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[velocette]

[He has Harvey in the Infirmary, and he's sitting by the bed. Not smoking because apparently that's bad for the lungs, or something, and he's in an infirmary with injured people...]

Harvey and Two-Face are in custody. He's going on cabin arrest soon as he's patched up.

Tell you the truth, I think he'd like a little eye for an eye, so if you have a grudge and you don't mind spinning on the merry-go-round with him, I'm not going to step in if you decide to get some 'justice'.

But don't do it anywhere near his cabin.

If anyone knows what the hell happened, fill me in.

[OOC: For those who do respond with wanting to kill Harvey, the Motorcycle Boy will explain what's really going on and that he's actually doing this as a way to build some stability for Harvey to be out instead of Two-Face...but without Two-Face knowing it.

Also, if you try to come to the cabin, Motorcycle Boy is there and watching you and you will also get that explanation in private.]

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[private]

[fridgetothefire]

[She purses her lips at the non-answer. She hates being dismissed.]

You know it's not just going to be murder, right? Everyone here knows it's meaningless. It's going to be torture, and it's going to be bad.

But then again, I've been tortured a few times, and at least once I got some important lessons out of it.

I don't like doing anything without a sense of the long-term consequences. But I really, really want him to suffer. So...you know him, presumably. Do you think it's going to fix anything?

[She couldn't touch Dent on her own. But if she tells Pietro, he hurt my brother - and Cassel is that now, at least as much as he is - she knows he'd do anything she asked. Dent would be tied down before he could blink, and Anya could take all day.]

[private]

[velocette]

He's been tortured. It turned him into this. More torture will make him worse, and when the heat's off I think you know it.

My long-term goal is to have him put his mind back together. The only one you'll get right now is Harvey, and he's not the one who attacked the kid. Two-Face did. You hurt Harvey, it just makes Two-Face stronger. And the thing is he can't know that I'm trying to protect Harvey or he'll sabotage it.

So yeah, I think he can fix himself over time, if I can keep people from making it worse first.

[But back to you because he is dying to know:]

What lessons did you learn from torture?

[private]

[fridgetothefire]

I can wait. If that's what it takes to get the right guy.

[It's steady and cold. It took a year to destroy Magneto, from the moment she decided until everything was ripped away from him. When the heat is off, she'll still want him to suffer. And two personalities doesn't throw her off; she's thinking about it a lot lately, thanks to Fukawa. She chews her cheek for a moment, gives him some honesty in turn.]

I learned that I really shouldn't have tortured my baby sister. Don't you dare try to make a lesson out of that, because she was nothing like him. [A little more softly] And I learned I was not yet lost.

[Briskly again]

Will hurting Two-Face make Harvey stronger? Because unmaking him sounds like an even better revenge than pain to me.

Re: [private]

[velocette]

I'm not going to try to make you learn anything. The only way a lesson means anything is if you find it yourself. And it sounds like you did.

[And truth be told he sounds impressed, reverent even.]

But no, hurting Two-Face just makes him leave Harvey to deal with the stitches and broken teeth. And I'm pretty sure Harvey knows what Two-Face does is wrong, he's just not strong enough to stomach the guilt yet. Doesn't mean I'm going to jump in and protect Two-Face if someone has to fight him, but I can't let anyone bash up Harvey. You know?

So I'm trying to find a way to make Two-Face weaker. Haven't found anything yet but it's only been a day. I can keep you updated, if you're willing to help me really take out Two-Face for good.

[private]

[fridgetothefire]

I'd appreciate that.

I can't know for sure what I'm willing to do until I know what's needed. But I can promise you I want him gone.

[private]

[velocette]

For right now I just need to keep people from going after Harvey.