He felt Ozpin smile, Oscar couldn't get over how good it felt to have the old headmaster back; he spent so long wishing to have his head be his own again, and yet… when he was granted that silence he'd spent so long wishing for, he had wanted to take it all back. He would have given anything to hear the other man's voice again.
And, in a way, he guessed he had… he lost everyone and everything to Salem. But, now he has his Partner back.
{So, what is your plan? How will we stop your future from coming to be once again?} Ozpin asked. Straight to the point, never wasting a moment of time.
"Well, aside from getting some new clothes and collecting our cane? I don't really know, I didn't exactly have the chance to plan this before the God of Light sent me back here."
{Well then, I guess we will need to work something out, preferably before we go find Qrow, he will have questions. It's better that we have our story straight and some semblances of a plan in place before we see anyone.}
Oscar nodded. Ozpin was right, while he wanted nothing more than to see his dearest friend and closest confident again, he knew they needed to plan first.
One thing Oscar was certain of, was that no matter the plan, they had to be completely open and honest with Qrow from the very beginning. It was the least he deserved after everything he had done and would do for them.