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Felicity Smoak	The day after 'Operation Rescue Oliver (again)' and Felicity isn't too much closer to finding the information she wants on her target person other that brief and dead-ending leads. Oliver had mentioned 'The Demon' when she'd dropped Ra's name, and she's not all that certain, even now, that one has anything to do with the other. It's frustrating. But, on the positive side, Fel's able to get back to her apartment, get some sleep, take a shower, and start again reasonably refreshed. She's looking a little bit more like 'herself', that is, blonde hair pulled back into her ponytail, hints of natural makeup, and she's getting into the Spring season with a floral patterned midi-dress with a slightly low cut front but not quite showing off the decolletage. She has two necklaces hanging, one is her usual gold 'chai', and the other, just something tossed on with color to match the dress.. and earrings. Seated in a booth, tucked in, she has her 'to go' bag ready to go.. that is, it's something she'd never eat, so it's most likely for someone else. She has her phone out, settled on the side of the table within easy reach, and has her own greasy burger in front of her. No cheese, no bacon, but everything else. Lettuce, tomato, onions, gravy... and the grease is perfect for the hot, salted fries.
Thea Queen	Oliver being rescued meant Thea could breathe again. All those demons of the past returning, the anxiety of her brother missing, of again being alone in the world. Perhaps they were not 'real' demons like Ra's was. But to her they were crippling. But now that he was back? It was time to be all non-challant about it. Non-challant but also aggressive for someone that trains with Slade Wilson becomes such rather easily. So it was without perhaps much surprise that she had been scouring the underworld in Starling looking for clues on who might be behind it. This demon, or Ra's, he would be found. And then there would be justice. Or was it vengeance? Maybe there was little difference to Thea about those. But today? Meeting with Felicity. "Sleeping beauty is still in recovery." She announces once she approaches Felicity's table. Her bob hair looks impeccable today even her makeup isn't as rich as usual, which certainly is a novelty. As for the rest? Designer jeans, a sleeveless top with gold emblazoning on the shoulders. Sneakers of all things! (They are signed so it's probably designer shoes too!) She sits down and brazenly picks out a fry from Felicity's dish, dipping it in the grease before popping it into her mouth. "Straight to the hips.." she looks so blase today. Maybe too blase. "How are you doing today?" Such a ..., normal question for Thea!
Felicity Smoak	Felicity has that 'to go' brown paper bag at the end of the table, and even now, the tell-tale grease marks are making themselves known. (That's how you know it's good!) Her own burger is topped high and perhaps a little daunting, but she'll easily make the attempt, even if she has to cut it in half! (Heresy!) When Thea enters, Fel has her hand up, and then down again to wipe it with a napkin.. then up again to show where she is. "Thea," just in case she doesn't see her. After all, Fel blends in a little more than Thea does! (Designer sneakers!) A smile is given in greeting to her friend when Thea plops down at her table, making her grand announcement and update. "Good," is said with a sigh, and the smile slips as the events of the other morning, and the days that he'd been missing come to the fore. "He'd gone to see Vera," is given a little flatly, before the train of thought suddenly shifts tracks, "Hey. I've promised myself that I'll start walking." Not jogging, or running.. and she takes a fry for herself. "Might as well just glue them there now," is murmured in quiet humor. "Walking." Anyway! "But," bless Felicity.. she just doesn't stop. "He'd visited, and I think was coming back, or catching the flight home when he was grabbed." The thought of it makes the hair on Felicity's arms rise. "I heard everything." Which Thea does know. "I.. never, ever want to hear something like that again. "Ever." Tit for tat, however, and the blonde turns it back on her best friend, and it's a genuine, honest question, "How are you?" She'd noticed that Thea'd checked on Oliver, making sure he was okay. That'll probably happen a lot, up until Oliver is tired of being checked on!
