19centconstable | Case #31: Voice

You caught poison ivy? Have you gotten a salve from the infirmary?

[Hoffman raises an eyebrow]

...What? No. I got hurt. [A couple of broken ribs and such.] you don't catch poison Ivy. she caught me. bitch.

...still gorgeous. can't believe it happened..

Oh, this is a person.

...She doesn't happen to be a circus performer with tattoos of ivy all over, does she?

No-well, almost? She can control plants. She's a batman villainness. I didn't like her as much as catwoman but she's still pretty.

[he frowns] she kind of has ivy growing out of her. It's a...a long story. Fucking..

[He sighs] It's my own fault.

Cat...woman?

Why do you say that?

Selina Kyle was a batman nemesis. I used to really like batman when I was a kid. [he sounds nostalgic] He was my favorite super hero and he fought villains like cat woman and poison ivy and the penguin. People who sometimes...looked like those things. He had a side kick and he was a detective who still kicked ass and took names.

He was here actually. He said I was Pathetic (http://lastvoyageslogs.livejournal.com/668762.html#cutid1). He'd..

I fell asleep in the CES. That's why this is my fault.

Why were you sleeping in the CES? Or was it more of a nap?

[Hoffman's voice still sounds slurred, but now there's a darker edge to his voice.]

...My sister showed up during that stupid fucking fourth wall day. I've been trying to distract myself. I had...I had a conversation with that guy Kay's dating-that Narvin (http://lastvoyageslogs.livejournal.com/826693.html?thread=27577157#t27577157) guy and then I went back and I still couldn't fucking sleep.

...So I went to the CES. Next thing I remember this green lady's got vines on me and is telling me to be a shield and "observe".

Your sister? Were you able to speak to her?

[Hoffman's eyes narrow. He leans back on the bed.]

You read my file yet?

No, but you've told me a bit about her. I'd have thought you'd be...pleased.

[Hoffman frowned] Pleased? She went around and talked to Amanda. She said I was a monster to a person who..I...

[She also said he was redeemable, that she would never leave him. His words thicken.]

It's just hard. She went around and talked to a lot of people apparently. She knew names. dates. Details.

Which you were then able to speak to her about, I presume?

[Hoffman sighs.] She thinks that I can do it. She was positive I could. She said I could be strong. She said she'd be with me-

[There's a strangled noise. ] And she left.

Certainly encouraging words, though.

[Hoffman frowns. He's quiet for a long time.]

...I suppose.

[He hesitates] It just reminded me how much I miss her. How much has changed. How much...

[Shit.]

...To answer your question, I did talk to someone who knew you. A nice blonde lady.

I'm sure she's missed you as well.

...Miss Garrison?

Prim and proper lady. Looked like one of those dolls that girls played with around the turn of the century? Really kind of elegantly dressed?

[He winces, making a small hurt noise] ...Yeah. She mentioned you. Said she had to go to the opera and said most cops don't get to the opera.

Oh! You also spoke to Ruby.

Did she...seem well?

Fine. [Hoffman shifts his weight around] A little overly excitable. Kind of serious.

[He sounds amused] Is she your girl?

She certainly has pluck.

Ah. No. No.

Pluck?

[Hoffman sounds slightly amused. He laughs-before his laugh dissolves into a wince of pain.]

...You're okay George. You prefer George?

Yes. Pluck.

I do, actually.

Not a word people normally hear. [frown] She had a lot of pluck. She was kind of officious if you don't mind me saying so-but she did seem interested.

Or concerned. I don't...I don't know if I can tell which. [He twitches] Who is she?

Officious?

Dr. Ogden's sister.

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