Talking "Hi I am a Stegosaurus"
Thoughts 'I'm not really though'
Sound Effects 'Cabooooooom!'
Writing/Transponder Snails 'Hey its ya boi'
According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way that a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyways. Because bees don't care what humans think is impossible… This intro has been corrupted… I'm sorry. ANYWAY! When we saw Oliver last, he was introduced to Garth the Alabastor Kingdoms greatest engineer. He agreed to make a pair of ear plug/ear muff thingies to help out our soft boi. Oliver was also introduced to Jasper who is Garth's son… Lets see what mess Oliver will get himself into.
Oliver took his time getting back to the brackets, familiarizing himself with the building he was in as it was gonna be his new home for a while. Oliver grimaced at the thought, as much of an amazing place this is and all the cool and out of this world opportunities he's had to face… he really misses his family.
Oliver ends up seeing the brackets ahead but decides to go clear his head first.. He has a lot on his mind and he feels like he's gonna burst. Without too much though Oliver jumps out the nearest window…
Not plummeting to his death.. no he transforms into his hybrid form and heads towards the roof.
Sitting on the roof and watching the stars was the most relaxing thing Oliver has done in this world that didn't include healing or sleeping. Oliver shivered at the cold desert air but it didn't bother him too much.. But there were things plaguing his mind.
"Heyvif… I don't know if you are listening but.. I'm scared im getting too attached to this place. Everyone is so nice and this place is so much more exciting and fun than being a plain school girl from Australia.." Oliver rubbed the moisture from his eyes using the back of his hand. "When I'm givin the option to go home… will I? Because at the moment I miss my Family… I miss them so much it hurts" Oliver looked sadly at the sky… not able to see the familiar southern cross felt like another blow. "..But this place is like a fever dream come true".
Oliver let out a mournful sigh, "with everything that's happening… I guess the best cause of action is to just.. Take one day at a time. "I… I'II make that choice when I get there".
Oliver spent a couple more hours on the roof, watching the alien sky above him.
When Oliver got back to the brackets the lights were all out and everyone was in bed. Oliver opened the bracket door slowly behind him, trying really hard not to…
'RRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! CLICK' Oliver stood frozen. Mortified over the loud sound the door made as it closed. 'That was the single loudest sound I have ever heard in my life' Oliver quickly strained his ears to hear if anyone woke up from that monstrous racket. Even with his devil fruit abilities it seems no one woke up.
Oliver sighed in relief, crisis averted he tiptoed towards his bed… noticing that his bunkmate was sleeping quietly on the bottom bunk. Oliver quickly put his duffel bag Pell gave him on the ground and climbed onto the top bunk. Knowing that he would make too much noise making his bed he just slept in the sheet that was already up there.
Only once Oliver knew he was settled and he managed to not wake anyone up did he let himself relax. 'No more late night moping sessions for me' he thought glumly to himself. With the stress of the day finally behind him Oliver closed his eyes and slept.
Usually Oliver woke up slowly, blinking open his eyes then rubs the sleep out of them… that's usually the start of his day. Not so much this time..
This time Oliver woke up in shock, sputtering and coughing as something went down his nose. Getting over his fit Oliver realised he was being laughed at… 'oh, well isn't this just the bees knees'. Surrounding Oliver's bunk was a bunch of the other young soldiers. They were having a laughing fit at Oliver's reaction to being drenched with a bucket of water.
"Wow, I sure so love being woken up with a bucket of water in the morning" Oliver said seethingly, "This is what happens when you're the last to wake up newbie" One of the older soldiers said… who was covisodentaly holding a metal bucket.
"We get in trouble if we leave someone to sleep in and miss out on training, so to encourage everyone to wake up on time we do this.. And honestly is the best part of the morning ahaha" Another said laughing at Olivers disbelieving face. "Why didn't anyone tell me?"," Well we were but you didn't show up here after dinner and you weren't here when lights out was called so there wasn't much we could do to warn you haha" the guy with the bucket said.
"Let this be a warning to you, get here before lights out, be in bed by lights out and wake up before everyone else. I'm Maoirseoir Luibini and I'm this brackets supervisor, I make sure everyone follows the rules here so let this be a warning to you" Luibini stated in a joking manner.
Oliver sighed in frustration "what am i gonna do about my bed… it's soaking wet". "You will need to take it outside to dry" Luibini stated simply. "You better hurry to.." He began as everyone seemed to begin trickling out of the brackets, "breakfast starts soon, you shouldn't make a habit at being late to everything" Luibini then spun in his heel and followed the group out of the brackets.
"Arg.. we what a perfect way to start day one" Oliver Mumbled out to himself. "Yeah it really doesn't seem to be going your way" Oliver jumped at the unexpected response coming from below him. Leaning over the side to look underneath he saw Jasper sitting on the bed below reading a book. "What are you still doing here?" Oliver asked in confusion, water dripping from his hair falling to the ground below. "We as your bunkmate I thought it appropriate to show you where we put the matterses out to dry.. Since you don't know this place all too well" Jasper said while staring into Oliver's eyes.
Oliver felt his face flush red "Oh… you should have to worry about me. I'm s-sure I could find out w-where to go without troubling you J-Jasper" Oliver muttered his eyes avoiding jaspers gaze. "Hmmm.. well it's no trouble really, come hope off so we can get something to eat before breakfast is over".