Thea Queen	Gone to see Vera? If only Thea's eyes could roll harder in their sockets they'd most likely pop right out to the moon. Thea exhales, "After all I told him and he went to see Vera. Of course." wait, Thea had a talk with Ollie? But she quickly bulldozes through that because then they are talking of .., walking? That merits an eyebrow raise out of the young Queen. "Walking?" By her tone it's clear what she thinks of that. "Hadn't we set a while back that you were going to start training a bit with me? I think we did, and if we haven't then we should. Got any plans for 5am tomorrow?" then a smile, "No? Good, it's set." drill sergeant much? Expression grows darker when Felicity talks on how Ollie was grabbed? Yes, she knows. She saw. But unlike the island she now had a very real enemy to target instead of the unknown. It brought focus in a way, "It won't happen again when that demon is dead." she says, the blase way she was handling things so far slipping to a rather dark side of Thea that rarely comes up. Rarely to those that don't know her well, that is. As for herself? "I have been swell..." Swell? "Shaking the tree for information on them but ..., nothing yet." she presses her lips to a thin line. "I may have to go to him." Slade, she most likely means.
Felicity Smoak	Yup, gone to see Vera. "He came over with a bouquet of flowers. It was nice..." but the way Felicity says it, maybe not so nice? "He'd picked them up at the bodega on the corner." Right. Past their prime, with leaves and petals falling off. "And, it was the thought that counted." There is that 'but' in there, however, and she shakes her head. "The conversation didn't go really well." Vera. The thought of training.. no, the thought of getting up for a 5am training session makes Felicity cough, choking on what should have been a delicious fry! "What.. wait.. no. I didn't.." There really isn't anything that she an say to dissuade her friend, however. She knows the look. Has experienced the look. Again, 'the demon'. Felicity nods her head slowly, thoughtfully. It's honestly a path that she hadn't wandered down too much, but maybe that should change. Particularly when not only one Queen mentions it, but another. There's got to be something, some connection, and neither of them may be too forthcoming for 'reasons', whatever those may be. "Hey.." and Felicity ducks her head, canting it to the side as she tries to pull Thea from her musings. She knows exactly who 'him' is, and she frowns, but can't help but agree. "I.. I can't say that's a bad idea." Felicity holds her hands up in theatric surrender. "There's nothing in me that says 'no, don't'."
Thea Queen	"I am glad we are in sync. I will stop by your place at 4.45am so we can get an early start." And just like that it's a done deal. Maybe it's that Queen legendary business acumen coming up! Thea makes a show of getting her phone out and getting it in her agenda. 4.45am! And then another fry, because a Queen must eat. Royally so, with lots of grease and bad things for your health. Better than all the crap she indulged in the past at least! "There are a lot of buts there." She tells her friend, watching as Felicity speaks on what Ollie had done, "Ollie can be an idiot when he wants to, but his heart is in the right place. It just takes him some time to figure it out unfortunately." a beat, "Is this something you want to talk about? The conversation?" she smiles faintly at Felicity and at least in this matter she doesn't just bulldoze through like she did with setting their training. But it's all in time for Slade to be mentioned and her gaze straying to the counter, brushing some stray hair away from her face, "He will know more." he must know, right? There's a long pause and then she finally speaks up again, "Sometimes it just feels like everything is being held up like some precarious castle of cards, you know? Tip one down and it all comes crashing."
