video → voice || no, he's not naked.

[reformedrogue]

[ The video feed is sideways, fingers fumbling with the device as someone tries to get a grip on it. ]

Oh god. Oh my god. I'm back. Wow. I'm back. ... Crap. I'm back.

[ There's a flash of bright neon orange as the device rights itself awkwardly. ]

Uh. Oh, damnit.

[ The picture resolves into an ashamed-looking Hartley. He's always been skinny,

Comments

voice;

[enigmaestro]

[Oho he caught that. Maybe because it's such a familiar sight... Or used to be. Have a dry tone, compliments of Riddler.]

I thought you favored green.

voice;

[reformedrogue]

Ah, well, you know how it is.

Nice to hear from you, Mr. Nygma.

voice;

[enigmaestro]

I suppose so. It seems you're closer to my time of departure than before. It was all over the papers, you know.

Always a pleasure, Piper.

voice;

[reformedrogue]

Infamy at last. I seem to have a real knack for getting speedsters killed. No wonder the Flash hasn't been to see me.

voice;

[enigmaestro]

I'm sure it's on his to-do list. Right after solve world hunger and achieve universal peace.

voice;

[reformedrogue]

Hah. We were friends. Good friends. And now that the kid is alive again, he should have been able to verify that I didn't kill him.

voice;

[enigmaestro]

Oh, pardon me from insinuating otherwise. No doubt the fact the boy was resurrected--weren't there many? That's what Ivy had mentioned--would revoke the fact that he was killed in the first place.

But don't mind my take. I'm an investigator first and foremost. Murder is murder.

So are you busy?

voice;

[reformedrogue]

I wouldn't mind doing the time if I'd actually done the deed.

I need pants first. Which I may be getting from Mr. Stark.

voice;

[enigmaestro]

Mm, well, my heart bleeds.

... My deepest apologies.