Oh Mickey You're So Fine [Jez-E]

[Oliver Lee Winchester]

Oliver Winchester had yet another reason to dread English class.

English had never been his best subject. It wasn't that he was horrible at it, it just didn't strike his interest as much as other things. He enjoyed reading and writing for fun, on his own time, but he hated being given specific assignments and told to complete them. The one thing he hated above all of that, however?

Public speaking.

So, of course, it was only fitting that Oliver's freshman English teacher declared that, in two weeks time, every student within the class would give a five minute speech in front of their peers. Granted, it was a classroom of only thirty or so teenagers, but sometimes teenagers could be the worst critics. Even worse, each student had been assigned their topic, rather than given the freedom to choose for themselves. Perhaps it was for the best that he not do a topic he was already well versed in, such as airplanes, for fear that he may reveal that he knew far more than any normal freshman, even one assigned to research a topic. He would also likely go far over the five minutes, just because of the sheer amount of information that he possessed on the subject, in addition to his nervousness. Who knew what he might blurt out? He'd already blurted out multiple first person pronouns to his partners when doing a project on the Wright brothers a few years before. Fortunately they were eleven year olds, elsewise they might have found Oliver's odd guesses and mix-ups a little too odd for comfort.

But really. How was he supposed to give a five minute speech on Mickey Mouse?

It wasn't as though Oliver had anything against the lovable cartoon mouse. Mickey was ace in Oliver's eyes. However, cartoon characters were out of Oliver's typical realm of knowledge. Why couldn't the teacher have assigned him to something mechanical? It didn't necessarily have to be airplanes, but something that fit his tastes. Clearly the teacher wanted her students to research, but Oliver didn't even know where to start. Should he simply list off the cartoons Mickey was in? Give a detailed character sketch?

All of these questions passed through the inquisitive freshman's head as he sat in one of the empty common rooms on the second floor. Sometimes one needed time away from the crowd, and Oliver was planning on taking advantage of the lack of other students in this area of the building. He supposed he could always head back to his dorm and work, but he was not entirely sure what Xelios and Nate (formerly known as Darwin and Wilbur) were up to, or if they would be any help at this endeavor. In all honesty, Oliver wasn't sure if he wanted to even dwell on it at the moment. He had two weeks, it wasn't as though he had to worry about it right away anyway.

A small smile played across Oliver's face as he came to this realization, and his whole body seemed to relax at once. He took a quick glance down at the rubric in his lap for the very speech that he was pondering, and began to fold it neatly into a paper airplane. For now, he was opting to stick with your average arrow shaped paper airplane. Once he finished his masterpiece, he sent it flying across the room. This was far more enjoyable than a speech, any day.

Word count: 537
To: Jez-E/Justice
Notes: Took me long enough, but I did it. XD

[Justice Orion Logan]

Oh Mickey you’re so fine,
you’re so fine you blow my mind!

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Justice had spent his day sitting through lectures and doodling like no other person would ever doodle. He had his small pad of doodle paper next to him and his black inking pens next to him. He also had his copic markers out for the occasion of an especially boring class. As the teacher went on and on about WWI Justice found himself doodling Mickey, Minnie, Daisy, Donald, Goofy and Pluto all wearing military hats, some of them even carrying guns. Minnie was fixing her makeup and Pluto was running about with a helmet partly falling off of his head. Justice was even diligent in adding color to the images.

He had almost missed the teacher’s dismissal of the class and he quickly dumped the markers and pens back into his pencil case, snapped the notepad shut and tucked it all in the back pack that had been sitting at his feet throughout the class. Most individuals took notes in history class—Justice did sometimes, but his notes were so plastered in sketched images they were often difficult to read. Instead, he often read through the text book in the evening and jotted down information then instead. He just found the school setting so oppressive. And who could blame him?

Justice was skilled in bull shit anyways, and often he could spew out a proper answer when the teacher’s attention came to him, so it wasn’t like he wasn’t paying attention—or at least he wasn’t completely distracted. Though to say he paid attention might be going a bit far. But he managed.

Today Justice was wearing a Mickey Mouse T-shirt and a pair of tight blue jeans. They were his sister’s jeans yet again, but sometimes you made do. It was no secret at this point that Justice was stealing his sister’s pants. They turned up in her laundry later with drawings on them. He had doodles of Mickey, Jungle Book, Aladdin, Lion King and Cinderella on his pants today. He had his usual pair of blue converse on, and they sported doodles of the mice from Rescuers on them. His hair was hanging loose and bright blue as per usual.

He quickly swung his bag over his shoulder and left with the bulk of the class. Justice found himself moving through the halls to the second floor commons. Generally anywhere he could relax within the school was a good place to be. He would head to the RSOR room later—seeing as it was a Thursday. But for now he needed a place to hang out prior to heading to RSOR. He walked in and peered around the room absently, his mind coming back to him once his eyes came to rest on Oliver---also Orville Wright if you were the right person and were in on the secret.

But then again, Justice was Walt Disney, so why wouldn’t he be in on the secret. He moved through the tables and dodged past chairs to get over to Orville/Oliver’s position, picking up the airplane as he moved through the room. It was strange for most to think that a Senior would be seen with a Freshman. But to be honest, RSOR broke all social norms. They were a ‘risk club’ as the current amusing claim was. They played games of risk—yeah sure. But as he sat down Justice’s face lit up with a smile.

Justice deposited the paper-airplane on the table near Oliver. ”Hey Or—Oliver.”

[/b] Justice called him Orville or Oliver. He often swapped between the two. Since the thought of Oliver being Orville is on his mind he almost said the wrong name. He sat down without asking if he was welcome. ”You look happy…”[/b] he commented with a smile. ”Whats up?”[/b] It was amazing how sometimes the answer just landed on your plate wasn’t it? Just as Oliver dismissed the project for the moment the answer landed right in front of him. Who better to ask about Mickey Mouse than the man who created the mouse—or the reincarnation of the man who created the mouse. Naturally, Justice was unaware of the convenience of the situation.[/size][/blockquote][/blockquote][/color]

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[Oliver Lee Winchester]

Oliver's aptitude for paying attention in class depended greatly on whether or not he was interested in what was being studied. Math and science were two subjects that he was quite into, for example (although he still had a tendency to zone out in math class, as it would take a miracle worker to make droning on about math for an hour entertaining). History was also a rather fascinating subject, especially when one took into consideration that any historical name mentioned could very well be a student at Riverdale High School.

The teen watched as his paper airplane hit the floor, preparing to get up and retrieve it and do the whole thing all over again. It was a simple form of entertainment, but it worked. He'd likely end up fiddling around with the design of the paper airplane at some point, per usual, but it was a nice distraction from the daily grind of classes.

