The shape of a perpetrator

[mari_grayson]

The Titans have assembled in the conference room. Nightstar picks up a copy of the note she and Grant were given by Yuri Ivanovich Mediev. "Okay, so Oracle confirmed there's nothing funny about the note itself. That leaves us with the message."

Mankind will soon assume its proper place. I should think that you would assist me in this endeavor,

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[_nightwing_]

The physical descriptions we've gotten can't be considered an absolute, since it could just have been a disguise. We also can't afford to rule out the obvious - the wording and attitude sounds close to that of Ra's al-Ghul - yeah, I know, he's dead, offically, but that really doesn't mean much where he's concerned.

If not him, then perhaps someone who might share his worldview on mankind's "place".

He considers.

Naturally, it doesn't have to be a male, either. The man witnesses saw could simply be a proxy. This doesn't fit the typical MO's of a lot of the usual suspects, but it wouldn't be beyond the scope of someone like, say, Scarecrow for instance.

[mari_grayson]

"'Mankind's place,'" Nightstar says slowly. "Does that mean mankind is expected to survive? Poison Ivy or Jason Woodrue talk about how humanity's place is in the compost heap."

[clear_thinker]

"It also seems there are enormous financial and scientific resources involved - though anyone with the former might be able to acquire the latter."

[_bird_of_flame_]

"So, we're down to the 'rule the world' sorts, right? There can't be that many of those." Not that Bette really knows. Sure, she's read all of the files but she remembers the people she's dealt with in person better. "One of those rule the world through subjugation or.... what?"

[mari_grayson]

"Is 'remake' the same as 'rule'?" asks Nightstar. "I can't tell if this person is picturing himself--or herself--as being in charge of this brave new world, or what." She waves a hand. "Maybe we should just focus on the 'how' rather than the 'why.'"