847/Love hurts, love scars, love wounds and marks

Love hurts, love scars, love wounds and marks
Date of Scene:	08 June 2017
Location:	Unknown
Synopsis:	Summary needed
Cast of Characters:	Clayface, Star Shimmer

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Clayface has posed:
Gotham is home to many places that a person can make a living by entertaining in a nice relaxing park. It's also a good safe place to be in the day if you're homeless. Not at night of course, but in the day, people have just come to accept the vagrants as part of the park. Some times even if you don't need the money it's just nice to get out there and perform and a those performers, those homeless people, they see things. They notice important people, at least if they like making money they do. Clayface, in the guise of an attractive, dark haired, italian man, wearing a nice business suit, clean shaven with a chiseled jaw and body that could stop the hearts of even the most conservative woman is moving from homeless person to homeless person in the park, asking about a woman in a picture. The handsome man gives them money even if they can't help him but not as much. Sooner or later he's going to get to everyone who frequents the park... the question is, who's next?

Star Shimmer has posed:
The sweet sound of a guitar ringing out across the park is matched by a rather lovely mezzo-Soprano voice. A young woman with red hair is happily playing and entertaining anyone she can. Her guitar case is open in front of her and there is a little money gathered inside there. Its an okay day for her. Autumn is just enjoying herself.

The song she is singing, Is actually one from an old cart toon. Its a song about a whale! NO! Its a song about being HAPPY!!!! The simplistic song is silly but definitely resounds with nostalgia for those who actually watched said cartoon.

Clayface has posed:
The man who is questioning the park regulars is not in a good mood, in fact he's ready to start smacking people around till he gets the answers he wants. A young woman with red hair walks up to him also carrying a printout of the same picture.

The two meet on the sidewalk just south of the woman singing and speak quietly. She acts timid around the larger man her body language that of someone who expects a violent reaction. "She has to be here! You heard him! He said she would be in a park!" the man says too loudly, and the woman cringes back.

Taking a moment to make sure he isn't going to explode any more she steps a little closer and says something to him trying to calm him down. "It shouldn't be this hard to find her!" the man yells and balls his hands into fists. The young woman quickly wraps her arms around one of his large arms and says, "This isn't going to help! Calm down, remember your breathing! Count backwards like the doctors said!" the large man looks down at the red haired girl, who can't be more than 16 while he looks like he's in his 40's. "Fine!" he says then closes his eyes and starts taking deep breaths while counting to himself.

Star Shimmer has posed:
The young woman playing the guitar begins to notice a few things. She isn't as adjusted to the super hero life as Batman or anyone really. She's still a rookie. So she doesn't just pick up on things really quick. But seeing a guy who looks like he is about to hurt someone... Thats a pretty good tell.

Her eyes drift downward to her ring. No. Not yet. No point changing clothes right now and engaging anyone. Besides just because someone looks like they are going to cause trouble doesn't mean they are.

Clayface has posed:
The large man opens his eyes but his face is still full of rage. "It's not enough. It's been two weeks! We've been looking for her for two weeks!" the woman holding the larger man's arm says, "I know.. " quietly looking down as if resigning herself to a fate she doesn't want. "We can't do it here." she says then she looks around and spots one of the park's maintenance sheds. It's hidden behind bushes and trees to keep the natural look and feel of the park, "In there." she says then she starts to lead the man away tugging on his large arm, "Come on, you know you'll feel better if you let it out." she says smiling a sad smile. The big man follows her away moving out of sight of the general public. Most people would never notice him snapping the chain on the shed and walking inside with the girl. Breaking and entering, that's a crime right?

Star Shimmer has posed:
There he goes along with a woman. Autumn is starting to worry. Then it hits her. Something isn't right. Her ring flickers for a single moment. The emotions she is feeling are very much mesed up. Its like love but twisted. corrupted. As though its eating them away as opposed to something pure. Its enough to turn her stomach. < Well Autum, What are you waiting for? Get to it! > The ring speaks telepathically to Autumn.

Autumn rapidly takes her guitar and puts it away. She quickly takes it and puts it somewhere that no one will pay much attention to. With a with a quick action, her clothing shifts to her Star Sapphire uniform. Time to be a hero. She takes flight and moves towards the heart of the problem. The shed. A quick knock is given. "Hello? is everyone alright in there? Just checking. I was worried about both of you." She states feeling more and more anxious about all of this.

Clayface has posed:
There are some muffled sounds like someone's mouth is being covered then the voice of the man comes from inside the shed, "Park Service. Everything's fine! Go away!" in a totaaaaally convincing tone that only an idiot would believe. Then there is a strange wet sound and a spike of anger from the girl or is it the guy? It's getting hard to tell them apart. The feeling of anticipation grows within the male aspect. He's looking for a fight and the girl is afraid he's about to get one. The door to the shed is closed but unlocked. Nothing is stopping the Lantern from just busting in and picking a fight.

