Line #76 Fanfic/Opalescent


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/opalescent_cover.jpg]]
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3	-> ''My name is Agent Opal.''
4	-> ''I am the Opalescent.''
5	-> ''And'' ''[[ThisIsMyStory this is my story.]]''
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7	''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12581099/1/Opalescent Opalescent]]'' is an ''Series/OddSquad'' fanfiction created by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/4767560/lilac-kat lilac-kat]] that serves as a sequel to ''[[Fanfic/ShipsAhoy Ships Ahoy!]]''.
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9	The story follows the relationship of Otto and Opal [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep (more well-known by her title "Dr. O")]] -- how they got together, how they fell apart, and what Opal decided to do about it.
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11	It is connected to the ''Ships Ahoy!'' [[TheVerse 'verse]] as a main installment.
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13	As of November 2017, it has been put on an indefinite hiatus.
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16	!!This fanfic contains examples of:
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18	* ActOfTrueLove: Opal gives up her desires and her relationship with Otto in order to help him and Olive be promoted and run their own precinct together. Oprah notes that she has a "big, selfless, abnegating heart."
19	--> '''Oprah:''' ''[thinking]'' Well, if anyone were willing to give up their loved one for the greater good like that, it would have to be our very own Doctor. And I envy her for making a hard decision so easily.
20	* AdaptationalExplanation: The odd affliction Oksana has of her hands screaming from making so many meals, seen in her "Welcome to the Breakroom" training videos, is given a name in this story -- ''corporis quiritatus'', which is when a part of a person's body experiencing severe stress quite literally screams for help and refuses to do whatever caused it to become stressed in the first place. Similarly, the idea from Oprah of her picking three meals for agents to vote on came from her having the illness, as a potential cure.
21	* AdviceBackfire: Subverted. Oprah decides to help Oksana by offering her some advice on how she can fix her ''corporis quiritatus''. It backfires, but Oprah being who she is, it barely fazes her, and Oksana eventually takes the advice to heart.
22	--> '''Oksana:''' Change my ''meal routine?'' That's impossible!
23	--> '''Oprah:''' Whoa there, no it's not. You don't have to ''completely'' change your meal routine, do you? Why not just ask agents to vote for three different meals, and only prepare the one with the most votes? That way you're still having agents tell you what they want, but it's less stressful on you.
24	--> '''Oksana:''' Are you saying you know how to do my job better than I do?
25	--> '''Oprah:''' No, I'm asking you why that wouldn't work.
26	--> '''Oksana:''' It would. Very well. I'll change my routine tomorrow.
27	* AgeGapRomance: Opal is around ten or eleven years old, but legally speaking, she is 25 years old. Otto, on the other hand, is legally ten years old. It's a ''fifteen-year'' age gap, but the story pulls no punches in mentioning how creepy it is if one thinks about it for too long, and both agents agree to take things slow until they reach a point where they feel it's okay to enter a full-on relationship.
28	* TheAllegedCar: Olive tells Otto and Opal that she'll pick them up in a Mercedes Limo. What she actually picks them up in is a small toy car that's ''called'' a Mercedes Limo.
29	--> '''Otto:''' I thought you said you'd pick us up in a Mercedes Limo.
30	--> ''[Olive rolls her eyes and [[FacePalm smacks her forehead against the steering wheel]]]''
31	--> '''Olive:''' This ''is'' a Mercedes Limo. What, were you expecting a grownup car?
32	* AndIMustScream: While ill with the Sillies, Opal is unaware of her surroundings and cannot think straight.
33	* ArbitrarySkepticism: Lampshaded in Chapter 1 when Opal sees the "strange sight" of Olive and Oscar walking upstairs together, although the story notes that she was already well-used to seeing strange sights in Odd Squad on the daily.
34	* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Oksana hits Opal with one that's so sudden and so out of the blue that it's equivalent to [[AnvilOnHead an anvil dropping on the head of the doctor.]]
35	--> '''Oksana:''' Do you fancy Otto? Is that it? ''Do'' you?
