On finding out he grows up to be a homicidal, schizophrenic super-villain

[insanitea_drinker]

Miss Mun...you must be joking. You're--you're codding me, yes? You aren't actually serious about all this...this criminal nonsense.

....Are you? Please, please tell me you're not. I-I understand I've a few...eccentricities, but I'm not a complete nutter.

I would never....all the things you've said I'll eventually do, all the people I'll hurt, what I'll become....

It's not set in stone, is it? It can still be avoided, can't it? Surely now that I'm aware of what's to come, I can avoid it?

You---you can change this, can't you? I don't have to go around the bend and back again unless you lead me down that path and....y-you wouldn't do that, would you? You wouldn't knowingly send me that--that terrible Arkham place, filled with all those dangerous madmen?

I don't belong there, I'm not---I don't---

"---I don't want to go among mad people."

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[madhere]

Mad people of a certain type, I've found, aren't at all unpleasant. It does rather sound like those are of an entirely other sort, though.

[insanitea_drinker]

[Pardon Jervis for a moment while he stares, Alice. You're sort of his favorite protagonist ever. Also, you're a girl, and you haven't made fun of his buck-teeth or slightly over-sized head yet, so he's a bit out of sorts.]

Ah...yes, well, you'd be right on that. I assure you, the charming sort of madness found in the works of Lewis Carroll is a far cry from the criminally-insane sociopaths you'll find in Arkham.

...Or so I've been told.

[madhere]

[ well, after all, neither of those things are the slightest bit strange in wonderland. ]

Oh dear, perhaps they might try living in Wonderland for a time. I'm certain that it would improve their disposition marvelously. Dear Hatter is an excellent teacher, if I should so be allowed to say-- and I do rather think that it's allowed, as Queen and all.

[insanitea_drinker]

[That's one of the many reasons he took a liking to the books in the first place.]

I'm not certain that lot can be taught, honestly speaking, but I don't suppose it would do any harm to have a go at it.

...As long as they're kept under constant watch, that is. I would loath for them to do something terrible to you and yours, should they prove nonredeemable.

[easy_a]

Really? Because you sound like a nutter. If you don't want people to think you're mental, you should, oh, I don't know... stop stuttering.

[Probably not a great choice of words, Alisha.]

[insanitea_drinker]

[If Jervis had a spine, he might actually have gotten offended by that. But as is, Alisha will just have to settle for a sheepish wince and---of course---more stuttering.]

I-I can't much help that, I'm afraid. Though, I-I don't believe stammering is normally considered a sign of madness.

[easy_a]

No, but it's still shitty good for image.

And why are you afraid? You do realize that for every shithead out here, there's some idiot who will have your back, no matter how fucked up or weird you are.

[If there's one thing she's learned from putting around with powers and an ASBO, it's that.]

Makes you look paranoid nutter when you worry about it so much. Just saying.

[insanitea_drinker]

[...Jervis doesn't really have any friends, save for his books, so it's a little hard for him to believe that someone will have his back after he jumps off the deep-end.]

I've good reason to be afraid, I think, what with the knowledge of my impending descent into madness hanging over my head. Who wouldn't be the slightest bit afraid of turning into a... a...monster?

Woah, hello there blaring extra-word-typo. Please disregard that :<

[easy_a]

Could be worse; you could be saddled with some bullshit power you can't control. You're lucky not to have one. [Wait, making assumptions never works out in any of the ASBO Five's favor.] ...You don't have any weird powers, do you?

'Least if you know you're going completely bonkers, you can get help and stop it. There's loads of hospitals and professionals and shit for that.

Oh, don't worry! It happens.

[insanitea_drinker]

...None that I'm aware of. Unless memorizing the entirety of Lewis Carroll's work is considered a power, these days.

[He's terribly clever, in other words. Kid's gonna grow up to be a ground-breaking neuro-scientist.]

I'm....not overly fond of hospitals. Or shrinks. Though I suppose that could be one of the reasons why I loose my head so thoroughly...

[easy_a]

...That's just odd.

[Very odd.]

There's lots of alternatives. Look online; you can burn your eyes out with all the links that'll show up.