but oh what a year

[patrols]

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[slavophile]

I'm
I'll be back before you guys leave.
I promise.

And if something comes up, I'll bring Coop personally to Oxford so you can see his face in person.

[overprivileged]

That is an acceptable compromise. As soon as we have a date, I'll start planning the menu.

[If all else fails, bribe with food.]

So what are you guys doing in Baltimore? Anything fun?

[slavophile]

We're with his brother and his brother's girlfriend, who has a bigger family than I was ready for.

Then stopping through Virginia tomorrow.

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[blackstarred]

Say hi to Uncle Barry for me. And let me know if you need any extra hands for that project.

[She'll sneak into the Arrowcave and do what she can.]

[overprivileged]

You're helping Uncle Barry with a problem in Virginia? Isn't that usually a bit out of his range?

[slavophile]

It's a real big, Barry-sized, Barry-themed problem. He's the expert.

[overprivileged]

I don't envy you there. Uncle Barry problems tend to make my head hurt.

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[slavophile]

Exactly. Focus on people's palettes and Oxford's graduate program in whatever it is you're studying.

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[blackstarred]

Is Quentin actually studying anything or is he just at Oxford for the life experience?

[overprivileged]

Ha.

Honestly what I'm studying is really boring. Way less interesting than the life experience.

[infiltratingly]

Isn't it something with Policy?

[overprivileged]

Probably. That does sound like what's expected of me.

Maybe I should drop out and run away to culinary school.

[infiltratingly]

I vote for culinary school.

[overprivileged]

I would have to move to Paris.

I don't really love Paris.

[upskill]

Or back to the states.

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[overprivileged]

Are the culinary schools in the states any good? Because if I'm gonna change, I'm not gonna half-ass it.

I didn't go to Oxford on a whim.

[Some things he does take seriously.]

[blackstarred]

Yes, we know. You're a snob.

private, to barry

[upskill]

Uncle Barry, why is my cousin being so cagey about business you have in Virginia?

[supertardiness]

Depends on the cousin. You may have to be slightly more specific.

[He can narrow it down, it's one of two answers, but he is also fishing for what JR is looking for here.]

[upskill]

Fair, also Merry Christmas.

It's William. And, by extension, Mia. But, I don't blame Mia, her roommate helped us break into her apartment to throw her a party. She's still adjusting.

William is entertaining his new boyfriend's brother's girlfriend's family and then meeting up with you for business?

[supertardiness]

Merry Christmas.

Well, reading anyone with Oliver Queen's DNA is likely going to be a struggle, but William might be working from more of a privacy angle. But the gist of it is that we've had some strange resurrections and alternate universe transplants over past couple days, and we're trying to figure out why and how it happened. Everyone is converging in Mystic Falls, so that's why we're in Virginia.

[Barry also believes in privacy so he's not going to tell her who, but it might help her get some insight into Mia's all out of whack.]

As for Mia, she's been going through a lot. Crankiness is also something that runs in the Queen family, if I remember correctly.

[upskill]

The Queens don't own crankiness, but, yes, it does.

That is a lot. And very you. I assume if Q or I needed to know anything, we'd be read in?

[supertardiness]

Of course.

[And then, because he is a man who lost parents himself, and even this late in his life he can't even escape his own what if, he decides to clue in JR because she is Mia's oldest friend. Mia may need that kind of support.]

I can't tell you who was brought back, but Mia's mood might give you an indication of who wasn't.

[upskill]

I'll keep that in mind.

Thank you for telling me.

Do my mom and dad know about all these resurrections? Uncle Oliver or Aunt L?

[supertardiness]

Oliver does. He was in the group chat, so his Laurel probably also knows. Not sure about your parents.