Mask or Menace IC Contact

[itistolaugh]

"Harley here! Leave a message and I'll get back to you.

Or I won't.

Don't be boring."

(text, voice, video, action)

Comments

video;

[promotional]

I wouldn't tell you to do anything.

[Yeah, okay, not terribly nefarious. Has killed people and done shady business transactions a plenty, but he'd feel not exactly right commanding anything out of a date. Gosh. So moral.

She wants another night, that's fine.]

Are you freer before or after?

video;

[itistolaugh]

[ How hard is Batman going to Batman? That's difficult to say. ]

Before, definitely. Uh, what about-- Hold on.

[ Look at her, checking her appointment books and not skipping work all the time (anymore). What a responsible doctor type person. ]

Hff. Tonight?

forward dated to 8/19

[pushtheboundaries]

[ring ring, Harley. for this, he'll actually want to talk with you love as opposed to texting.]

Harley- it's Robert. I...need a favor, if you're willing.

[itistolaugh]

[ Oh Robert. Another one? ]

I'll grab the first aid kit.

[pushtheboundaries]

No, no, it's nothing like that. Thankfully.

[pause]

Were you at the swear-in?

[itistolaugh]

[ Ohh. Ohhhh crap. Crap crap does he know she knew? No, he wouldn't be asking for a favor if he did. ]

... Yeah. I was there.

[pushtheboundaries]

Then before I go any further; are you all right?

[itistolaugh]

Yeah, no, I'm totally fine. Nothing happened to me.

[pushtheboundaries]

[he doesn't respond for a moment, as if trying to decide whether or not he believes her. in the end;]

I wish more people could say that. [and he pauses again, trying to choose his words...]

The girl who was at the focus of some of the chaos...'Gogo'. She's from my world, and I visited her in the hospital a little bit ago. She's...well, she's in a bad way. Long story short, she needs someone to talk to, and I was hoping that...well, maybe you could help me figure out someone she could trust. There's only about one person I know in that field that I could vouch for, right now.

[feel special, Harley.]

[itistolaugh]

[ She makes a hmh as she thinks it over. ]

The only therapists that deal with imPorts, as far as I know, are Crane, who suuuucks, and this guy I've never met. Chill something? He wasn't given a good review either.

So, like.

Yeah.

Slim pickings.

[ Oh, lightbulb moment. ]

Are you asking me to take her on as a patient?

[pushtheboundaries]

Considering Crane was the one who did this to her...

[there's a tight edge to his voice; one she's probably only rarely heard from him, if at all. repressed anger, something else

but it's gone when she puts two and two together]

...if you have room in your schedule, I'd like you to at least talk with her once, and from there- what happens, happens. I'll foot the bill, and she's not a danger in terms of powers, right now. But I'm concerned that if she doesn't get some sort of help, she may end up being one - to herself.

[itistolaugh]

[ Oh no. Quelle surprise. Seriously, the most shocking thing is how many people never see him coming. It's disappointing, really. ]

No, come on, don't even worry about-- Look, just. Get her to call the counseling center and I'll make sure she gets assigned to me.

[pushtheboundaries]

Thanks.

[beat]

I mean it. I'd rather her be in the hands of someone I know.

[itistolaugh]

You know I can't tell you anything about how she's doing, right? Not even whether or not she actually makes the appointment.

[pushtheboundaries]

I know. And I won't ask. She made a promise, and that's good enough for me.

[itistolaugh]

Okay.

Sooo, I take it you aren't seeing Crane anymore.

[pushtheboundaries]

[hmph] I'd like to see him once more, but in a non-session setting. [good lord, could his voice get any dryer?]

[itistolaugh]

I think you'll have to take a number, hon.

[ A small pause. How to bring this up... Eh, #yolo. ]

Do you need a referral?

[pushtheboundaries]

I'll find a way.

[...to be completely honest, he hadn't thought much about seeing someone else. of course, now that it's brought up, he probably should - especially with everything that happened.

even so.]

...I'll be honest. I don't know if I'm interested in confiding in someone like that again- not right now, anyway. Down the line, maybe.

[when betrayal isn't so fresh]

[itistolaugh]

Yeah, I get that, but ...

Okay, do you want the doctor advice or the friend advice?

[pushtheboundaries]

Is the friend advice just a blunter way of phrasing the doctor's?

[itistolaugh]

It was a trick question. They're exactly the same.

You gotta do it, Robert. You know you should.

[pushtheboundaries]

...yeah, I know. And I will. When I'm not thinking...when I'm ready.

[not yet]

[itistolaugh]

Pffff, no you won't. You're gonna be the big tough guy and ignore and pretend nothing is wrong until it becomes a problem and then it's too late.

... look, okay. Alright. What were you seeing him for? I'll find someone good, for when you are ready.

And in the meantime, you can talk to me okay? I'm not gonna be your doctor. But you can talk to me.

[pushtheboundaries]

[aaand his voice tightens a bit]

I'm aware that things aren't perfect, but I'm not about to spill my guts to another 'professional' after- everything. I'm not arguing this. I'll look in to it when it's not so-

[fresh. painful. viscreal.]

-blinding.

[there. see. look at him, saying that his judgement needs to calm the fuck down before he makes a decision.]