Revelations [Jaycie/Kimaya]

[Oliver Lee Winchester]

Perhaps it was a good thing that Oliver had made this trek before.

He could not recall if Kimaya had ever mentioned where her dorm was located, but he'd been there before, as a guest of her roommate, Isabella. The dorm room had been the very place that he'd been made an official member of the RSOR - And, ironically, the place where Kimaya would likely receive the same fate.

Oliver wasn't there to initiate her membership to the RSOR. That was Isabella's job. He would have certainly risen to the challenge if he had the authority, but he wasn't even sure if he was an official recruiter at this point. Kimaya was his first recruitment, so it felt as though if he failed at this, he would fail at the test and not earn the spot. No pressure at all, really.

Instead, Oliver came with a folder from science class. He and Kimaya were partners, and thus he decided to drop by under the pretense that they were to work on a project that was assigned in the class together. It was not an entire lie - They did have a project to work on. A project that suited his interests just fine - They were to make a creative design for a rat trap that incorporated as many simple machines as possible. This part was easy. Oliver had already thrown something together for that. He had not just come up with a design, but he was already in the process of building the thing! Poor Kimaya didn't stand much of a chance when it came to getting in a word edgewise with Oliver's inventions, for when he got into something, he got into it. Fortunately, that wasn't his primary reason for dropping by Room 510.

Kimaya Waldor was the reincarnation of Anne Frank, Oliver and Isabella were almost certain of it. Or, rather, the reincarnated Orville Wright and Jehanne D'Arc were almost certain of it. How would Kimaya react when she discovered that not only was her science partner a reincarnate, but her roommates as well? That she and Oliver weren't the only ones with memories from not just this lifetime, but a previous one?

Oliver/Orville planned to broach the subject at some point during this meeting. He didn't want Isabella to have to do all of the work herself, after all. He'd dropped a load of hints earlier, but he doubted it was enough for Kimaya to put everything together. These hints were more to provide a sense of amusement for himself, a private joke that only he and a few others could get, as he could not come out and tell her that he was a reincarnate, and what RSOR was about. He'd managed to tell her everything short of that, however.

She'd seen his sketchbook. He'd been able to tell by the look on her face that she knew something was...off about him. He planned to use that to his advantage. Just as he'd been able to tell something was off about her. To be fair, vastly detailed drawings of old airplanes by a fourteen year old would strike even a normal as odd, not just a fellow reincarnate. Oliver was almost positive that was what she was, though. Too many comments seemed to confirm this. Not to mention, he'd done a bit of research on Anne Frank after Isabella mentioned her suspicions. Like he suspected, Anne Frank had an older sister, much like the one Kimaya had 'pretended' she had when she was a kid. The kicker, though, was Kimaya's stories about a Jewish girl in the 1930s. The description, of course, fit Anne Frank to a tee. Plus, all of the comments about feeling as though she was supposed to be born in a different time. Part of this was for his amusement, yes, but part of it was also a test. A test that she'd passed with...pardon the pun...flying colors.

He was caught up in his thoughts, and thus did not recognize at first that he was already standing in front of the door to Room 510. Who could blame him, though, when he had this sort of thing on his mind? He'd brought his sketchbook along with the science papers again, just as a backup. If she started to doubt him, or freak out, he could always show her the pictures again. It had worked once before, why not try it again?

Oliver knocked on the door to Room 510. "Kimaya? It's Oliver. I've got the papers for our science project here..."[/color] He figured that sounded innocent enough.

Word count: 684
To: Kimaya/Jaycie
Notes: Was bored and figured I could get this started. Also figure that if you have a starter, you can still use it, though possibly add to it a bit to incorporate Oliver's knock on the door in there.

[jaycie]

The only thought going through Kimaya's head as she turned on her computer was that she wondered if she ought to feel guilty about what she was going to do. Oliver was her friend. Instead of trusting him, instead of respecting his privacy, she was going to research everything he had told her the other day when they were testing paper airplanes. What kind of friend did that? She couldn't help herself though. Her curiosity was getting the best of her. Something about Oliver wasn't adding up. The first time she had that feeling was that day, and it just wouldn't leave her alone now, no matter how hard she tried to ignore it. Some of the things he was telling her, the pictures in his sketchbook – it just didn't add up. Instead of acting like a good friend, however, and just asking him about it, she was invading his privacy. Not that she had any hope of finding anything, but this was the only way she knew to absolve her curiosity. Before sitting down at her computer, she looked around once again to make sure her room mates weren't around. She wasn't hiding anything, not really, but she felt guilty nonetheless. It was a terrible feeling. Maya was sure this was a good way to earn the title of Worst Friend Ever. She wasn't sure how Isabella and Natalia would react to her googling her best friend, but somehow she was sure they would have a problem with it. It was best for her and everyone else if they weren't around.

