6172/Slighted on Opening Night

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Slighted on Opening Night
Date of Scene: 10 May 2021
Location: Beacon Theater
Synopsis: Harley Quinn saves theatre goers from Clayface's outburst at their bad reviews of his play.
Cast of Characters: Kara Danvers, Harley Quinn




Kara Danvers has posed:
    "That performance was... egotistical and below average. An utter disaster. Whoever funded this monstrosity should take a long hard look at their lineup. Good grief that lead.. just.. ugh!," complained the man in the tux. There were many men in tux's and many women in fancy dresses. This was the opening and likely closing night of "Along in the Hall" a play written, produced by, and staring "Gavin Gavinson"

    Clayface aka Gavin Gavinson had disguised himself as a patron of the play to mingle amongst the people as they filed out of the theatre. To hear the expected praise.. which he was not hearing. "Absurd!," he insists to the man, "He was magnifico. A delight. A glorious contribution to the theatres arts!" His insistence falls upon deaf ears even as his features begin to falter as his emotions begin to get the better of him.

    "No, this simply will not do! cannot do!," he insists to himself and then pushes past the crowd to the doors and steps in front of them, stretching his arms out as they reform in to clay, "NAH! You will ALL stay. I have betrayed the stage and must insist you all return to your seats for a SECOND attempt. Far better than the FIRST." The clay monster receives the usual expected response.... SCREAMS and people scrambling for the emergency exits.

Harley Quinn has posed:
"And can ya believe the lead's name? I mean Gavin .., Gavinson..? Even I can come up with bettah phony names!" Harley. Tossing more fire to the cooking pot that is Clayface's temper.

She is here due to having gained a couple of tickets to what was called a 'MARVELLOUS' play because of her twitter popularity! She was becoming an actual influencer! And so Harley had come here, bringing Aimee who had excused herself to go out to lil women's bathroom. And that meant Harley was all by herself, wandering among the aftermath of the play.

She had actually enjoyed it though! She had found it to be a most delightful comedy! (It was actually a rather dramatic play). "Buuuuut, he does play his part well! I couldn't stop laughin'!" it was a dramatic part, not a comedy Harley! Yet, it was still praise. Praise that falls on deaf ears as those screams tell her clay just hit the fan. Oh, damn...

She turns to look at what is going on, seeing Clayface starting to do what Clayface does better. Which is be crazy and oftentimes murderous. "Ooops..."

Yes, that's what she has to say about what's going on right now.

Kara Danvers has posed:
    Clayface's voice deepens in to monsterous tones as he demands, "Come back here you uncultured plebs!" He lumbers toward the emergency exit as people pile through. Slamming it shut he bends the opening bar locking them in. "It is only fair that you bask in my thespian arts and experience this --DRAMA-- the way it was meant to be," he insists... "With Audience Interaction."

    Not so alone in the hallway now. One brave audience goer punches Clayface right in the chest. His hand sinks in and the mud ball of a monster laughs, "You wound me Sir! first with your words and now with your fist. I am an AC-TOOOOR and I will not sink to _your_ level," he says as the internals of his clay shift and the man's arm breaks. He drops to the ground screaming in pain.

    "Now back to your seats!," he says clapping his muddy hands together as he retakes the form of Gavin Gavinson, prepared instantly to move on as if that little bit of drama had never happened. The few remaining quivering and frightened patrons look to each other as someone pulls out a cell phone and starts to dial 911.

    "NO PHONES in the Theatre!," Clayface demands and walks over, snatching it from his hand and tossing it at the wall. "To your SEATS!"

Harley Quinn has posed:
No PHONES?! That just won't do. Harley is doing a recording of the thing after all! To then dissect in one of her youtube videos. Pffftt, this Gavin Gavison... Getting in the way of actual creative content! She snorts out of her nostrils, placing the phone away in a pocket and sighs. "Okay, guess I gotta go play the hero oh somethin..." which may not be fully advisable, considering how she just saw a guy get his arm broken after trying to punch him..

DETAILS!

Besides, she has a cunning plan.

