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Post by Pamela Isley - Poison Ivy on Apr 7, 2013 20:45:07 GMT -5
When she's argued with again, Poison Ivy's eyes narrow for a moment in annoyance. The girl is essentially claiming that she's sane because both of her two personalities are sane... No, that's not sound logic at all. What's more, that it doesn't fully make sense ought to be obvious. So why did the young woman try to make that point in the first place? Well, no matter.
Though as she opens her mouth to refute the girl's words, she closes it again. This being the second time that Miss Glass has thrown back what she'd said, she's sensing the pattern here. And she definitely wouldn't like to have what she was going to say thrown back again if the young woman chooses to do that for a third time. Though, come to think of it, that's perhaps exactly why the girl is using that tactic - it quickly makes the conversation too annoying to continue with. A rather weak strategy for getting out of a conversation you don't want to be in, though rather effective.
But for there to have been an actual strategy behind the words actually surprises her somewhat. After all, she's dosing the young woman with a lot of pheromones and yet again the girl would have to be really intent on what she's doing to be keeping her thoughts that straight. And come to think of it, they've also gotten completely side-tracked off the point that she had been trying to make... She finds herself smirking lightly - perhaps she should have suspected that talking to this girl would be difficult. The timid, childlike mannerisms threw her off a bit but underneath that the young woman who hosted a rather entertaining radio show still lives. Well, good - she can honestly say that she's pleased that Crane hasn't managed to damage the girl that much. Yet, anyway.
"I suppose you're right..." she finally says, deciding that perhaps the best course of action for now is to drop the subject. For now, anyway - she'll surely try again to make sure that Heather gets some sense talked into her if she gets the chance later. And the reaction to her offer seems to ensure that she'll have that chance. As she suspected, the girl is interested...
Keeping her tone carefully casual, she replies, "But of course I would! You clearly need it if you're going to insist on being around Crane - whether he cares about you or not, he clearly has trouble keeping you away from his toxin. And even if you're not crazy now, how many more times do you think it would take?" Letting that question dangle in the air for a moment, she adds, "I simply like the idea of you keeping your mental faculties intact. I was a fan of your show, and I wouldn't like to see you rendered insensible." Not to mention, if she does something like that it would probably render Heather permanently of the opinion that she's not such a bad person, and even give a lingering sense of being in her debt even though it's a gift. All very useful feelings she'll be able to capitalize on however she wishes.
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Post by Heather Glass - VerMillion on Apr 15, 2013 19:13:17 GMT -5
When the rogue essentially backs away from the point she was trying to make, Heather hesitates to breathe a sigh of relief. While she can't be sure what Poison Ivy's intentions are, it's becoming clear that the woman for whatever reason is trying to convince her that being around Jon is a bad idea. Which is something she just plain doesn't want to listen to - to a certain extent, she actually doesn't care if being around Jon is a bad idea or not. She's not sure what all the risks may be, really, but she's willing to face them for Jon.
Then again, she does wonder if she should care, even though she doesn't. What if all of this does result in her going completely insane? That should matter, shouldn't it? True she doesn't really care if the world calls her crazy if only she can be with Jon, but what if she loses it to the point that it comes between her and Jon? When the plant lady asks how many times she can stand Jon's toxin, the question strikes her as particularly haunting - what she saw the last two times... so real... What if it reaches the point where she has trouble distinguishing between her visions and reality? For all she knows, that could be the very next time...
She finds her eyes drifting downward, mulling over these thoughts and absentmindedly biting her lips. It's doubtful that someone like Poison Ivy would just offer such a thing out of the goodness of her heart, but still the woman may have a point. And she has her doubts about how serious Jon would take it if she expressed that worry to him - he seems to think that fear is actually good for her. But it's a real struggle for her to grapple with, and she honestly doesn't think that she's handling it well. Maybe she should be and that's a part of the reason why Jon keeps himself so distant from her...
VerMillion's had enough of this! Okay, at first she found the woman's use of Heather's worries kind of amusing - her other half really does worry way too much - but they've reached a point where it's stopped being funny and it's starting to be more irritating. It's one thing to bother Heather, but it's quite another to really upset her. She likes her alter-ego and doesn't generally like it when someone really upsets her. Of course, the fact that Heather is literally in her head and therefore VerMillion has to live with her afterward is a huge factor.
