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)

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action! sometime after Raina's post the night of June 28th

[abduxel]

[He found a place that seemed empty. The bat has an extra set of wings, and a third eye; generally a creepy, large, black, hairless creature. It slipped in through a cracked-open window in the dark kitchen of Harley's residence, turned a corner and --

-- flew right into her face, squeaking wildly?!]

[itistolaugh]

[ Harley shrieked and cursed at the top of her lungs. Holy crap holy crap holy crap FLORIDA BATS ARE HUGE AND AWFUL and she's going to get RABIES and if it got stuck in her hair just go ahead and kill her now.

She hefted the broom like a baseball bat (she hadn't been cleaning, but she'd thought about almost cleaning, which is good enough) and swung it at the gross intruder. ]

[abduxel]

[The bat yells with alarm, a noise a bat really shouldn't be able to make, almost human-like except for the fact that it sounds like ten different creepy-ass monster-people yelling at once, all at different pitches.

The bat spirals around the broom in a struggle to maneuver away, but it's too close quarters here. He's hitting walls and Harley and the broom itself trying to escape the fray.

He gets a good whack from the broom after another couple of swings, a full-bodied impact between the wings, and goes crashing backwards into the kitchen.

There, he promptly shapeshifts into a prettyboy asian man, slim and muscular, torso littered with huge scars, and - most notably besides his nudity - a set of black ram horns that sprout from his skull and curl around near his ears. He's sitting on his butt on the kitchen floor where he ungracefully landed. Damn that hurts his tailbone.]

Hey hey hey! [He yells, palms up in a stop.] Don't freak out! I'm not a bat!

[Just a naked demon man but whatever right?]

[itistolaugh]

[ Harley freezes and takes a moment to, er, take him all in. So to speak. ]

Why is this supposed to be better?

[ She flips the broom around so the end of the handle is facing him and baps him between the eyes. ]

Why are you in my kitchen? Why the hell shouldn't I freak out about a naked stranger in my kitchen?!

[abduxel]

[He moves his mouth like he's trying desperately to think of some sort of answer, but he doesn't get it out before she starts hitting him with the broom handle. He tries to slap it away, jerking his head back.]

Stop that! I - I was... hungry? Quit hitting me with a broom and I'll just go!

[itistolaugh]

Oh my god, even worse, you're a bad liar in my kitchen!

[ She leans against the counter with her arms crossed. ]

What are you doing here? For real.

[abduxel]

[He starts to stand up, keeping his eyes on her and a hand out like don't shoot. Well, might as well just be honest...]

I was looking for somewhere to hide.

[itistolaugh]

[ She raises an eyebrow and purses her lips. Now they were getting somewhere. ]

Hide from who? Are they going to follow you here? A kid lives here, for Pete's sake!

[abduxel]

A psychopath. He's not going to follow me here, that's the whole point. [Obviously. Obviously.]

But I can't stay at my place, because he knows where I live.

[itistolaugh]

A psychopath! This just keeps getting better.

Give me a name. You hide out in my house, you keep me informed.

[abduxel]

Nuh-uh. How do I know I can trust you? I don't. For all I know, you're one of his devil-worshipping secretaries.

[itistolaugh]

No. You don't play that card here. You hid from someone in my home. Someone that you clearly believe is still after you. You brought this to me.

So give me a name.

[abduxel]

[He looks and sounds exasperated, sighing dramatically, before he finally barks,] Jonathan Crane, alright? Are you happy?

[itistolaugh]

[ Her jaw actually drops and she stares at him.

And stares.

And stares.

And doubles over laughing. ]

You're running from Crane?!

[abduxel]

[He stands there staring at her in confusion like a naked idiot.]

...You... know him.

[itistolaugh]

I know him. Well, not exactly, it was a different ... version of him. But still.

Was he a very bad boy?

[abduxel]

[He frowns slightly at that question because... well... isn't that just a damn weird thing to say?]

Uh...

He's an asshole, if that's what you mean?

[itistolaugh]

That's one way to put it.

[abduxel]

Well, how would you put it?

[itistolaugh]

I usually call him a butthead. That guy is hilarious.

[abduxel]

Hilariously insane. The man is a psychopath.

[itistolaugh]

That's a little rude to psychopaths. What did you do that pissed him off so bad that he's after you?

[abduxel]

[He snorts a laugh. Maybe this girl is alright.

He doesn't seem bothered by just standing here naked and talking to her, either.]

I spread some of his secrets.

[itistolaugh]

Ooohh! Spread 'em here too! I won't tattle.

[abduxel]

[He frowns then.] No! I don't believe you for a second.