36	* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Opal is somehow able to sit on the bench in the small park seen in "[[Recap/OddSquadS1E26RobertPlantGameTime Robert Plant]]" without breaking it -- not to mention that she shouldn't be able to sit there at all, as it looks to be about the size of a small dog.
37	* BadDate: Opal and Otto's first date involves them going to a place called Harvey's Diner to eat, and then to Silver Dollar City (an amusement park in Missouri) to ride roller coasters. It's part of a ploy by Otto that is dubbed "Operation Bring-Fun-to-Opal", and it gets off to a rocky start before getting better by the time they ride Outlaw Run.
38	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: In Chapter 9, Oscar wishes for some time together with Opal. He gets time with her during the events of "[[Recap/OddSquadS1E23SoundcheckPartDeuxJinx Jinx]]", but he quickly regrets it when Olive and Otto send the pair on a mission to fight a laser chicken, something that's completely outside of their skillset.
39	* BlandNameProduct: Mostly averted. The story name-drops several real-world celebrities, like Music/JessieJ and Music/RitchieValens, and has real-world products like TBD Magazine as well.
40	* {{Bookends}}: The story opens up with Opal suffering from the Sillies, and the end of Part 1 has her just realizing she has the Sillies.
41	* BrainWithAManualControl: Implied with Oscar, as he has a little man named Reginald inside of his head who also has a tiny slide projector. With it, he shows Oscar happy memories of him and Olive as Opal asks him how their first year as boyfriend and girlfriend has been going, although it's unknown if he also control's Oscar's brain in general.
42	* BrokenTears: Opal, after trying to fight back her sadness surrounding Olive's promotion and Otto's future, ends up crashing in the Medical Bay after hours as a sobbing mess.
43	* CatharticExhalation: After tobogganing down a hill, managing to hit a snowbank, and crashing, Otto tries to do this, but finds that he can't breathe after having the wind knocked out of him. Luckily he has Opal with him, who helps him regain air circulation in his body.
44	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: After riding one of the fastest wooden rollercoasters in the States, Outlaw Run, Opal asks Otto if all rollercoasters are as fast as that one was. Otto completely misses her intended question and rattles on about rollercoasters.
45	* ComingOfAgeStory: Opal's side of the story involves her struggling with being in love with Otto while she's still a (slowly-aging) child, and in Chapter 7, she explains that when an agent is employed with Odd Squad long enough, they may start to hit a point where there's a part of them that grows into an adult.
46	* CompetitionFreak: Otto and Opal start to delve into this when it comes to one-upping each other in terms of da- er, sorry, [[InsistentTerminology "get-togethers"]].
47	* ConstantlyCurious: Otto gets wind of Oscar and Olive being a relationship, and he's quick to badger the former with all sorts of questions about the feud they had, the closest he ever came to finding out, and who else knows about the relationship, among many, ''many'' other questions. It gets to such a point where Oscar has to have another Scientist escort him out of the Lab and he can barely get a single word in edgewise about how things are going with him and Opal.
48	* CryLaughing: Opal does this at the end of Chapter 12 after having seen Otto accept his promotion to the Management department. It's implied that she is sick with the Sillies disease, hence why she's laughing as well as crying.
49	* DefrostingIceQueen: Opal starts out as an agent who is committed to work, is TheComicallySerious, and can't grasp the concept of "having fun". As she enters a relationship with Otto and goes out on dates, however, she starts to loosen up and enjoy things such as amusement parks and entertainment centers, in a gambit that Otto calls "Operation Bring-Fun-to-Opal".
50	* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: In Chapter 1, Opal starts to daydream about Otto and has to mentally tell herself not to think about him, but she says "I mean it" out loud, causing the nurse on duty, Otha, to take notice. Opal explains that she was simply talking to herself.
51	* EpicFail: Otto is a SupremeChef who loves to cook, but he ends up overcooking his dark chocolate cherry scones and forgetting he left his spatula in a skillet filled with alfredo sauce while also having to deal with a swarm of [[{{Lilliputians}} Gretchens]] inside his ice cream machine that's in the front yard. It gets even worse when Opal comes to the door and all Otto can do is hold out his pan of burned scones.
52	--> '''Otto:''' Please don't tell me you're hungry.
