Not pleased.

[halfassed]

I don't do well close up. You know that. There's no range in a place like that.

The rest of it doesn't bother me.

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[laughingalltheway]

You make it sound like you have enemies to face there. Hah. Do be sure to keep your, ah, friends just as distant, then. Hee hee.

[halfassed]

And what are you supposed to be?

[laughingalltheway]

Me? Me? I'm a lot of things, see, just which answer are you looking for? Friend? Enemy? Oh, do be specific.

[halfassed]

You know, you missed the casting call, I'm just about full up on both.

Call me back in a couple months; there might be an opening under 'enemy'.

[laughingalltheway]

It's so much easier to ignore little rules like that, see. I don't need to be on any list to do what I want to do. But you seem like a fun fellow, oh yes, fun much like a carnival, perhaps a circus, or even a, ah, fun house. All sorts of fun, I expect, so perhaps you could be something else; set up a new list, won't you?

I expect a reserved spot right at the top. Pencil in the Joker, hee hee.

[halfassed]

[Carnival and circus. His hackles go right on up. He doesn't like the thought that someone can see that on him.]

I just got one name I need to take care of first. Then it's a date. I expect to be wined and dined before I open up about my carny past. Fair warning.

[laughingalltheway]

[ He'll like things even less the more things the Joker starts associating with him. However, Clint's comment gets a hearty laugh from the Joker. ]

Hee hee hee ha ha hee hee hee haa ha ho ho haaa haa hee...! Oh, oh I do believe I was right on, oh yes, so very astute of me to notice, don't you think? Well, well, if you're willing to play, I suppose I could, you know, give you just a little time, yes, though you have my interest, my curiosity, my attention even that such a name could be above mine. Care to share, care to tell? I do love stories.

[halfassed]

Trust me, this one's not worth the time.

[DNW to talk to this guy about Loki.]

[laughingalltheway]

I have time to spare, time to burn, see. I expect you to tell me sometime; someday.

[ Oh, but he so wants to hear it! ]

[halfassed]

Like I'm gonna talk about my shit list to a fucked-up clown.

[laughingalltheway]

Oh, you never know, you should consider help from all walks of life shouldn't you?

[halfassed]

And what's your walk? Hanging with the insane asylum crowd?

[Striking out. He's too scared to talk about Loki.]

[laughingalltheway]

I'm a jack of all trades; an entrepreneur sort, you see. I watch things happen from afar, or I sit up close where my hands can get dirty.

Oh, and, you'd find that the insane asylum folks aren't so bad.

[halfassed]

In my experience, they're pretty bad.

[laughingalltheway]

A shame you've met the ones that give the others a bad name, then. A shame, truly.

[halfassed]

Where'd you get the scars?

[laughingalltheway]

The scars, these scars? Oh, these scars have quite the story, you see. If you'd like the story, I expect a story, see; a trade, a bargain, a deal. How does that sound to you? You tell me a tale, I tell you a tale.

...and I asked first. Hah.

[halfassed]

He rolled into town with an army of aliens. He killed my boss. [And with this, there's bitterness. Maybe a little too much bitterness.]

End of story.

Your turn.

[laughingalltheway]

[ Well that was a simple story; and to a simple story he would offer one just as simple. But he'd be sure to play off of that bitterness that he could practically see drifting off of the man's form. ]

These scars, see, from a former boss of mine; he killed aliens, see; and I killed him. What a horrid twist of fate, hm?

End of story.

[halfassed]

[ Roll of his eyes. ]

At least everything I said was true.

[ Not the whole truth, but they both know that, don't they? ]

Somehow this got buried; up to you if you'd like to continue tagging.

[laughingalltheway]

[ And a shrug from the Joker. ]

Oh, you know, it's so much more fun when I can just snip a little something more fun in, don't you think? Tales are meant to be fun, to be entertaining.