Therefore, when Heather's gaze lowers and VerMillion can tell that the plant lady is really getting to her, enough is enough. Letting Heather retreat from the situation, she takes over. Lifting her gaze to Poison Ivy, she frowns and says, "Will you stop that?" Shrugging the woman's arms off of her, she stands and adds, "If Heather wants to figure out if Jon likes her or not, that's none of your business. Stop telling her she shouldn't." Straightening up to her full 5'2", she frowns down at the rogue - not intimidated in the least by who she's talking to, but also not really angry. She's simply putting her foot down and won't put up with any arguing.
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Post by Pamela Isley - Poison Ivy on Apr 21, 2013 2:11:40 GMT -5
For an instant Poison Ivy is surprised by the sudden change that comes over the girl, but only a half second of thought is required for her to remember this other side of Heather. She frowns inwardly at the way she's being spoken to, not liking the tone at all. Then again, she has to reflect that most of the respect she demands from everyone is based upon a healthy dose of fear. Nobody crosses her because they know that she'll kill them, so what can she expect from someone who can't fear death? It's not that it doesn't still rankle her, but she knows that she has too much to gain in this situation by controlling her temper than to unleash it.
No longer needing to sit on the floor, she stands herself and straightens to her full 5'8". She's actually used to being just a little bit taller, as she's a huge fan of high heels and the horrendous asylum uniform that they're forced to wear comes with a pair of ugly white flats. Not that the extra height would do her any good anyway - there's a slight pause once she's standing, and after a moment she realizes that she's waiting for the young woman to show some fragment of instinctive alarm at the fact that she's just possibly offended someone larger and more capable. But that's not going to happen in this case. Hmm, this will take some getting used to.
Still, it doesn't require her any further thought to know how to handle this part of the girl's psyche - fear is a good way to get what you want from a person, but then so is making them like you and genuinely want to do what you want. A tactic that she's sure that Crane would never be able to pull off, present company apparently excluded. She personally tends to use being kind as a tactic for short term solutions, primarily through her pheromones. Fear is good for the longer term, as it's quick and it tends to stick with a person for longer. In this case, however, fear isn't an option so she'll simply have to resort to Plan B.
"VerMillion, I presume?" she asks with a smile, and a small laugh, "I apologize - I didn't mean to upset you. I was merely offering to help Heather. It's a tough world you've gotten yourselves into, and I could help ease your way." Never having interacted with someone unable to feel fear before, she can't be sure what will or won't convince VerMillion of anything. Clearly outright threats wouldn't work, nor would worry. Would offering to make life easier work? Or is fear connected to that somehow? She hasn't the slightest idea, and doesn't really care actually outside of the need to find the way to make this girl listen - if this doesn't work, she'll simply try a different tactic.
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Post by Heather Glass - VerMillion on Apr 25, 2013 2:10:06 GMT -5
Given the sheer number of other things that fail to phase her, VerMillion isn't about to start being bothered by a little thing like a height difference. Or the fact that the rogue she's talking to has apparently killed a lot of people. So has Jon, and she's not scared of him at all either. Besides, they wouldn't let the woman into the rec room if she was dangerous, would they? So there's no reason that she can't look her straight in the eyes, and firmly hold her ground against any resistance.
Though it appears that she's not going to face any resistance. Instead she gets an apology? "Nah, it's alright. You didn't really upset me, you were upsetting Heather. I just don't like it when people do that - I'm the only one she has to whine about it to later. Since they put Jon somewhere else, I mean," she explains, sighing. The worst part about Jon not being there is actually that it means she's left alone with Heather, who won't stop talking about Jon. And when Jon's around Heather is more comfortable and able to be 'out' - which gives her a nice break. She'd been very much enjoying the one that Poison Ivy had brought about, at least until she decided that she had to step in.
Of course, she also misses Jon for his own sake too. She misses being able to... What did she do with him? Okay, so it's true that they didn't often do very much together. Like they never really talked much, but then again neither of them really had much to say. And he certainly never appreciated being touched. So she supposes that she just plain misses seeing him. He's very nice to look at, and at least he never seemed to object to her doing that much.
