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Jason Todd is (thelazarus) wrote in doors,
@ 2012-06-19 22:22:00

Entry tags:

poison ivy, red hood

[locked to brielle g, poison ivy]
[brielle g.]

[After his conversation with Luke.]

~~I doubt you want to speak to me after the party, but Wren insisted~~ How are you, Brielle? Have you heard from Alexander at all?

[poison ivy]

Ivy, is something going on that I ought to know about?

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	Brielle G./Jack C. hemlockandhoney 2012-06-20 03:57 am UTC (link)
	[She almost doesn't reply, considering how things ended when they last spoke. But that's not her, and after an hour, a reply comes.] No. [...] Not since he contacted me before the party. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: Brielle G./Jack C. thelazarus 2012-06-20 04:29 am UTC (link)
	Good. ~~at least he's in california, away from~~ And you're settling into the new apartment alright? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Brielle G./Jack C. hemlockandhoney 2012-06-20 04:30 am UTC (link)
	~~Honestly, no~~ [...] Why are you asking? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Brielle G./Jack C. thelazarus 2012-06-20 04:33 am UTC (link)
	[...] Alexander's been active recently. Making some more threats. I wanted to be sure that he hadn't been sending them your way as well. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Brielle G./Jack C. hemlockandhoney 2012-06-20 04:35 am UTC (link)
	He never threatened me. Only you. Then Wren, then Luke and the little boy. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Brielle G./Jack C. thelazarus 2012-06-20 05:18 am UTC (link)
	I know, but he used those threats to leverage you. I wanted to be sure there wasn't a chance he might try the same thing again. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Brielle G./Jack C. hemlockandhoney 2012-06-20 05:20 am UTC (link)
	I'm not personally worried about Alex, I have other things on my mind. [...] Is he threatening you again? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Brielle G./Jack C. thelazarus 2012-06-20 05:31 am UTC (link)
	What sort of other things? Me? No. He's been [...] following through on some older threats, though. It's being handled. Wren and Luke and Gus are all fine. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Brielle G./Jack C. hemlockandhoney 2012-06-20 05:32 am UTC (link)
	[Real quick.] Nothing. Just.. you know, life. [...] Good, I'm glad. They deserve to be happy. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Brielle G./Jack C. thelazarus 2012-06-20 06:07 am UTC (link)
	~~i wish it were that simple~~ You're sure nothing's wrong? If something's worse than Alex, it would be good to know. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Re: Brielle G./Jack C.

hemlockandhoney
2012-06-20 06:11 am UTC (link)

You saved me once, Jack, and I'm thankful for that. You're a good man. I just [...] I did some things recently, that I shouldn't have, ~~and I think my person on the other side is trying to have me killed or.. I don't know, I'm afraid that he is going to~~ [She pauses so long that it's far too late to erase what's seen, but she tries anyway, maybe he's not paying attention.] But what else is new? I'm not a good person, we know that.

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	Re: Brielle G./Jack C. thelazarus 2012-06-20 05:53 pm UTC (link)
	[...] ~~I think Ivy and I need to have a chat~~ Is someone after you, Brielle? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Brielle G./Jack C. hemlockandhoney 2012-06-20 05:56 pm UTC (link)
	No! No, I'm just paranoid, I mean, you know how Alex was, its hard I. Look I've got to go. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Brielle G./Jack C. thelazarus 2012-06-20 05:58 pm UTC (link)
	~~i can't help if you don't let me~~ Alright. Well, if you do hear anything, or you're worried about someone, let me know and I'll do whatever I can to get them to leave you be. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Brielle G./Jack C. hemlockandhoney 2012-06-20 06:00 pm UTC (link)
	[No reply, she's already left.] (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Ivy/Jack C. hemlockandhoney 2012-06-20 05:58 pm UTC (link)
	[About two hours later.] Hey, sugar. Thought you forgot all about me. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: Ivy/Jack C. thelazarus 2012-06-20 09:07 pm UTC (link)
	I don't think that's actually possible. Have you done something to put Brielle's life at risk? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Ivy/Jack C. hemlockandhoney 2012-06-20 09:29 pm UTC (link)
	You flatter me. [...] ~~Did she say~~ For the sake of honesty, my knight, yes and no. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Ivy/Jack C. thelazarus 2012-06-21 03:13 am UTC (link)
	What is the yes, and what is the no? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Ivy/Jack C. hemlockandhoney 2012-06-21 03:16 am UTC (link)
	You really don't know anything about her, do you? You know, I remember when she kissed you. I think you kissed me back with something a little bit more. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Ivy/Jack C. thelazarus 2012-06-21 04:19 am UTC (link)
	I know that when I saw her at the party and she did that kissing you mention, you were pushing everything she did. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Ivy/Jack C. hemlockandhoney 2012-06-21 04:27 am UTC (link)
	Wrong again, Jack. I didn't push her, I gave her the courage to do what she wanted to do. [...] You have a way of checking medical records out of state, or is that beyond the knight? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Ivy/Jack C. thelazarus 2012-06-21 04:36 am UTC (link)
	By pushing her. If you gave her that courage, it wasn't her own. I understand you were trying to help, but they aren't the same thing. I know some people who might be able to get hold of them, depending on the state. Why? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Ivy/Jack C. hemlockandhoney 2012-06-21 04:40 am UTC (link)
	It's what she wanted, I only pushed her. My mistake apparently, her shame is disgustingly human. It was only an inquiry, little knight. You don't want to know. I don't want to know these things and yet I do. I can tell you, but you might shed a tear.. and if I'm not there to lick it from your cheeks, why bother? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Ivy/Jack C. thelazarus 2012-06-21 05:34 am UTC (link)
	I think we've already discussed the fact that, whatever you say, I still think you have all those human qualities that disgust you. Are they really so terrible? If you're going to tell me, I expect you will. If not, I won't pry. It would be difficult for me to, since I don't know what we're discussing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Re: Ivy/Jack C.

hemlockandhoney
2012-06-22 01:26 am UTC (link)

Don't go hurting my feelings now with talk like that.