Jasper and Oliver made quick work of taking the wet mattress of the bunk fram and carrying it out of the brackets. "We are going to go to the laundry and place this out where they put the clothes out to dry, that way there is no chance for the mattress to get dirty or stolen." Jasper said as he led Oliver down a hallway.
After going around another corner, Jasper who was leading and was walking backwards this whole time simply walked up to a simply white door and using his back me caused the door to swing open allowing the boys entry to the room.
In the room was sinks of soapy water and piles of laundry, Jasper kept walking going past the mess and out into a concrete courtyard where string of clothing was hung up. Leading them to the back of the courtyard they lent the mattress against a wall.
"That should be clean by this afternoon, we will get it later ok' Jasper said with a smile. Which definitely did not cause butterflies to go crazy in Olivers stomach. "Yep.. uh hah" Oliver nodded, Jasper smiled warmly at his answer. "Alright, well I will meet you at breakfast. You should also get changed out of those wet clothes before hand". Looking down at himself Oliver realises that he is still drenched "Oh yeah".
Making his way back to the brackets was easy but what was Oliver gonna wear? He didn't have any spare clothes. 'Maybe Pell put something in the duffel back I could wear. Getting to his bunk he spotted his duffel back not to long after, opening it up quickly.
"Alright" Oliver mumbled to himself. "What have we got here.. A toothbrush and toothpaste" he said out loud as he placed them neatly on Jaspers bed. "A comb, leather thongs, a cloak.. No thanks. Ah a plain t-shirt and shorts". Throwing the wet clothes off and putting the dry stuff on felt awesome. Oliver used the comb to quickly do his hair. Which didn't really didn't do anything since his hair was so short now.
Placing his wet shorts and Poncho on the bunk frame to dry he slipped on the leather thongs and made his way to the mesh hall.
Slipping in across from Jasper Oliver had a plate of different sorts of fruit, a small bowl of oatmeal and a glass of some sort of juice. "Wow Oliver that's a lot of fruit there" Jasper stated as he glanced over the top of his book. Oliver felt his cheeks light up, "yeah well, I ate a devil fruit that turns me into a flying fox and they are a type of bat that just loves fruit so y-yeah Im just craving fruits now" Oliver quickly said before beginning his meal.
Jaspers eyes lit up "You ate a devil fruit?" he asked in awe "that's so cool, I've always wanted to eat one of those so I could gain a super cool amazing ability" Jasper had an excited grin on his face. He then snapped his face towards Oliver and with all seriousness said "You have to show me later", "o-ok I can do that" Oliver said while rubbing the back of his head sheepishly, a bit overwhelmed from Jaspers excitement.
"Sweet" Jasper simply said before going back to his book. Becoming curious Oliver asked "What are you reading? Is that the same book as before?". Jasper nodded " Yeah it is, I'm reading up on the famed Ring of Skapa." Knotting his eyebrows in confusion Oliver pressed on "Ring of Skapa? What is that?".
Jasper had a look of mocked horror on his face "You don't know about the Famed Ring of Skapa?! Van he doesn't know about the ring!" Jasper yelled in horror as he does a dramatic faint on the shoulder of the boy next to him. "Of course he doesn't Jas, not everyone is your brand of crazy" The boy Vas said not even looking at Jasper, instead he just continued eating his meal unbothered by him.
"Your so rude Van" Jasper cried. Oliver laughed at Jaspers antics. This caused Jasper to smirk and Van to roll his eyes. "So what is the supposed Famed Ring of Skapa?" Oliver asked again. Jasper sat up and cleared his throat "Well my friend the Famed Ring of Skapa is a magical ring which has the abilities to turn into any bladed weapon, you simply place it on your hand and say the desired weapon, then it magical turns into! How cool is that?!" Jasper said excitedly. "Just imagine, being cornered by some thugs. No weapons in hand. The thugs think they have the upper hand but then BAM. You yell out sword and you suddenly have a sword in your hand! They would be caught by surprise and you would defeat them easily" Jasper looked trying to gauge his level of awe. "It's my dream to find this ring, just think of the implications. How strong are the actual weapons? Is there a limit at what type of bladed weapons it can turn into? Would the ring even fit me?! Who knows! That's why it's my dream to someday venture out into the world and find this ring". Oliver stared wide eyed at Jasper, 'his dream'.
'He said it with such conviction, like he was stating fact not fantasy' Oliver thought to himself as he stared at Jasper who continued to talk about the ring. "You don't even know if this ring is real Jas" Van cut in, interrupting Jaspers talking and Oliver's train of thought.
"Says you, how would you know?" Jasper said as he glared at Van. "I think it's a great dream Jasper" Jasper looked over at Oliver in shock. Oliver nodded his head "Yep… it's kinda like my dream. To find my home again" Oliver stated before taking a bite out of an apple he had. Jasper looked at Oliver in admiration, "Wow… well you know what?" Jasper asked as he grabbed his book. "What?" Both Van and I asked at the same time. "Vas you have been demoted from best friend status to friend status and Oliver has been promoted from friend status to best friend status" Jasper stated simply.
"Eh I don't care" Van said as he stood up and left. "Thanks Jasper, I will do my best to be your best friend" I said in a mock salute. Jasper laughed at my actions, as his giggling subsided he looked at Oliver and gave him a warm smile "I reckon this day is turning out better than you thought".
Oliver Smiled "it's turning out to be one of the best".