15578/Aimful

Aimful
Date of Scene:	08 September 2023
Location:	Gotham
Synopsis:	Boundaries.
Cast of Characters:	Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn

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Poison Ivy has posed:
The text Harley got last night was simple, just four words (and not all of them words):

Luther? 11a tomorrow?

The text was from Ivy. Offering to meet for a Luther, which, if you've never had a stint installed in your heart, is a cheeseburger with two Krispy Kreme donuts instead of a bun. Vegetable toppings are optional and kind of redundant. But Harley likes them.

Harley Quinn has posed:
Harley Quinn Shows up of course she's in her more casual wear, which is to say for harley very very loud .


She looks around as she walks into the place trying to spot a familiar green redhead that she kinda misses alot .

Poison Ivy has posed:
The only place in Gotham to get a Luther is in the Narrows, not that it's a problem for Ivy. People in the Narrows may be tougher and poorer, but they also learn to mind their own business when a green-skinned woman is conducting hers. It's still warm enough weather for a place outside--which means more passersby, a thing Ivy has grown to grudgingly tolerate--so that's where Ivy is, at a dingy table with one leg propper up by several folded-over paper napkins turned the yellow-gray color of infection by exposure to the weather, sitting on a metal chair in bad need of a paint job to cover the corrosion. When Harley approaches, Ivy spots her and raises a hand to wave her over. Maybe the gesture is friendly or maybe she thinks Harley has suddenly lost her color vision and needs help spotting her.

Harley Quinn has posed:
Harley Quinn Looks over " Ahh there she is the one lone leaf in the mountain of trash," She says as she walks over. "Heya ivs .. what brings you here? I thought you hated this place. " She asks, sitting down. She waves a waitress over. "One belly bust drink and Luther with too many pickles and mustard.. you put ketchup on my food imma stab," She warns.

Poison Ivy has posed:
Ivy spreads her hands in a kind of shrug that doesn't move her shoulders. "I do hate this place. But after I calmed down, I got to thinking, I want to know how we fix this. And then I got to thinking, maybe one way is to stop letting me hating things be my reason to not do things you like or need." Her lip twists, and she snorts at herself. "So here I am, explaining the punchline of the joke."

Harley Quinn has posed:
Harley Quinn Blinks and touches her chest. " You wanna fix things? " she says in an almost small voice. "But you told me to. " She frowns and pushes her fingers together. " Now I'm getting confused," She grumps. "

Poison Ivy has posed:
Ivy rolls her eyes, grabs a paper napkin, wads it up, and throws it at Harley from the wrist, playfully. It drifts over the table, unfolding as it goes, not actually reaching its target before falling limply to the tabletop.

"Yes, I wanna fix this, you dingus," she says fondly, irritatedly, patiently. It's a very strange combination of tones in one voice, but Ivy makes it sound easy. "Look. We can't go back the way we were, because that ended up the way it ended up. But you still matter to me, and I don't want to lose that. So, I'm trying this new thing where we talk like adults instead of me running away because I'm mad or scared or whatever." She smiles suddenly, brightly, sincerely.

Harley Quinn has posed:
Harley Quinn Blinks and does that super surprised " wooooahh " look, she does so well. " That is a change .. cause last time you said you research was more important than anything.. and I quote, should go find what I want somewhere else with someone else " She points " And yes I'm still mad about that.."

Poison Ivy has posed:
Ivy nods. "So is that your way of telling me the way to fix this is for me to apologize?" she asks patiently.

Harley Quinn has posed:
Harley Quinn Crosses her arms " No " She sighs " I was being needy and annoying I know " she says and unfolds the napkin you threw at her.. as she starts to try and remove the wrinkles in the paper even though she never can remove them.. " just i dunno , Gotta make sure that dosn't happen again or something "

Poison Ivy has posed:
Ivy notices she's twined her fingers together like the principal in a low-budget TV-PG sitcom, and forces herself to unlace them. "It's okay for you to be needy and annoying if, you know, that's what you need to do. I know this is hard for both of us, and I'm not quite enough of a bitch to expect you to just open up and be vulnerable to me after all this time. But I did think about drugging you to make you loosen up."

That was probably a joke, right? Hard to tell with Ivy. Her sense of humor is dryer than a mummy.

Harley Quinn has posed:
Harley Quinn Blinks " You wanted to drug me? That's so sweet," She says with a smile. " Depends on the drugs, though.. Last time I had something to loosen up.. I ended up in vegas in a bed with like 5 people and a gorilla " .

     She sighs. " We keep in touch. He had me as a bridesmaid at his wedding.. " .

Poison Ivy has posed:
Ivy blinks at Harley's strange declaration. "Male gorillas have bridesmaids?"

Harley Quinn has posed:
Harley Quinn Hmmms " Oh, he was Polly like me.. you know, didn't care about the sex of the person, just wanted to be loved.. he fell in love with another guy.. cute couple," She says brightly."He made us wear red.. and you know that's mah color so win " .

Poison Ivy has posed:
Poison Ivy says, "Wait, are you talking about the French guy dating the brain in a jar?"

Harley Quinn has posed:
Harley Quinn Shakes her head " Noo that was another couple.. you know about that one " she grings " This guy got caught by one of grodds rays or something and ened up having a really bad time of it " she things " Wait " she goes for her phone and starts looking for a picture

Poison Ivy has posed:
Poison Ivy raises her eyebrows in a 'this should be good' expression, but waits as bidden.