However, just as Oliver started to go to his feet, another entered the room. It was hard to miss that bright blue hair, almost as hard as it was to miss one Chess Ibis' bright pink hair. Oliver watched as the other male picked up the paper airplane, and he took a seat once more as he saw that Justice was headed in his direction with the airplane. While Justice and Oliver were not exceptionally close friends, they were on friendly terms, after meeting in the RSOR room a week or so before. Oliver had loaned Justice his sketchbook (which was currently located in the backpack next to the chair he was seated in), turning to a blank page where diagrams of vacuums, airplanes, and computers did not fill up every corner. There, he had authentic pictures of Minnie Mouse as Joan of Arc (something Joan herself seemed to have mixed feelings on, if you asked Oliver), Daisy Duck as Nellie Bly, and Goofy as Orville Wright (something that flattered Oliver muchly), all drawn by Walt Disney himself. Or, well, the reincarnation of Walt Disney, but it was all the same.

"Hey Wal-Justice."[/color] Oliver replied with a small grin. He knew that Justice had only nearly blurted out his real name by mistake, but Oliver decided to do the same to him. He liked the inside jokes that RSOR provided. It gave him a nice feeling of belonging, something that almost any reincarnate had struggled with before coming to Riverdale High. "How's school treating you?"[/color] He grabbed and began to play with the folds on the paper airplane once more, never one to keep his hands off of a project for long. One extra fold here, one unfolding there, another fold here...

Oliver snorted at Justice's next statement. "Happy? I suppose you could say that. At least I don't have to give my speech for another couple of weeks..."[/color] There he was, on the subject of that stupid speech again. He could feel his heart begin to race at even the mere thought of standing up in front of the class. Not to mention he still didn't even know where to begin! It wasn't as though cartoon characters were his forte. That would fall on...

Oliver's eyes widened as he shot up, ramrod straight. A large grin came across his face as he looked at Justice in a new light. "Interestingly, you might be able to help me with this speech. If you're willing, of course."[/color]

Oliver felt almost giddy at his realization. He wasn't about to show just how excited he was, but the grin was enough to convey some of his true feelings. "Mickey Mouse. A five minute speech about Mickey Mouse. I wanted to do airplanes, but the teacher just had to go assigning us topics..."[/color] Suddenly, Oliver did not care so much that he did not get his topic of choice. He had a chance of succeeding at this after all.

Now, whether he'd be able to give a speech in front of the class without having a panic attack was another story, but hey, let's take things one at a time.

Word count: 665
To: Jez-E/Justice
Notes: That song's gonna likely be in my head for a while now. =P

[Justice Orion Logan]

Oh Mickey you’re so fine,
you’re so fine you blow my mind!

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The bright blue hair was certainly a marker for Justice. He had originally done it to act out and show some individuality. Now he just was so accustomed to it he kept re-dying it. He liked how it matched all his clothes, though that was mostly because he had accessorized to the hair…It was like a signature of sorts. Though, he had to admit, he had considered trying other colors. He had tried purple once, that had been a disaster so he stuck with the blue. Though, he had considered pink, he knew that was just asking for another disaster. Though he did admire Chess’ hair.

Justice had found Oliver was good company when he had met him roughly a week ago. Justice was a part of RSOR since the middle of his freshman year. The fact that he just met Oliver was attributed to Oliver’s being a freshman. Though, that age meant little when you had grown up in a past life and accomplished amazing feats. Both of them had and both of them had been an adult before and as such maturity could be easily matched and age was no longer a factor. Hence how a Junior was somehow sitting with a Freshman.

Oliver also almost used Justice’s previous name and Justice found himself grinning back at Oliver, understanding that it was not a mistake. It was a joke that only another RSOR member could ever understand. Really, being in RSOR turned being a reincarnation, or a freak in the eyes of most, into something awesome. In fact it was that opinion that others would have that made Justice, and any other reincarnation, to keep to themselves and not announce their presence.

”Well enough…I just sat through a lecture on World War 1. I didn’t get much out of it except some nifty little drawings of my adorable little Mickey and his friends prepared for war and fully armed”

[/b] He said with a smirk at the sheer amusement of war and Disney Cartoons coming together. Well—they did that more often now, but not literal war. He also hid another reference in there—any norm would just assume that Justice loves Mickey so much he placed a sense of ownership over his sketches, whereas he honestly owned it.

Justice raised an eyebrow as the other suggested a speech. Justice was far from nervous about speeches. He was very confident with them actually, perhaps from a life of being in charge and speaking to large numbers of people often enough to at least be comfortable with it. He would have thought that Orville would have no problems with speeches but he had been wrong before.

Justice blinked, stunned for a moment at the reaction from Oliver. He had no idea what action was causing his reaction but the sudden motion of him sitting up and the large grin that sprouted. ”What did I—“[/b] He cut off upon hearing Oliver say that he may be able to help. Justice smiled, not quite sure what Oliver’s speech topic was, but confused as he was, who was he to say no?

”Sure…What do you need help with?”[/b] He asked with a smile. Oliver’s mood seemed significantly improved at least. Though Justice still wasn’t one hundred percent sure what had caused his mood to skyrocket like that…he understood he could help. So the topic must be animation, cartoons or something Disney. Maybe movie production?

Hearing that it was about Mickey Mouse sprouted a huge smile across Justice’s face. ”Mickey Mouse? That is god sent—well if you are me. Do you need to cite sources because that could be a problem. If not, Just ask what you want to know or I will go on and on forever!”[/b] Justice told him, the excitement of getting to talk about Mickey Mouse that extensively glittering unspoken in his eyes. That sense of excitement spread over his face in a grin that was beyond happy, but bubbly excitement. [/size][/blockquote][/blockquote][/color]

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[Oliver Lee Winchester]

It was true that age did not seem to matter as much in the RSOR. Even those who had died young in their previous lives had seen and done things that no ordinary teenager would likely dream of doing. It was much easier for an RSOR member to get along with another RSOR member. This wasn't to say that Oliver wasn't friends with anyone outside of RSOR. Hayden Callaghan was an example of this. However, Oliver couldn't imagine being too close to anyone outside of RSOR, for the simple fact that there would always be secrets.

Nothing showed this more than a recent meeting with Oliver and Hayden in the park. Hayden had approached Oliver with a bequest - To fix his skateboard. Oliver, of course, obliged, but Hayden had caught Oliver in the midst of working on another, much more complicated device - A fingerprint scanner, a security measure for the RSOR room. Hayden kept prodding Oliver for an answer to his inquiries about the scanner, and Oliver, but Oliver could not oblige with any answers. How could one be considered truly close to another if they had such a large secret looming over their heads - A secret that could change everything?

