[seeing as she has no idea Karen was the one who attacked him, there's no change in her tone. She just recognizes her as the woman from the day before]
Someone attacked him. In town. After everything that was said when we talked...
[a frustrated noise] I knew people would try to stop him once they knew... and they should. But it's like they didn't even try to plan before doing it. This is what I was trying to avoid.
Power Girl 1/2tehoniongirlMay 18 2011, 23:02:40 UTC
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[give her a minute, Karen. Because she'd taken the other woman's anger in stride before, knowing she'd deserved it. But hearing that the same woman had disregarded every reason she'd had for NOT speaking?
Watch him. Find out where he's going. Look for patterns that we could manipulate. Talk to people to figure out a way to block his abilities.
He can sense people even if he's not in town. He knew when people went missing during the last kidnappings even before the rest of us realized the town was in danger. It won't matter if he's in town or not, so him "roaming about" doesn't make any difference.
[her voice is starting to raise, incredulous] You told me you wouldn't charge in. You said you'd dealt with psychics before and you understood the danger. And then you fought him anyway. Less than 24 hours after we talked.
Why the hell do you think I was so scared to come to you in the first place?!
Did you not see what Allen had offered? Pendants. They stop others from telepathically manipulating others.
It does make a difference. He won't be able to do a thing once he's thrown into the prisons where his power will be suppressed completely. That's what I've been trying to get at. To make sure he can't use those powers.
Only after he started resisting. Fighting was a third option which unfortunately I had no choice but to take. And god, I know it was stupid. But with the chance to actually drag him into the prisons, I took it!
[it takes a lot to push her this far....but she's at the end of her limit. She's barely slept for beating herself up over letting Legato manipulate her as much as he had... and now this.
Her voice settles, quiet, but the anger is acidic]
You had pendants that could stop his control, but you didn't use them.
Don't even fucking start about having no choice. You had a choice. So did I. And yours was just as wrong as mine.
You never had a chance of dragging him to the prisons and the only thing you did was give him a reason to penalize the town.
Walking away when you realized you couldn't win? Taking just enough fucking time to get the tools you actually needed to have a chance to succeed? Those were options too.
And I've already faced the fact that I screwed up! I already know that.... and by GOD, you've thrown that in my face enough!
You were right to be mad, but don't you dare talk to me now like you haven't put just as many lives at risk as I did!
[ she's seething on her end. was it stupid? of course it was. but she didn't plan for this and she's not liking the assumption that she didn't even try to think things through. ]
I'm not a psychic. I had no idea if he was going to be in the city or not when he's been laying low for weeks now. There was no way I could have ever known.
I'm owning up to the fact I royally screwed up! And no, I was not going to leave him alone there. That was not an option for me.
Then I'll dare ask this, if Legato was bent on revenge -- why hasn't he struck?
[she's equally mad on her side. Karen had hardly given Jilly quarter over her screw up. The artist wasn't exactly feeling forgiving.
...but it's Legato. And there are bigger things at stake than pride and guilt.
She can't get all of the anger out of her voice. The sheer recklessness of Karen's actions is beyond her understanding. But she manages to control it again]
What I'm saying is that him being town isn't any more dangerous than him being outside of it. He doesn't have to be close to the townspeople to hurt them. I know you saw an opening... but what I was trying to tell you before...the reason I was afraid to get people involved... is that you won't get anywhere if you haven't thought it out completely.
It makes me sick to see him walking around. It makes me sick knowing he thinks they... and we... are nothing but toys. But as much as we might want to take him down now, we're just going to make it worse if we fail. So we might have to settle with being a little sick until we can find a plan that won't.
Jilly, we've been doing this from the start. More and more people are watching the city. How they aren't spotting anything, I can't give you an answer for that. I don't know how.
I'm already preparing myself. Allen and I have already discussed testing the pendant's defense and effectiveness.
Anything else you want to add? I'm not disagreeing but go ahead, pick at everything I did -- I was wrong. But infighting won't get us anywhere. Not while that psychotic jackass is still out there. You're free to tear at me all you want, but if you really want this to be done with, you'll put it aside until he's locked away.
Then? Do what you want, because I'm not resting until he's caught.
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Someone attacked him. In town. After everything that was said when we talked...
[a frustrated noise] I knew people would try to stop him once they knew... and they should. But it's like they didn't even try to plan before doing it. This is what I was trying to avoid.
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It was a mistake on my part but don't you start throwing around insults.
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[give her a minute, Karen. Because she'd taken the other woman's anger in stride before, knowing she'd deserved it. But hearing that the same woman had disregarded every reason she'd had for NOT speaking?
....it's going to take her a bit to process this]
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Watch him. Find out where he's going. Look for patterns that we could manipulate. Talk to people to figure out a way to block his abilities.
He can sense people even if he's not in town. He knew when people went missing during the last kidnappings even before the rest of us realized the town was in danger. It won't matter if he's in town or not, so him "roaming about" doesn't make any difference.
[her voice is starting to raise, incredulous] You told me you wouldn't charge in. You said you'd dealt with psychics before and you understood the danger. And then you fought him anyway. Less than 24 hours after we talked.
Why the hell do you think I was so scared to come to you in the first place?!
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It does make a difference. He won't be able to do a thing once he's thrown into the prisons where his power will be suppressed completely. That's what I've been trying to get at. To make sure he can't use those powers.
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Her voice settles, quiet, but the anger is acidic]
You had pendants that could stop his control, but you didn't use them.
Don't even fucking start about having no choice. You had a choice. So did I. And yours was just as wrong as mine.
You never had a chance of dragging him to the prisons and the only thing you did was give him a reason to penalize the town.
Walking away when you realized you couldn't win? Taking just enough fucking time to get the tools you actually needed to have a chance to succeed? Those were options too.
And I've already faced the fact that I screwed up! I already know that.... and by GOD, you've thrown that in my face enough!
You were right to be mad, but don't you dare talk to me now like you haven't put just as many lives at risk as I did!
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I'm not a psychic. I had no idea if he was going to be in the city or not when he's been laying low for weeks now. There was no way I could have ever known.
I'm owning up to the fact I royally screwed up! And no, I was not going to leave him alone there. That was not an option for me.
Then I'll dare ask this, if Legato was bent on revenge -- why hasn't he struck?
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...but it's Legato. And there are bigger things at stake than pride and guilt.
She can't get all of the anger out of her voice. The sheer recklessness of Karen's actions is beyond her understanding. But she manages to control it again]
What I'm saying is that him being town isn't any more dangerous than him being outside of it. He doesn't have to be close to the townspeople to hurt them. I know you saw an opening... but what I was trying to tell you before...the reason I was afraid to get people involved... is that you won't get anywhere if you haven't thought it out completely.
It makes me sick to see him walking around. It makes me sick knowing he thinks they... and we... are nothing but toys. But as much as we might want to take him down now, we're just going to make it worse if we fail. So we might have to settle with being a little sick until we can find a plan that won't.
[and, before Power ( ... )
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I'm already preparing myself. Allen and I have already discussed testing the pendant's defense and effectiveness.
Anything else you want to add? I'm not disagreeing but go ahead, pick at everything I did -- I was wrong. But infighting won't get us anywhere. Not while that psychotic jackass is still out there. You're free to tear at me all you want, but if you really want this to be done with, you'll put it aside until he's locked away.
Then? Do what you want, because I'm not resting until he's caught.
[ she closes the journal. time to find karkat. ]
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