But, with some reluctance, she pulls her thoughts back away from the absence of Jon and adds, "But nah, we don't really need your help. I mean, Jon's been doing what he does for years now, and he's all right. And I guess we're kind of just along for the ride right now. But he's been teaching us how to fight and stuff and just... taking care of us. So there really isn't anything to worry about." If the lady's going to apologize about upsetting Heather, she supposes she can be polite about saying that she doesn't need any additional help. She'd rather get help from Jon anyway, and he's perfectly capable of getting her what she needs.
Then again, just as she's finished saying that, she remembers what Poison Ivy had been talking to Heather about: immunity to fear toxin. VerMillion doesn't need it - she's naturally immune to the drug - but does Heather? Jon's never mentioned such a thing, and now she finds herself wondering if that's because he doesn't know how to do it or because he does but doesn't find it necessary. If it's the latter, she'd be more inclined to believe that Jon knows what he's doing. Then again, does Jon realize how annoying Heather is when she's on fear toxin? It's only happened a couple of times since VerMillion first started to exist, but the memories of both incidents were quite unpleasant. Tolerable because she'd had no choice but to tolerate. And it's those memories that prompt her to ask, "Though I wonder... do you know if Jon know how to make people immune to his toxin?" If so, she can bring it up with him, but if not... The idea of never having to deal with Heather hallucinating again is an appealing one.
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Post by Pamela Isley - Poison Ivy on Apr 28, 2013 0:48:53 GMT -5
Poison Ivy smirks to herself - two seconds and she's turned a confrontation into a pleasant conversation more conducive to growing a friendship. If she can simply tolerate her way past the girl's attitude she shouldn't have any problems here at all. "Yes, I heard that they put him in solitary," she comments, suppressing a cruel smile at the idea of him rotting away in there, "I also heard that they're... 'improving' his usual cell in Intensive Treatment. That's where they put me as well, though I don't think his cell is close to mine." And thank goodness for that! She finds the man to be thoroughly unpleasant, and would enjoy neither the sight nor the sound of him. Then again, that's in keeping with her opinion of this entire institution.
As VerMillion goes on to explain how she doesn't need any help, Poison Ivy has to suppress the urge to roll her eyes. Heather had seemed willing to admit that Crane wasn't protecting her very well, albeit reluctantly, but VerMillion seems outright delusional about it. It would take far more than a few fighting lessons to make this girl have 'nothing to worry about'. She's sensing yet something else influenced by the girl's fearlessness. Well, she shouldn't be surprised that it would make a person rather reckless. Very, very problematic, however, if it makes VerMillion so blind to her own safety.
Though just as she's starting to puzzle over how she's supposed to convince Miss Everything-Is-Fine to do anything, it seems that the piece of bait she offered to Heather may have another taker. "I don't know if he can or he can't," she admits with an unconcerned shrug, "Though I highly suspect that he can't. He may be an expert when it comes to his toxin, but I doubt that he knows very much about toxins in general - which is one of my specialties. It takes a very solid understanding of the entire picture of how the body processes a particular toxin to know how to grant full immunity instead of an antidote that needs to be constantly given again. And as fear toxin is a particularly tricky one, I just don't see him being able to manage it given the difference between his training and mine."
She has to be careful to keep her tone neutral as she explains, guessing that the girl would object to her being too blatant about her opinion of Crane. The difference between his work and hers is the difference between a sapling and a tree - yes, in many ways what he does is similar to what she does herself, but his efforts are so small and meaningless when compared to her own. Yes, she was somewhat impressed by that beast he created, but only because she expected much less of him and she also suspects that it represents the limit of his 'brilliance'. Given how far she knows she could surpass that beast if she wanted to, in the end he's still growing in her shadow and will never be able to really compete with her. But as she suspects that VerMillion's naive enough to believe that Crane actually knows what he's doing, let the girl think that the difference is only a matter of different specialties.
And hopefully whatever prompted the girl to ask that question will be enough to make her rethink the idea that she doesn't need help. Not knowing what fear toxin means to this personality, she can only watch the girl's reactions and hope that the fact that she's offering something that Crane can't do will be enough.
