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Tweak says, "Everything is so GREEEEEEN!!"

Oliver Adam Reilly (olivair) wrote in idrisacademy,
@ 2010-02-18 10:56:00

Entry tags:

!complete, oliver reilly, rafiya ndiaye

Who: Oliver and OPEN
What: Hanging out at the pool after Blitzball practice
When: Thursday night
Where: The Blitzball arena
Rating: SFW

Still bearing the bruises from last weeks match against Zebul, Oliver and the rest of the team practiced and discussed new strategies. But it was obvious that some members of the team were discouraged and felt that the team had no chance now of catching up to Zebul who was now 2-0 while Rakiah was 0-2.

Oliver was not discouraged. He always played for the fun of the game rather than to win. Perhaps that was the wrong frame of mind. Either way, Oliver was still under the belief that he was cursed. If Rakiah was 0-2, Oliver was 0-100. There wasn't anything he had managed to succeed at this year. Not one. Single. Thing.

The pool was nice and warm compared to the air outside. Oliver had considered practicing his flying skills but once he got into the water, he decided to stay in for awhile. It was quite peaceful once his teammates left him on his own. He floated and closed his eyes letting himself imagine he was not in water but floating like a cloud in the air on a warm sunny day.

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	olivair 2010-02-20 04:37 pm UTC (link)
	Oliver wasn't certain he was cursed but he deeply desired a better reason for his failures rather than he simply was a loser. "What do you mean? I want you to see whatever you need to see. I need to know," he told her, his expression one of worry and his tone rather desperate. This was a chance to find out for sure if he could fix his problems or not. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

onceburned
2010-02-23 06:43 pm UTC (link)

"People are naturally guarded," she said, watching him warily. If she did this for him, would he tell others? Would she be expected to do it for anyone who thought there was something wrong with them? It wasn't her job to fix his issues for him. If he couldn't take care of himself, he should go to a teacher. If he was cursed, it was probably because he showed weakness like the desperation in his voice to just anyone.

But it was Oliver. Like before, she remembered he was harmless. And she remembered again that there were people like Moswen at the school who would hurt others without care. Not that Moswen could put a curse on anyone, but he wasn't the only person here who was malicious, and Oliver had always been kind to her.

"Fine. Stop panicking. I will try. When?"

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olivair
2010-02-24 12:49 am UTC (link)

Oliver smiled, the neediness in his voice fading. He certainly had not meant to sound panicky. "Fantastic. Whenever you can do it," he said happily. "Do you need to prepare? Are there things I can get for you?" he wondered, unsure what she would need to cast the magic.

He couldn't help but find hope and optimism with the thought that he could fix what was wrong with him. There was only a slight voice of reality buzzing that said that this was probably not going to work. But overall, he had to try.

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onceburned
2010-02-24 04:38 pm UTC (link)

"I need somewhere quiet and I need my things. Come to my room tomorrow, if you'd like, or else it will have to wait until after the weekend," Rafiya replied. "I have what I need, but if you wish you may reimburse me for ingredients. It is not mandatory."

So much for a nice relaxing swim. She returned to floating on her back, then, assuming their conversation was drawing to a close. She wasn't quite sure why she'd agreed, but now that she had, she found herself growing curious.

Without standing to look at him or even lifting her head, she asked, "Who do you think cursed you?"

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olivair
2010-02-24 07:38 pm UTC (link)

Oliver's brow knitted in thought. He had to work Friday night, especially since he had taken the previous Friday off for Blitzball. He didn't want to wait but he didn't have much choice in the matter. "I have to work tomorrow night," he told her regretfully. "Tuesday would be the earliest night I have free."

He watched her float while he swam backwards towards the side of the pool. "I'm not sure who cursed me. My only suspicions is that it might be a fellow dragon racer," he said with a shrug. "But who knows."

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onceburned
2010-03-09 11:39 pm UTC (link)

Rafiya nodded. "Fine. Tuesday then. Try not to get hurt before that."

It was silly to her, the idea of hurting someone over something like dragon racing. Oh, she understood competition, but she couldn't abide by malice. Evil people who did evil things went to evil places when they left this world. And the likelihood of someone dispatching them there for their behaviour increased with how evil they were. Knowing that didn't make her hate that sort of cruelty any less. If someone put a curse on him, then they deserved to be caught and made to face the consequences of their actions.

"Do you want to race?" she asked then. They were both good swimmers--as blitzball centres, they had to be--and he would offer a good challenge. "Four lap sets?"

OOC: Sorry for the delay! I forgot about it! Almsot done?

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[ooc: end with this if you like. just pop on the complete tag and we are good]

olivair
2010-03-10 04:35 pm UTC (link)

Oli chuckled at her. "I never try to get hurt."

There was also a good chance that if he was cursed the curser may be a girl he had dated or one that he hadn't dated but Oliver didn't see that as very likely. Or maybe it is a jealous boyfriend. Look at what happened to Sully and Amelia. It was rumored that that had somehow been about him. Regardless, breaking the spell would be nice. It would be good to be his old self again.

"You're on," he agreed, swimming to the edge before they started, his brain quickly switching to competition mode.

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