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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2012 17:41:09 GMT -5
Wulfen thought about her new question for a second. He was partly annoyed with the fact that in essence it was still the same question. But he figured that he might as well try to answer. It seemed to be the only way to stop her. "I guess that would depend. If it was just one murder then no you shouldn't just out right kill the murderer. After all ninety eight percent of killings like that are done in the heat of the moment." He paused. "And by that I mean in the middle of a heated argument."
Wulfen grinned at her comment about all of Gotham knowing. "Well if its that easy to tell then telling everybody probably won't hurt." He said "And besides you might have helped me out in the dating arena." He said. Mentally he turned on Lupin.
'You had to get me on that train of thought didn't you?' That was the mental question.
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Post by Heather Glass - VerMillion on May 15, 2012 22:14:59 GMT -5
Actually, as far as VerMillion is concerned, it is the same question. Which she's asking again because, once again, his last answer didn't really answer the question. Giving an answer that not only applies just to him but is also faulty doesn't count. And neither does his current attempt to fix it, though she wonders how easy it will be for her to point out the current flaw. "So if someone is trying to kill you or someone you care about, it's okay to kill them, or if they're killing more than one stranger?" she asks, as if she's merely trying to summarize what he just said.
Though she has to laugh a little when he says it might help his dating life. "Yeah, you might find women willing to give you pity sex now!" she says brightly, as if she believes that he did indeed stumble upon a good thing there.
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2012 9:55:31 GMT -5
Wulfen nodded. "Yeah I guess that's what I mean." He says. "And by more then one I mean killing hundreds of people...... Or at least more then two I suppose." He thought some. "Sorry about this but here are two examples I got. Jack the Ripper and the Joker." Then he grinned as a third example came to mind. "Or Jason."
He felt himself start to get alittle nervous. "Yeah.............. I'd rather not think about that." He said in regard to her 'pity sex' comment. "I'm not the type to go for a prostitute." He shifted around in his seat abit. "And I get the feeling that's what most of the women might turn out to be."
He then smelt a new smell in the room it was a smell that he had come across before. It was the smell of blood. VerMillion didn't have any signs of bleeding on her. Then he felt something warm on his hands. At that moment he realized that he wasn't bound by ropes. He didn't know what they were but they were worse then ropes. He stopped trying to get his hands free and let his healing factor kick in. Slowly but surely the wounds on his wrists started to heal.
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Post by Heather Glass - VerMillion on May 16, 2012 16:18:30 GMT -5
VerMillion nods in understanding as Wulfen clarifies his position on the issue even further. Well, that just makes her next point even more glaring, doesn't it? "I see. Good to know! I'd hate to have to depend on you to rescue me from anything though, given that you care so much more about the lives of people you know," she replies, "Or does this conversation count enough to put me on that list?" She smirks when she finishes asking the question, guessing that he didn't realize that he was also saying that by taking that position.
But she laughs lightly when he talks about prostitutes. "I think you mean 'sluts'," she comments, "Prostitutes won't give you pity sex - not without money, anyway. Sluts would though - for fun, kicks, and the opportunity to tell their friends all about it." She laughs before adding, "The fun thing about sluts, though, is that the ones who are really good at it will convince you that they actually like you first." She laughs again, finding this whole line of conversation hilarious.
Now this is something she couldn't have done on her old show. Without the brave toxin she probably wouldn't have the nerve to be talking so blatantly about this, and anyone worried about the FCC wouldn't broadcast it. But in this time and place, nothing internal or external is in her way.
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2012 16:30:05 GMT -5
Wulfen looked at her as he thought. "Well......... I guess......" He thought some more. "Well for one thing I'm sure everyone is more likely to jump at the need to help someone they know then someone they don't." He said and looked at her again. "I'm not entirely sure about you." Then he paused. "Though I'm sure I might get to know you enough with this interview."
Then he nodded. "Yeah 'sluts' He responded. "Still I'm not sure I want to get involved with women like them." Then he winced at her comment about pretending to like him. Something all to similar had happened to him before. "Yeah........... I know what you mean." He said in more of a mumble then anything else.
Wulfen's wrist stopped hurting as the cuts in them finally closed up. It was nice to have a healing factor like this. But it was also a weird sensation to go through.
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Post by Heather Glass - VerMillion on May 17, 2012 13:54:24 GMT -5
"Oh, everyone does do that. But is it fair, right, or whatever? Especially if you're going around saying that a lot of law enforcement is wrong, since that implies that you're better than them," VerMillion asks, "Though it's good to know that I'll be able to count on you at least." She has to ask herself: is there anything about this guy that doesn't just scream 'I'm new at this'? Because she's having a hard time picking out anything.