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Post by Heather Glass - VerMillion on May 1, 2013 22:45:55 GMT -5
The mention of Jon's whereabouts causes VerMillion to frown. She doesn't like the idea of him being in solitary - it sounds so... lonely. Then again, he probably enjoys that part of it, but she can't imagine that he enjoys the total absence of things to do. "They've got us in the low security wing while we're being 'evaluated'," she comments, "Apparently we're 'not a threat', but we're still locked in for our 'protection'." She scoffs at that, not seeing why she needs any more protection here than anyone. Not that she's too bothered by the fact that she doesn't get free access to the group room like most of the low security patients - she's no more thrilled by that than she is by this rec room, which seems to be their substitute.
Her frown turns more thoughtful as she listens to Poison Ivy speculate about whether or not Jon would be able to make Heather immune to his toxin. Sounds like a 'maybe, but probably not'. And she can't say that she's happy about that - she's pretty sure that she would like Heather to be immune, but if Jon can't do it then either she can't have it or she needs to get it from Poison Ivy. But while Heather seemed to have some reservations about trusting the rogue, VerMillion doesn't. As far as she's concerned, the woman is behaving largely nicely so there's no reason to be angry with her. And, generally speaking, as long as VerMillion isn't angry with someone then she believes that they're okay. So if Poison Ivy wants to inject her with something that will make it so that Heather won't scream in her head again - well, why not?
"Well, if you're going to do it, then when are you going to do it? I mean, we're kind of locked up in an asylum, here," she points out, glancing around herself as if to point out that they don't provide any lab equipment for the patients to use. Then again, she supposes that for the very same reason the odds that they'll run into fear toxin while they're here is also quite low, so it isn't until they're out that she'd even need to care whether or not she's immune.
While she's looking around, she notices that several of the other patients are keeping an eye on her and Poison Ivy, though most are trying to make it look like they're doing something else. Sheesh, the people here are weird.
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Post by Pamela Isley - Poison Ivy on May 3, 2013 21:50:20 GMT -5
"Oh, I don't blame them for that," Poison Ivy replies easily to VerMillion's housing arrangements, "The number of patients here who would like to hurt you must be quite high." Keeping in mind that since the girl hasn't been to the asylum before and lacks the ability to be afraid of even her, which means she's probably blissfully unaware of any other threat here as well, she keeps her tone factual since she knows that the statement won't scare the young woman.
That's not the point anyway - she merely wishes to inform her about things that she already can tell will be a problem if it's not corrected. She saw how some of the patients looked at the girl when she walked in, and in fact are still looking at her, and she knows that's something to be concerned about. This may be her own first time at the asylum, but she's been here for awhile already and tends to have a certain natural understanding of the politics behind a situation. And while the way things work here may be a bit confusing for the uninitiated, it's really quite simple when it comes down to it: it's merely an example of a primitive dominance web, one that encompasses the entire asylum. It's not just the patients, but most of the staff as well. And of course, Poison Ivy has been slowly working her way towards the center of it - the position of real power.
Not that she actually seeks to get there. No, for her it's sufficient to merely have enough power - she doesn't need all of it to get everything she wants. Especially when what she wants is so little at the moment - she's content to have all her basic needs met and plenty of time to brood over perfecting her plans for the future. And as long as that's the case, she won't bother trying to escape - no, it will be time to escape when she's ready to put all her plans into motion.
And she's not at all worried about her plan to get her antidote into VerMillion, so long as the young woman is cooperative with the idea when the time comes. The tricky part is that she suspects that the girl will be with Crane at the time and she doubts that the man will appreciate her meddling. But she's confident enough to smile and say, "Let me worry about that. I wouldn't be able to do it here, of course, but I don't intend to stay here forever, and I doubt that you do either. And when we're both out it should be easy enough to get it to you." There are any number of ways to keep Crane out of her way, after all. And there will be many more by the time her initial plans are finished.
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Post by Heather Glass - VerMillion on May 8, 2013 1:53:48 GMT -5
What Poison Ivy says causes VerMillion to blink in surprise and confusion. There are patients here that want to hurt her? Really? Her forehead wrinkles as she tries to process that - it seems like a very abstract concept to her since she can't be afraid of the other patients. "They would? Why? I don't think we've done anything to any of them. I mean, we don't really know anyone here except Jon. And you, I guess," she states her confusion out loud. She could understand someone wanting to hurt her if they got angry with her, but other than that it's just hard to picture what would motivate someone to do such a thing. And it's not like she's gone around ticking everyone off, as far as she knows.
