A change of venue

[ha_in_havoc]

It was time to move. Eddie was out of Arkham and, no doubt, working to hunt down his favorite doctor. The clever little bastard was bound to find the hideout sooner or later. The Joker would rather it be sooner and be able to plan, than have later be a surprise...so he stepped up the timetable himself

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[notatvcharacter]

Luke has settled with only minor fuss into the role of captive doctor. He's not happy about the whole mess, but he's practical enough to know that until he's found, or sees an opening for escape (or is killed -- always, he knows, a distinct possibility) he's stuck being dragged around by the lunatic. And that's all there is to it.

It was interesting to learn that Harley was taken too, and the Joker's stated reasons (or lack thereof) why. And the possible real reasons. Very interesting. Talking to the girl herself, and watching the two of them interact, has the possibility of being the same.

"Dr. Quinzel," he greets her, as he's nudged into the van, and sits. At the Joker's remark, his attention shifts. "Do you even -- have you ever had a license?"

Not that he's nervous, of course. Or has any kind of fear of machinery controlled by people who aren't him. Not at all.

[notatvcharacter]

"Then you can't." It feels the same way giving someone a poor prognosis does. Pretty damn awful. "But neither of us have got the best chances, anyway."

[icd10f60pt7]

"We're dead when we're useless." That? Is the one thing she is absolutely sure of. She has no idea how long until they are.

[notatvcharacter]

And it's true. He nods, slowly. "Then we stay useful as long as possible, and pray we get found before then. Or find an opening."

It's the best he has. He wishes it wasn't, but it is.

[icd10f60pt7]

She wishes this van had an opening. Honestly. "And if we get found? What then?" Because she sure as hell doesn't want to go back to Arkham, Luke.

[ha_in_havoc]

There's a resonating noise inside the van when the Joker slaps his hand against the outer wall in frustration. Eddie has that effect on people.
His voice loses that singsongy tone and is much closer to yelling, if it didn't also seem restrained and growled as he complains that Eddie is 'boring him'.

Outside, he's still leaning on the van to rest his bad side. He still feels the urge to pace --the need to-- but it hurts to an extent that is far too distracting. He moves away again, going just to the driver's door to reach in and snatch up the walkie from the dash. He clicks the channel over a few numbers and hits the alert button to put out a loud signal over the band, turning the volume on his own set way down.

[notatvcharacter]

And Luke wishes they weren't in the van. Doesn't do either of them much good, does it?

"A couple hundred hours of therapy, for starters." And he's talking about himself there, too. "You, I'm not --"

He cuts himself off, when Johnny comes back, silencing himself and just watching him do... whatever this is he's doing, for a few seconds.

"Hell." He shakes his head. He really, very much, is not happy to be in a situation where one of his patients is trying to kill the other. "I hope he gets out of this."

[icd10f60pt7]

If wishes were horses, maybe one of those horses would kick a hole in the side of the van. Or something like that. "Which one? Eddie or him?"

[notatvcharacter]

Do you really need to ask, Harley?

...honestly, everything considered, probably. God help him the first time he catches himself falling into Stockholm-esque thought patterns.

"Nigma. Mr. Doe isn't the one on the receiving end of this... whatever the hell he's trying to do."

[icd10f60pt7]

Of course she needs to ask.

"I doubt he'll hurt Eddie until he's killed everyone else." Though, part of her wonders if this is because Eddie shot him or because Eddie has Batman's attention too. "Will anyone be looking for you? Other than the police?"

[notatvcharacter]

"Well, that just makes everything dandy."

Luke, for his part, suspects it's mostly the first. Just because if it were the second, he probably would be trying to kill Eddie outright.

"Nigma, it seems. Dunno who else."

[icd10f60pt7]

Harley has come to suspect that no one has noticed that she's missing at all. It's an amazing feeling. "Great."

[notatvcharacter]

"It isn't over 'til it's over. Something'll come up. Or if it doesn't, we won't care for all that long."

This is, in fact, Dr. McCoy's philosophy about life-threatening experiences. (Unless they involve motor vehicles, but that's different.)

[icd10f60pt7]

Harley could point out that they are in a motor vehicle. But. "Cheery!" A face. "...how distracted do you think he'll get?"

[notatvcharacter]

That, Dr. Quinzel, is also different.

"But true." Very cheerful, he is. "Right now?"

[icd10f60pt7]

"Yeah. Right now." A nod, and listening for the Joker.