Holograms 5 & 6

[realitymods]

[The hologram snaps on when Mu asks what Oliver was wondering about Saga and stops on Mu's slip-up over his own telepathy.]

[Almost half a day later, on comes the Doctor and Braxiatel about sins of the past and hopes for the futures.]

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[onehundredbeers]

[I couldn't resist. I was sitting here, thinking if I should do it, and then went you know what I'm going to rain on Oliver's angry parade.

As you may or may not know, Nathan has been making it a game to ...run over the holograms with his flying horse. He missed one set because he was off the plane eating dinner or something but this time, oh, this time he won't miss.

On his black horse (mid-air, this thing flies, man!), still in his armor, and still with his eyes pure glowing red, he charges at the holograms. By god he will stomp them oh my god that's not entirely a hologram.]

Holy shit!

[Nathan pulls up on the reins to keep his horse from, you know, trying to stomp on Oliver. He loops back so he can blab.]

Oh dear sweet lord. I almost caved your fucking head in.

[oliverplus]

...Nathan. How many trolls've you met?

[onehundredbeers]

[He stops to count on his hand.]

Oh uh like... four.

[oliverplus]

...oh. [there is really nothing more that can be said to that]

So what happened to Toki's troll?

[onehundredbeers]

I, uh. I might've... killed it. [He glances to the side.] And eaten it.

[oliverplus]

...you ate a troll.

[this might be a question, but it might just be a statement of disbelief. it's hard to say. you never cease to amaze him, Nathan]

[onehundredbeers]

...Two. We ate the first one. That second one, uh. It was Toki's pet but I told him my stance on it! That if he found one, I would tolerate it until, uh, I didn't. Then I'd eat it.

[oliverplus]

[okay, now he's sorry he asked. maybe he can change the subject slightly]

Has it been long? I mean, if he hasn't tried to get you back already...

[onehundredbeers]

A few months, but seriously, that fucker is crazy, he'd totally take revenge on my horse because it's the first time he could... do it.

[oliverplus]

[frowns at that] I thought he was a mate of yours!

You could protect the horse, couldn't you?

[onehundredbeers]

He is! But he's also crazy! Oliver. Oliver. There is a reason I put him in charge of snacks when handing out power over our company.

And I have no idea. He might try to smash my head in with a baseball bat, kill it, and then reinact the Godfather, and there I am waking up with a fucking horse head in bed with me.

[oliverplus]

[Oliver just stares for a moment because he can't imagine anyone wanting to do that full stop, let alone to a friend!]

...isn't there anything you can do?

[onehundredbeers]

[This is the world of Metalocalypse, Ollie. In fact, when Toki did that in canon? He blamed it on Nathan. A good old "Whys you makes me dos this?" before smashing him in the head with a baseball bat.]

I could stay up for a few weeks, but, you know, I gotta sleep eventually. I'll just have to make the horse fucking afraid of Toki so it gets the hell away if he shows up.

[oliverplus]

[if Oliver knew about that, he would wish he didn't. for the moment, he is looking increasingly alarmed and disturbed]

Be careful, Nathan.

[onehundredbeers]

I'll be fine. Getting beaten unconscious by Toki isn't the worst thing to happen to me.