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Psychotic
Conversations
"YOU LIE, DEVIL, YOU LIE!"
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"I can't believe she's quoting the Crucible. It hardly seems appropriate."
"I dunno. I guess if you're clinically insane a red flash may suggest itself to your mind as the devil."
"But, come on- the Crucible?"
"Ok, I will admit, that shows a little too much dedication to her homework."
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"FEEL MY WRATH! MY FURY! MY RAGE!"
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"Way too many cartoons there."
"You said it."
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"Where'd this kid come from? Are they growing magicians on trees these days?"
"She looks young enough to – "
" – still be in school"
"And what are those two kids doing behind her? The two boys- they've still got their school back packs! Flash, where do you find these people?"
"I don't - "
" – find them. They find me. Must be my charming personality."
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"LET THIS BE A LESSON TO YOU ALL! I- THE… hey, Tommy, you're good with names. What should I call myself?"
"Excuse me?"
"You heard me Tommy, I need a name. I can't be anonymous. That'd make me sound like some silly poem."
"Yeah… Jay, you do realise you're completely insane?"
"Tommy, that's not helping. Come on, I'm fighting the Flash and Green Arrow here. I can't do that without a proper name. I mean, their names are so cool. I'd be embarrassing them if I didn't come up with an equally interesting one."
"How about Psychotic?"
"Tommy, I feel you are trying to make a pointed remark. I –"
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"Oh come on, Green Arrow. She was in the middle of a conversation. Shooting her with tear gas was hardly fair."
"She's a mentally unstable school kid with magic powers, and she's trying to wreck a mall. Explain to me how neutralizing her is 'unfair'?"
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"THINK YE SUCH SIMPLE METHODS AS – you say it was tear gas Charlie? Charlie? Hmm… - AS TEAR GAS WOULD SERVE TO STOP ME? I AM PSYCHOTIC!"
"See? The name suits you to a t, Jay."
"It does, thank you Tommy."
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"It didn't work!"
"What gave you the hint? The glowing girl – "
"- or the fountain she just threw at us?"
"Why is she doing this?"
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"CURSE THESE HALLS OF SOCEITAL DEMISE! CURSE ALL THOSE WHO FREQUENT IT! CURSE THOSE WHO THINK IT THE EPITOME OF ALL THAT IS DESIRABLE IN THE WORLD! LET'S SEE YOU BUY YOUR PRADA BAGS NOW, KATE MULLINS, WITH NO PRADA SHOP TO GET IT FROM!"
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"Ah, that explains a lot."
"I don't get it."
"It begins with 'B' and ends with 'ullied'."
"So she's getting revenge?"
"It's always revenge, Flash."
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"She's trying to get back at Kate Mullins?"
"What gave you the clue, Charlie?"
"How is wrecking the mall supposed to – NO! Jay, I get my games there!"
"Charlie, can you get any sadder?"
"Shut up, Tommy, she just destroyed my life."
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"So how do we stop her?"
"I didn't want to do this– "
"If you could speed by and knock her out, why exactly didn't you do this at the start?"
"Hit a girl? Green Arrow, you wound me!"
"How many female villains do we knock out every day?"
"OK, you got me. She's hot, I wanted her number. Couldn't get that with her unconscious. Stop staring at me like that."
"That's not funny. Well, it's not like this country needs another mall anyway. Now let's go see what those boys know."
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"We don't know, Green Arrow, sir. She called us and told us to meet her at the mall. Then she just went ballistic, sir."
"So she's never thrown magic around before?"
"No, sir. This is the first time we've ever seen her do anything supernatural."
"We'll just have to question her when she wakes up. Does she have any parents we could talk to?"
"She a foster kid, sir. Old Maggie Lawrence takes care of her, but she's out of town for the week. Left Jay on her own this week."
"We're taking her to the watch tower- she's too dangerous to leave here. Do you two have homes to get to?"
"Yes, sir."
"Then I suggest you go."
"Yes, sir."
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"That was freaky."
"Tommy, I got to talk to the Green Arrow!"
"Flash would have been cooler."
"I got to talk to one of the Justice League!"
"Yeah, Charlie, I know. I was there. Do you think she'll be alright?"
"She's psychotic, Tommy. You said so yourself. And she wrecked the mall- she'd have been gone in another month anyway. Forget about her."
"Yeah."
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"Where am I?"
"That was the single most original thing ever said on waking up."
"Flash! For once in your life, stop joking."
"Fine, fine, I'll leave."
"What… what's happening? What did…what did I do?"
"You manifested magic powers. You wrecked a mall. Don't you remember?"
"I… I remember being really angry. I… I just wanted to talk to Tommy."
"Tell me what happened."
"I don't… I don't know…"
"Try to remember."
"Kate Mullins called me worthless. Said I was worth less than a fake Prada… I…"
"Does this Kate always put you down?"
"It never bothers me. She doesn't know what I can do… the little things I do every day. I wish I could help everyone else without helping her."
"Help everyone?"
"Like when that water pipe was going to blow… but I stopped it. Nobody knew of course, they couldn't tell. And I fixed it. And when Jack Rinnel was going to blow up the chem lab… I just made it fizzle out…My head hurts so much…"
"What was that?"
"My head… I just want to sleep."
"Then go to sleep. Don't worry. We'll sort this out when you wake up."
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"What do you think, Zatanna?"
"Magic powers manifesting- it sounds like she's been using it for years, but I think her powers just went up a level. Kind of like puberty- but for power. And as with puberty, you get all the associated uncontrollable mood swings. She hasn't been taught any control."
"And where would she learn control?"
"I could teach her. She'd have to stay somewhere safe in the meantime. Somewhere I could find her, to teach her."
"That can be arranged."
"Good. That's sorted then?"
"It's sorted."
"Good."