53	* EurekaMoment: Opal remarks that Olive, Oscar and Otto looking as scruffy and dirty as they are make "quite a picture", which gives Oscar the idea to take a selfie of the trio.
54	* EvenTheGuysWantHim: If Chapter 7 is any indication, it's not just the girls of Precinct 13579 that are going after Otto -- some of the boys are as well.
55	* ExpressiveEars: When Dr. O is checking Olive for signs of her being the Countdown Crook, she takes a rubber hammer and taps Olive's forehead with it. Her reaction to it comes in the form of her ears flapping violently for a couple seconds.
56	* FirstNameBasis: After Otto and Opal both confess their love for each other, Opal allows Otto to call her by just that instead of by her "Dr. O" title.
57	* FrothyMugsOfWater: Sparkling grape juice, something that Opal is drinking while at Club 24 in Chapter 11, can be interpreted as a stand-in for wine.
58	* GoodAngelBadAngel: In Chapter 7, Opal gets a shoulder devil and a shoulder angel when Otto asks her if relationships are allowed in Odd Squad. Her shoulder devil tells her that relationships just aren't done at the organization because everyone employed is a child, while her shoulder angel responds by saying that just because romance doesn't belong in the realm of youth doesn't mean it hasn't happened before because Olive and Oscar have already been in a relationship that is (at the time) going steady. Humorously, despite the wacky universe Odd Squad takes place in, the angel and devil aren't visible or audible to anyone but Opal herself.
59	* GoshDangItToHeck: "Crumpets", Olive's catchphrase, is confirmed in this story to be a curse word that Olive says as a stand-in for "shit". Opal [[BorrowedCatchphrase borrows]] it at some point and immediately thinks to herself, "Whoops, that's Olive's curse phrase, but still."
60	** In Chapter 3, the story describes the exchange between Otto and Dr. O in "[[Recap/OddSquadS1E14TheJackiesInvasionOfTheBodySwitchers Invasion of the Body Switchers]]" as "hecka awkward".
61	* GrandRomanticGesture: Otto buys Dr. O a bike, one that she's wanted but could not afford due to being in financial hardships for a majority of her life, and she goes ''ecstatic'' over it. Downplayed, however, as the gift is from Oscar and Otto.
62	* HeroismWontPayTheBills: Zig-zagged. Opal gets a free Nerf gun from the manager at Creator/ChuckECheese for curing him of polka-dot-itis, but she has to win a giant teddy bear the same way that everyone else does. Likewise, Otto also has to win his rubber squid and buy his Shmumber-Choco bar using tickets despite being employed with Odd Squad.
63	* HiddenDepths: Befitting his fun and goofy nature, Otto absolutely ''loves'' rollercoasters and knows quite a fair bit about them from experience riding them.
64	* HilariousInHindsight: This fanfiction popularized [[BlandNameProduct Oddstagram]] within the fandom long before the FictionalSocialNetwork ended up becoming an actual thing in [[Recap/OddSquadS3E1OddBeginningsPartOne Season 3]].
65	* HypocriticalHumor: Although Otto's been telling Olive to "stop and smell the candy canes" for the past two years around Christmas, ''he's'' the one that's flustered and can't seem to relax for the third year in a row.
66	* ICanStillFight: After being knocked out by a [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink contaminated pie]] during the events of "[[Recap/OddSquadS1E24TrainingDay Training Day]]", Opal came to several hours later and began treating agents despite her being dizzy and still poisoned by the pie that hit her.
67	* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Each chapter title is a word taken from ''[[https://www.dictionaryofobscuresorrows.com/ The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows]]'' by John Koenig.
68	* ImmediateSelfContradiction: When "a purple sequin-bedazzled ball of anxiety in the form of Ms. O" comes running into the Medical Bay saying that she needs to be onstage for the New Year's Eve Countdown that night, Olive and Otto flinch from her voice, but Opal shows she's not intimidated by yelling at her that [[ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder she's a doctor, not a party planner.]] Then she looks at Otto briefly before looking away and clearing her throat uncomfortably as she becomes intimidated by ''him'' instead.
