Joke Nineteen: Why Robo?

[crazy_clownwoman]

[Harley has discovered that her remaining son isn't acting normal....well like himself anymore...she's not taking it well at all. And the phone is pushed to the side in annoyence and off the hook so everyone can hear Harley yelling at someone.]

Snap out of it! I don't care what you're doing, just snap out of it!

"But mom, I'm not doing anything. I just asked if you were coming to watch the game tonight"

Shut.up! Just shut up! You can't be a drone. I won't let you!

[Notices the phone and picks it up and is too frazzled to filter it. She doesn't even remember if Jolt was home or not.]

Hello Jolt?  Sideswipe, I don't care who. Get your buts back here, there's something wrong Kaito. You have to fix him!

Comments

[numanstan.livejournal.com]

... M'sorry.

... Maybe it's just for a little while, yeah? Maybe he just didn't go to school enough, or robbed a bank, or somethin'.

[crazyclownwoman.livejournal.com]

No...he would have told me if he was planning something like that.

...he's been here for such a long time with me. For a while it was just the two of us in the house with drones...

[numanstan.livejournal.com]

[He has no idea what to say to her. He's seen so many people lose their friends and family to droning, but he's never been through it personally...] Y'wanna go get some ice cream? [because that makes everything better obvs]

[crazyclownwoman.livejournal.com]

[There's a long pause and a sad voice]

Sure.

[numanstan.livejournal.com]

It'll be good for y'to get outta the house. Meet y'at the diner in a half-hour, alright?

[crazyclownwoman.livejournal.com]

Alright.

[And in half an hour there's a rather depressed looking woman standing in front of the diner. She's not in her clown costume at the moment. Just some normal clothes she had from home.]

[numanstan.livejournal.com]

[Vince shows up in his Zooniverse uniform he hasn't really taken it off since he got it, trying to maintain some sort of sober expression. In all honesty, he's so happy that Howard's finally shown up that he never wants to stop smiling ever again, but he's not going to mention that to Harley. How gauche would that be. He walks up to her and gives her a slight smile.] Alright, Harley?

[crazyclownwoman.livejournal.com]

[She looks up. Still not very cheerful like she used to be]

Hey...

I guess. It's just...well Kaito and I were really close...

I was going to take him back with me to Gotham and everything.

[She'd always wanted a family and Puddin' would have loved Kaito she was sure of it.]

He was like the kid I never had...

[numanstan.livejournal.com]

M'sorry, Harley. [He puts his arm around her shoulder and tries to lead her into the diner.] He's in a better place now, yeah? Any place's better than here.

[crazyclownwoman.livejournal.com]

[She'll walk in with him.]

I guess that's true...

[numanstan.livejournal.com]

[woo, going in, taking their seats, getting menus] 'Sides, he might come back some day, yeah? It's happened before. Y'gotta stay positive 'bout it!

[crazyclownwoman.livejournal.com]

[Hooray for menus]

Yeah....maybe

[She smiles a bit.]

Thanks for tryn' ta cheer me up.