Felicity Smoak	"Waitwaitwait.. I didn't say.." and there it is. Written in Queen stone, which is slightly harder than jello, but less than marble, thankfully. It all depends upon what happens between now and then. Sigh. Felicity looks down at her burger, and all she can think about now are the calories that will pile on. It's written plainly across her face for those who can read it. It's almost a regret crossed with accusing, with a touch of resignation all rolled into one. And it even follows her most basic of dietary restrictions! No cheese and certainly no bacon to be found. Or dairy in the form of a dollop of cole slaw on the side. Guilt-free, on that end, anyway. "I'm going to get this to go," blue eyes behind thick frames lift to look at her friend, "Alone. Before ice cream." It's meant to hold a touch of humor; a little bit of friendly needling complete with self-deprecation. Felicity shakes her head, however, at the offer of talking about the apartment visit. She pushes at her plate to move it an inch or so, before settling back in the booth seat. "We're.. kind of past that now. He said some things yesterday that, well.. I'm going to give him the chance to back out of, now that he's feeling better." Her words are quiet, "They were really nice to hear, but he was tired. Very tired. And he had just basically been away for a few days, and I have no idea what happened." There's genuine concern and emotion there, regardless the outcome. "We kissed. Once." Then John interrupted them. The fries are pushed more towards Thea, getting them out of her immediate reach zone, and the blonde nods. "Thea.. I don't know what's going on. It's like.. we're on a rollercoaster. Things are great, they're normal. We all do our thing, then.. something happens, and it's like there was so little holding everything up. I know we're all better than that. I know we are." But, Felicity totally agrees..
Thea Queen	The guilt in Felicity's eyes at all the calories she might be ingesting is met with an indulging smile from Thea. She reaches over to tap her friend on her hand. A gentle touch. "Don't worry..." her tone low as if she was sharing some big secret yet there's a bit of a cheshire smile to her lips, "We will be ripping those calories right off you tomorrow. Pinky promise." someone won't be feeling their muscles tomorrow apparently. But then there's talk of visits and talks and she arches a brow. She picks up on a fry or two while listening, daintily eating each in turn before speaking up again, "You mean he was emotional. And that he may have said things he didn't truly mean." Is Thea like the Felicity-translator? "Sometimes it's those occasions we really know what we want though.." she certainly knows all about making choices while emotional. It's like the Queen motto. Sometimes they work for the best! Kissing though? That has her eyes widening some. "Okkkaaaay? That's ..., a big evolution on how things were...?" She picks on more fries as Felicity just enables her gluttony by pushing the plate her way and then she nods slowly. "We all hold each other up, but if one goes missing.." she shakes her head slowly. "I can't lose him again, Fel. I can't. I won't go through what happened all those years ago when he was Lian Yu."
Felicity Smoak	"Pinky promise." That gives her a little leeway, and frees up her ability to at least cut the burger in half. The grease has mostly congealed, and so won't drip down her arms quite so aggressively. There comes that first bite, and as her friend talks, she nods her head and sets it back down to grab a napkin. "Mmm.." that's for the burger. She nods, the gesture long and deliberate, and now that her hands are clean, she reaches out for her friend's, just for that contact. "We're not. I don't know what's going on, and your guess is as good as mine, but if we have to have some sort of intervention, we will." By all rights, it sounds to those around them that they're just talking about.. alchol, maybe? "We're doing everything we can to keep him safe, and I know he knows that now." The reason he held on and came back. "I swear, I'm ready to chip him." There's a beat before she smiles, "Chip all of you." She's obviously not included; she's the tech queen, sitting behind computer screens, ensconced in a cave. Or a panel van, but almost always away from the action. She's the face that isn't a face, or so she totally believes. "And as soon as I locate even one of.. his.." the Demon's, "..settlements, I'm going to blow it up from space." No idle threat there. Really. Not an idle threat.
Thea Queen	"No." Thea shakes her head, "We make it personal. Arrow through." she tells her friend, sharing the same kind of not-idle threat. "It doesn't send a good enough message." maybe she is spending too much time with Slade. Way too much! But threats out of the way she finally exhales. "I am glad we see eye to eye in this though... On what we may have to do. It may come a time when our morals won't keep the people we care for safe." That's a slippery slope to walk on. But then she is starting to push herself up to her feet, tapping the table once. "I need to take off. Stay safe and I will catch you tomorrow. 4.45." Yes, always good to remind the hour! "And you are not going to chip me!" She says, "A Queen must have her secrets. But I am all for chipping my brother." double standards much?! But then she winks. It's not a wink that packs a lot of punch, mostly a diversion from all the stress accumulating as of late. But it's something at least. Maybe things will get better from here on out. But knowing their track record? Doubtful.