Case in point: what he says next. If it weren't for the mic she has directed at him and her headphones, she might have missed the mumbled words, but this setup is good enough to catch that. She laughs and asks, "You mean the woman who lied to you about loving you? Trust me, it's worse when sex is involved." Not that she has any direct experience on that, but she's seen it happen to other people enough to know that's the case.
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2012 14:13:36 GMT -5
Wulfen looked at VerMillion as she talked. "Well by better I mean there's no red tape to cut through." He flexed his fingers trying to get the numbness out of them. "If they didn't have all the bureaucracy or red tape to go through then they would be able to do they're job." He felt that that answer was at least half way decent.
Then he felt himself harden up at her comment about the woman. "Yeah...... I'll take your word for that." He thought back to how he found out about her charade. He pushed the thought out of his mind and once again shifted under VerMillion's gaze. There was just something strange in her eyes. Like there was something strange about those eyes. They looked very pretty yet like they were missing something at the same time.
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Post by Heather Glass - VerMillion on May 17, 2012 15:44:08 GMT -5
What Wulfen says now actually causes VerMillion to shift slightly in her seat, suddenly very interested rather than simply amused. "So you're saying that we should just ditch the whole idea of law enforcement and instead rely on vigilante justice?" she asks, as that really is exactly what he just said whether he realizes it or not. Now whether or not that counts as a 'decent' answer really depends on if he meant to say that or not.
She laughs when he says that he'll take her word on it, but doesn't offer any actual comment on that. She thinks that she's satisfied her need to tease him about his sex life, at least for the moment. He's right, though, about something being off with her eyes. If only that she's still staring at him, and it's not like she's forcing herself to do it either. Even though her expression is relaxed an amused, there's always something vaguely threatening about being stared at. And that she can do so without a hint of fear and with such apparent ease is probably rather unsettling.
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2012 15:59:16 GMT -5
Wulfen chuckled slightly. "No that would be a terrible idea." He said. "What I meant was that we should allow people on 'the front lines' make decisions instead of have to call back." Then he paused and thought. "Now they should have rules for example if two cops come across ten guys robbing a bank they should call for back up."
Then he looked at her and matched her stare for a few seconds. "So your not unnerved to be staring a a guy dressed like a werewolf?" He asked "I don't get that very often."
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Post by Heather Glass - VerMillion on May 17, 2012 22:55:07 GMT -5
As Wulfen attempts to clarify what he meant, VerMillion gives him a funny look. "So... You're saying that they should be able to use their own best judgment and not have too many rules. Which is putting a lot of trust in what are, after all, ordinary and often flawed human beings, by the way, and that's assuming that they're actually trying to do the right thing. A very big assumption sometimes. Oh, but then you say that they definitely need rules - so that they don't do something stupid I'm guessing?" she asks, laughing and asking, "Could you please make up your mind?" She laughs again, shaking her head.
The the laugh fades into a smirk when he meets her gaze for a moment and asks her about it. She chuckles and says, "Oh, no, not at all. Well, now how do I put this?" She pauses for half a moment before saying, "You might be in a werewolf costume, but you're still a virgin tied to a chair. One with crap for fighting skills, who doesn't understand what he believes, and to be honest... you don't seem very smart. You seem like you're just some random guy that decided to throw on a costume for no reason. Nope, not scary. I'm surprised anyone would be."
Then again, she can't quite guess what he would like like to anyone else, since her ability to perceive 'scary' is currently non-existent. Though she suspects that she wouldn't be unnerved by him, at least now that she knows him somewhat, even without the toxin. Of course, her judgment on what would scare her off the toxin while she's on it is shaky at best - she basically has to think back and try to remember if anything similar scared her in the past, and even then she's not good at that judgment call.
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2012 23:06:27 GMT -5
Wulfen once again had to stop and think before he answered. "What I mean is that they should be able to use there best judgment but be held responsible for anything they do that is wrong." He thought about the question some more. "I feel as though there might be one too many rules set in place. Now we shouldn't throw out the rules.... But maybe just look to see if there are any rules that are relevant to our world today. After all there are some areas where they still use rules from the past."
"And ok. I guess what scares others is the fact that they are superstitious and when they see a werewolf that think of the legend." Then he chuckled abit. "I think we've clarified that I'm a virgin tied to a chair." He said dryly. "And I don't think anyone who throws on a costume for a reason like this is truly smart."
He looked at her and squinted his eyes slightly wondering what was going on in her head. After all there was something off about those eyes. Then he started to get a feeling. "This isn't going to be the entire interview is it?" He asked rasing an eyebrow. None of the movements with his eyebrows could be seen though. Due to them being hidden behind his mask.