Oliver smirked upon hearing that Justice's attention had wandered during his own class. The idea of Mickey Mouse and company gallivanting around in World War I gear brought a smile to Oliver's face. "That's something I'd like to see."[/color] Oliver could recall seeing wartime Disney cartoons in theaters during World War 2, so it really was not that hard to picture (along with the added knowledge of what sorts of gear was actually worn in 'The Great War', as he'd been around during that time too).

Oliver/Orville hated speeches, to the point where he refused to give them after Wilbur's death. He could recall a story he'd once been told about his mother (his past mother, not current mother), where Susan Wright was in a strange, unfamiliar town doing her shopping. Everything went along fine until Susan was put on the spot and asked where she wanted her items sent to. From that point, Susan blanked out on everything, from where she lived to even her name. Oliver had a similar fear - After all, how humiliating would it be to stand up in front of the class only to stand there, mouth gaping open and wide-eyed as no words came out?

The only thing that Oliver could think of that would be worse was accidentally revealing who he was in his panic. Perhaps, then, it was best that he not do a speech on airplanes. Certainly it was a subject that he could talk about with ease, but in his nervousness, would he be able to prevent himself from going on a tangent about his own personal experiences without realizing what he was doing? Any normal in the school would most certainly look at him strangely for the use of 'I and we' for events that occurred in the early 20th century.

Fortunately, Justice presented his willingness to go along with Oliver's idea, and Oliver grinned. He was still nervous as all hell about the speech - That likely wouldn't go away until the speech was over. He wondered if perhaps he could call in sick that day? Then again, he wasn't entirely sure that he wouldn't be sick the day of the speech. He didn't feel 100% right now at the mere thought of giving the speech, even though it was still two weeks away.

Oliver grinned further at Justice's reaction to his speech topic. Perfect! He frowned a tad at Justice's question about citing sources. "We do, actually...but I'm sure I can come up with something. "[/color] Somehow he doubted that teachers checked their sources in too much detail when they had over a hundred papers to grade anyway. As long as he made it look good, he figured that he would be safe.

Now, what to ask Justice? There were all sorts of questions going through Oliver's head, but he had to pick the right one. he figured that he should go in a logical order as well. Oliver continued to twist and turn the paper airplane in his hand as he pondered this question, finally settling on one after a moment. "I guess we should start at the start. How did the idea of Mickey Mouse come into fruition?"[/color] Oliver mimed throwing the paper airplane at Justice with a grin, though it remained in his hand. Of course, it did not look so much like your typical arrow paper airplane any longer...

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To: Jez-E/Justice
Notes: Speaking of going off on tangents... -Pokes post- XD

[Justice Orion Logan]

Oh Mickey you’re so fine,
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Justice shrugged as Oliver mentioned it was something he would like to see so Justice whipped out his sketch book and flopped it open to the page, allowing Oliver to see it. ”See! I was even bored enough to color it in with my copics.”

[/b] He said with a grin. Copic markers were totally awesome now compared to any markers he used way back when he was alive—er, the first life. There were so many innovations since then that Justice was having an awesome time working with these new materials—well, more like Walt Disney was. He was already amazing with the Copics considering he had used markers of much lesser quality to great effect in his past life.

The picture as previously explained had Pluto running with his helmet coming off, Minnie adjusting her makeup in her helmet, Goofy at attention in his helmet and Mickey standing on a rock, his helmet secure and his gun in his hand, motioning the charge of his mess of troops. Donald and Daisy were hanging in the background, Donald with a dazed look, watching Daisy and Daisy with a military bow on her head instead of a helmet, and her gun pointing up as she looked intently at the barrel.

He left it sitting as he addressed the speech issue. Justice was just asked to talk about Mickey and little else mattered in this world. Justice didn’t get to talk about his characters often—or at least not freely. Most people would see it as him being crazy if he started saying “I created Mickey for…blah blah blah” Or “I created this story based on the story of…blah blah blah”. Norms just were not aware of him and he couldn’t risk it. And most of the other reincarnations had other reasons for not really wanting to here him rant on and on about his characters. It wasn’t like Walt Disney was arrogant, it was more like Justice just wanted to be free to talk how he pleased about his creations.

Justice grinned widely at the comment about sources. ”Alright then—Just make sure they sound legit. And I think you are right. The teacher isn’t likely to check everyone’s sources…”[/b] He agreed with a grin. In fact, Justice had bullshitted papers in the past when he had the opportunity. He had a biography project he had to do on a famous person—he had done Walt Disney. So what if it was cheating, the paper was stunning and the teacher had given it a phenomenal mark. Of course, Justice wasn’t amazing in class so the teacher was a bit suspicious but after a conversation with him about the paper all doubt was gone because of his infinite knowledge of everything Disney. He was just some kid obsessed with Disney…right?

Justice heard the question and paused a moment, selecting wording in case any norms were around, he even glanced about a moment. ”Well…Mickey was a replacement for Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. I—Walt Disney had created the cartoon for a man named Charles Mintz of Universal Studios. There was a budget cut so Mintz said Disney could keep doing the series if he agreed to being paid less money. Walt refused and returned to produce the final cartoon and since Mintz owned the rights to the character the character was no longer the property of Walt Disney. So A new character was needed.”[/b] He paused a moment. ”Following so far? You may want to write this down…”[/b] He offered with a grin.

”So After that—I had my employee Ub Lwerks start drawing up new characters—so he did dogs, cats, horses but I—oops, I mean Walt Disney, rejected them all. They turned up later though. The inspiration for Mickey came from a pet mouse Walt had on his farm. So Hugh Harman drew up some sketches of mice from a photograph of m—Walt Disney. Ub Lwerks got inspired and created Mickey. Though Originally I wanted Mickey to be named Mortimer Mouse—My wife—er, Walt’s wife convinced him otherwise. So he became Micheal Mouse, or for short Mickey Mouse. It’s also worth noting that Walt Disney also was the voice actor for Mickey Mouse, seeing as he was the pride and joy of the small company—“[/b] Justice continued, recalling it all from memory. It was hard for Justice to keep telling the story in third person, and he slipped up many times, correcting himself along the way. It a norm had heard this they would think him crazy by now.

