Dr. Joan Leland
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Post by Dr. Joan Leland on Feb 4, 2013 1:56:35 GMT -5
(January 10th. Open to Harley & Joan. Takes place outside of Harley's cell.)
"Tsk. Tsk. Tsk. Doctor Quinzell. What's happened here?"
Joan was, to put it mildly, disappointed. Harleen was a promising young doctor who had her whole life ahead of her. Now she was rotting in an Arkham cell because of what Leland had told her in the first place.
DON'T LET THEM GET TO YOU.
"Harleen I told you, didn't I?" she muttered, shaking her head, "I told you they'd eat you alive. And what happened?" Leland shook her head and breathed outwards. "But I suppose I'm not here to lecture, am I? So, let's talk about how we're feeling today Harleen." She adjusted her glasses and took a look at the paper.
"They brought you in last night," Joan said sfotly, "Wanna tell me which gift you broke out to give the Joker this time, Harleen?"
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Harley Quinn
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Post by Harley Quinn on Feb 4, 2013 13:46:11 GMT -5
[So Joan's standing outside Harley's cell, yeah? Or is it more like an interview room?]
"I ain't Doctor Quinzel no more, Doctor Leland," came the sarcastic reply. "It's Harley. Harley Quinn!" She folded her arms across her chest and watched as Joan went through the whole 'I told you so' routine with a scowl. She rolled her eyes and scoffed as she asked the usual questions - "how are you feeling", "what did you take for the Joker"...same old, same old. "Not that it matters ta you, but I stole me a priceless diamond for Mr. J," she said. Her voice slowly became more dreamy as she progressed with her sentence. Harley was well and truly smitten with the Joker. Her far-away expression sharpened suddenly and she turned away from Joan, pouting. "An' he woulda got it if Bats didn't show up!"
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Dr. Joan Leland
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Post by Dr. Joan Leland on Feb 4, 2013 14:06:12 GMT -5
(Yeah she's sitting on a folding chair outside of her cell. The clear ones like in the cartoon?)
Leland let out a frustrated breath before removing her glasses and folding them over her lap. She shook her head. "Harleen," she said firmly, "Harleen you need to understand I'm just trying to help a brilliant mind regain its sanity." She refused to call her by that name, by Harley Quinn. It was just nonsense. Leland dipped her head.
"You think he would have liked that, Harleen? A diamond?" It was funny to Joan. Once she and Harley had sat over lunch in the Asylum cafeteria talking about the men in their lives. Crane for a while, but finally Joan's words about male contact had dried up. Harley, however, had started spouting about a crush. Leland felt guilty she hadn't caught it in time.
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Harley Quinn
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Post by Harley Quinn on Feb 4, 2013 14:12:48 GMT -5
"Sure he woulda!" Harley insisted, turning to Joan again and pointing an accusing finger at her. "It was priceless after all! An' even if it wasn't priceless, it'd be a gift from me, so he'd be bound ta love it! Ever heard of 'it's the thought that counts', Joan?" she snapped. Turning fully away from her previous colleague, she strode to her cot and slumped down onto it, lying on her front with her arms folded under her chin and her legs waving in the air. "Not that you'd understand that - you an' Scarecrow didn't work, did ya?" she jibed.
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Dr. Joan Leland
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Post by Dr. Joan Leland on Feb 4, 2013 14:52:32 GMT -5
Joan rolled her eyes. "This isn't about me, hon," Joan said with a nod, "This is about you and your dependencies on arguably Gotham's most psychotic killer." Eyes raised as she stared at the unmade-up face of the girl before her.
"Isn't it nice to be free of that make-up, Harleen?" she said. She shuffled the paperwork on her lap. "Now, Harleen, why do you think the Joker is in love with you? Why don't you think that he's just using you?"
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Harley Quinn
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Post by Harley Quinn on Feb 4, 2013 15:52:04 GMT -5
Harley snorted at Joan's comment on her not wearing any makeup, and proceeded to throw another jibe at her. "Oh sure, change the subject 'cause ya know I'm right! Hah. An' I don't think Mr. J loves me, I know he does!" she retorted. "Sure, he can be a little rough sometimes, but no relationship's perfect! In fact, they say if ya don't have some bumps in the road, y'aren't a real couple! An' he doesn't use me, we're partners. An' partners work together!"
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Dr. Joan Leland
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Post by Dr. Joan Leland on Feb 5, 2013 11:34:13 GMT -5
"Slaps and bruises don't count as 'rough' Harleen." Her voice was serious yet calm.
Harleen Quinzell was abused, plain and simple. Leland's belief was she was suffering from a classic case of battered women's syndrome brought on by a case of insecure obsession. Joan hated to see a woman slapped about but in the back of her mind, as terrible as it may have sounded if she said it out loud, Harleen had gotten HERSELF in to that mess. Joan had warned her not to fall for the Joker's bullshit and there she was, having fallen for it hook line and sinker. Joan was disgusted as well as annoyed with Harleen who's brilliant quirky mind had been twisted and distorted.
"You wanted to talk about me and Jonathon," she purred, "Alright. Let's talk about it. Why do you think that I'm not behind glass right now like some sort of zoo exhibit? I could have followed him into madness but yet I didn't. Why do you think that is Harleen?"
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Harley Quinn
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Post by Harley Quinn on Feb 6, 2013 11:44:10 GMT -5
Harley stopped swinging her legs and pushed herself up from her lying position, glaring at Joan. "Zoo exhibit?" she growled indignantly. "Who you callin' an animal? An' I ain't mad! I'm in love - ain't my fault none of you so called smarty pants who put me in here can see that! Ya can't blame me that you and Scarecrow didn't happen!" For someone who was very intelligent and logical in a sane state, Harley was as stubborn as a mule and thick as two short planks in insanity when it came to justifying her actions and thoughts.
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Dr. Joan Leland
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Post by Dr. Joan Leland on Feb 8, 2013 17:58:07 GMT -5
"You're not in love Harleen, you're...let's call it confused." Leland tapped her chin with a pencil. She gave a slick smile.
"Dodging my question Harleen," she said. Her goal was indeed to repeat the girl's name over and over again. Harleen Quinzell. Not Harley Quinn. Nonsense. "You are an animal Harleen. We feed you on a schedule, you're behind glass. And you have put yourself behind that glass." She pointed her pencil's eraser towards the girl.
"I asked you a question. I didn't blame you." She raised her eyebrows. "Why do you think I haven't been to prison because of someone I...admired."
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Harley Quinn
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Post by Harley Quinn on Mar 21, 2013 5:45:51 GMT -5
Harley pouted and her eyes welled with childish tears. She folded her arms stubbornly across her chest and looked at the grey wall to her left instead of Joan. "I could think'a lotsa reasons!" she said, her voice wavering. "You just didn't have the guts ta follow your heart, you cared too much about your precious reputation! I broke Mr. J outta here because he's nothin' but a poor sweetheart that was always restricted and crushed! Is it any wonder we hate Bats? All he's tryin' ta do is make folks laugh!"
She turned back to face Joan again, tears streaming down her face now. If she had been wearing her usual makeup, it would have been running. "My Puddin' loves me, and there's nothin' ya can do about it!" she hollered, pointing at Joan.
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