Then again, even as she finishes asking those questions out loud, she can hear Heather starting to ramble about her worries. But as it's just verbal stressing about the outcome should someone decide to hurt them and doesn't give her any new information aside from confirmation that Poison Ivy may be telling the truth she ignores it - sometimes she just wishes that her alter ego would shut up. Even if one of the patients did try to harm them, she's sure that the asylum's staff would break it up before it got too serious. Especially since Jon's taught them how to fight better - she's guessing that she'd not be able to win a fight with too many of the patients here, but she's confident that she could at least handle it long enough for someone to intervene.
And when Poison Ivy says that she'll take care of getting the drug or whatever you call it, she simply shrugs and says, "Okay." She wasn't really worried about that detail anyway - she was merely curious about when it would happen. "Yeah, we're pretty sure Jon's going to figure out how to escape, and when he does he'll take us with him so we're just waiting for him," she explains with a shrug.
Back when they were in the Penguin's prison they'd been much more proactive (in their thinking at least) when it came to the idea that they might figure out how to get out themselves. But there had been a couple of differences at the time - one being that this place is practically the Ritz compared to the Penguin's prison. It even beats out the hideout in the sewer in a couple of ways, though she'd happily go back in order to be with Jon again. Another is that while she suspects that she could bust out of the area she's in without that much trouble, what would she do then? She's gotta guess that the place where Jon is would be harder to get into and out of, and what on earth would she do if she was free and he wasn't?
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Post by Pamela Isley - Poison Ivy on May 13, 2013 4:34:22 GMT -5
Watching the confusion on the girl's face quite carefully, Poison Ivy finds herself somewhat curious about the reaction. The absence of fear is expected, but the emotions that seem to have taken its place aren't necessarily predictable to her. So, in this case at least, the absence of fear makes the threat confusing? Interesting... And what happens if she explains it?
"Oh, it has nothing to do with you at all, really," she says as she leans idly against the wall, "It has everything to do with Crane - few people are fond of the man. And since Crane isn't even allowed in here anymore that not only means that they can't take it out on him, but everyone knows he can't protect you and would probably have a difficult time getting revenge for harming you. Yet since you're 'with' him everyone suspects that harming you would in some way hurt him, which would please many of them. Also, anyone who has the primitive notion that by daring to hurt you in spite of your connection to Crane it somehow proves their bravery - although some of the latter would take one look at you and realize that harming someone so weak proves nothing, it most certainly wouldn't be all." Though she keeps her tone casual, she continues to observe the girl very carefully. Will she be able to understand all of that? And if so, how will she take this news if she can't fear it? Whatever the reaction is, she's sure she'll be able to manipulate it into her own favor.
As VerMillion expresses her confidence in Crane's ability to figure out an escape, she can't help but scoff and comment, "I can't imagine it would be that difficult for him. They may be able to keep hold of the common crazed lunatic, but as for myself I can leave at any time I please. Any rogue unwillingly stuck in here for longer than a week hardly deserves to be called one. And I don't doubt that you could free yourself as well - no need to wait for Crane to do it. I doubt that they go to nearly the same lengths where you're staying than where I am." Though she doubts that it'll be that easy to manipulate the girl into doing what she wants, it's worth a try to do something simple, isn't it?
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Post by Heather Glass - VerMillion on May 21, 2013 23:50:40 GMT -5
Poison Ivy's explanation is met with more confusion at first as VerMillion tries to understand the interplay of the situation - people, their emotions (one of which she doesn't understand very well), all superimposed over their physical location. Perhaps it would have helped if she'd ever considered the sort of politics that might be present among groups of people kept in confinement before her mind separated from Heather's. Her other half, at least, seems to understand the situation if the increase of worried comments running through her head is any indication - though she's largely ignoring them because it's hard to both concentrate on her own thoughts and pay attention to Heather's rambling.
But as for herself, it takes quite a bit of thought to wrap her mind around it all. She knows that every statement said by Poison Ivy sounded logical individually. Well, except for that one about it somehow being daring to hurt her - that's a bit of a mind-screw - but she figures that's another fear thing. But she does get the bit about people who don't like Jon hurting her because, though the thought wouldn't have occurred to her, she supposes it probably would upset him if someone hurt her. "Hmm," she replies, indicating through the sound that the explanation was indeed thought-provoking, "Well, that sucks - we're not that great at fighting." But the frown that pulls at her face about that is small - bad future events tend to strike her only on the logical level until the event actually happens, only then becoming something to deal with emotionally. Usually prompting anger of some form.
