sweetcandygirl | All fun and games, until somone loses a limb (Viper's Pit)

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All fun and games, until somone loses a limb (Viper's Pit)

Harley is coming to term with who she is as a person. And has accepted a lot of herself over the past few years in the Nexus. The biggest challenge was accepting the Joker's Toxin that still remained in her body, and how it could have any ill effect on her at any time. In a way, it was like even though Joker himself was dead... he still had that little bit of control over her.

And so Harley needed to find a way to embrace it, and not think of Joker whenever it got the best of her.

One of those ways was to allow herself to be violent. And that was the nice thing about the Viper's Pit. The fighting areas had many different set-ups, even ones where you didn't have to worry about the anti-violence field.

Harley was waiting by one of those fighting areas, blowing a bubble. A big sign near by... "Fight Harley Freaking Quinn. $10."

And way at the bottom, was the small print "All funds go to the Feed Harley Quinn Foundation"

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Amelia grunts as the bat connects with her shoulders, but manages to catch her breath enough to swing around Harley's body by using the woman herself as a balance and pulling with the arm around her waist. Once she's behind Harley, she hops into the air and attempts to wrap her legs around her friend's waist to get a height advantage. If she can manage it, she can bring her dagger hilt down on the top of Harley's shoulder and force her to drop the bat. If not? She'll figure something out on the fly.

Harley lets Amelia wrap her legs around her own waist. And gives a good shove back with the end of that bat, hoping to knock it into Amelia's stomach again. Sure the dagger hilt does hit Harley's shoulder, but she ignores the pain.

And she is going to bring the spinning blade yo-yo up with her other hand, and does a flick of her wrist so the metal of the weaponized yo-yo grazes the feet that are wrapped around her.

Gotta attack the limbs that are right there. Right?

Ah, this was definitely a miscalculation on Amelia's part. She manages to shift enough to take the blow from the bat on her side rather than directly to the stomach, but she can't get out of reach before the yo-yo grazes the non-booted parts of her legs. With a yelp, she grabs for the bat, releases the hold her legs have on Harley, and attempts to push herself off and away from the other woman. It's a rough landing on her feet either way, but Amelia's waiting and ready to toss a dagger at Harley's latest weapon addition the second the woman turns to face her again.

Harley is definitely not letting Amelia grab away the bat, and tightens her grip on her weapon as not to lose it.

When the dagger is tossed at her yo-yo, Harley does another fling of the smaller weapon, hitting the dagger in midair. She has Palmer to thank for creating the strong metallic yo-yo for her. The nice thing about a weaponized yo-yo is that she can throw it... and the weapon returns to her. It has a reinforced string too.

And then she flings her yo-yo again, aiming for Amelia's throwing arm this time.

She may not have the advantage of reach right now, but Amelia's not about to let the yo-yo get to her before she's ready for it. There will be time to use that to her advantage, if she can get in position for it. She ducks and dashes at the last second, grabbing a handful of dirt off the arena floor as she sprints around the other woman.

When Harley's drawn the yo-yo back to her, the rogue dashes forward, tossing the dirt into the air to create a small smoke screen in the small distance between her and Harley once she's only a few feet away. She draws the second of her daggers from her hip and raises it to a defensive position against her forearm, then, with a heavy exhale, pushes herself through the dust cloud. On the other side of it, she raises her dagger wielding arm high to catch any yo-yo shots, trusting the blade flattened against her arm to deflect most of the damage. This leaves her other hand free to reach for either Harley's arm or bat, depending on what's closest, and give a good pull that she can put her full weight behind.

When Amelia throws the dirt to create a small smoke screen, Harley flips away from the direction that she had last seen Amelia. She just wasn't going to stand there and wait for an attack, while possibly unable to see... after all.

So Amelia will not find Harley to attack when she pushes through the dust cloud. Harley is giving herself a nice long distance, keeping away from Amelia, and waiting to use her yo-yo once the rogue is visible to aim a couple more shots.

It doesn't really surprise Amelia to find Harley's not where she last saw the woman when she comes through the dust. Her lips tug into a grin as she steps to the side and takes a moment to locate the other woman again. A little distance creates an interesting situation for the both of them, but she's completely undaunted. The challenge makes this sparring match more fun.