69	* InappropriatelyCloseComrades: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Otto in Chapter 7 when he asks if relationships between coworkers are allowed in Odd Squad. Opal isn't quite sure how to answer the question at first, but considering this is a sequel to ''[[Fanfic/ShipsAhoy Ships Ahoy!]]'', it's safe to say the answer is yes.
70	--> ''If, all throughout the past fourteen years, Ms. O had never once stepped in to interfere with what was so obviously a drama worthy of a soap opera, then "stuff like this"'' had ''to be allowed at Odd Squad. Or at least something everyone turned a blind eye to. Right?''
71	* InformedPoverty: Subverted. It's stated in Chapter 6 that Opal used to be poor, living in an tiny apartment and often having to choose between paying tuition or paying the rent and bills, but is presumably much better off now that she works as an Odd Squad Doctor...that is, until her cousin was diagnosed with leukemia, and since her immediate family was unable to pay the hospital bills, Opal had to send quite a bit of money their way for treatment, which sends her far from her goal of wanting a bike to make getting to her apartment complex easier.
72	* InnocentlyInsensitive: Despite Opal telling him that she's never been to an amusement park before, Otto decides to take her on the fastest ride in the amusement park first instead of going on a smaller and slower ride, or warning her about the speed of the rollercoaster beforehand.
73	* InsistentTerminology: To Opal, her hangouts with Otto are not dates. They're ''get-togethers.''
74	** Olive's not a "girlfriend" to Oscar, but what he actually refers to her as is left to Opal's imagination, as she thinks of many (kid-friendly) synonyms he could be calling her instead.
75	* InstantSeduction: Invoked by Otto on one date with Opal at a laser-tag place, where he pushed her into a corner, caressed her chin while looking at her dead in the eye, and then shot her in the chest and sauntered away before she even had a chance to react.
76	* InstantWakingSkills: Opal is noted to be an early riser, even when it's not Christmas morning.
77	* InternalReveal: In Chapter 10, Otto reveals to Opal that the bike she received last year was from him and Oscar.
78	* {{IPhony}}: Otto owns an [=OddPod=], which is a pretty obvious reference to the [[Creator/{{Apple}} [=iPod=]]].
79	* ItsALongStory: Olive and Oscar's response to Opal when she asks them what happened that caused them to be covered in green goo and soaked in orange juice.
80	* IveHeardOfThatWhatIsIt: In Chapter 7, Opal tries to explain growing up and becoming an adolescent to Otto, but he doesn't quite get what she's saying.
81	--> '''Opal:''' See, once you've been on the Squad for long enough, there's...there's a part of you that becomes...well, not like a kid anymore. Like if you'd never joined Odd Squad and you grew up, that part of you is the part that grows up. Do you follow me?
82	--> '''Otto:''' Absolutely!
83	--> ''[Opal narrows her eyes and raises an eyebrow]''
84	--> '''Otto:''' No, I'm not following.
85	* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Although it will severely impact their relationship, Opal encourages Oprah to promote Otto to the Management department so he can be co-Directors with Olive because it's for the best that they are not separated under any circumstances. It's a tough decision that she has to come to terms with after a long crying session in the Medical Bay.
86	* JabbaTableManners: To say that [[BigEater Otto]] doesn't really follow proper and polite dining etiquette while on a date with a girl is a ''very'' sore {{Understatement}} -- and that's just one of the things that makes his date with Opal awkward.
87	--> '''Opal:''' Do...you always eat this much? I mean- every meal, do you...always eat so much food? ''[thinking]'' Oh gosh, that sounded so rude out loud...
88	--> '''Otto:''' Only when I'm super hungry. Which is usually all the time.
89	--> '''Opal:''' I see.
90	* JawDrop: Otto has this reaction when Opal tells him that, legally speaking, she's supposed to be 25 years old.
91	** Opal's reaction after riding Outlaw Run, one of the fastest wooden coasters in the United States, for the first time involves her having her jaw dropped in absolute terror. It stays like that for a good long while before she finally manages to tell him that riding the coaster was the worst five minutes (read: actually thirty seconds) of her life.
92	** In Chapter 11, Opal shows Olive the article that reveals Riley Winter, a writer for ''TBD Magazine'', has been fired, and the Investigation agent's jaw drops.