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Post by Heather Glass - VerMillion on May 17, 2012 23:32:19 GMT -5
VerMillion's smirk doesn't fade when Wulfen tries to explain what he meant yet again. "So now you're saying that they should be, metaphorically, working without a net and then punished when things accidentally go wrong?" she asks, "And that the rules need to be fixed - even though the people who would be doing the fixing are the same people who have managed to screw up everything else the government has tried lately?" The amusement still very present in her voice explains exactly what she thinks about that idea. In short: laughable.
Though when he tries to explain why other people find him scary, her eyebrow raises - though unlike him hers is completely uncovered and visible. "I don't know who you've been running into, but I don't know anybody that superstitious," she says with another laugh, but then there's a brief pause and her head tilts in sudden curiosity, "Do you laugh when you're nervous?" Because it's suddenly coming to her attention that he keeps laughing at things that she definitely doesn't think are funny. Sure she's laughing, but she's laughing at him and not with him, and the brave toxin only makes her blind to fear and not humor. So it's either that, or he's pretty weird - also a definite possibility.
His last question causes her smile to slowly get even bigger. "This interview is exactly whatever I want it to be," she answers him simply. She gets to ask whatever she wants, say whatever she wants, and as far as she knows Crane will let her do it for as long as she wants. Well, unless Wulfen escapes or something, but she's not worried about that.
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2012 23:42:58 GMT -5
Wulfen looked at VerMillion and frowned somewhat trying to think about what was being said. He took a few seconds to collect his thoughts and then failed to do so. "Alright I'll confess I'm confused." He said. "I do know that completely relying of vigilantes would be a terrible idea. But as for the rest I'm confused." He said. He then looked at his feet and started to try and find away to get out of his binds without hurting himself anymore.
"Well I'm talking about the unintelligent thugs. You know the ones who will believe almost anything you tell them." He said. "And uhhh....." He chuckled again. "Yeah I guess I do." He said thinking about her question. "You know I've never realized that I do that." He said. He frowned abit as he thought about how he laughed.
He nodded when she said what the interview would be. "Well ok I just wanted to know." He said then he started to think about how to escape again.
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Post by Heather Glass - VerMillion on May 19, 2012 23:48:27 GMT -5
When VerMillion hears him say the word 'confused', she smirks. And that smirk turns into a laugh when he goes further and admits that he's confused by the entire thing and not just one or two minor site points. "That's really the problem, isn't it?" she asks, as she pulls her feet back to the floor and sits up straight. "You have several vague ideas about how it should all work, but when it comes down to specifics they fall apart and you become confused. You talk about right and wrong as if life can be sorted into separate categories like that. But not only are the lines not drawn where you think they are, there are no lines at all." And she's always thought so, even though she's never said so directly because she's never truly thought about it that specifically before. Hmm, interesting how the brave toxin sometimes makes her think of something she wouldn't have instead of causing her to not think of something she would have like it usually seems to...
Wulfen's legs are crossed and tied to the chair's legs at his ankles with the same sort of surgical wire that's around his wrists. Yep, he definitely looks more helpless than scary at the moment. "Well, you do realize that in Gotham, most of those thugs have bosses. Who aren't really the superstitious type and would probably squish you like a bug instead of freak out," she says with a shake of her head. Though she finds the answer to her question about his nerves even more entertaining than that. He has, after all, laughed quite a few times over the course of this interview. "Are you afraid of me?" she asks now, her eyebrows lifting slightly as she continues to watch him so very closely.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2012 0:08:49 GMT -5
Wulfen listened to VerMillion explain where he was going wrong with his argument. He found himself nodding. "I couldn't agree more. Thing is I'm not really that good at leading other people." And that was true from his point of view. Though on countless class projects he was put as the leader and he was the best leader in the class. But he never realized that.
He grinned at her comment about there being no lines. "Actually." He said when she finished talking. "I don't believe that everything is black and white. Which is why I might be kinda bad with my argument." Then he shrugged. Or at least a good of a shrug as he could manage while bound. "After all wouldn't me being a vigilante put me firmly in the grey area?" Yes it was a question. But it was more to make a point on his feelings of right and wrong. Things were never absolute like that. In a perfect world maybe. But this isn't a perfect world.
Wulfen nodded. "Yes and the fact that I'm sitting here now should tell you I haven't faced any of them." He said referring to the bosses she spoke of. "And no you don't scare me." He said. "People don't scare me. But now I'm not fearless. For example. Being in the situation I'm in and not knowing what's happening next is rather unnerving. But I wouldn't say I'm scared." He smiled slightly. "My 'fear' seems to work differently then others."
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