[ harley is... not on time. rolling up to the office rather than being there to greet anyone who she might or might not have remembered she has an appointment with.
she also doesn't look much like a therapist, wearing a pair of overall shorts and thigh-high boots paired with a red-and-black-striped sleeveless turtleneck sweater once she strips off her jacket and flings it over the back of the chair behind the desk. ]
That's my name, don't wear it out.
[ an astute observer might notice that she doesn't leave her office door locked. or that there's a baby rubber plant sitting on her desk, courtesy of an anonymous patient. she leans back in her chair and puts her boots up on the desk, folding her hands over her stomach. ]
So they said you needed someone to shrink ya, huh?
[ shit, she's been more rebellious than that in the face of authority, but then again, she hasn't really thought to confront anyone here. she's just been finding excuses to enjoy herself when and where she can, and if she butts up against trouble then that's future!harley's problem to deal with.
she gives the other woman a leveraging glance. ]
You sure askin' is all you did? [ because this feels like kind of an... extreme punishment for posing questions. ]
[ harley crosses her arms over her chest, but then — oh, there's a loose string hanging from the end of her cutoffs, so she's a little distracted unfolding herself and then plucking at that for a minute, glancing up when she realizes there's been a lull in the conversation. oops. ]
So what, you thought if at first you don't succeed... blah blah blah? I mean, not to armchair diagnose or anythin', but you know what they say about doin' the same thing and expectin' different results.
[ not that she doesn't respect the persistence here, but. ]
You might be right, but you think they're ever gonna admit it? LIEs, it's all right there in the name and everything.
I don't know about that. Any system's got its loopholes. And some people know how to exploit 'em for their own benefits. And some of those people are part of the very system themselves.
[ can you tell harley doesn't have a very high opinion of the legal system, period? it's hard to when you hail from a city with not only crooked cops but crooked lawyers and most people are either out for themselves or being paid to sway things a certain way for the ones with more power.
so she doesn't put a lot of faith in systems being able to get anything done. ]
Sure, there probably is, but if they're bein' cagey with answers at the top, that's gonna trickle all the way down. And eventually, anybody askin' too many questions is gonna be dealt with. Not sayin' it's right, but it explains a lot.
You do realise that only makes it so something has to change?
( whilst harley might not have a good opinion of the legal system suzanne believed in it, or at least in a fair one doing the right thing, which means this one needed changing )
What I was asking them wasn't even matters of legality.
[ she's challenging on purpose, being difficult. but mostly because, in her experience, asking the tougher questions is sometimes what gets people to push back. gives her the chance to see what's beneath when they're not purposefully trying to remain level. ]
If you still wanna take on the whole system after this, you're gonna need a whole lot more than good intentions, or thinkin' you can trick them into givin' you a loophole to take them down. Whoever they are, they've been around a while, so it won't be a cakewalk.
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got some pals helpin out
besides now i’ll be closer to the office
nights i’m over in insincerity at the club
but other than that whatever works for you
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you must’ve really done something to piss em off
good for you
[ that’s her being sincere. she respects anyone willing to throw up a middle finger to the system. ]
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Are you free tomorrow?
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faceless establishments aren't exactly upfront with answers though
tomorrow when?
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They're not. But I'm not deterred either.
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someone's an early bird
[ says the woman who barely sleeps and when she does it's usually in until 2pm. ]
okay okay
i'll meet you there
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Miss Quinn?
( ever so polite you could wonder how she'd been cited )
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she also doesn't look much like a therapist, wearing a pair of overall shorts and thigh-high boots paired with a red-and-black-striped sleeveless turtleneck sweater once she strips off her jacket and flings it over the back of the chair behind the desk. ]
That's my name, don't wear it out.
[ an astute observer might notice that she doesn't leave her office door locked. or that there's a baby rubber plant sitting on her desk, courtesy of an anonymous patient. she leans back in her chair and puts her boots up on the desk, folding her hands over her stomach. ]
So they said you needed someone to shrink ya, huh?
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( she follows harley in, hesitating for a moment before sitting across from her at the desk )
I asked a few questions about designations that had been changed, something that they refused to admit.
( something that she pressed a little more )
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[ shit, she's been more rebellious than that in the face of authority, but then again, she hasn't really thought to confront anyone here. she's just been finding excuses to enjoy herself when and where she can, and if she butts up against trouble then that's future!harley's problem to deal with.
she gives the other woman a leveraging glance. ]
You sure askin' is all you did? [ because this feels like kind of an... extreme punishment for posing questions. ]
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( they'd sent her away one day and she'd tried a different track another day. and another )
I showed them evidence that they denied. And... asked about Nissen.
( despite the clear shut down she'd been given )
I know I'm right.
( the evidence shows it, people corroborating it. this was silencing )
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So what, you thought if at first you don't succeed... blah blah blah? I mean, not to armchair diagnose or anythin', but you know what they say about doin' the same thing and expectin' different results.
[ not that she doesn't respect the persistence here, but. ]
You might be right, but you think they're ever gonna admit it? LIEs, it's all right there in the name and everything.
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( as twisted as it was, as much as they somehow had evidence that she knew was never legally obtained but this was their city with their rules )
And I've worked against frustrating individuals before. ( demons ) There's always something.
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[ can you tell harley doesn't have a very high opinion of the legal system, period? it's hard to when you hail from a city with not only crooked cops but crooked lawyers and most people are either out for themselves or being paid to sway things a certain way for the ones with more power.
so she doesn't put a lot of faith in systems being able to get anything done. ]
Sure, there probably is, but if they're bein' cagey with answers at the top, that's gonna trickle all the way down. And eventually, anybody askin' too many questions is gonna be dealt with. Not sayin' it's right, but it explains a lot.
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( whilst harley might not have a good opinion of the legal system suzanne believed in it, or at least in a fair one doing the right thing, which means this one needed changing )
What I was asking them wasn't even matters of legality.
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[ she's challenging on purpose, being difficult. but mostly because, in her experience, asking the tougher questions is sometimes what gets people to push back. gives her the chance to see what's beneath when they're not purposefully trying to remain level. ]
If you still wanna take on the whole system after this, you're gonna need a whole lot more than good intentions, or thinkin' you can trick them into givin' you a loophole to take them down. Whoever they are, they've been around a while, so it won't be a cakewalk.