93	* KidsDrivingCars: Although canon has Odd Squad agents drive around small toy cars in lieu of the bigger and more common cars that teens and adults drive without the need for licenses or any sort of registration, this fanfiction has agents being able to get their licenses if they are at a certain age in spite of them looking too young to be able to legally do so. This is how Olive is able to drive despite looking like a 12-year-old girl, having had her license for three years, although she owns a tiny toy car, a Mercedes Limo.
94	* LampshadeHanging: When Oscar takes out a Polaroid camera from his pocket, Olive asks how the camera survived the orange juice flood in the Boiler Room when his badge phone didn't.
95	* LettingHerHairDown: Although unintentional on her end, Opal's PrimAndProperBun becomes undone after she crash-lands while tobogganing with Otto, which adds to the romantic mood of the scene.
96	* LikeBrotherAndSister: Oscar and Opal have this kind of relationship with each other, with Oscar viewing Opal as an older sister while she views him as a younger brother. The same goes for Olive and Otto as well, with Otto viewing Olive as an older sister while he is the younger brother in her eyes.
97	* LiteralMetaphor: Opal decides to make her feet march themselves up to the Medical Bay. Her shoes respond by leaving her feet and heading off to the Medical Bay themselves.
98	** The beginning of Chapter 6 has Opal receiving a call from Oprah...in the form of her boss giving a shout of "Dr. O, in the Break Room, now!" that's so loud, it reverberated around Headquarters for two weeks before finding its way out to fly south for the winter.
99	** In Chapter 7, Opal asks Otto what fun they would have on dates, and Otto says that they'll cross that bridge when they get to it, "if any of our dates involve crossing bridges, I mean."
100	** In Chapter 11, Opal notes that Otto's essence that he usually brought with him to work is almost nonexistent, and she has to think to herself that it probably doesn't mean anything because he's busy showing Ohlm all of the ropes -- there ''are'' a significant amount of ropes in the Macrame Room, after all.
101	* LittlestCancerPatient: Opal's cousin, Libby, is stated to be suffering from leukemia but is currently in remission after her last blood transplant.
102	* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Zig-zagged. Opal is of the belief that Olive and Otto must never be separated from each other because it's better for everyone at Precinct 13579, and it makes it so that Olive and Otto are each other's emotional crutches. In a sense, though, Otto ''is'' an emotional crutch for Olive, especially following the traumatic pienado attack, so her belief may hold some merit.
103	* LongDistanceRelationship: When Opal announces to Otto that she's going on a long-term trip with the Big Office picking her for a crucial mission, the pair talk it out and eventually decide to try a long-distance relationship. It's revealed later on that she lied about going on a long-term trip to get Otto to accept his promotion to the Management department in a way that wouldn't put a strain on their relationship, but her and Otto agreeing to try a long-distance relationship is completely true.
104	* LoveMakesYouDumb: Olive tries to explain the [[FreakyFridayFlip body-switching]] situation to Opal when she appears in the Lab. Otto, on the other hand, suffers from a minor brain malfunction the second he hears her voice.
105	--> '''Otto:''' ''[inside head]'' ...Oishere(Here?-?-?).(do?-?-?)Uhh...uhh...uhh...ohGodohGodohGodaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAHHHIDIDN'TUSEDTOBELIKETHISAROUNDHER(what did I used to be like again?-?-?)[=WHATWOULDOLIVEDOOOoooooo...=]
106	** To say nothing of his struggle throughout the entire story of him trying not to embarrass himself by doing dumb things in front of Dr. O, and failing numerous times over.
107	* LoveTriangle: Both Opal and Oksana are in love with [[ChickMagnet Otto]], as are many, many other girls. One can probably guess who ends up being the victor.
108	* MustHaveCaffeine: Oscar has a Coffee-inator on hand for caffeine purposes, in place of drinking actual coffee -- which makes sense, considering a majority of agents at Odd Squad (if not just Opal) hate coffee because it's a drink for adults. Opal decides to use it on her to cure her of her SleepDeprivation, and it ends up working.