A pleasant smile remained on Justice’s face. ”Any other questions?”[/b] he asked, sitting forward a bit, clearly eager to talk about Mickey some more.[/size][/blockquote][/blockquote][/color]

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[Oliver Lee Winchester]

Oliver took a glance over at Justice's sketchbook when the other boy presented it to him for his viewing pleasure. He admired the coloring on the drawings, and though he did not know much about artwork or animation, he could tell that it took talent to do what Justice...or Walt...had done. "Well, at least you worked on something related to what you were learning in class. You could have gone in an entirely different direction."[/color]

Not to mention the picture itself was quite hilarious. Oliver could not help but let out a laugh at the site of Minnie adjusting her makeup in her helmet, Donald's dazed look, and Daisy looking down the barrel of her gun. "I love it."[/color]

As Justice began to explain the origins of one very famous cartoon mouse, Oliver could not help but notice that the other boy had an extremely hard time keeping it in the third person. Oliver knew the feeling all too well, of course. He'd done the same thing when having to do a project on himself. Well, himself and his brother, but a project that would inspire first person pronouns to be used nonetheless. At least he was only uttering these words in front of another reincarnate. Nevertheless, he did keep glancing around every once in a while to make sure that no normal was slipping into the room. He was fairly certain that Justice was also keeping a keen eye on the surroundings, but two pairs of eyes were better than one, especially as Justice couldn't very well scan the entire room without looking odd.

Oliver, unfortunately, had made similar slip-ups in front of two normals. Justin and Amber, two other sixth graders assigned to work on this project with him. In his defense, he hardly knew what was going on at this point. He was a jumble of all sorts of emotions - Shock, confusion, and excitement. Strange thoughts and visions kept passing through his head. Every page he turned in the book that he was looking through brought new thoughts and memories...and stirred up old ones that he'd contemplated in this life before. In all honesty, it would have been best if Oliver had worked on this project alone, rather than with Amber and Justin, who were puzzled at Oliver's silence and kept prodding him for information. Oliver had information, of course. He was a gold mine of information for a project on the Wright Brothers. Each time they asked a question, he could answer it, whether he'd seen it in the books yet or not. And, as expected, he'd slipped up a few times and used the pronouns 'I' and 'we'.

Justin seemed to accept the explanation that Oliver was just getting into the research. If he did not, he showed no signs of wanting to trouble Oliver with it further. Amber, on the other hand, had stopped him as they were leaving class, asking him if he was feeling alright, and that he seemed really out of it.

Oliver continued to listen to Justice's explanation, pulling out a notebook at Justice's suggestion and starting to jot down notes. As expected, Justice was providing him with all sorts of information that he could most certainly use for his speech. Not to mention it was interesting on another level. Oliver was fully aware of the fact that the vast majority of people in the world would not receive a first person account like this. He was grateful for his membership in the RSOR, and grateful that he'd found others like him. Most of all, he was grateful that Justice agreed to this interview.

As Justice mentioned that he (well, in his past life) had done the voice for Mickey Mouse, the corners of Oliver's mouth twitched up as he entertained the idea of asking Justice to do his best Mickey Mouse voice. However, he pushed this question aside - Justice was in a new body, after all, and perhaps his Mickey voice would come out differently as a result. Not to mention it might be considered getting them off track.

Other questions? Oliver tapped at his chin with his pen as he tried to think of where to go next. He figured it would be best to try to stick to chronological order, as the speech would flow better that way...and it would probably be easier for Justice to recount information that way as well. When the perfect question came to him, Oliver smiled. "What can you tell me about Plane Crazy? That particular short always struck a chord with me, though I can't imagine why..."[/color] Oliver had a small smile on his face at this point. He had a feeling that his speech was going to revolve primarily around Mickey's formative years, and really, why would it not? Both he and his source of information (Walt Disney himself, but of course his teacher would not know that) were around during this time. He tapped at his sheet with his pen, awaiting Justice's response.


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To: Jez-E/Justice
Notes: Hmm, can't think of anything to add here. XD

[Justice Orion Logan]

Oh Mickey you’re so fine,
you’re so fine you blow my mind!

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Justice found himself laughing. Oliver’s comment about at least drawing something that related to the class was amusing to him for some reason. Probably because most people would consider doodling doodling and not care about the relation. ”Okay…well maybe next time I will see about changing the context a bit and take that final step toward not paying attention…”

[/b] He offered with a devious grin. To be honest, Justice remembered vaguely sitting through school the first time—as Walter Disney. As a result he did sort of belittle school, but never enough to fail. But his marks did suffer because of his distractions.

”Well…thank you.”[/b] Justice said in response to Oliver’s statement of loving the doodle. Justice enjoyed entertaining with his doodles. Part of it relied on everyone’s pre-existing knowledge of his characters. But the other part of it was simply Walter Disney shining through. Walt Disney was an entertainer and an animator of course, so that meant he drew to entertain and Justice was no different. He just lack the materials he had in his old life, though one day he hoped to find himself in a similar position—different, but similar at the same time.

Justice also noted how hard it was for him to keep it in third person. He was thankful no one was around to see him slipping up. It was hard to talk about a memory that was so vivid and from the point of view of Walt Disney in third person. He was there! He had done it! But norms wouldn’t believe that and it made it difficult to for him to just talk as if it was all something he learned later and that he didn’t experience himself. Though, He was sure Oliver understood the issue—anyone in RSOR would.

Justice made sure that Oliver could jot down what he was saying, keeping it slow so that he didn’t miss anything he might want to have written down. Justice didn’t think about the fact that it was a first person account and that in itself was very rare. But then again, he also didn’t think anything of the fact that he, Walter Disney, was briefing Orville Wright on Mickey Mouse in the year 2010. That entire sentence seemed completely loony. Thankfully, he didn’t give it a second thought.

Though, Justice was aware of the changes in his life from Walter Disney to Justice Logan. His voice sounded different, so he could no longer do the Mickey voice. But he could get pretty close. He had tried many times but given up in frustration that it wasn’t perfect. He wouldn’t be voicing Mickey Mouse ever again. That much was for sure.

Justice felt a smirk play across his features. ”Well…it was originally called “Mickey Mouse In Plane Crazy…” he started with a smile, loving the amusement that came from Oliver’s last bit of the question. Naturally Orville Wright would be interested in a Mickey short feature that included a plane it in. ”It was released as a silent film in 1928, I couldn’t tell you the date off of the top of my head though. It was a long time ago! The sound version came a year later. Also, as I guess you know it was the first Mickey Mouse Cartoon released.”[/b]

Justice thought for a moment…”I co-directed it…Ub Lwerks was the other co-director. He also animated it, just to be clear. I am assuming you know the story so I won’t summarize it though…”[/b] Justice offered with a shrug. ”It didn’t take off like Walt Disney hoped—it sort of failed to impress anybody. But I guess its clear that Walt Disney kept making more Mickey animations. It was the first film to use several camera techniques but that seems silly when you consider what they can do now.”

