Jailhouse Rock (but not too hard or it'll fall down)

[mostdangerousbird]

Who: Robin/Tim Drake mostdangerousbird and open. Can also be used as a sort of mingle for your own toplevels.
What: A massive jailbreak of lowlevel, non-meta criminals from CCPD headquarters, after Loki removed all the walls and cage doors.
When: On a clear December night, during the mistletoe mania.
Where: Downtown Central City
Content Warnings: Please keep the damage minimal and the takedowns non-lethal.


The Central City PD are located downtown, taking up a lot of valuable ground with a stupid architectural design that wastes as much space as it does money.

It's normally foreboding griege brutalism, but everything is looking a little Jetsons at the moment. The sections were the cells are? Don't have any damn walls left. Or cell bars. It looks like something out of the Jetsons - floating concrete and rebar discs for floors and roofs. Pipes spraying water out and up and everywhere because the walls are gone. Don't worry, you won't get shocked because all the wires are gone too.

Those inside the building will have to make do on emergency lights (if they're in an area that still has walls). The circuit is obviously so badly damage that it's stopped working - a too-smart-to-be-a-cop secretary very quickly realizes the danger of an electric file and trips all the breakers on purpose.

The prisoners? About a third of them immediately make a run for it. Another third move away from the open walls, but sit quietly with visible hands because this is crazy, suspicious shit and they are not going to make it worse on themselves. The rest wait to see how far the first runners get and begin peeling off in small groups in the next two minutes.

The missing walls and bars will reappear at dawn like nothing ever happened, but there’s no way of knowing that.

Comments

[robintohood]

Never said that. We talked about Batman and Robin before.

[qualityfriend]

Why are you so slagging stubborn? What's the point of keeping up the pretense? You're not going to convince me you're not involved. Especially with how uncurious you are about Cass's role. I don't even need to know everyone's hero names. I just- want to know who I can trust.

[robintohood]

[There's a short pause as Jason considers this. Dana makes a fair point and assuming her Gotham is anything like his, she could use the assurance other Gothamites are around to help if she needs it]

Hypothetically, if I were one of these costumed weirdos, it's still better that you know as little as possible about that kind of stuff.

[qualityfriend]

I know. That's why I've tried to avoid finding out civilian identities. But when they're all in one place like this, and there are so few possibilities-

That's why he told me in the first place. Because I'd catch on sooner or later. And knowing helped. Between us, and so I'd know when there was danger and what was most important to protect.

[robintohood]

[Jason nods]

Seems like it's a double-edged sword having that knowledge if you're not careful. Any hero from any alternate universe can drop by but the Confluence can drop off villains too.

[qualityfriend]

[She nods back, a small tight movement.]

It was one of my first fears when the Joker showed up. Especially as when he attacked us in our home universe, I wasn't expecting it. Didn't understand why, either, until- my boyfriend explained. It was a relief to know that this one didn't seem to know who he was, but I knew that if he ever figured out, he'd probably come after me, as a way to hurt him.

[robintohood]

[When it comes to the Joker, Jason can't help but be grim]

Hence why you gotta be careful. And sometimes, some questions are best left unanswered for your own sake.

[qualityfriend]

I know. But not knowing enough can be dangerous, too. If I'd known what the Jokerz attacking us meant, I might've been more careful.

My boyfriend's gone now, so the Joker might not have any reason to target me. But if he does, I'd like to know who I can turn to. Especially the ones who want him gone the most.

[robintohood]

[Another pause]

You can trust here. The people you mentioned before? You can turn to them. You can turn to me too.

[qualityfriend]

[She gives him a relieved, honest smile.]

Thanks. I won't press more. And I won't tell anyone else without your permission. All of you.

I should probably tell the others. So they know. Gotta imagine you guys like knowing everyone who knows.

[robintohood]

[Nods]

It's important we keep track of that stuff, even if you only know some details and not our codenames.