"Sorry about this, Diana's cousin..." She murmurs when nearing one of the greek Goddess's statues, holding rather large stone swords. Unwieldy! But for a clownette with that extra strength courtesy of Ivy it isn't such a bad thing. So she *cracks* the statue by taking off the 'blade' and starts running towards Clayface.

"Heah! Let me help ya with yoh smashin' performance!" the large blade/club is brought in a downwards smack on the villain!

Kara Danvers has posed:
    Clayface's person Gavin Gavinson is once again cracked as he gets a look of incredulous surprise on his face, twisting in to his clay features and yellow eyes. A large stone blade/club smacks down on the clay monster and he looks genuinely astonished that someone would dare do that.. let alone the clownette of crime.

    He sort of crumples as he turns fully back in to his clay form and forms around the stone sword. Clutching at it with a hand, "Oh.. OH.. you have smote me Harley Quinn." But his act falters as he starts to laugh and the clay hardens. With a grinding sound the sword snaps inside of him and his right hand forms in to a giant hammer arm with a mace on its end.

    "Two can play with the renaissance muse's weaponry Miss Quinn," he says and swings the mace arm at her. People start to draw back in fear as they watch the two Gotham icons battle in the foyer. One man's monocle, a prop no doubt, drops from his face as he becomes utterly absorbed in the performance before him.

Harley Quinn has posed:
Well then... That didn't work. Harley lets out a sigh as her perfectly fine stone sword-club gets smashed to smiterens. Unfair! She exhales softly. "Ya know, foh a Gotham thug ya sorta strong..." and then she is getting a mace swung at her face. She moves fast though, jumping back and then carwheeling out of the way as that swing comes close to sending her flying. But nope! The clownette is slippery.

"I request a recess while I procur a new weapon!" she asks. It's fully reasonable! If they are going by renaissance rules fighting.

"Ya know, I loved yoh role in the play!" Which is true. "It was top notch comedy." she says in an attempt to assure the man. Who was playing a drama role, not comedy!

She gets out of the way of another swing, jumping over a couple of seats (and the people sitting on them who look wild-eyed at her).

Kara Danvers has posed:
    Clayface's anger resurfaces, "Comedy? COMEDY!? It was a DRaaaAAmah!" He gets a wicked grin on his face and says, "Alls fair in love and war Miss Quinn." His mace arm swings around again as his second arm also becomes a mace too. He begins to swing them around wildly as he approaches Harley. "But culture was never your thing now was in Miss Quinn. You and your crass boyfriend. How long til you go running back to the Main Act hm?," he insists.

    Kara was hoping for a quiet night. Just one. The only peace she'd gotten since she'd returned to Earth was in Themyscira.. but that was just hiding from the problems of the world. Now there's people running down the street screaming for help.

    Supergirl lowers down from the sky and lands in front of the doors of the theatre. What she sees inside? hostages perhaps -- a man made of clay and Harley Quinn fighting him? Her head tilts to the left as she tries to comprehend just what she's seeing.

Harley Quinn has posed:
"Drammuuhhhh..." Harley sort of mimics the man's tone, all the way down to the wicked little grin. Maybe she is a better actor! "I mean, why so serious and dramatic, geeez..." another dodge from that swing. And then he is dual-wielding?! What the heck unfair! She tiptoes back as those attacks come close, all wild. "... And they call *me* crazy. Now that's the real tragedy! Because just look at ya..."

Hol' up...

HOL' UP!

Did Gavin here just call her crass, and doubts her being free of Joker's influence?! "FIRST OF ALL! HE AIN'T CRASS!" ok, maybe she is not fully free of it. "AND SECOND, I AIN'T EVAH GOIN' BACK!"

And then in a perhaps foolhardy and dashing manner she jumps up instead of back when Clayface swings that mace.

Legs open in a scissor-like manner and she rolls on the air, aiming to hit the man with a double kick from her feet! Of course that getting so close to Clayface can be dangerous!

