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[queenoftherock]

[Alright, this tablet? Ollie can admit this is a nice piece of work. If he could, he'd probably take it apart but that would probably result in bad things.

Which he's really averse to currently.

But onto the more important things... Listed on this public network post is the name 'Oliver Queen,' a name that's been fairly recently added to the lists.]

Right, so. These guys, our... overlords, they pluck us out of somewhere and then drop us into The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. After that, somehow, we get back to the year 3000 and now half of us are suddenly kids?

[Don't even ask how he knows that bit of information, he's a professional stalker.]

I'm starting to think adjustment periods aren't exactly a thing these guys do around here. Is this... normal?

[HE'S SO CONFUSED DON'T JUDGE HIM.]

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[boughtabookstore]

The mission is.

The kids are not.

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[queenoftherock]

Good to know part of this is normal.

[boughtabookstore]

I'm sure you'll get used to it soon. Things rarely stay exactly the same around here.

permatext here too!!

[slingshots]

[ omg omg omg she knows that name, BEAMING



...even if he doesn't really sound as old and grumbly as she remembers, WHATEVER SHE'LL THINK ABOUT THAT LATER ]

come on, it's nothing a queen can't handle

[queenoftherock]

[... Another one? How many people know him?]

This Queen's been out of commission for a little bit.

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[slingshots]

[ and this thread is SUDDENLY ON LOCKDOWN, because batman woulds scowl at her if she didn't. ]

why, what's up?

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[stonefaith]

this is absolutely not normal.

I thought that the transporter was maybe sending people out and bringing other versions of them in, because that has happened before, but never so quickly and never in bulk like this.

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[queenoftherock]

In bulk? Sounds like there's a discount here. What's the average then? About half of this?

[stonefaith]

average is more like one or two people every few months.

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[kneecaptain]

Nah. The kids are new.

I hate time travel. But that's old.

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[queenoftherock]

You hating time travel or time travel in general?

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[kneecaptain]

Can't it be both?

[whatsupcroc]

No exactly, but having some kind of unexpected fallout after a mission is pretty normal. Last time it was mutant animal invasions! There was a walking whale bigger than a skyscraper, that was totally insane.

[queenoftherock]

So it's a totally different kind of zoo this time.

[whatsupcroc]

A zoo of us, yep! Which is better in the long run, since we tend to cause less damage than hordes of mutated animals and a population reduced to 10% of what it was before.

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[claimyourself]

All of this crazy stuff is pretty much normal for here, yeah.

As for the kids thing, I haven't been here long enough to know if it happens that often, but I think we would have heard about it by now if it was a common thing.

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[queenoftherock]

Great. [He would've made it a point to know everything if he wasn't so injured, honestly.] Time to get used to something else now.

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[deadbythename]

[ So much eye narrowing at that name. So much. Why is he the only one who thought to use an assumed name, though, jesus you people.]

Some of us got lucky and aged forward.

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[queenoftherock]

[He doesn't even know you! Don't judge a stranger!]

Yeah? Is that a good thing or a bad thing?

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[gevurah]

[ SQUINTING at the name attached to the network. He doesn't sound like the Oliver Queen she's heard on the news before. He sounds... younger? ]

It probably won't last.

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[queenoftherock]

It's temporary? You're sure about that?

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[asskickersunite]

The whole jumping through time shit is totally normal. Suddenly having a bunch of kids outta fuckin' nowhere? That's pretty new. I think we've got a daycare or somethin' set up for them though.

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[queenoftherock]

Didn't waste any time setting up camp here, huh?

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[fe_male]

[ 'Oliver Queen', what a princesstastic name. ]

Adjustment period, injustice period. Who needs 'em? [ So much sarcasm. ]

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[queenoftherock]

[That was unnecessary Mr. Flopped Over On Bars.]

Obviously not us. [Right backatcha.]