6 ♢ third degree

[madandbad.livejournal.com]

[ Batman ]
What's your first memory of the Joker?

[When an enemy happens to be the best source of information one might have, life sucks. But she's been wondering about this for a while now and every other question she came up with was too revealing. Here's to hoping he helps.

While she waits, she'll just take a trip up to the roof. Four Quinbits chatter happily as they follow her. The fifth is clutched tightly to her chest and, while it complains once, it doesn't try to escape her grip.]




[OOC: Open to anyone else who might meet her in the halls or likes visiting the roof.]

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[worldweary-wolf.livejournal.com]

At least I'm courteous.

[It takes a moment of concentration, but soon he does, indeed, change. It's a smooth one, that rolls through his whole body at a quick pace. The final result is an over eight-foot-tall, bi-pedal, wolfen beast.]

See?

[madandbad.livejournal.com]

[This face. Just this face.]

[worldweary-wolf.livejournal.com]

...Are you catchin' flies?

[madandbad.livejournal.com]

[That snaps her mouth shut.]

I was just surprised is all.

[worldweary-wolf.livejournal.com]

I'll bet. Well, since I can't change back for a little while, what's your story?

[madandbad.livejournal.com]

Oh, it's not that interesting. I was a psychiatrist, became a criminal, reformed and got stranded here. The usual.

[worldweary-wolf.livejournal.com]

Criminal? That's quite a jump from psychiatry. How bad a criminal?

[madandbad.livejournal.com]

Not really. I worked with the criminally insane so according to most I had to be kinda off already. And to answer your question just how bad is bad?

[worldweary-wolf.livejournal.com]

Killin' people is pretty bad. Unless they're really bad people, themselves. Everything below that I really don't much care about.

[madandbad.livejournal.com]

Anyone I killed was guilty of something unforgivable. I can promise you that.

[She's being completely honest. Whether her definition of something unforgivable matches the majority's though...]

[worldweary-wolf.livejournal.com]

What exactly do you consider unforgivable?

[He's starting to turn back to normal now, his body gradually shrinking down, the extra bone and muscle mass compacting as the fur receded into his flesh.]

[madandbad.livejournal.com]

Hurting people I love.

[She might be muttering "Stupid clown" under her breath]

[worldweary-wolf.livejournal.com]

[With a werewolf, you might as be yelling it.]

What, a rodeo clown rode off with your heart?

[madandbad.livejournal.com]

No. He tried to shoot me into orbit on a rocket and nearly killed my best friends. Multiple times.

[worldweary-wolf.livejournal.com]

...I think that's more than any relationship councilor can fix. I don't know many people who take the "Wile E. Coyote" approach to breakin' up with someone.

[madandbad.livejournal.com]

He wasn't breaking up with me. He was pissy because I stole his boyfriend or something. And I don't even know who he was talking about! 'Sides, I'd never shack up with a clown.

[worldweary-wolf.livejournal.com]

Eh? Then who did you love? I thought it was the clown. So the clown was just an enemy? Then who was the guy you loved?

[madandbad.livejournal.com]

My guy? He died years ago. [There's a pause as if she's wondering whether to say anything else] One of our professors killed him.

[worldweary-wolf.livejournal.com]

Why the fuck would he do that?

[madandbad.livejournal.com]

Human experimentation. Decided to test out a theory of mine on Guy. Laced his drink with a drug and then stood back.

[worldweary-wolf.livejournal.com]

Tch. Fuckin' humans. They'll do anything for notoriety.

[madandbad.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Fucking humans.

[worldweary-wolf.livejournal.com]

...That wasn't a jibe at you, really. Lemme' rephrase, I KNOW a lotta' humans who'd do anything for notoriety.

[He tightens his belt to make up for his newly reduced waist-line, then slips his clothing back on.]

Don't really know what to tell you. I don't know anything about relationships, but I do know about makin' dangerous enemies.

[madandbad.livejournal.com]

You've never been in love?

[worldweary-wolf.livejournal.com]

Why is that surprising? I'm a pissy bastard, an arrogant prick, I turn into a monster, and I barely trust anyone beyond a superficial level.