109	* MyEyesAreLeaking: Opal finds tears running down her face, but doesn't realize she's actually crying until she looks at herself in a mirror.
110	* NotWhatItLooksLike: After finding out that she is the Countdown Crook, Olive makes her way up to the Medical Bay with Otto in tow. When they get there, they find Opal standing next to a vat of pink goo about to give herself an injection of some white liquid. When the doctor sees Otto, she hastily sticks the syringe into the blonde bun that sits on her head.
111	* ObliviousToLove: When it comes to her feelings towards Otto, Opal is in some ''very'' deep denial, and every time she makes a move involving him to some degree, she has to convince herself it's platonic and not romantic. Naturally, it doesn't last for very long, and she slowly starts to accept her feelings as the story goes on.
112	** Averted for Otto, who picks up on Opal's behavior very quickly and is able to deduce that she loves him. However, he struggles with figuring out when she started developing feelings for him and why she has feelings for him in the first place.
113	* ObviouslyNotFine: In Chapter 3, Olive asks a distressed Otto if something's wrong. When he says nothing is wrong, she gives him an eyebrow raise that shows she's unconvinced, and he cracks.
114	* OhMyGods: Opal gives a "for odd's sake" upon being asked whom she voted for in the Captain Fun election.
115	** Later on in the same chapter, she gives a "what in jackalope's name" when looking at the dead-tired and dirty states of Olive and Oscar following the Boiler Room incident.
116	** In Chapter 2, when she and Olive are about to fight the robot princesses, Opal thinks "Odd knows with Otto".
117	* OlderIsBetter: In regards to technology, Oscar certainly seems to believe that older products like his Polaroid camera hold up better than modern technology.
118	--> '''Olive:''' ''How'' did that survive the flood if your own badge phone didn't?!
119	--> '''Oscar:''' Psh, are you kidding? You've been out of the '90s too long. Modern phones will break if you so much as snap them in half, but everyone knows that older, clunkier technology is ''indestructible!''
120	--> '''Opal:''' I don't think that's how technology works, Oscar.
121	* OppositesAttract: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Opal in Chapter 2, when she asks herself why she's falling for him since the two have differing personalities and has to keep telling herself that the relationship will never work out ''because'' they're opposites. Of course, the pair end up getting together eventually, and manage to hit it off.
122	* ProductPlacement: Despite having [[FictionalSocialNetwork fictional social media networks]] like Oddstagram and {{IPhony}} products like [=OddPods=], Website/{{Twitter}} is directly name-dropped in Chapter 11 and is revealed to be a social media site that Opal frequents.
123	* PowerSource: Opal notes that the boiler in the Boiler Room with an orange triangle on the door, seen in ''[[Fanfic/OlivesLastPartner Olive's Last Partner]]'', is going to be replaced with a new furnace powered by carrots instead of orange juice.
124	* ThePrankster: Averted for Opal -- Otto is the prankster in the relationship, not her, and so she seeks the advice of Oscar to pull a good prank on him. She decides to take him to the most boring place in Canada next weekend.
125	* RapidFireNo: Otto's reaction when he accidentally overcooks the dark chocolate cherry scones as he races inside to take them out of the oven.
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127	* SayingTooMuch: Opal lets quite a few things slip around Otto in Chapter 2, during the events of "[[Recap/OddSquadS1E19HoldTheDoorFlatastrophe Hold the Door]]".
128	* SecretRelationship: When Opal and Otto finally confess that they love each other, Opal decides to lay out some ground rules for the relationship, the first one being that neither her nor Otto are allowed to tell anyone. Of course, Olive eventually ends up finding out (as does Oscar) and forces them to out themselves the same way she was outed as being in a relationship with Oscar. Oprah manages to find out about the relationship as well thanks to the security cameras placed around Headquarters, but doesn't tell Opal that she knows due to the Odd Squad Doctor having a stoic reputation to uphold.
129	* ShipperOnDeck: Opal has Olive and Oscar as her OneTruePairing.
130	* ShoutOut: In Chapter 2, Opal thinks about the time she went to see ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'' in theaters. She thought it was good, but also too silly for her tastes.