Justice paused a moment, ”Not much else to say about it actually. Other than summarizing it…It wasn’t all that big and there is limited information on it aside from that. But it took 6 weeks to animate if that helps at all.” he added with a smile. ”Its too bad that with time his personality changed from what it was in this. I mean, I had him as very mischievous in Plane Crazy and that just didn’t stick for some reason…”[/b]

Justice thought about it a moment recalling the days spent working on it—or at least buzzing around as Ub Lwerks worked on it. It brought a smile to his face. It felt like yesterday but also like so long ago—it was disorienting in ways for Justice. He often tried to just accept things as they were and it made his being Walt Disney’s reincarnation less strange to him but also made him feel like he belonged in today’s world, despite that connection to Walter Disney. But it was little things like this that reminded him he wasn’t quite a part of the modern world and would always have heavy connections to history.[/size][/blockquote][/blockquote][/color]

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[Oliver Lee Winchester]

"Go for broke!"[/color] Oliver jested with a large grin, knowing all too well the sensation of getting lost in one's own doings during class. He knew that it would probably be best to put forth more effort into his schoolwork, but he couldn't help but be a tad annoyed that he had to learn everything all over again. Some of the new concepts fascinated him, of course. Why did he need to learn how to write out a sentence again, though?

Another fact of the matter was that Oliver just didn't have as much fun learning on someone else's terms as he did on his own. In both lives he could have likely made it as a straight A student, just like his brother, were it not for his habit of being easily distracted and not putting forth full effort. He just didn't care as much about turning in assignments as he did about finding out how things worked in the world around him. As Orville, he'd dropped out of school after his junior year. By that point in his life, he was certain that he wanted to be a printer, and that there was no further need to attend school to learn something that the school did not even offer classes on. Not to mention he had taken college preparation courses, only to be told that because he did not take the required curriculum, he would not graduate with the rest of the class and would have to attend another year.

He was still a bit bitter about that one.

Oliver finished jotting down the final bits of information during the small silence that ensued. He loved this. He loved having all of this information at his fingertips, and a first-hand account to boot! He was also quite thrilled that Justice did not seem to mind at all that Oliver was asking this of him. He just wished that he could credit Justice with providing him with this information without drawing any suspicion. Alas, though, his English teacher was not a reincarnate.

As Justice began to speak about Mickey Mouse's first short, Oliver began to jot down a summary of what Justice was telling him. Right away, Justice was giving him information that he could use. He did not know the original name of the short, nor did he realize that it had first been released as a silent film. "Really?"[/color] Then again, he had not known that Steamboat Willie was not the first Mickey Mouse short until he did a bit of research in the library during class.

Oliver let out a snort as Justice commented on the differing camera angles being 'silly'. "Well yeah, when you consider it now. When you consider it by 1920s standards it's amazing."[/color]

"6 weeks? Imagine how much of that time would be cut with the technology we have nowadays..."[/color] In some ways, he missed the old days where people would have to get down and get their hands dirty to get things done. On the other hand, he marveled at all of the advancements in technology and enjoyed them overall.

Oliver frowned slightly. "I do remember that...maybe some were turned off by the way he was acting toward Minnie. I know a couple of girls who would work themselves up into a froth here about that."[/color] Oliver indicated with a small chuckle, thinking of one Chelsea Simmons.

The freshman was no stranger to the feelings of disorientation that came with being a reincarnate. He'd grown more used to them over the years, but that did not mean that they did not exist. There were still times where he would wake up and feel temporarily disconnected from the world that he lived in now, until he woke up to the point where he recalled the state that he was in now. There were times that he would look in the mirror and half expect to see his old reflection staring back. This was not so much of a concern now, but it still happened occasionally, and it was quite an odd sensation.

Realizing that he'd remained silent for a bit longer than he'd intended due to his contemplations, Oliver hastened to deliver another question to Justice. "I guess the next logical step would be to address Steamboat Willie."[/color] He would not go through all of Mickey's cartoons, of course, but Plane Crazy and Steamboat Willie were noteworthy cartoons. Plane Crazy because it was the first Mickey Mouse short, and Steamboat Willie because it was the cartoon that propelled Mickey Mouse into stardom.

Word count: 808
To: Jez-E/Justice
Notes: Blurpie. ^^

[Justice Orion Logan]

Oh Mickey you’re so fine,
you’re so fine you blow my mind!

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Justice recognized that the education system had changed and no one knew he had been through school before so he didn’t press the school issue. He knew that some things, even in English (spelling and grammar) had changed. He also knew that talking itself had changed. He had grew up in this world though, well—at least he had the second time. And he knew the basic rules he only sometimes found his old education an obstacle with learning here. His marks were good enough, and he always pulled through when he had to but for the time being he just wanted to enjoy himself. He was free of the responsibility of his company and able to make a second life. Wasn’t a second chance in high school something everyone wished for? And now he had that. Or at least to his memory he did. Sometimes that aspect made Justice feel bipolar but he knew it was just that bit of confusion from remembering a life he had lived once upon a time.

Justice did love learning though and he was helping Oliver with his homework. If that wasn’t promoting education he didn’t know what was. Though, to be honest, Justice was more excited to be able to talk about the past and have someone listen to him talk about Disney related…well anything! So it was no surprise that he was enjoying this chance to talk to Oliver about it. And Oliver was getting his project done so he wasn’t complaining. Though, it was too bad Oliver’s teacher wasn’t a reincarnate (Justice could tell because for starts Oliver wasn’t going to cite him, a good idea if the teacher is a norm. And the teacher would have been careful to avoid topics on any reincarnates at the school if she was in RSOR).

Justice just nodded when Oliver said “really?” not really bothering to expand more than he had. A lot of people didn’t know anything about the first Mickey films. Hell, before Justice realized who he was he had remembered pieces of making it and hadn’t even realized what it was he was remembering—and he had seen the shorts several times. Mickey Mouse had a long history and it was a bit scattered in ways too. A lot of the production was lost surprisingly—or at least the internet didn’t have much on it (Justice had searched for anything and everything once he realized who he was).

Justice smiled at Oliver’s snort and then responded to the six weeks comment. ”Yeah, I imagine now it would take a day maybe two to animate that. Not simply because it can be done on a computer but I can animate something like that in Flash so quickly it’s a bit pathetic. But if it were not for the Disney company doing what it did back then animation wouldn’t be what it is today—or at least I don’t think so. Not to sound conceited or anything…”

[/b] Justice added on the last part when he realized how it must sound. He was far from conceited but he felt that it was true, without Warner Brothers and Disney animation would have evolved a lot slower than it had.

