.003 - sleeping beauty's here again

[greenarrowed]

Well, that was the most convenient nap I've ever taken.



[Open Spam]

[Oliver doesn't think he's ever going to be fully used to the strange things that happen here. Like falling asleep one night and waking up three weeks later like it's no big deal. He's been here long enough to know that it happens and that there's no real explanation for it and there's really no point in dwelling on it.

He misses the island now more than ever, he realizes, as he leans against the railing on the Barge's deck. Lian Yu had its own set of issues and oddities, he'll admit that, but if it's a straight choice between hellboat or an island in the North Pacific, it's not hard to figure which one he'd choose. If it were a choice between Starling City and the island, he can't honestly say he'd actually want to go back home either.

But anyway, Mr. Queen is just brooding at the stars, if interrupting his thoughts catches your fancy.]

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[theonlyresponse]

I had a list. [He thought it was that simple, once. Wipe all of them out, systematically. But it never ended, and it cost him so much.] I'm not done.

[Bea isn't, either. He wonders what she would make of Oliver.]

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[tolaywaste]

[That's. A little flippant for talking about somebody Alex misses a lot, but he understands having a bad attitude. Mostly.]

I thought so.

[There's a pause. He's not actually very good at initiating conversation, so he looks over the side for a second before continuing.]

Sounds like you're glad he's gone.

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[greenarrowed]

[A lot of Oliver's bad attitude is an act, honestly. To keep people at a distance.]

I never really got to know the guy. [Except that Tim asked a lot of questions that Oliver didn't want to answer and he doesn't miss that.]

Sounds like you knew him pretty well.

[greenarrowed]

[Yeah, that's real reassuring, Bruce. You should go into the peptalk business.]

I'm not you.

[theonlyresponse]

No. [That much is true, but there's also-] Make sure you don't go down the same road.

[Peptalk business, yep.]

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[tolaywaste]

I knew him all right.

[Not well enough.]

We helped save a guy from bleeding out when he first got here, so.

[greenarrowed]

[For the first time in this entire conversation, he cracks a smile and gestures around them.]

Kinda late for that isn't it?

[theonlyresponse]

[He steps closer, and on instinct, everything in him screams intimidation. Almost like he's jabbing a finger into Oliver's chest.] No. It isn't. Not for you.

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[looksfine]

[Take it as you well; her words are meant to be taken at face-value.]

An expression I hear quite often. Yet, those who claim it often end up being some of the most helpful of all. It is what I believe is known as Irony.

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[greenarrowed]

How noble of you. [That actually is, but you know. He's a billionaire playboy and Alex wasn't on the list of people who knew about the Hood, that he knows of, and he'd like to keep it that way.]

Did you come to ask me questions about Tim or are you just bored?

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[tolaywaste]

[He rolls his eyes. Okay, Oliver, fine.]

Bored. You looked bored, too, though. Or brooding, maybe.

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[myresponsibility]

See you in a few.

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[hellofist]

I lived there, before here. Gotham, before that.

[Before that doesn't count.]

You should go. Maybe you'd meet me.

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[greenarrowed]

[That's right, who's your boss.]

I just spent the last three weeks of my afterlife asleep. I'm not sure bored or brooding covers it.

[greenarrowed]

[If he's intimidated, he doesn't show it.]

What's this? Advice from the old veteran then?

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[tolaywaste]

[NOT YOU >8|]

Maybe you just have a naturally brooding-looking face.

[theonlyresponse]

Advice from a friend. If you have those.

[A little bit of it is self-hatred, for the the part of himself he sees in Oliver. The rest is all concern, however oddly he expresses it.]

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[greenarrowed]

Another reason to avoid it then. [He says it as a joke though. You're almost like a real friend to him?]

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[greenarrowed]

I've never been a big fan of irony.

[greenarrowed]

[Look old man, Oliver doesn't need people to be concerned about him. He's fine. Totally fine and in control.]

I avoid them, usually. Too much collateral damage.

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[greenarrowed]

[You think you've seen sassy eyebrows before but the one that Oliver raises at Alex for that is one of the best.]

You know, I'm not sure I've actually gotten your name out of all of this.

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[tolaywaste]

[Exceptionally sassy. The Russian judge gives it a 7.]

Alex Summers. [Hand out to shake, like a goddamn gentleman.]

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[hellofist]

[Thankfully, she can read that on him. She just grins, then turns so her back is to the rail and jumps up to sit on it.]

Been caught up, yet? On what... you missed?

mcspam

[greenarrowed]

[Alex, your mother's influence is showing. But Oliver's not a total barbarian either, so he shakes the hand offered to him.]

Oliver Queen, but you already know that.

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[greenarrowed]

[Well okay, guess they're hanging out now.]

More or less. Anything you have that wasn't on the network?