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metalogs2022-07-13 07:49 pm
thelastlaugh) wrote in metalogs2022-07-13 07:49 pm
Aw shit, get your towels ready it's about to go down
Who: Tim Drake - mostdangerousbird, The Joker - thelastlaugh, and everyone else joining in.
What: Joker Plot Wrap Up
When: July 4
Where: Lake Michigan/Chicago
Content Warnings: The usual Joker jerkishness, near drowning
The Joker had left some hints as to what he was doing, but then he always left a few. He's not like the Riddler, compulsively trying to get caught.
But the Bat can't show up to play unless he has directions to the party.
In Gotham, a situation like this, the Joker would want the Bat to have to choose between a Robin and a city to save.
Still, the group figured it out in time to actually try and save both.
But they'll have to work fast.
mostdangerousbird, The Joker - thelastlaugh, and everyone else joining in. What: Joker Plot Wrap Up
When: July 4
Where: Lake Michigan/Chicago
Content Warnings: The usual Joker jerkishness, near drowning
The Joker had left some hints as to what he was doing, but then he always left a few. He's not like the Riddler, compulsively trying to get caught.
But the Bat can't show up to play unless he has directions to the party.
In Gotham, a situation like this, the Joker would want the Bat to have to choose between a Robin and a city to save.
Still, the group figured it out in time to actually try and save both.
But they'll have to work fast.
The Escape - Closed to Batfam
[There are multiple ways to figure out where the Joker is heading, whether it's a helpful overflight spotting his boat or tracking down some of the resources he used to get several tons of fertilizer and hacking shell companies to figure out where a private dock has been rented. Or, his actions can just be predicted. If he's started up a base in Central City, he'll want to get back home, and come back through the port nearest the city.]
[In any case, the Joker hasn't quite gotten away.]
[ooc: Please keep to one thread. This is locked to Batfamily. It will start with Jason Todd and then Batman will come in. If you want to also toss another batfam member in please coordinate with the others in the plot.]
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That didn't mean Jason was idle though. There were still things to do while in Central City. He knows Central City's criminal underworld well enough by now to have heard some rumblings about the port nearest the city.
So without telling anyone, Jason's gone off to stake out that port. He's lurking in the dark on a warehouse's rooftop and watching for the Joker's boat]
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[Especially as the Chicago waterfront and nearby areas evacuate.]
[Shell companies within shell companies are easier to dig through when they're all clown and gag related names. One of them has a purchase that matches the price of an escape speed boat. Another involves the rental of a pier so it's private property no one else will come near.]
[He hops up onto the pier from the boat with a spring to his step. He's not sure the bird brat is dead but even if he isn't, that trauma might even consume his entire being like it did for the zombie Robin, with his rootin tootin shootin crimelord act that drives the bat, well...utterly batty.]
[And while he won't be pleased when he finds out about the boat, an entire city will still have been terrorized. All in all, a fine day's work, and a fantastic starting honk on the nose of this new world.]
[The mooks aren't too bright, though; they don't see the bigger picture, how the whole things a win even if he loses.]
["Uh boss, how are we gonna know if the boat did its thing?"]
Because of the great big gaping hole in the waterfront of the windy city that'll be all over the news, you idiot. The press loves a good pointless tragedy! Especially when the kiddies are involved.
[There are an awful lot of children at the intended target. This is on purpose, of course. He wanted to start things with a bang.]
Always a showstopper! [He twirls in place and clasps his hands together in a mocking gesture of thinking something is precious.] Wee little babes, learning the hard lessons of the world for the very first time. Doesn't it bring a tear to your eye?
[He wipes an imaginary tear away, as if moved, and his expression drops to something far more sinister.]
For the first half second anyway. After that, they won't be able to learn anything at all.
[He laughs ones of his cackling laughs, at the joke no one else seems to get: the joke that is the empty world and the pointlessness in it.]
[His mooks look distinctly uncomfortable.]
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No more elaborate plans. No more putting on a show for anyone. It's simply time to kill the Joker.
Jason takes out one of his desert eagles, aims at the Joker and fires his gun three times]
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[No erratic dodging that somehow gets him out of the way, no suddenly noticing Jason and using some kind of gag weapon to throw off his shot.]
[He goes down with a surprised gasp. He stays down.]
[His mooks panic, take out their guns, and start shooting in Jason's direction.]
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[Eh, he did what he could on short notice. He hasn't been in this world long. The fact he's managed to build up some murderous capital already is pretty good all on its own.]
[So it doesn't take much to get the Stooges down. When Jason eventually comes out from behind his cover...]
[The body is gone, a trail of blood leading out into the warehouse.]
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Still holding his gun, Jason follows the blood trail into the warehouse. He's well aware he could be walking right into a trap but there's not much of a choice. He's so close. He can't afford to let the Joker slip through his fingers again. Last time, he made the mistake of letting his emotions get in the way with the pathetic hope that Bruce would finally do the right thing.
No. He knows better now. If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself]