046 + Orel

[madamemoiselle.livejournal.com]

[Orel is going through his big cardboard box that he keeps stuff in, and pulls out his camera, then a reel. He looks at it thoughtfully, before setting up the camera legs and sticking the reel in the camera... thingies. He grins, and fiddles with a knob or something on it, before aiming it at a sheet he has set up.

Bow before my descriptive prowess.]

{And as I bow, Diva is setting up the last few chairs, since she figures that maybe some other people would like to watch Orel's movie. But what is this? Orel and Diva are no longer chained together! How? Well, you'll have to ask.}

Ne, this is a lot of work for a movie, isn't it?

[Orel laughs.]

It's not that bad!

[He turns the camera on for a second to see where he should position it to make it centered.]

This is the hardest part, I think. It's easier to project on a wall, but a sheet works just as good.

{Diva smiles, clapping her hands together. This is exciting!!}

How neat! And you made the movie yourself, you said? You must be very talented, then. I couldn't even imagine trying to make one myself.

[He nods.]

Uh-huh. I'm still working on getting better, though. Maybe in a year or two I'll be able to make a movie that's over 30 minutes long! And without anything falling over, too.

{Warmly,} I'm sure that you will! As hard as Orel works, I wouldn't be surprised. Ne, but it was interesting being together for...however long that was. Did I tell you that you're welcome to come visit any time? I'd love for you to.

[Orel makes the final adjustments on his camera.] Then I'll come over sometime! Maybe after track practice if me and Doughy aren't doing anything... or whenever you're not busy, is that okay?

{Nods!}

That'd be perfect! Oh, is it ready?

[Orel nods again.]

Yep! Sit down and I'll start it.

{Diva nods once again, and obediently sits in the front row (though, there are only two rows) with a bright smile}

[And Orel plays the movie. For those interested, there is no sound, no music, the animation is choppy, it's stop motion, and the events seem to depict an awesome day at an amusement park and a rollercoaster ride. Which will end in the car falling off the track and crashing into the ground. But don't worry, everyone seems fine. Somehow. Miraculously.]

((ooc: Orel and Diva are free! But they are also best friends, so. Blue is Diva, and orange is Orel!))

Comments

[handfulofstraw.livejournal.com]

I suppose not. But there is still an indication that you've a well-trained memory, at least.

[madamemoiselle.livejournal.com]

{Compliments make Diva happy!! So she just smiles brightly, following along}

[handfulofstraw.livejournal.com]

[Scarecrow thinks and hides the thought that she's an easy creature to manipulate]

[He steps onto the ground floor and walks to the information section to find the DDC22]

[madamemoiselle.livejournal.com]

{She's easy in more ways than one, Crane. But that's a story for another day. Diva is just looking around curiously as they walk around because, seriously, she hasn't been in a library ever in like 60 years}

[handfulofstraw.livejournal.com]

[that's an ethical crime! But there we go! Crane tugs out the DDC 22 (the most recent edition of the system) and hands it to her]

I'd not suggest memorizing the designation of every book, but it will likely be helpful to know what the larger categories are if you're looking for something. The numbers should guide you for the rest of it.

[madamemoiselle.livejournal.com]

{She takes it gently, with all the delicacy as if it were very fragile}

Ah, then thank you again. I'll definitely have time to look over it, since I've been reading at night as of late. Ne, I watched movies for a while, but they get really boring at a certain time of night, you know?

[handfulofstraw.livejournal.com]

I can't say I do. I've never been too fond of television.

[mostly because Two-Face is hell to share a television with. but horror-movie marathons are hilarious fun!]

[madamemoiselle.livejournal.com]

Well, they do. I've decided books are more interesting.

[handfulofstraw.livejournal.com]

A wise decision, in my opinion.

[madamemoiselle.livejournal.com]

Of course it would be. You brought a library here, after all.

[handfulofstraw.livejournal.com]

What can I say? Books are what I love---second-most, I think, in the world. My profession, of course, takes first.

[madamemoiselle.livejournal.com]

How honorable. It's good for a man to be dedicated to his work. Well, not too dedicated, but I hope that's not the case with you.

[handfulofstraw.livejournal.com]

Anything less than dedicated is not a choice that Arkham gives.

[madamemoiselle.livejournal.com]

Oh, is he a tough person to work for?

[handfulofstraw.livejournal.com]

[a soft laugh] I meant the asylum itself.

[madamemoiselle.livejournal.com]

Oh! Of course, silly me.

[handfulofstraw.livejournal.com]

[a smile] Dr Arkham is mostly 'Jeremiah' to me. The asylum carried that name long before he did.

[madamemoiselle.livejournal.com]

Oh, really? So it runs in the family, or is that just a coincidence?

[handfulofstraw.livejournal.com]

It's not entirely coincidence. I seem to recall an inmate suggesting that the asylum named the family, and not the other way around. Completely foolish, of course, but given the nature of the place... The first Arkham Asylum was the childhood home of Amadeus Arkham. When Amadeus went insane, he was kept in his asylum, now as an inmate, until he died. The asylum passed in other hands until Doctor Cavendish, our director before Jeremiah. Doctor Cavendish found Amadeus's journal and writings and he, ahh... snapped, unfortunately. That's when Jeremiah took over. He's Amadeus's great-nephew, if I have my facts correct. It was during his run that a criminal known as Bane destroyed the original asylum - which itself had been torn down and reconstructed by Jeremiah - so we had to move to our current home on Mercey Island.

[thoughtfully] He's held the asylum longer than any director who has been there in my life...

I apologize if none of that seems very interesting. But it seems to me that the life of the asylum has always been tied both to the life of its building and to the life of its director. Jeremiah thinks of Arkham as his calling.

[madamemoiselle.livejournal.com]

Oh, no, it's very interesting. Especially because of how it came to be in Jeremiah's hands.

[handfulofstraw.livejournal.com]

[a mild expression of surprise]

Why?

[madamemoiselle.livejournal.com]

Well, that's quite violent.

[handfulofstraw.livejournal.com]

Oh, Doctor Cavendish only had his throat slit by the woman he was holding hostage. The inmates have done far worse to others. Our directors don't usually get the luxury of retiring.

[madamemoiselle.livejournal.com]

Oh goodness~ How terrible. Ne, what kind of inmates are there, anyways?

[handfulofstraw.livejournal.com]

[he leans back against one of the bookshelves as he considers his answer]

There is the general population of schizophrenics, neurotics, cannibals, and the like. Some of them are even treatable. Unfortunately, they're not what Arkham is known for. Instead, we house Gotham's... more interesting criminal elements. The Joker, suggested by some of his psychiatrists to be 'super-sane' - at best, he's a deranged prankster, and at worst a sociopath with a terrible sense of humour. [except that Crane loves the Joker's April Fools' jokes, but shhh]

Harvey Dent has a mind split through the middle, almost literally. He uses a coin to decide if 'good' Harvey or 'bad' Harvey gets to make the call. He's called Two-Face. When I was younger, he was Gotham's star DA. [and he happened to be the prosecutor in at least one case against Crane]

There's Eddie, who compulsively leaves riddles in his criminal endeavours, which is why he's called the Riddler. He can't abide by an unsolved riddle. Harleen, Harley Quinn, who acts as the Joker's second-in-command most of the time. She had a bit of a case of DID herself not long ago. Poison Ivy - Pamela Isley - is an ecoterrorist with the ability to control plant-life. There are times when she's more plant than human. The Ventriloquist, another DID case, this time displayed through a dummy named 'Scarface.' Some say Scarface is his own person, a ghost that haunts the dummy. [he pauses] The first Ventriloquist, Arnold Wesker, recently died. There's a new one, Peyton Riley. Folie à deux, I suppose.

They're all very sick people who need help, but I'm afraid the public treats them more like celebrities, some days.