Jack, you're too tender. Still pretending to be the knight. But yes, she's in danger, I've ensured it. That's the point. The Cat and I have it taken care of.. but so you understand why...

[On her tablet its easy to download such things, and the words appear across his papered page in clean type. They don't stop, they go on for pages. Copies of emergency room admittance from Lennox Hill Hospital, Harlem Hospital Center, Metropolitan Hospital center, then a few from Brooklyn, others from the Bronx. The records span years from 2005 to 2011, some with months in between, others only days. The injuries detail broken ribs, lost teeth, a fractured jaw, punctured lung, unexplained contusions from a mugging that was apparently never reported to the police, two concussions from separate car accidents that some doctor circled the scribbled words and a question mark. Unexplained lacerations and vaginal bleeding: Patient denied approval for a rape kit on more than one occasion. A miscarriage in 2008. There were orders for catscans and MRIs as falling was apparently an issue with this one, this Brielle Gentry... and then, a little over a year ago, the records just stop.]

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	Re: Ivy/Jack C. thelazarus 2012-06-22 02:04 am UTC (link)
	[Jack reads, and it's some time before he finally responds again, after poring over each file and skimming through some of the others as he came to know what to expect.] Who was it? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Ivy/Jack C. hemlockandhoney 2012-06-22 02:06 am UTC (link)
	A man, who else? You're all the same. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Ivy/Jack C. thelazarus 2012-06-22 03:26 am UTC (link)
	No. Not all of us are men like that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Re: Ivy/Jack C.

hemlockandhoney
2012-06-22 03:34 am UTC (link)

You've never hurt a woman? You've never taken what's yours.. because you paid for that ring and that dress, and everything is yours? Men ARE possession, Earth, women, trivial scraps of paper containing the faces of dead men. You've never strangled someone while you fucked them, if only to silence the annoyance of their weeping? You've never pressed a face into a mirror and made them look, really look, at what they'd become?

[...] Even that Luke, she puts him on such a pedestal because he never frightened her. And what does he do? He throws her under the bus, he lets her take the conviction of crimes never committed and he says YES, YES, it was her.

[There's a long pause, but her typing continues soon enough.] Do you ever feel like its futile? Like you should take on everything, just to see if you can. I'd ask the Hood or the Bat, but we're not on speaking terms. They're disappointing me.

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Re: Ivy/Jack C.

thelazarus
2012-06-22 03:52 am UTC (link)

I hurt a woman once. It was recent, during that night in the hotel. I wasn't myself at the time, affected by that blue light, and even still, the guilt so gnawed at me that I contacted her and I talked with her about it. I did all I could to make amends. I can think of little worse than hurting a woman in the way you describe. I've seen the men who treat women that way, and I know them well, because I used to kill them.

I don't think that's actually what happened, Ivy.

Like what is futile? I can't help you with Jason. He hardly speaks to me, anyway, and it would take a lot of convincing to get him to believe you aren't out to hurt innocent people. He's fixed on that one.

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	Re: Ivy/Jack C. hemlockandhoney 2012-06-22 03:55 am UTC (link)
	Where in the hotel? I know what happened, Jack. I was there. Brielle did nothing wrong, and she's too afraid to speak up for herself and that lousy sonofabitch Luke doesn't say anything either. Let her fall. Let her fall. [...] I've just been doing some thinking. Plans. Can you cross over and convince him to stay, if only for a short while? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Re: Ivy/Jack C.

thelazarus
2012-06-22 04:06 am UTC (link)

[...] The library.

Brielle lied to her cousin about her relationship with Luke and denied her help when she needed it most. I want Brielle to be happy, and god knows she's clearly been through enough already. If that monster you won't name gets anywhere near her, I'll be the first to volunteer to deal with him. But she made a bad decision, lying to Wren and omitting information. Because of the way she went about things, Wren still thinks Luke is going to run off with her any day, she mentions it all the time. Brielle did much to wreck the nascent happiness I saw in that girl, intentionally or not. She isn't a saint, nor is she blameless, and we all have to live with the things we've done.

[...] I can. Can you tell me what it's about?

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Re: Ivy/Jack C.

hemlockandhoney
2012-06-22 04:17 am UTC (link)

[...] So it was you, didn't think you had it in you.

Brielle never lied, and if Wren thinks that the girl denied her help, then she couldn't be further from the truth. She put her on a plane, and that's the best she could do considering what came after. You know so little, knight, and even you would consider the worst of her. [...] Typical.

But no, if the Hood wants to involve himself then that's that. If I die tonight, he can spit on my corpse. [...] Have him on the other side within the hour.

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	Re: Ivy/Jack C. thelazarus 2012-06-22 04:23 am UTC (link)
	Neither did I. And under any other circumstances, I wouldn't have. ~~that's not what I~~ All I can tell you is what I know, Ivy. You can dismiss me as much as you like. He'll be there. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Ivy/Jack C. hemlockandhoney 2012-06-22 04:24 am UTC (link)
	[No further comment on any of the former topics.] I have things to do then. Farewell, knight. (Reply to this) (Parent)