Harley Quinn has posed:
Harley Quinn Starts to show you pictures " See this was the cake " then she shows her in a red brides maid outfit looking WAY younger than now.. " See fun times " she smiles before she sits back down "Ohhhh food " she says brightly as her food shows up.. the advantage of her being dipped in joker vat she can eat and never gains weight

Poison Ivy has posed:
Ivy, who didn't order anything, just leans back in her chair and watches Harley eat. "So you've been doing more than just Harley stuff, huh?"

Harley Quinn has posed:
Harley Quinn gRins " yeah maybe " she giggles " Eveyrthing is harley stuff cause I'm harley right " she giggles as she thinks " I just live life.. I only got one life not sure how long I'll be with all the stuff that's been done to me so why not "

Poison Ivy has posed:
Well THAT'S something she didn't expect to hear. Cautiously, aiming for a tone of polite concern that doesn't overstep, and fighting her every impulse to cross her arms over her chest, Ivy leans forward just a little and asks, "What do you mean? Did you see a doctor who told you something?"

Harley Quinn has posed:
Harley Quinn Looks up " No.. I am a doctor remember? " She says and sighs " Dunno , Okay maybe.. I got invovled with some sups and one of them might have told me my dna isn't even human all the way anymore and it messed with my head " She huffs crossing her own arms under her chest.

Poison Ivy has posed:
"Must be why I can stand to be around you," Ivy mutters, but gets back on topic. "Not human all the way? What does that even mean?"

Harley Quinn has posed:
Harley Quinn cocks her head to the side like she heard that and shrugs " I dunno.. okay maybe I do know " She sighs " You know the whole joker dropping me into a vat of similar stuff that he fell into.. it changed " She motions to her whole self... " Then the shot you gave me .. it reacted to all the chems in my system.. all that stuff "

Poison Ivy has posed:
Poison Ivy nods, acknowledging her part without apologizing; at least not yet. "Yeah, but I mean, what does it mean you're not human? What does that mean for your life and how you're, y'know, how you're doing or whatever?"

Harley Quinn has posed:
Harley Quinn Rolls her head on the table like it's a ball .. the little thing is way to flexible for her own good " That's the point... " She says throwing her arms up before she slumps " I dunno .. He said something like my dna is all messed up.. it's why I'm super strong some times and other times no " She sighs " how I'm so flexible like more than normal.. the posion thing I know was you and I'm like super okay with that.. but you know all the stuff I can do and things.. I'm all messed up ya know.. so Id unno how long I'll live so .. well I'm gonna live like every day is my last.. " She looks up " I still love you "

Poison Ivy has posed:
Poison Ivy leans back in her seat and presses the heels of her hands to her eyes for one second before dropping them to her lap and straightening up, her gaze just a little too soft to be accused of being a glare. "You know, if you were anyone else, I'd accuse you of emotional blackmail, saying you might be dying and also you love me." Her voice sounds annoyed but also amused; a tone Harley is probably quite familiar with. "So what next?"

Harley Quinn has posed:
Harley Quinn Blinks " Arn't we all dying .. I mena not you " She points " You got the whole half plant and can lift forever thing right? " she grins brightly " I Said I dunno how long I have.. I could live longer than normal or less " She shrugs " That's the fun bit.. nobody knows how long ya got but learning I'm not all human make me thing .. that I should live for what I want "

Poison Ivy has posed:
Poison Ivy rolls her eyes in fond irritation but lets it go. She just twirls her left hand on her wrist in a 'hurry up' gesture over the table and asks again, "So what next?"

Harley Quinn has posed:
Harley Quinn Blinks and has that... uhhhh uh oh look on her face " I dunno .. I didn't get past the whole.. I still love you bit " She says rubbing the back of her head " Wasn't sure how it would go down "

Poison Ivy has posed:
Poison Ivy squirms uncomfortably. "Well... honestly, I don't know how I feel about you right now. A lot has happened. We've both changed and I don't know if we've changed in ways that fit together. I didn't come here trying to get back together, you know. I just wanted to talk and be friends again because I missed you, and see what happens from there. What did you want?"

Harley Quinn has posed:
Harley Quinn Blinks and thinks for a while she dosn't answer right away like she normally would she seems to think about it " I think we can be friends.. maybe cudle a little bit .. nothing crazy and see where it goes " She thinks " I know trying to go back to where we were would be bad .. cause were not the same anymore "

Poison Ivy has posed:
Poison Ivy nods. "Okay, well, good. That's good that we agree to be rational and mature about it."

The camera cuts to an apartment in Russia, where a playwright is mounting a rifle on the wall. As soon the barrel comes to rest, the camera cuts back to an outdoor cafe in Gotham where Harley and Icy are chatting.

Harley Quinn has posed:
Harley Quinn Sniggers 'Aww why you gotta say that iv's you know thats like que for me to say or do something fucked up " she sniggers . Before she yawns and stretches bit " Sooo I gotta run and make some mayhem.. Care to join? "

Poison Ivy has posed:
Poison Ivy considers this, then shakes her head and stands up, palms on the edge of the table to push her chair back. "Nah. I got my own shit to take care of right now. Go make your mayhem and let me know how it turns out, okay?"

Harley Quinn has posed:
Harley Quinn Nods her head " Wanna watch a movie on friday? " she asks softly " by movie I mean netflix and chill? "

Poison Ivy has posed:
Ivy sighs. "Slow down, cowgirl. Start by texting me about how your mayhem goes."