dipped-in-silk-and-decay:
It was easier to feign blush in her cheeks than Harley was ready to admit. A soft giggle even accompanied the rosy hue while an agile leg bent with toes pointed daintily behind her. “Aw jeez, Basil…” she sighed as she waved him off. But immediately after, she was quick to take his arm then wiggle her fingers at Jack.
“Sorry, sugar. I got a hot date with a shapeshifter.” A kiss was planted to Clayface’s cheek, which was mimicking Jack’s chiseled features almost perfectly, and Harley was quite proud of the crimson stain it left behind. They were off, prancing lightly down the alley to where the bustle of the nightlife seemed to be calling them. However, just before the vibrant neon lights touched their skin, Harley paused.
“You okay there?” Basil inquired only to have Harley bite her lip while grinning mischievously in response.
“You wanna do a quick pregame? Get this party really started?” she asked in a hushed, playful tone to which Clayface replied with a sly grin. Harley giggled with delight, then grabbed his hand and yanked him sideways. A quick kick to an inconspicuous door and they were greeted by crates of liquor, an obvious distribution warehouse.
“Impressive,” Basil observed when Harls let his hand go to seemingly browse the options before them. When she was sure the attention had been taken off of her, Harleen slipped a small vial out of her bra then snagged a bottle of vodka. The top only had to be unscrewed to be opened so she did that quickly and dumped the vial’s contents into it, using the sound of her erratic steps to mask any questioning noises. Once the action was complete, she grabbed a second bottle.
A split second later, she reemerged with the bottle clasped in her left hand. “Ta-daaaaa!” she exclaimed before skipping back to him. “Hang on, sugar, let me open this one for ya.” Feigned effort was given quite convincingly as she opened the tainted bottle then handed it off to Clayface. Quickly after he received it, she opened the second and held it out for them to make a toast. “To mischief and mayhem!” she toasted to which Basil nodded.
“To Harley and…well…whatever the Joker is now,” Clayface added before taking a generous gulp of his beverage. Harleen seemed to do the same, but actually only sampled it, wiping her mouth with the back of her hand before putting the cap back on. Then she watched, waiting during the passing seconds which seemed to tick by so slowly. Then Clayface began to wobble, his Jack facade morphing back into his regular form. Soon enough, he toppled over and was out for the count.
Harleen walked over to him and kicked him gently. “Bas?” she tested, but only got shallow breaths in response. A deep breath taken, the few seconds pause allowed to double check Clayface wasn’t getting up, then Harleen shuffled to the entrance and whistled down the alley. Jack had to bring the car quickly so they could get the liquor they needed, scrape enough of Clayface off into it, then set up Hatter’s device quickly before the others arrived.
“Of course,” Jack smirked when Harley took Basil’s arm. “I’m just a call away if you want to make it a threesome.” Blue eyes watched his girlfriend saunter away with their victim, feeling a pride deep in his bones at her skills to seduce. Some may have thought Harley was crazy, and perhaps she was--one had to be to shack up with a guy like himself--but she was damn beautiful and knew how to use it.
Once they left the room, he took his time getting to the car. They’d take awhile to meet at the strategically placed liquor warehouse. Within the car, Jack examined himself. Blue eyes. Carefully smoothed back hair. He was doing just fine. Perhaps the Joker had left for real at last . . .
Once enough time passed, he started the car up and drove leisurely down the streets towards the nightlife. A quick turn around a corner and beside an alley . . . and there she was waiting. Without Basil. Everything was going according to plan. Parking the car, he got out and kissed her cheek. “That’s my girl,” he murmured to her.
Following her to the warehouse, he knelt beside the big gloop. “Well, he must have a brain. Otherwise that wouldn’t have worked.” And a brain was exactly what he needed. Jack picked him up and sat him against a table. “Things are going to get a little messy now, baby,” Jack warned her.
Taking a scalpel, he cut away at the clay until, eventually, he reached a brain attached to a pair of eyes. They were unseeing in Basil’s unconscious state. Taking a mind control card, Jack stuffed quite a few within Clayface’s brain. “There,” he wiped off the remaining clay from his hands. “In theory, he should belong to us now.”
Next came the liquor. Jack packed stores of it into the car, lacing each one with a bit of clay. Once the car was filled, he waved for Harley to join him and got inside the car. “Now, pumpkin, I’m giving you control.” He grabbed the Hatter’s hat and placed it atop her head. “Once they go for me, and you know they’ll try to get at me, you work your magic and store them away. We’ll need them later.”
Resting his elbow on the car seat, he looked her over. The hat was quite large for her, but it only made her cuter in his opinion. “We’ll tuck you away somewhere out of sight . . . but so you can hear everything.”
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