Though Justice did love getting his hands dirty and doing things the old fashioned way, he also found the new way exciting and amazingly easy to use. Well—once you leaned the programs. It was fascinating how things had changed. But the feel that comes from both would always remain different. It was easy to see which one was created in a program and which by hand.

”Haha, I am still not sure what happened exactly. But yes, a lot of girls I know would get a little worked up over it—and I think I know one in particular you are thinking about..”[/b] Justice added with a laugh. Chelsea Simmons—of course. Though Justice wasn’t sure why she was so feminist. He had always assumed that Susan Anthony was pro-equality instead of just pro-women. But he wasn’t about to argue with her about it. He wasn’t sexist by any means, but he was far from believing that woman’s rights were equal. In fact, in today’s age, men were slighted more than women were. If a man protected himself from assault by taking out his attacker he can get charged with assault, a woman in the same place would leave it as self-defence. Or what about car insurance? Where was the equality in that?

”Steamboat Willie? Well...Depends, do you want to go chronologically still because there is another one between Steamboat Willie and Plane Crazy. It’s called the Gallopin’ Gaucho. It just didn’t get a wide release until after Steamboat Willie got it’s wide release. See, Gallopin’ Gaucho was released as a silent as well and before Steamboat Willie.”[/b] Justice paused to consider a moment. ”I will just tell you about both!”[/b]

”Gallopin’ Gaucho was a parody of a movie by Douglas Fairbanks—called the Gaucho. As a basic summary, Mickey goes into a bar where Minnie is a bar maid and dancer. Black Pete is there and he and Mickey start hitting on her. Well—its important to note, Black Pete was in previous cartoons but this was his first time dealing with Mickey or Minnie. Well, Black Pete kidnaps Minnie and Mickey has to save her.”[/b] Justice smiled widely. ”It’s important because this is where Minnie got her trademark pumps and Mickey started wearing shoes. We also started to try to make them more distinguished and unique from here on out.”[/b]

Justice paused a moment…”So! Now we talk about Steamboat Willie! I directed it and produced it but Ub Lwerks helped me write it. They actually removed scenes later because of animal violence, but personally I don’t understand why…have you seen Itchy and Scratchy on the Simpsons? Over the years there have been copyright issues here in the States over whether it enters public domain or not and It was the first big Mickey Film of course.... Mickey got big through Steamboat Willie.”[/b] Justice smiled widely. ”Though, I would like to point out that Disney still owns the rights to it and the company still tries to remain true to the original short film version and play it with all the content that some versions removed.[/b]

Realizing he went on for a while and that he used more than a few personal pronouns, Justice looked around carefully and superstitiously again. Once he was sure no one over heard he turned back to Oliver with his trademark smile. ”Steamboat Willie remains one of my favourite Mickey shorts.”[/b] Justice announced proudly.[/size][/blockquote][/blockquote][/color]

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[Oliver Lee Winchester]

Oliver had never been one to put forth too much effort into school. When he put effort into something, he would not stop until it was complete, but school just did not fit into that category. He was more likely to be working on one of his side projects in class, or creating trouble for the teacher. He'd backed off from this habit a bit in this life, if only because he realized it might draw unnecessary attention to himself in a school where he had to be very careful who he revealed himself to.

Fortunately, there were plenty of people that he could associate with without having to worry about making slip-ups. He was free to be himself in every way, as long as he didn't do something too extreme. Right now, he enjoyed discussing the advancements in mechanics with someone who could certainly understand where he was coming from on the matter! In fact, Justice was indicating the very same thing himself when it came to animation.

"We can do everything faster nowadays. Remember the days before microwaves? Now you can just throw your dinner into a microwave and have it done in five minutes! Sometimes even less!"[/color]

It felt good to be able to talk to Justice like a contemporary. Of course, they were contemporaries in this life, only two years apart in age, but they'd also lived through similar times in the past. It was something he shared with only a select few people in the school. He could talk to Joan of Arc about how microwaves made everything faster, but then she could always retort that there were innovations even in the 1800s that sped up the cooking process faster than in her time. In fact, that seemed like something Isabella Avadore was perfectly apt to do.

Oliver could not help but laugh at the statement about the Disney company. "I'm inclined to agree with that statement, if only because I fear you may hit me with something if not."[/color] He chuckled, clearly only joking around.

Oliver stroked his chin as Justice elaborated further on Mickey's early career. He jotted down the notes that Justice was sharing on Gallopin' Gaucho, especially such important milestones as Minnie's first appearance in pumps and Mickey's first appearance in shoes. While his report was about Mickey, he figured he'd have to share a bit about Minnie as well - She did, after all, play a big part in the story of Mickey. Pluto would probably come up at some point as well, but Oliver refrained from asking about Pluto just yet - He wanted to go in chronological order, after all.

Then the subject came to Steamboat Willie, and Oliver sat up in his seat a tad. Once again, Ub Lwerks's name came up. He laughed as Justice mentioned Itchy and Scratchy. "Of course I have. Somehow I can't picture anything like that in a Mickey Mouse cartoon, though."[/color] Oliver arched a brow at the absurdity of the idea. Then he looked at Justice, wondering what his thought was on the matter. After all, he was Walt Disney. If he could picture it, who was to say that it couldn't happen? It was his world.

Oliver, in his interest, hardly noticed that Justice had let slip far more than usual personal pronouns. He did note Justice looking around, however, and instantly became more aware of his own surroundings himself. He took a glance around as well, before looking at Justice with a large grin. "Certainly earned it's place in the history books. I still remember seeing it in theaters myself..."[/color] Oliver indicated, a small smile on his face. Partially at the memory, and partially because, well, how many fourteen-year-olds could say that they saw Steamboat Willie while it was still out in theaters? It was another inside joke, courtesy of RSOR.

Word count: 661
To: Jez-E/Justice
Notes: Sorry that it's kinda short. >.<

[Justice Orion Logan]

Oh Mickey you’re so fine,
you’re so fine you blow my mind!

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”It is amazing, but I miss the way things were sometimes. And yes, I do remember. The microwave is phenomenal though—and useful. I guess it comes down to using the least time and advancing at the fastest rate…”

[/b] Justice looked puzzled a moment then shrugged. ”To be honest, it drives me nuts that people don’t even realize just how good they have it now with regard to convenience. Half the animators now would have failed in the field in my day.”[/b] Justice finished with a sigh.

