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[restingstitchface]

This is a world where nobody can be certain what is real. Tabloid scandal and tittle-tattle surround our mad lives. Journalists take shots at clearing the superstition enveloping those who choose to wear a mask, and like most they do it for the money, selfishly exposing the names of heroes and villains alike.

[His right hand hoists up a headline, framed at the bottom with his left palm. The accompanying photograph is of a blonde propping up a bar, split with a shot of her professionally dressed in a skirt and doctor's jacket. Hair up, round glasses. A girl so neat you can take her home to meet the family.]

Party Girl Harley Quinn Goes Profesh: Can It Last?

What trenchant contempt. Such grubby hands, tearing off flesh to show the bones beneath! Masks contain a definite meaning, an intellectual formula, are expressions of human feeling for the surrounding world. They are creations of the human mind and, as such, deserve respect. No matter whether they're an identity behind which one reconstructs their self or a shield that protects loved ones.

We understand how dangerous they can be. Do they think they can hide before facing the consequences of this drivel?

[Blech! He lays down the page.]

Guess it all boils down to one question for me, anyway. One more important than Harleen Quinzel's metamorphosis.

[He refuses to call her a doctor.]

What's Batman's deal?

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[pummelgranite]

[ She has no idea what the fuck he is even talking about, but it seems to be talking shit. and she does always feel like talking shit. ]


Spoilers, they do that for more every imPort capable of sneezing.

[restingstitchface]

[Talking shit about other people is 90% of what he does, honestly.]

I am familiar with that.

[Sigh.]

It seems you are as well?

[pummelgranite]

Uh huh. Can't go a week without my bra strap making a headline.

[restingstitchface]

[Uh huh.]

Congratulations on being famous.

[You are not of Gotham. He does not care.]

[pummelgranite]

[ well that makes him a nerd. she snorts at his sick burn. ]

Thanks.

[restingstitchface]

[Thanks. Short for thank you. A respectful expression of gratitude. The respect he's due.

He lifts his chin and taps his fingers, loosely, a little pleased by it all.]

I suppose this is where I enquire as to your name?

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[sleight_of_hand]

[ ...Adachi's not sure which he likes better: Harley as he usually sees her, or Harley all done up like that. Dammit, she needs to not be that cute. ]

[ He doesn't comment on that, though; he let out a sigh instead. ]

Sounds like just about any other place.

...and who the heck is Batman?

[ A man that turns into a bat? ]

[restingstitchface]

A vigilante who causes thousands of dollars worth of property damage.

[Well, he's not wrong?]

[sleight_of_hand]

[ Adachi gave the screen a suspicious look. ]

And... why hasn't he been mentioned here?

[restingstitchface]

You tell me. You're the detective.

[Shrug.]

He's headlined plenty enough before.

[sleight_of_hand]

E-eh...?

[ H-he totally reads the news, okay!? He somehow missed a mention of a man bat?! ]

You've gotta be pulling my leg. There's no way I'd miss something like that mentioned.

[restingstitchface]

[His head tips back, tilts left, right, and he finishes his theatrics by eyeballing the ceiling.]

Of course not.

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[thevictoriandetective]

It's almost like papers have been doing this for decades. If you don't like it, don't read it. As annoying as it is for those of us with more than two brain cells, most people will believe anything printed.

[restingstitchface]

Most people will believe anything. Written. Filmed. Spoken. I don't believe ignorance is limited to the written word.

[He stares curiously.]

Moreover, what a cliche. Don't like, don't read? A stock cliche. Frequently invalid as an argument, and only applicable if the countering argument is repeated more than once. [A shrug.] In the academic field, does one ignore flawed research? Hardly! Besides, how can you challenge yourself if you only read what you love?

video; OH NO YOU GOT HIM STARTED

[heckblazer]

What isn't wrong with him?

GET THIS PARTY STARTED, JOHN

[restingstitchface]

His physical health?

[Imply his mental state isn't so shipshape, John. You know you want to.]

[heckblazer]

Yeah. I'd know, considering I got volun-told into his bloody rogue's gallery. No wonder so many of 'em are nanners, if he whacks 'em in the head like that.

[ John no you're throwing shade at the wrong person's mental state here. ]

[restingstitchface]

Oh, please. That's the kind of stereotypical thinking that reveals a seam of suppressed material.

[Bitch, pls. Running your mouth off like that. Get on his level or step off.]

Though I'm surprised he didn't clock you in the mouth, honestly.

[heckblazer]

Mate, trust me, I've been through Britain's mental system an' it still manages to make Arkham look like paradise.

[ John has very little sanity left and he's not ready to sacrifice it by trying to get on Crane's level. ]


Got clocked a fair few places but he felt charitable that day, I suppose.

[restingstitchface]

Because he was trying to make a point, I suppose.

What did you say to him?

video;

[itistolaugh]

Awwwww, babe! You read the news about me!

[restingstitchface]

Because somebody needs to.

Did you think I wouldn't realize?

[itistolaugh]

Wouldn't realize what? You've seen me dressed for work before.

[restingstitchface]

[He holds up the other photo with thumb and forefinger.

Point made?]

[itistolaugh]

'Kay, well. You've seen me like that before too. It's not like I'm on the clock all the time. Let a girl have a weekend!