After being sure no one was around, she opened her web browser, and sat there, trying to decide what to type in the search engine. Really, what was the point of this? What was she hoping to find by web searching her friend – her fourteen year old friend, at that? All that was likely to come up was some mention of....oh, a science fair or something. So his name probably wasn't a good place to start. Remembering his sketchbook once again, she decided to go the route of planes. The pictures he had drawn were....detailed. Very detailed. How any fourteen year old could possibly know all that was beyond Maya. That's where she would start. As she remembered another offhand comment Oliver had made when they were hanging out last, she typed in Wright Brothers, almost without a second thought. She remembered when he had made a reference to the coin toss that determined who would make the first flight, and his reaction when she had made the connection. It had been strange, and so this seemed to be a good place to start.

She scrolled through the links given for a minute, before going back to the top and clicking on the first one. As she skimmed through it, she realized that it seemed to be just the basic history of the Wright Brothers. Maya was about to go back to the search engine to try another link when something caught her eye. The names of the Wright children. They were so familiar. Why did she feel like she had heard them before. Once again her mind went back to that day on the grounds with the paper airplanes. Every name – except one – matched up perfectly with what Oliver had said his siblings names were. That didn't mean anything, right? It's not like all of them matched after all. But it was strange.

Kimaya jumped as someone knocked on the door. Not bothering to minimize the window, she stood up and walked over to the door once she heard Oliver's voice coming from the other side. She knew she couldn't just ignore him; he had their schoolwork with him, which was far more important than any internet stalking she was doing. Maya threw the door open, a small smile covering her face. No matter what she had just been doing, she was happy to see Oliver. ”Hi Oliver,” she said, sounding genuinely happy to see him. ”I didn't even know you knew where my dorm was. Want to come in?” Just after she said this, she regretted it just a little, remembering what was on her computer screen just now. Oh well, too late to take the invitation back now.

The Words: 717
The Tag: Oliver/Mandee
The Notes: lord, could this have taken any longer.

[Oliver Lee Winchester]

Oliver could not help but feel a tad guilty for doing a bit of snooping on Kimaya as well. Granted, he needed to have some idea of what he was talking about if he was to confront Kimaya on the subject of reincarnation, but it still felt as though he was snooping around where he shouldn't have been.

All of this was pushed aside when Kimaya answered the door. He took a deep breath when he saw her. At least she didn't seemed too phased at the fact that he knew where her dorm was located. He figured he should still explain himself nonetheless. He didn't want to come off as a complete creeper, after all. "Well, Isabella invited me here once before."[/color] Oliver answered with a light shrug. Well, it was the truth.

The teen smiled as Kimaya invited him inside. At least she did not seem to hold a grudge against him for keeping any secrets from her. He planned to reveal them soon enough...perhaps during this very meeting. He would have to go about it the right way, though, of course. They would get to that when the time came. Right now, they had to focus on their project.

"Right, well...I got a bit carried away and already started on our project."[/color] Oliver explained with a bit of a sheepish grin on his face. He could not help but glance at his surroundings. Not much had changed since his previous visit. Rosary still on the door, Bonnie's smokes still on the dresser...but this time Kimaya was here, and he had to admit, he didn't mind being in her company at all.

"I have a drawing I made here though, if you want to see."[/color] Time to pull out the sketchbook. However, just as he was going for the sketchbook in his arms, he caught sight of Kimaya's computer. It was just a simple glance that would have meant nothing had it not been for what he saw on the screen.

His family. Not his family this time around (although that would be quite odd as well), but his old family. The Wright family. There, on Kimaya's computer screen, were the names of his mother, father, and siblings, as well as himself, all with pictures next to the names. He could not help but smile at the sight of these pictures. He longed to see all of them again, and the realization that all of them were dead and gone was a bit much for Oliver to handle. Then again, were they really dead and gone? He was dead and gone in his original, corporeal form, but his soul was still present, albeit in a different body. Could the same be true of his other family members? Could he possibly run into some of his family again? The idea of seeing Wilbur and Katharine, and discussing everything that had happened over the past 100 years made Oliver feel almost giddy.

It didn't take long for him to recall where he was, though - And to recall that this was Kimaya's computer screen that he was looking at. He did a quick search at the rest of the page - From what he could tell, she was on a site about the Wright Brothers. His gaze turned to her at once.

His mind was reeling. On one hand, this could be problematic. Just how much had she looked up, anyway? On the other hand...it could be just the catalyst that he needed to initiate the conversation that he wanted to have with her about reincarnation. About who she really was. About who he was.

Suddenly the rat trap design did not seem so important anymore.

"The Wright Brothers, Kimaya? I didn't take you to be an airplane junkie."[/color] Oliver said this with a small smile, as though he were simply teasing her per usual, but his eyes told a different story. He seemed to be searching for something, and if there were gears in his head, they would most definitely be turning at this point. Was she simply interested in the Wright Brothers, or did she realize that Oliver was no ordinary student? Then again, there weren't many ordinary students at Riverdale High...

Word count: 620
To: Kimaya/Jaycie
Notes: It's go time, lol.