Strike #14 // [Video] // Backdated to the 11th
[The video feed kicks on and reveals Maia, looking oddly calm for someone who has just come back from the dead. Rather than the standard clothing adorned with Precursor armour, Maia is wearing some of the more casual clothing she got from the bazaar several weeks ago
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I got yer armor here .. all'a it. Took it offa ya when ya died so we didn't have ta collect it all. Ain't found nothin' laying around the library, but I'm damn well watchin' for anythin'.
Point'a interest .. we got weapon lockers open ta us now .. one on each passenger deck so far as I can tell.
[A beat of silence..]
If I get 'im before ya get 'im, do ya want 'im alive or dead? If ya get him before me .. I want in.
[See what kinda crazy Harley has up her sleeve? It's CRAZY crazy.]
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As for her notes...]
Mm. I'm not surprised that they weren't there. It's likely that Phoenix was the one who took them, although it's also possible that someone else who can read Precurian took it. Either way, I'll find them and kill them.
As for Phoenix, I want him alive...but we aren't going to do this immediately, Harley. I want to take my time with this. I want to take my time with him.
We will plan, we will work towards a goal, and we will make him suffer.
The Precursor cities weren't built in a day, after all. [Maia's way of saying that the more they wait and the more they mess with him along the way, the more satisfying it'll be when Maia actually gets her hands on Phoenix.]
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It seems that the boat has finally shoved her over that edge of crazy that she's been wobbling on for years. Oh, sure .. Gotham knew what she was capable of, but the Elegante hadn't even seen a taste of it yet.]
I'll take yer lead, Mai-tai. An' I ain't gotta problem with makin' him suffer through it. I'm tired of people killin' my people. This shit would'a been stopped real damn quick in Gotham an' it's gonna stop real damn quick here, too.
[Hi world. Here's Harley. Ya aint seen nothin' yet! Did you ever read the story Mad Love? Yeah, Harley's devotion to Maia is kinda akin to her devotion to ( ... )
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Maia smiles as she listens to Harley speak, glad that she's so willing to go along with whatever she's planning.]
That's very good to know, Harley. Also. You should come visit me. I could use the company. [Among other things.]
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Sure thing, Maia! ♥
[Maia says jump and Harley asks 'how high?' It matters not that she's getting right back into a perfectly unhealthy relationship. She's missed this and has since Mister J vanished from her life. The communication cuts off and Harley is on her way, decked out in her typical harlequin get-up with Maia's armor pieces gathered in her arms.
A few minutes transit and then *knock knock*.]
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[And then close the door behind you, but that's a given.]
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It might be unsettling just how shifty she is emotionally right now; going from one extreme to the next without warning. You'd hardly know just how angry she'd been a few minutes before.
She moves to set down the armor in an out of the way location before turning to give Maia a once over from toes up.]
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Don't worry. Aside from the eyes, I'm just fine.
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If ya say so, Mai-tai! [She moves to sit on the bed (what a surprise), legs butterflied as she grabs her ankles. She is looking at Maia fairly intently, but it's kinda puppy-esque in that 'what we gonna do now?!' wide-eyed fashion.]
Ya should see all the trinkets in the weapon lockers, Maia! All kinda guns an' pointy things ta play with.
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Anyhow, while I would like to take my time with Phoenix, we shouldn't take longer than a few days planning all of this. With everything that has been happening, I wouldn't want to wait too long only to have some other catastrophe occur before I could get my hands on him.
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Dark Eco? What's that? I ain't never heard'a it .. is it an explosive?
[She then smiles, and it's not a nice smile. It's the smile of a girl completely off her rocker without really knowing she is. She bobs her head in agreement.]
I didn't think ya'd wanna do anythin' fast, Mai-tai, but I agree that we gotta get a plan in order quick like .. Don't need this tug boat ta explode before we get him roped in all proper like! [Wide baby blues turn to settle on Maia, intense in their eagerness.] What ya got in mind??
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[She smirks at Harley.]
As...vocal as you tend to be--[Maia's way of saying you never shut up, Harley.]--I trust even you can find ways to put stealth to use, correct?
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Aww, Mai-tai, ya ain't seen me at work yet! I'm downright professional when it comes ta gettin' folks killed or just nabbin' 'em for whatever! [She clearly takes pride in her work!] I can do anythin' ya need me ta do, I guarantee it!
[Or die trying, but she'd worry about that if and when it came to it.]
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Good. Then you wouldn't mind...silently escorting our dear Phoenix somewhere in the near future. Feel free to use as much force as you'd like.
Just make sure he's still breathing when you bring him back to me.
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