Star Shimmer has posed:
Autumn hears that and rolls her eyes. That is a crock and she knows it. Whats more, things are starting to feel very not good. Fear, Anger, If she didn't know any better she'd think there was a Red and a Yellow being chummy. Her body is quickly covered in violet light as her force field activates.

"Sir, Are you alright. You sound rough." Quietly she reaches out and puts her hand on the door handle. "I am coming in. Don't freak out or anything." With that she opens the door.

Clayface has posed:
Aaaand she is promptly covered in mud as at least three times the amount of clay and mud that should have fit in that building expands through the open door and spills out into the grass. Shields are a wonderful thing.

What's left inside is a shed full of tools and equipment covered in mud on both sides and towards the back of the shed is the woman, her face, part of her head, a knee and one arm visible as she seems to be sinking backwards into a giant mud-slick broiling up from the back of the shed. Her mouth is covered and her eyes are wide. She's afraid, angry and annoyed. She was trying so hard to avoid making a scene...

Star Shimmer has posed:
Well this sucks! The rookie hero is promptly coated in clay and mud. The only way this coudl feel worse is if that crap was actually touching her skin. Mud Wrestling is definitely NOT one of the things she would enjoy. Violet light begins glowing under the mud. It glows brighter and brighter until... a violet bubble pushes out and away, allowing the young Star Sapphire to get the heck out of the mud.

"UGH! GROSS! Are you serious?! Lemme Guess? Clayface?" She asks as a construct is form. A giant shovel. She begins shoveling the mud and the crud onto a pile so it is out of the way and so she can see who she is dealing with rather then a puddle. "Let the woman go."

Clayface has posed:
Clayface's head forms out of the pile of mud behind her. Her leg and arm vanish inside but he at least leaves her head outside so she can breath. With a too-wide smile he says, "Or what? You'll throw your bubble-gum at me? What are your powers exactly? Are you the Cotton Candy Crusader? The Bubbalicious Battle Babe? Did you go with something traditionally simple like Gum Girl? Pink Las? " he mocks oddly feeling happy like it's a game as the girl just feels annoyed like she can't believe he is doing this.

Star Shimmer has posed:
Autumn smiles to the Clay man, "Cute." She begins floating in place. "You can call me Nightingale." She snickers. "And what I do is this." She points her ring at him and gets ready. "What are you doing here Clayface? I know you were looking for someone. Who is she and why? If you tell me, maybe this can end without you getting locked up."

The young woman in violet is sounding really confident. She's trying her best though not to push things. The last thing she wants is to fight but if it comes to that she is ready. "The ball is in your court. YOu can explain things to me, I either help you or talk you out of doing something really stupid or you can fight me. I am pretty sure you're not going to win if we do fight. At which point we will talk and you'll tell me what I want to know. YOur choice.

Clayface has posed:
Clay says, "Helpful hint. If you get your powers from a magic ring don't point it at the bad guy and make it obvious while they have a hostage." he says and the mud moves up covering the girl's nose so she can't breath. She goes wide-eyed again and hints of her form can be seen moving around inside him. She isn't panicking, she feels more annoyed than anything else but her emotions are really hard to read over his because he is greatly enjoying himself, "I'll tell you what. You take off the ring and I'll let you take her place. "

That twisted feeling of unnatural dark love swells up inside him. It's not a love born of caring and compassion, it's something unnatural that is almost as much hate as it is love. "Or you can try and save her and hope you have enough control over your powers to rip her out of me without ripping her apart. What do you say, birdy? Are you a hero or are you just a pretender?"

Star Shimmer has posed:
Autumn blinks a few times. This makes things more difficult. Here is the choice. The choice heroes are forced to make between X and Y while the only answer is the space between. What is the fulcrum on this one. She winces. Then there is that feeling. That twisted, Corrupt love inside that is nausiating. "You won't kill her. You need her. Its not a normal form of love. But there is signs there that it is. So here is my counter offer."

Violet light errupts out from the ring. Forming a bubble around the bulk of Clayface. "Now its your move. That bubble is going to get smaller and smaller. Back off her and tell me what I want to know Or you find out what else my cute little ring can do."