131	** In Chapter 3, Otto decides to listen to K-ODD's online live radio broadcast, which is playing the rather-fitting Robert Palmer Song "Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)".
132	** When Olive and Otto go to see Dr. O about the former being the Countdown Crook, an exchange occurs that is lifted straight out of ''Film/MeanGirls'', complete with an agent named O'Gretchen walking by.
133	--> '''Otto:''' If it's supposed to be the same color as your arm, then why is the medicine white?
134	--> '''O'Gretchen:''' [[OhMyGods Oh my odd,]] Otto, you can't just ask doctors why their medicine is white!
135	** The same scene has [[Music/RitchieValens "La Bamba"]] playing when Dr. O puts a couple drops of a pink gooey substance into Olive's eyes.
136	** In Chapter 8, when Otto takes Opal on a date to Creator/ChuckECheese, he recites the "Where a kid can be a kid" slogan. A rather clever shoutout, since Chuck E. Cheese was a frequent sponsor of Creator/PBSKids programs back in the 2000s, the block of which ''Series/OddSquad'' airs on.
137	** In Chapter 10, Otto decides to make snow ice cream, dark chocolate cherry scones and gnocchi alfredo for Opal on Christmas Eve, while Olive is hesitant about the idea because it's a lot of food to make in one night and it's too cold for ice cream. She then chides herself by saying that [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 the cold never bothered her, Otto and Opal anyway]] because they're Canadians.
138	* SleepDeprivation: As a result of staying up all night on New Year's Eve, Opal, and many other agents, are extremely tired and are running on little to no sleep. Opal in particular can't keep her eyes open, and uses the [[MustHaveCaffeine Coffee-inator]] to give herself a burst of energy.
139	* StealthHiBye: While canon doesn't limit this ability to a specific group of people (both Odd Squad agents and regular adults do this often), this fanfiction has everyone able to pop into rooms from nowhere except for Olive and Otto.
140	* TheTell: Opal may not be able to read other people and their emotions well, but she's spent enough time with Otto to understand his emotions and how he's feeling, and when she sees him coming down the stairs with Ohlm following a newly-promoted Olive, she's quick to realize that he's not necessarily in favor of the promotion.
141	* TitleDrop: In Chapter 10, Otto and Opal discuss brown opals, and he refers to them as "opalescent". Then he proceeds to refer to Opal by the adjective.
142	--> '''Otto:''' You're always opalescent to me. My Opal.
143	* ThirdWheel: If Chapter 10 is any indication, Olive and Oscar have both been third wheels to Otto and Opal on more than one occasion -- not that they seem to mind, though.
144	* UndyingLoyalty: Opal and Otto have such a drive of loyalty towards Odd Squad that they will always put the organization and its agents' needs above their own.
145	* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Odd Squad agents hooking up together and entering relationships with each other are certainly not uncommon, especially when Olive points out various couples in classic literature pieces where the boyfriend and girlfriend are both under the age of twelve.
146	* UselessSecurityCamera: Averted. Seeing security footage of Opal crying in the Medical Bay after hours is what clues Oprah in to the fact that she and Otto are indeed in a relationship and makes her understand the Doctor's suggestion of promoting Otto to the Management department in addition to Olive.
147	* WakingUpElsewhere: Subverted. Directly after she is cured of the Sillies, Opal becomes aware of her surroundings while sitting on the cot in the Medical Bay, but doesn't black out again.
148	* WhamLine: Chapter 12 delivers one that manages to blindside Otto completely.
149	--> '''Opal:''' I'm going on a long-term trip.
150	* WhatBeautifulEyes: Opal is described as having "muddy-brown doe eyes". Otto himself remarks that when he looks into her eyes, he sees two different shades of brown in them.
151	* WhatIsThisFeeling: Unlike Otto, Opal doesn't have much of a grasp on the concept of "fun" and asks Otto what "fun" would entail in regards to going out on dates.
152	* YouWakeUpInARoom: The story starts with Opal being cured of the Sillies, which has progressed to the point where it has overtaken her brain. When she comes to, she realizes that she's not in the Medical Bay and tries hopelessly to go back there, but she's still mentally falling and is almost completely checked out from reality.

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