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[ Marco's video opens on him sitting in a computer chair, which isn't unusual. What is unusual is that he's not wearing anything ridiculous (no Spiderman T-shirt here) and that he actually has a serious look on his face. ]

So since apparently we're doing this the absurdly complicated way:

If you're under 18 and want to work on this whole 'not letting the multiverse destabilize while we're living here' thing, let's coordinate.

Oh, and for all the adults who want to complain about this: I'd much rather work under the leadership of more experienced people. I think leaving us to do our own thing is stupid. But, I also know that there's a zero percent chance we're all going to stay out of it and coordinating minimizes the risk of something going wrong. Consider it harm reduction.

Or, you know, living in the real world.

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We can try to figure out something more streamlined once this is over. [Assuming the world doesn't end, but that's the kind of assumption you have to make in the midst of this kind of thing.]

You're officially on the envy list.

Speaking of which, a list of your morphs would be handy, once you get a chance.

Sounds like a plan.

Yeah, sure.

[ He sends her this list that the government had on him when he arrived. ]

I also have a Spider-Man morph and a Joker morph.

[She's all ready to thank him, and then.]

You have what.

A Joker morph. Dude has an...interesting brain, I'll say that. I doubt it will be relevant to things, but I trust you and I'd rather you have all the information needed.

...I appreciate that.

Now I need to ask why and how you've got a Joker morph.

I was hired to be a body double.

Which I'm not supposed to talk about, of course, but come on. I'm not enough of a moron to trust the Joker. Nobody can get me drunk enough for that.

He has contingency plans, so do I. Hi!

[Okay just

give her a minute.

She could start scolding, lecturing; tell Marco that he knows exactly what the Joker is and what he's enabling, even if he isn't a direct part of it.

Except she hasn't been able to prove any of that.]

So, what, you lounge around the club while he has his fun?

Basically. I don't know what he's doing. Sure, I could find out, but need to know basis works better for me.

It's certainly safer.

[And she can't ask him to compromise that, not in the middle of a lion's den.

Hyena's den?]

Why get involved in the first place?

Multiple reasons. Money is one. Another is that I don't necessarily trust the government and want some resources outside of it and well... he's the only one both stupid enough and well-connected enough to work with a random teenaged shapeshifter.

Most people have problems with at least one of those things.

[Okay, she does need to snicker at that description.]

Can't argue with those points. I'm Unsettled, too, but I liked the job I was assigned.

...Couldn't you morph into an adult body for that kind of thing? Someone who isn't here?

Actually, I'm Registered. It's not my fault if they think that means I'm actually loyal. If they've read my file and still think that, then hey, that tells me the government is full of idiots and I don't want to rely on them anyway.

I could, but I'd be limited to 2 hours at a time and, more importantly, I have to pass through myself before I morph something else. I'm not giving up any defensive or offensive advantage when I'm dealing with criminals.

Also a good strategy.

[She's considered it, but she doesn't want to rely on them anymore than strictly necessary.]

That's a hard-coded limit, then? Any idea why?

I believe in a healthy dose of paranoia.

I don't know. It's an alien technology and I don't know how it works. Some people are talented enough they can partially subvert it, but I'm not very good at morphing.

Does the Joker know what the limit is?

Yeah, he does. He was smart enough to ask, so I told him. Also because giving him a weakness made him less likely to flip out about me being able to morph him anytime for the rest of my life here.

I'd have gone for one hour, but it could have bitten you in the ass.

So...exactly how much of his mind is there, when you're him?

I'm telling the truth until I need to lie. If you lie right off the bat, people assume everything you say is a lie. Effective lying means people have to not expect it.

[ That's not a concerning worldview. Not at all. ]

All the basic instincts, but none of the memories. So I know exactly how batshit insane he is. Definitely the hardest human mind I've worked with, but easier then some animals, so it's fine. Why? You want to know something in particular?

Only if they catch you in it. But keeping the fiction going can be more trouble than it's worth.

[It is, but it's not exactly one she can criticise.]

Well, I wouldn't mind "hey, I figured out the Joker has a debilitating phobia of pigeons".

But mostly I was worried about its effect on you, yeah. If you ever need someone to - ground you, or smack you, then you can call.

...Is Harley in on this thing?

Yeah, you always have to balance out effort versus result.

If he was born with a phobia, I'd know of it, but not if he acquired one as an adult, and he doesn't seem to have any inborn phobias. Sorry.

Thanks. I appreciate the offer, but he's actually not that hard to get under control. Humans are pretty easy to control mentally.

No, she's not. Which isn't my choice.

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Oracle needs her own drink now

Dealing with Marco will do that

she doesn't even drink And Yet

Marco does that, ask Eva

she would if she could, GIVE HER SOME TIPS EVA

Emotional Manipulation and Weed? Wait, that's right, she also drives people to drink. Sorry Babs

i mean so does everyone else she dates

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