Justice didn’t notice the value of having someone who understood the time as it was when he was alive the first time. He did sometimes, but he was adjusted to having Sylent around and she was more than enough in the conversation area when it came to advancements. Nothing like a long dead journalist to tell you what shit is going down. Subconsciously he was aware, just not consciously.

Though, Oliver, like anyone else, had little knowledge in regard to the animation of the time. It was hard for Justice to relate so closely to the inventor in front of him—but at the same time easy. Both of them were technologically inclined but also both were creators. At least talking to Oliver was easier and made more sense than talking to Isa for example. She was a fighter instead of a creator—at least Oliver was a creator.

Justice let an amused grin split across his face. ”I wouldn’t hit you with something…that’s too large….”[/b] He tacked on the last part with sheer amusement in his tone that spoke of how he was also joking. Justice did have strong beliefs in the Disney company but it wasn’t because of his ties into it but because in actually it was a revolutionary company with regard to animation.

Justice could tell that Oliver had more interest in Steamboat Willie than Gallopin’ Gaucho. His posture alone told that much. Justice was fine with that seeing as everyone had their interests. He was interested in all of the cartoons though and he had to say, Steamboat Willie was pretty awesome. ”Well...it wasn’t ever as bad as Itchy and Scratchy. Just small things…but if you consider the time period differences…”[/b] He let it hang. It was amazing for the time period and then as time progressed animal rights things caused the controversy of the cartoons.

”Because my cartoons were angled toward kids, I wouldn’t really put anything so drastic as Itchy and Scratchy style gore into them…But for the time period as animal cruelty was becoming a major theme it may have seemed just as bad when Mickey was swinging a cat by its tail over his head.”[/b] Justice shrugged. ”Everyone is over sensitive if you ask me…”[/b]

Once both of them had looked around and were sure no one had heard he listened to Oliver’s comment with a grin. ”It was pretty awesome to see it in theatres…and that was with my knowing the story and the process.”[/b] Justice agreed with a wide grin. ”My first great accomplishment…well at least with a character who remained Disney Property…”[/b] He added, the pride and delight in his voice. Not many people could say that they saw Steamboat Willie in theatre—at least not today. So Justice found the sort of joke that passed between them amusing in itself.[/size][/blockquote][/blockquote][/color]

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[Oliver Lee Winchester]

Oliver was happy to hear the words coming out of Justice's mouth. It wasn't often Oliver could have a conversation with someone like this. He missed the way things were sometimes too, after all, just because it was what he was used to for so long. However, he'd grown used to the way things were in this life as well, and he honestly wasn't sure that he could live without some of the crazy gadgets that were out today. It was a bit sad when he thought about it, as he'd lived without said gadgets just fine in his past life, but now that he knew of their existence and used them in his day to day life it was hard to imagine what he would do without them in this life.

"I do too, just because it was the way I was used to things for so long."[/color] It was part of the reason (the other, of course, being the fact that Oliver was curious about almost anything that could be taken apart and put back together again) that he'd taken apart so many things as a child in this life. He'd taken apart a microwave at age five and his father's computer at age seven, plus numerous other small gadgets lying around the house. His reasoning, though fortunately never asked this directly by any adult, so that he did not risk blowing the whole thing sky high? My old family didn't have one.

Oliver let out a laugh as Justice assured him that he would not be struck with anything too large. "Good. I'd have an awfully hard time explaining that one to Ed and Judy."[/color] He continued to chuckle lightly, though he offered in an explanation as well. "My parents."[/color]

Oliver had not failed to notice that other reincarnates seemed to get along better with their parents in this life than he himself did. Whereas he and Cindy both referred to their parents by their first names, most other reincarnates he'd come across referred to their parents in this life as, well, their parents in this life. The best explanation Oliver could offer for this was the fact that his family had been extremely close before. He was not sure about Cindy though, save for the fact that she and her older sister had become estranged later in life.

Perhaps it only happened because Judy and Ed were permissive about the whole thing. Then again, they didn't know. Oliver made certain to not intentionally call his parents in this life by their first names. Occasionally one slipped, but Oliver hoped that his parents would pass it off as their fourteen year old son trying his hardest to annoy them, when really it was far more.

"Time period differences are definitely important." Oliver agreed as Justice went on to explain the cartoon violence situation. "Now we have cartoons aimed at both children and adults. While adults fully enjoyed Disney cartoons back in the day...myself included, they weren't really aimed at us, which I guess is part of the difference."[/color] Had his nieces and nephews been young enough at the time, Oliver was certain that he would have taken them to see Steamboat Willie. However, by this point, even his nieces and nephews were starting to have children of their own. Still, he could take his grand nieces and grand nephews if he so desired.

But that was all in the past. Quite literally.

"Well, it's one thing being part of the process, and another beast entirely to see the finished product."[/color] Oliver wore a huge grin on his face, being able to relate to this statement just as fully as he knew Justice could. It all went back to them both being creators. While Justice had been involved in the production of animation masterpieces, Oliver had been involved in the production of airplanes. Two entirely different fields, but an underlying theme that they could relate to.

"So Mickey's career pretty much took off from there, if I recall correctly?"[/color] Oliver made sure to take a quick glance around the room to make sure no normals were listening in, but he was not entirely worried. Though his statement could be considered a bit odd, at the same time it could very well be made by a fourteen year old who did a lot of research. This ambiguity in conversation in public was everything, Oliver was coming to learn.

Word count: 759
To: Jez-E/Justice
Notes: Yay for getting this done before work! ^^

[Justice Orion Logan]

Oh Mickey you’re so fine,
you’re so fine you blow my mind!

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Justice was one of those people where as much as he loved technology he could drop it in a heartbeat. He remembered the hard work put in before the technology made things easy and he felt that people didn’t respect the way things were so long ago. Perhaps that was why he didn’t care for the tech that existed now, compared to then as much as most. He did enjoy the uses of it at times, but he felt he could easily go without it. He had done it once so why not a second time?

It was hard to explain though the feelings that Justice had with regard to the past. He felt that his old life was behind him and it was time for a fresh start. As much as he loved what he had done before, and he knew he couldn’t top it—this time around he would live under the radar and enjoy doing it. Who knew whether he would find his wife again, or even a woman he could ever love as much as he did his wife. After all, those feelings still lingered in his memories. But for now, he was content to just take things and start fresh. He had a clean slate. None of his old mistakes mattered, none of his old accomplishments and he could live a life with no one watching him closely or digging into his life. It was a nice chance and he couldn’t be sure if he would get another one quite like that.

”Claim you fell down the stairs?”

