Considering a game.

[imnotsure]

If today's experiences should have taught you anything-

[She stops herself. She had been on the verge of treating the girl like Jen. ]

No you know what? Send me. You like to personalize that place and the characters you send. Send me. You care about me, so you should do it right? You want me to be...[wry chuckle] ...redeemed.

Send me. I'm adaptable. [She knows her writer does care and she knows sometimes she cares a little too much and if she really does care-then she won't do it. It's a bad idea. For a number of reasons.

She is adaptable, her writer not so much. She's learning, but not so much.]

Comments

[useofaswhat]

So what kinda woman are you, if you ain't a redeemed one?

[imnotsure]

I'm a woman. Some parts bad, some parts good. Human beings aren't vegetables.

[useofaswhat]

Human beings aren't beyond descriptors either. You said you were one'f a kind, now I'm wonderin', what kind is that?

[imnotsure]

[The truth is she doesn't really know. So. she'll put her guard up.] What kind do you want me to be?

[useofaswhat]

Don't matter what kind I want. I'm askin' what you are.

[imnotsure]

All women are descended from cats.

[useofaswhat]

Them an' lungfish. What's your point?

[imnotsure]

[what.]

...Cats aren't descended from Lungfish.

[Act. gone.]

[useofaswhat]

Go back far enough and I bet they are.

[imnotsure]

...One's a fish, and one's a cat. Okay sure if you want to argue evolutionary...semantics but the difference is so remote.

[there's a hint of an accent in her voice. Brooklyn maybe. Maybe.]

[useofaswhat]

Here I thought, an' tell me if I'm wrong, that fish evolved first. [He has a point now and he will not stop until it has beaten her point into a pulp.]

[imnotsure]

No fish evolved first, but they're not the same species. One's a mammal the other's a fish.

[Neglecting of course all things come from the sea] I took Science in Gotham City's public schools it was bad but not that bad.

[useofaswhat]

Women an' cats aren't the same species either. They're both mammals but I don't see how that enters into it. Goats are mammals too an' you aren't claiming heritage to them.

[imnotsure]

[eyeroll] you are seriously ruining my act man. I'm Cat woman. Cat woman. That's the act.

[useofaswhat]

Then you ain't doin' a very good job of it, are you?

[meticulousdreamer]

Adaptable. That's a good quality to have.

[imnotsure]

Especially in my line of work. Isn't that right? [eyebrow raise] Officer.

[meticulousdreamer]

Officer?

[imnotsure]

You looked a little familiar.

[meticulousdreamer]

A case of mistaken identity, then. My relationship with the law is shaky at best.

[imnotsure]

[Eyebrow. Arch.]

You? Shaky?

[She's given away too much in this conversation to retreat back into the shy doe-eyed school girl so...she'll forge ahead.]

...something in common. Interesting. Should I call you shaky or do you have another title instead of Officer?

[meticulousdreamer]

Arthur. [He offers her a smile, taking this odd meeting in stride.] And you are...?

[imnotsure]

[Not Blake for sure. At the very least, Selina's act should have gotten a smile from him.]

Arthur. [She doesn't smile, she outright smirks]

...Names on a first introduction? [amused. Although.]

You can call me Kyle for the moment.

[meticulousdreamer]

I don't have a title to go by, so for the sake of convenience, why not?

[that politeness never falters] A pleasure to meet you, Miss Kyle.

[imnotsure]

...Because you have a shaky relationship with the law. [She'll stick to that. This is beyond interesting.] Something we have in common.

[Ever see a cat preen? Strut and generally acknowledge it's genetic superiority? Selina's doing that. :/] Pleasure's mine Arthur.

[meticulousdreamer]

[it's intriguing to watch for sure, though Arthur's reasons for not breaking eye contact can simply be that he's being cautious.]

Well... You don't strike me as the type of woman who shares things very easily. Let's make it our little secret.

[imnotsure]

[She looks very, very coy.] Your secret's safe with me. Although now you've got me curious.

[Sharp suit, attitude.] Do you fence or are you in the game?

[meticulousdreamer]

Depends on who's asking.

[his turn to arch an eyebrow at her in question]

[imnotsure]

...what you've never talked shop before?

[Because maybe a cop would talk like this maybe.]

[meticulousdreamer]

I've never needed to. I don't usually take the lead when when it comes to the clients and the people who do approach us generally know what we do [pauses, studying her] which is a highly specialized form of data extraction.

[imnotsure]

Aw. I promise not to bite. [second in command. Well isn't this interesting. Blake's a loner-this guy...well.

Still formulating opinions.]

Data Extraction. So you're hackers.

[meticulousdreamer]

In a manner of speaking. [he's not going to let her have all the fun with this interrogation] What about you? What's your specialty?

[aceofkillers]

Lady like yourself? I bet 'adaptable' is undersellin' it.

[imnotsure]

[Eyebrow raise] Such an intelligent gentleman. [How rare]

[aceofkillers]

Eh, I have my moments. [All too rarely...]

Still, your mun's all set on seein' you seek an'/or get redemption? Last I checked, Cats, you didn't have much you needed redeemin' from. [Stealing cash and play-pretties from those who can afford to replace them. His heart bleeds.]

[imnotsure]

Please, paint this in big letters on a sign twenty feet high and hang it outside her window. I'll pay for the work to be done.

[she sighs] she says that there are things she would like to see me do and people she wants me to meet.

Plenty of executives and corrupt cops in here, and she picks the one person who's honest about themselves.

[aceofkillers]

You payin' travel fees as well? [He kids, he kids.]

Eh, that's probably just cause you're better at kickin' ass than most of 'em combined. Who wants to identify themselves with people who just spend all day pickin' up their bribes, when they can have their headspace full with a badass gal with a whip?

[She still has a whip, right? Back when Tommy knew her, she wore a purple bodysuit, so.]

[imnotsure]

To make a point like this? I'll think about it. [All of the sly looks. She tilts her head and considers him]

Badass girl with a whip or a gun. I haven't used the whip since China Town. [Thoughtful] I should pick it up again.

[aceofkillers]

I'll have to consider offerin' a discount, then. [Here's to you, missy.]

Oh believe me, I don't need any reminding as to how good you are with a gun. [That's one of his favorite memories, you can bet.] But there's somethin' about the whip that's kinda iconic, you know? It just works for you.

[imnotsure]

[She smiles] Every girl should own a whip. They're cleaner then knives and they make an appropriate statement about where you stand in the order of things.

[aceofkillers]

You got an interesting point to make, no doubt. But then, not every girl would know how to use it- an' like they say, a weapon you don't know how to use don't belong to you, it belongs to the first sod who feels like takin' it off you.

...So what I guess I'm saying is, mandatory whip-practice for all the girls out there? [He doesn't know, hopefully this makes some level of sense. They didn't even mention the all the females that didn't want to be all up on their weapons, boring bunch that those are.]

[imnotsure]

[And Selina looks at him seriously-intently seriously for a moment. Was that a note of feminism? Appreciation?

Wanting to help people protect themselves? She likes you man.]

...I could get behind that. There are a couple of kids there and a couple of girls who could use it.

[aceofkillers]

[Hey, having Catwoman like you is a whole lot better than the alternative.]

Dunno how much I could do with that, mind; give me a whip and I'd probably smack myself eight times outta ten. [Alas, Indiana Jones he is not.] I guess I could add a couple different points on the curriculum, though.

[edducated]

Redemption is overrated.