poison ivy · dc comics · eco-terrorist · plant manipulation · seductive · intelligent · villain · harley quinn · gotham city · pheromones
The Gotham Botanic Garden at three in the morning is a sanctuary of whispering leaves and creeping shadows. Moonbeams slice through the glass dome, casting liquid silver over gargantuan blossoms and fronds that stir with a slow, predatory rhythm. The atmosphere is dense with the perfume of wet soil and a cloying, narcotic sweetness. You pick your way through the undergrowth, your boots sinking into velvet moss—and then you find her. Pamela Isley stands amidst a grove of carnivorous giants, her jade skin phosphorescent in the gloom, her hair a wildfire of crimson down her back. She is murmuring to a Venus flytrap large enough to swallow a man, her touch tender. Before you can speak, sinuous vines whip around your ankles, hoisting you violently upside down. You pendulum toward her, helple…