[/b] Justice offered with a smile. He had guessed Ed and Judy were his parents—his second parents really. Justice’s second parents were…well—they were what they were; Hippies and a bit on the odd side. Justice didn’t pay them much mind, he lived with his Grandmother after all. It was better that way—especially with parents like his.

Justice wouldn’t ever say he got along with them, it was more like he loved them because they were his second parents—though he could easily see the distinction between them and his original parents. He just found that their attitudes and way of doing things wasn’t preferable though it did effect Justice in his early life—but now Justice’s first life was a much more powerful influence and it had weeded out a bit of the teachings of his second parents.

”This is true. There were some Pixar films with humour directed at adults but now we have things like Shrek or Despicable Me where the adult humour is hidden within the movie so that adults are also a target audience. I would be lying to say I don’t think it is a brilliant idea, but my cartoons paved the way for that—or at least they had their share of influence.”[/b] Justice admitted. He found the animated movies now, much more interesting. But cartoons on television were a different story. ”Though, I have to say that cartoons on TV have seriously downgraded in quality since my first life. They are far from targeting adults and children learn little from them. Especially since even the quality of animation has gone down. Mickey in his earliest form is better animation than half of these television shows.”

”Not to sound…conceited or anything.”[/b] Justice added with a smile.

Justice found himself grinning at the product comment. Justice understood completely. Justice knew the process of animation and it was quite a chore at times. But to see Snow White was way different than to take part in the making of Snow White. By the time you were done it was hard to enjoy the animation at first until you were busy getting sick of the next project you were working on. Though, Justice found he missed the feeling of just wanting to stop animating something or stop seeing anything to do with a project because of the constant invasion of that topic into your life. It was part of the amazing process that Justice loved.

Justice grinned widely. ”It sky rocketed!”[/b] Justice paused for effect. ”See, in 1929 tweleve Mickey Shorts were released that changed the story a bit. Minnie now turned down Mickey in favour of Pete—and Pete was no longer the villain but a gentleman worth Minnie’s love. So Mickey became more human as people saw his grief at not getting Minnie. It made him more relatable and people started to get really attached to him.”[/b] Justice explained. ”I mean, who can’t related to being turned down by someone you love?”[/b]

Justice shrugged. ”Well—during those same shorts we see Mickey finally get gloves. They were a part of the second short in of the twelve and we used them so people could see Mickey’s hands when they overlapped his body. That way you could make out his fingers and gestures. Minnie also had the gloves of course…But this became a regular part of Mickey and Minnie.”[/b]

”The third one in this sequence entailed Mickey invading the home of a drunk Kat Nipp—though he was then given the name Tom Cat. Mickey and Minnie were with a bunch of mice and had a bit of a party with the other mice, and even acted like other mice. It was an idea we tried out and I didn’t care for it quite as much as the more human Mickey.”[/b][/size][/blockquote][/blockquote][/color]

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[Oliver Lee Winchester]

Oliver always had a fondness for technology, which was perhaps the reason why he was so captivated by the technology of the 21st century. Nevertheless, sometimes he grew frustrated with the way people took it all for granted. In some ways, he couldn't blame the normals that he came across for remaining blissfully unaware of the way things used to be. They grew up with this technology - They truly didn't know any better.

The freshman thought back to a previous encounter with Hayden Callaghan, a 'normal' junior. Hayden treated him as his go-to guy for any maintenance, something that amused Oliver most of the time (excepting Oliver getting sulfuric acid sprayed on his arm, but that's a story for another time). On this particular occasion, Hayden had sought him out in the park to fix his skateboard. Oliver had made a casual remark, in jest, that it would be easy to fix the skateboard, as it was not as though he were adding wings to it. Hayden suggested rather casually that Oliver should add wings to it to make it fly.

The way in which Hayden had asked the question grated Oliver's nerves. Looking back, he realized that it was not Hayden's fault that the seventeen year old thought it as simple as merely adding wings to a skateboard. With all of the technology available to him, he didn't need to know how everything worked. It was there, after all! And surely he wouldn't understand at all what it was like to live in a time without telephones, computers, cars, airplanes, electricity, and numerous other gadgets that made daily living in the 21st century that much easier. Oliver was born the first time into a world with none of that, and he had to admit that he appreciated how much easier it made things. He just wished there was a way to make some of the normals appreciate what they had without revealing what he was.

Oliver let out a laugh. "Suppose I could say that. Can't very well tell them that Walt Disney beaned me over the head with something heavy, now can I?"[/color] Per usual, this statement was followed by a mental image, causing Oliver to laugh that much more. The thought of telling his parents such a thing, despite it being true, was such an absurd idea! What on Earth would they even say? They'd more than likely tell him to stop goofing around.

It felt nice to discuss with someone the changes that had happened over the years. Walt Disney had been a generation after him, but the times were still similar enough to create an accord between the two young men. Though Walt Justice's comment about TV made him chuckle once again. "I'm sorry, I can't say I really know much about TV before. TV didn't hit it big until the 50s, and sad to say I didn't quite make it there."[/color] He'd come close, within 2 years, but no dice. "I do see what you mean, though. There are a few good shows out there but I could never really find myself all that entertained by most of the kids shows out nowadays."[/color] Of course, some of this likely had to do with the fact that Oliver was never really a normal kid in the first place, and being told to sit in front of the TV and watch a red muppet talk to his goldfish when you invented the airplane was a bit silly when one thought of it.

Which was probably why, when told to do just that, Ed or Judy Winchester would come back just in time to witness Oliver trying to take apart the TV again.

"I very much agree with you. You can also tell how much effort was put into it. And you don't sound conceited at all."[/color] Oliver grinned. He'd asked Justice to talk about himself, after all.

Oliver continued to jot down notes as Justice explained a bit more of Mickey's history. He could recall much of this to some extent from seeing it in theatres himself, but it was nice to hear it again, directly from the source. After all, he was gleaning information that he likely would not have gotten if he hadn't gone to Walt himself. "I think almost everyone can relate to that."[/color] Oliver agreed. His main romance in his past life had taken that route, and he could only hope that his relationship with Lenita would not turn out the same way. So far, so good.

The gloves were quite important, and Oliver made sure to not only note this, but to put a marker by it so that he would note it as important information. Any changes made to Mickey he considered to be important milestones in the cartoon mouse's career, after all. In response to the third short, Oliver pondered. "That makes sense. People could relate to him better than if he were just a regular mouse."[/color] Plus, that wasn't part of the charm that led people to Mickey Mouse in the first place, now was it?


Word count: 882
To: Jez-E/Justice
Notes: Yay you're back. ^_^