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[ENTER THE LESBIANS- wait that sounds weird. But anyway. A pair of women have appeared on the Plane and they're ones you might know. One is currently stupefied and dressed in her clowny outfit. The other seems more or less fine, even if ew no plants gross.]

H-Hey! Who took the floor away?! What kinda joke is this? [and now she spots Ivy] Red! What's goin' on?

{and Ivy knows that voice anywhere} Harley? You're here too...I don't know. I've never seen a place like this before. It's nothing I've ever seen before.

Me either! But wow, what a view, huh? [Harley takes a few careful steps before coming over] Little too classy for most of the crooks we know.

Little too classy for the heroes we know too. {She looks around too, then frowns} It's awfully...barren, though. There's hardly any plants at all, and the ones here, this starlight can't be good for them.

[A little sadly] I bet my babies would get confused with no floor. But all right, who did this to us then, huh? Kidnappin' crime queens is a pretty dirty trick if ya ask me! If anyone's gonna kidnap around here, it should be us.

You're right about that, Harley, but I don't have a clue who it was. It's not really Batman's style. He'd just take us back to Arkham. Whoever it was, they at least have flair to bring us to a place like this. You don't see stars like this in Gotham. Or at all, really.

[a little dreamy] Yeah, sure is somethin'. Like Christmas lights. So what do we do now, Red?

{She laughs then crosses her arms with a little smirk} Well, it looks like there's some nice stuff here. If we've been kidnapped, we can at least take a fee for the trouble. We have to pay rent on the apartment soon, after all.

[She's much more excited now.] Yeah! Lootin' time! Maybe we'll have enough leftover for some shoppin'.

Oh, that would be nice! I could use some new jewelry, maybe some more clothes too.

Aw, been forever since we got anythin' new. C'mon, Red! We better hurry before the kidnappers show up!

[and so they have plotted their epic heist of...stealing things off the Plane until they get answers. Or until you come to see them!]

((Double intro! Green for Ivy and red for Harley. Tag-teaming and thread jumping and so on and so forth!))

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[She flashes him a smile.] Ya look a lil' pale. Sure you'd be up to stoppin' us?

[attacking his ability to police is one way to get Sam back on track]

I'd try.

[he really wants to ask if she's actually Harley Quinn, but he's still not sure that this isn't a drug-thing from his doctors watching too much Batman by his bedside (House, I'm talking to you)]

[She laughs and waves her hand.] Yeah, sure. You're funny. Ya need to be Bats or somethin' to take us out. We're a pretty amazin' team.

I'd still try. Not worth my badge if I don't at least try.

[it would be all brave and noble and things, but he still has that "OH GOD I AM SO CONFUSED" look on his face]

[She gives him a look.]

Hey, do I got somethin' on my face? Why are ya lookin' at me like that?

[pauses, and then pulls out his badge]

DI Sam Tyler, Manchester's A Division - CID - 1973. Almost '74. This is the Astral Plane. You can come and go with a thought. When you go back home, your redheaded friend will be visible to you, but no one else in your world. A month or so from now, that should change. It's called a reality merger. Everyone else you meet on the Plane will be visible at home if you come across them, but no one else in your world will be able to see 'em. Time stops back home when you're here. The Twins, Lapis and Lazuli, and this... Meredith woman are in charge of it - 'it' being the experiment - but we don't know entirely what it is. People from different times and places and universes all meet up here.

Any questions?

[Harley blinks. Wow, that is a lot of information.]

Yeah, one. Ya wanna run that by me again, mister?

[snorts briefly]

This is the Astral Plane. 's what it's called. The floor isn't going to gave in any time soon, the bar restocks itself, as does the kitchen, and time doesn't pass back home while you're here. Got that much?

[she nods.]

That's rich. So you've got an endless supply of stuff around here.

Basically, yes.

When you get back home - which you can do just by thinking about it - you'll be able to see Ivy. Ivy will be able to see you. But your worlds will have... fractured. People in your version of it won't see her, and people in her version won't see you. You'll have gone missing from each other's realities. In about a month, your realities will merge together, likely, and the people of your world won't even really remember either of you going missing.

That all? No one's gonna notice, 'cept maybe the coppers thinkin' we're workin' solo again.

No one ever really does notice.

As you get closer to people here, your worlds might merge with theirs. They just... come together. It's... strange. But it happens.

Ya sure ya ain't from Arkham or somethin'?

[folds arms]

Very. Good cop, perfectly sane, and I've never met the goddamn Batman in my life.

Yeah? Then you're lucky. He's not worth meetin'.

You would say that. Not that I approve of vigilante action, but Gotham is a special case.

[a little curious.] What, are ya studyin' it? It doesn't sound like your area from what I'm hearin'.

[errr]

I like to keep an eye on policing methods world-wide. You can't really get your own system if you don't learn to look outside it and at other ones.

No gonna blame ya there, copper. Arkham's pretty peachy, isn't it? [sweet smile.] Best criminals and nutjobs in the world all under one roof. And one tv. [she seems down about that bit.] Ya ever try sharin' a set with Two Face?

Can't say I have.

It's tough, I tell ya. He just can't make up his mind on what to watch! [this was said in the tone of a punchline.]

[deadpan]

Saw it coming.

[Harley makes a sad face.]

All right so it's not my best material. Cut me some slack.

[smiles slightly]

Well, it's not that bad.

[Yay he smiled! Good enough!] Gee, thanks. Anyway, guess ya probably heard of me since you know Bats but I'm Harley Quinn. So what's a copper like you doin' in a place like this?