Though for now she prefers not to dwell too much on unpleasant things, so even the logical thoughts about the situation easily drift out of consciousness even more easily than they arrived. Especially when Poison Ivy shifts to the happy thought of how easy it should be for Jon to escape. Perhaps they'll leave soon, then? That would be nice! Though as the woman goes on to say that she ought to free herself, her frown turns thoughtful. "But if got out then where would I go?" she asks, as that's the question that prevents her from having much of a desire to actually try it.
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Post by Pamela Isley - Poison Ivy on May 26, 2013 3:59:24 GMT -5
Watching the girl's expressions, Poison Ivy can get a sense of the mental gymnastics required for understanding to take place. But to judge by the eventual reaction, understanding does eventually take place. That, and it seems that the thought wouldn't have occurred to VerMillion in the first place if she hadn't given that thorough explanation - oh, she can use that, yes. Still, the question of exactly how continues to be unanswered. Perhaps because how to use it would greatly depend on exactly what her goal is in doing it, and she's not quite narrowed that down just yet.
Though there's one thing that she's sure that she wants to do now. "That's definitely a problem," she says with an understanding nod, "Fortunately, it's one I have an easy solution to. I could simply let it be known that, in addition to Crane, I would be greatly displeased by any harm coming to you." Her expression turns mildly amused as she mentally reflects on the sheer amount of difference hearing that would make in how people treat the girl. She's kept it subtle, but her influence over certain key people in the asylum is growing rapidly - both among the patients and the staff.
Though her expression turns quickly puzzled when the girl seems to have no idea what to do if she escapes. "You go wherever you want, dear," she says with a laugh, "That's the point of leaving - being free to do as you will instead of being locked up and told what to do. Though if the problem is not knowing where to hide yourself from the police... well, I could easily give you some pointers." Naturally, her hideout is the safest place that she knows of, and she's not going to tell the girl where that is, but that's hardly the only place where someone on the run can keep from being discovered. The city is literally littered with them, especially if you're not picky.
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Post by Heather Glass - VerMillion on Jun 6, 2013 3:08:07 GMT -5
Poison Ivy's offer causes VerMillion to give a puzzled frown as she tries to make sense of it. "But how would that help?" she has to ask, "I mean, if Jon not liking me hurt makes them wanna hurt me, wouldn't saying you would too do the same thing?" Though she's definitely noticing that the rogue seems to know a lot more about how this place works than she does. How does she even figure these things out? Normally she'd blame her own inability to see something that might be obvious on the whole lack of fear thing, but though she's only partly paying attention to Heather, it seems like her other half is almost as confused as she is so it must not be that.
What's much less confusing is knowing where she'd want to go if she was free to go anywhere she wants. "I want to go where Jon is," she says simply, "But Heather says that wouldn't work." Apparently breaking into wherever Jon is would be about as difficult as breaking out, and there's no way they have the skills for that. And even if she got to him, they wouldn't let her stay with him, so what would be the point? Nope, better to just wait for Jon to come get them.
And at least the wait for Jon isn't going to be as unpleasant as it was when they were in the Penguin's place - even if one of the patients beats her up, it's unlikely that it'd be any worse than that fat man's guards. Not to mention that Heather isn't so worried about Jon this time - they know for sure that he's okay this time, and since he went through the trouble to get them once already they can be much more confident that he'll do it again.
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Post by Pamela Isley - Poison Ivy on Jun 16, 2013 10:45:08 GMT -5
The girl's questions cause Poison Ivy to laugh lightly - as if Crane's reputation is at all comparable to her own! "Oh, no! I'm completely different. You see - one of the very few things that I have in common with Crane is that many people are afraid of me. However, while those who don't fear Crane usually hate him, those who don't fear me usually love me, and wouldn't harm anyone I like because they don't wish to upset me. Especially the ones who are large enough to put fear into anyone who stubbornly refuse to either like me or fear me. Do you see how that works?" she explains with a questioning tilt of her head, trying to verify that it didn't go over the fearless girl's head.