Clayface has posed:
Clay laughs a cruel laugh of someone with nothing to lose from inside the bubble and the girl's face contorts as if in pain but the ring doesn't sense any pain from her maybe Clayface is blocking her out somehow? "Guess again." Clayface says and from the depths of the mud that print out he was carrying is slapped by a clay hand up against the bubble showing her the picture of Poison Ivy. That is who the twisted, corrupted form of love is for. It's in both of them. When Clayface says, "It's Ivy I'm looking for, this one doesn't matter. Crush me to a diamond and I'll be back in business inside a week. You can't kill me. You have a power ring, I -am- a force of nature." he mocks, "But since you are being so uncooperative, the price has gone up. The ring goes and so do all your clothes." the more he talks about Ivy the more that hateful love inside him grows making him want to hurt people. This is the kind of love the power rings must never fall into the hands of.

Star Shimmer has posed:
Autumn takes note of the person. She recognizes Ivy. You can only live in Gotham for so long without knowing the big names. That is the big ping. "No changing the deal." She states as the bubble vanishes. "Original deal only." She looks at her ring. Her mind reaches out. < Libby, The ring chose me right? I accepted it and I still do. > She takes a deep breath and removes her ring.

Immediately she drops to the ground. She is still in her Star Sapphire uniform but there is no force field. "Now, let her go. As for the woman I have no idea where she is but I could potentially find her. Just not without my ring."

Clayface has posed:
Clay produces a smaller clay arm holding a cellphone from his mass. He points it at the hero, "Say it. Give me your word you'll find her then text me her location without telling her. If you betray me, trick me or ruin the surprise, I'll post this all over the internet and everyone will know you are just as much a liar as one of us." he says but the woman's nose is uncovered and she starts taking deep gasping breaths. The hate turns to anger but with a smidge of hope in it. That twisted love becomes more gentle as his anger fades. There is real love in there, deep, deeply buried under pain, mistrust and rage.

Star Shimmer has posed:
Even without the ring on, she can feel the change. She can feel the whole thing. She is still connected to the ring just not able to actually use it. "Okay. I have a single stipulation for you no harm comes to her. If you can promise me that I will give you my word that I will find her for you and I will get you the information. No ruining the surprise. No anything shady."

The young hero frowns softly, "You do have real love in you. I can feel it even without the ring on. You were trying to figure out who I am and you see I have a power ring. I am a Star Sapphire. Love is my driving force. To me, Real love is worth this. The question is, Can you trust a hero enough to do this?"

Clayface has posed:
Clay asks, "Why would you care if I hurt Ivy? She's killed hundreds, maybe thousands of people, wrecked Gotham so many times I've lost count." he says surprised the hero cares about her at all. "I won't hurt her. I know the Green Lanterns always keep their word. I'm willing to bet you are the same and worst case scenario, I'll just keep looking for her on my own. " he says but what he means is 'I won't hurt her much'. He isn't going to take no for an answer when it comes to this corrupted form of love. It's said that Ivy twists the hearts of men to make them her slaves. Maybe this is what she has coming to her? In his mind it is.

Clayface ejects the girl from his body and starts to absorb the mud back into himself compacting himself into a human shape once more, still holding the camera, "Do we have a deal?" he asks as the girl sputters and gasps on the floor. "Your word of honor you'll help me find her without her knowing? If she knows you helped me she'll blame me for leading a hero to her. " and that would go over like a fart in church.

Star Shimmer has posed:
Autumn takes a deep breath. She closes her hand on her ring and then extends her free hand. "Deal. I am very much capable of moving around without being seen. I've had some training in stealth. I should be able to find her and I will get word to you. I give you my word as a Star Sapphire. No harm to her, I play cupid I guess without arrows." She quietly waits for him to shake on it.

Her attention goes to the woman, "Are you alright? Do you need to go to the hopsital or anything? I can get you there pretty quick."

Clayface has posed:
The girl stands up slowly coughing and rubbing her throat as clayface turns off the camera before she takes the outstretched hand and shakes it firmly. She says in Clayface's voice, "No, thanks. You've done enough already. You've been a wonderful audience." Clayface slips the camera inside himself and walks past the young hero.The "girl" releases the grip walks past on the other side to catch up with the man. They both say at the same time, "Good working with you, kid." leaving her to wonder what just happened. Then she might remember, Clayface is an actor... and they both felt the same perverse love for Ivy...

Star Shimmer has posed:
Autumn blinks a few times. She just facepalms accidentally getting a little mud on her face. "OH Come on! Ah well a deals a deal." She doesn't like the fact that he pulled a fast one on her. Already the wheels are turning in her head. Yeah She is going to follow the deal to the letter. She isn't going to tell Ivy she's hunting for her. Ivy won't know that she is looking for her. The thing is, Clayface at no point asked her to keep this a secret from anyone else. That is what she is going to use. Quickly her ring is back on her finger without it ever being touched. She takes off flying into the sky. Already her ring is glowing. She's on the hunt.