Raising her blade protected arm, she rushes toward the other woman again, ready to catch the yo-yo if it should come at her. Her intention is to drop and slide past Harley's legs on the left side once she's close enough, leaving her a chance to grab hold of the woman's leg and aim a kick at the small of her back from a unique angle. Amelia's ready to simply slide past if there's no good opening, but if there's even a small chance of landing the hit? She's going for it.

When Amelia drops to slide past Harley's legs, she is able to grab hold of Harley with no problem. Her kick lands, and meets with the resistance of a very sturdy corset.

Harley reaches down to grab the arms that is wrapped around her leg, and aims a head blow to the other woman. It might hurt both of them.

There's not enough time for Amelia to shimmy out of the way before Harley's move after the surprise of such a sturdy bit of leather around the woman's torso. She groans as the blow lands and collapses back into the dirt, her ears ringing from the rapid succession impact of first Harley and then the ground. For a moment she thinks she might be able to rally to keep going, but not being able to hear anything over the internal scream of pain in her head ends that idea quickly.

After dropping the dagger in her hand, she releases Harley's leg and raises both hands as a sign of surrender. "I have to yield," she says slowly, her words a bit slurred. "My head isn't hard enough to withstand that last maneuver." She gently touches a hand to her forehead and cringes at the contact. "I'll need a few minutes before I can get up, too."

When Amelia yielded, Harley steps back and lets herself drop to the ground. Because of the adrenaline still in her system, especially after letting herself be violent for no reason, it has a little side effect on her. The Joker Tokin in her body takes control, and she laughs to herself. Hopefully Amelia doesn't think Harley is laughing at her.

It might just be slightly unnerving as the laughter continues for a few moments. Amelia is not the only one who needs a few minutes.

Amelia can't hear the laughter for a few minutes while her ears are ringing. When it finally registers, she forces her eyes open against the headache and looks over at Harley with concern. She knows this is part of what Harley deals with because of the Joker Toxin, but this is quite the intense reaction. It takes her a minute to process what she's seeing, but eventually the rogue pushes herself to sit up and smiles at the other woman.

"That was incredibly fun," she muses with a soft laugh of her own. The movement hurts like hell, but she ignores it to keep her focus on Harley. "Think we can go again after my head's recovered in a few days? I want to try different weapons next time."

The laughter only lasts a few moments, before Harley is able to compose herself. And she nods, standing to make sure that Amelia is not too injured. "It was fun."

"Thank you. I need this."

"I think I did too." Perhaps for a very different reason, but getting rid of restless energy in a somewhat productive way certainly helped make it feel all the better.

Touching her head briefly, she throws a curious look at Harley. "I think it was the corset that won the fight. It barely moved at all when my foot landed. I hadn't expected something like that when this all started."

"Yah! You like it?" Harley runs her hands over where the corset protects her body. And flatters her curves.

Harley's excitement brings a smile to Amelia's face. "It's amazing. Where did you find something like that? I need one of those in my wardrobe."

"Beezlebub made it for me. He has sort of embraced me, in the whole acts as a Guardian Angel type of thing."

"Beelzebub?" The name is familiar, but not enough for Amelia to immediately recognize it. "He's an armorer? Or at least a leatherworker? His work is very sturdy and beautiful."

"He is sort of like the Angel of Battles. You met Lucifer right? Well Bee is sort of like a right-hand Angel. He actually has a tannery and forge set up by Lucifer's Villa."

"Ah, I see." That explains the familiarity of the name. Lucifer must have mentioned it at some point when they met. "That's quite an operation to undertake in the Nexus. But I wonder... what would someone like me need do to commission something? Dreams know some of my corsets could use a break from some of the fights I get into."

"I can take you to him. And you could ask. I ain't sure what he will or won't commission."

Amelia smiles brightly. "I'm willing to ask and find out." She jumps to her feet, wobbling a few steps until she's able to steady herself. "...maybe not right now, though. For now, I think I could use some rest."

Harley moves to support Amelia's weight slightly. "Let me at least take you to my apartment. It might be best to have someone watching over you, while you rest."

"I'd appreciate that, thank you. I'll buy us something delicious for a treat once I'm at least somewhat recovered." She smiles at Harley and then nudges them along. "Let's get going, and you can tell me all about any other fights you've won while you were set up here along the way."

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