She can't begin to imagine what it must be like to try to negotiate the ins and outs of the asylum without being able to feel fear - she can't say that she feels much fear herself, but not none. She manages her own worries by figuring out a plan that makes whatever she's worrying about not a problem - thus she's prepared when things go wrong and has no need to fear it when it happens. But she still has that initial worry to tell her what to make plans for.
But then again, she doesn't really understand the thoughts of others regardless of whether or not they have emotional quirks - she just knows how to get them to do what she wants. Though in this case, as much as she'd like VerMillion to forget Crane for her own good, it seems that she'd have to force the issue in order to get the girl to do so and she's unprepared to go that far. Which is why she frowns when she's told where VerMillion wishes to be. "You mean that you'd rather stay here than leave just because Crane is here?" she asks in disbelief. What a ridiculous idea! Even Harley would leave the asylum if given the chance to do so, whether or not the Joker could follow. She might whine and complain about it, yes, but she'd do it. Ugh, some women...
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Post by Heather Glass - VerMillion on Jun 19, 2013 6:05:53 GMT -5
Once again the explanation that Poison Ivy gives prompts a return of the confused look, but this time it's less severe. While she may not understand why anyone would be afraid of either rogue, it's quite a bit easier to understand that people would like Poison Ivy than it is to see what their problem with Jon is. Yeah, maybe Jon can be a bit unpleasant when he wants to be, but she doesn't see how that gets to the point where someone would actually want to hurt him. Though Poison Ivy has been rather nice, all things considered - she kind of was putting too much pressure on Heather for a moment, but then again she seemed to be able to keep Heather from freaking too.
When asked if she understands, she frowns a little and says, "I think so. It's like high school all over again..." Or at least that's what the interplay of how different people's opinions of each other seems to remind her of. The analogy actually seems to help her as she ponders it further - Jon is one of the really uncool people, and she's not cool because she hangs out with him. Poison Ivy, on the other hand, is one of the cool people who can vouch for her, thereby balancing out everyone's opinions of her. Yeah, that seems to make sense.
Still mulling that over, she doesn't even have to think about her answer to the woman's question about Jon. "Yeah..." she says simply, shrugging as if to indicate that she doesn't see any reason why she should have any other opinion.
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Post by Pamela Isley - Poison Ivy on Jun 21, 2013 17:09:25 GMT -5
High school... The two words momentarily pull at Poison Ivy's memory... So many people would think that she'd been extremely popular in high school, between her natural beauty and the apparent ease she has when talking to people. Oh, but she'd been a different person back then...
Quickly pulling herself away from the threatening memories, she shrugs and says, "If that helps you." She supposes that it's a fair analogy to compare the interplay of people in the asylum to a high school, though the asylum is far more dangerous. Then again, the danger level is probably lost on this girl anyway. It's far too easy to picture the girl accidentally provoking a fight with such a lack of awareness.
Which is why she probably ought to do something immediately to make sure that doesn't happen. While she can spread the word that she'd have a problem with Miss Glass getting harmed, it will take at least a day for word to spread and in the meantime there's still a risk. Glancing over at the other occupants of the room, she checks for newcomers - most of the patients are allowed in here for the same amount of time, and she knows that her own time is nearly over. But someone who arrived after this girl did would also leave after her and could therefore keep an eye on her in the meantime. And, fortunately, she sees that one of the people who came in while they were talking would be perfect for the task.
"Bruno, over here!" she calls out to the man, waving him over. The man is short and thin, hardly presenting an imposing figure, but he's quite insane and has a reputation for uncontrollable violence. Well, uncontrollable to most besides Poison Ivy, anyway - one simply needs to know how to speak to him in just the right way, and of course she figured it out. Probably much to the annoyance of whoever his therapist is, because it didn't take her more than an hour of chatting with him to figure it out and she is under the impression that the staff didn't even know it was possible until she did it.
While waiting for him to join them, Poison Ivy attempts to come to grips with the fact that the girl's feelings about Crane are completely and utterly hopeless. Or at least, seeing just how easily both personalities just dismiss the idea that the man may not be good for them even in light of the obvious evidences to the contrary means that it would take much more time than she could spend here and now to change anyone's mind. Ugh...
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