Kara Danvers has posed:
    A splash of clay cast off here, cast off there, as the first kick hits. Clayface stumbles back. That second kick through.. her foot sinks through clay and the pair tumble to the ground in a mishmash of person and clay. His partly reconstructed faced looks abashed as he says, "Let us not mention this to anyone.. ever.."

    One of the patrons takes a picture. It is then that Supergirl kicks open the door and strides in. "I don't know what is going on here but this ends...." she stares at the Clay-Harley combo, "now?" The remaining patrons shuffle around and rush out behind Supergirl and several gushingly say, "Supergirl saved us!" Just what Harley needs to hear.

    Clayface reforms himself and sucked punches the Clownette, "NOOOAAOOOW I have a REAL Audience! The Girl of Steel, The Maid of Might, The Princess of Powaaaaarrrhhh." Kara folds her arms and shakes her head at Clayface, "The I'm not in the mood for this Supergirl." She draws in a deep breath and blows freezing breath at the clay monster, forcing his form to solidify.

Harley Quinn has posed:
"There! And now stay ...." The second kick falls short and sinks inside Clayface, " .... down?" then she making a face, "Ugh, gross. And I even got new clothes foh this, now all smeared with Clay-stuff." she struggles for a bit, trying to slide out of the Clay's .., clay but it's being hard to do so, "You know I used to be great with Play-Doh when I was a lil girl.." is she threatening Gavin? At least her wicked little grin seems to say so...

But then Supergirl is crashing into the mud pit party, and everyone flocks to her. Typical! She suppresses an eyeroll and continues her struggle a bit until Clayface just suckerpunches her. Right in the kisser. Ow! She stumbles back, or rather flies against a seat, at least it cushioning her... And also making her have a front seat for the solidifying of Mr. Clayface.

"You don't look so hot anymoouh.." She grins, jumping back up to her feet and SUCKERPUNCHING Clayface in return. And she puts her whole strength behind that punch. He can take it! Unless he has a glass chin! Or is it a clay chin?

Regardless, the punch hits home and sends the actor flying and down to the ground. Unconscious? Yep!

Kara Danvers has posed:
    Kara winces a touch as Harley takes the revenge punch. She can't blame her, he sucker punched her first. The Clay monster tumbles and hits the ground with a small crack on the chin. She dusts her hands and then peers at the ruined stone sword and the damaged doors. "I sure hope they have insurance," she quips and then smiles to Harley.

    "It's like chaos follows you around Harley Quinn," she says as her hands instinctually find their way to her hips. "But thank you for putting yourself between this .. guy .. and the people. Wonder Woman is right about you," she says and walks over, picking Clayface up and on to her shoulder like a big heavy clay statue.

Harley Quinn has posed:
"Me too! Cos I ain't paying for this!" Harley replies, hands on hips as she takes in the fallen Clayman. Not moving. Good! So she turns to look at Kara, giving her a thumbs up. "Not my fault he is a lousy actor!" is what she replies about chaos following her around. "But yea, don't think I coulda done it without your uh .., north pole breath." though she then can't help but beam at the talk of Wonder Woman. "She is?" beat, "Oh right! She is!" and she appears happy with that praise.

"Remembah to put in a good woad foh me in those Justice league meets oh somethin'" She moves closer to walk with Kara to the outside.

Kara Danvers has posed:
    Kara gives Harley a slightly quizzical look about the Justice League. The police are skidding to a halt outside the theatre as Supergirl and Harley Quinn emerge and Supergirl walks the clay man over to the lockup wagon. A police officer opens it for Supergirl and she places him inside. "Thank you officer," she says.

    Turning back to Harley she offers her hand to her and says, "Keep up the good work Harley." She is certainly being encouraging.. and true to the nickname her hand is as hard as steel when shook. There's a small nod of approval to Harley and then Supergirl takes a step back and then leaps up in to the sky flying away.

    A police officer peers at Harley and scratches the back of his head. Clearly, she wasn't the problem tonight.. Supergirl just vouched for her. "Err... good evenin' Ms Quinn," the officer says and then motions to the police to wrap this up.