Batman hadn't been in the Hotel long, but he'd already had a very disturbing encounter with the Joker, even within the context of typical Joker encounters. Rather than dwell on it, he's trying to solve the problem of who's behind this, the better to liberate everyone else. None of his rogues' gallery have the finances or power to set this kind of
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He leans in a doorway, arms crossed--fully dressed this time--fixing him with a hard stare. Hard, warm, and quiet. Just one disturbing encounter? Oh, that just won't do. And how could he act that way. After all they had, ha ha.
"That's not very nice, Bats."
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"You've had your fun."
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Joker raises his eyes to him, deep, meaningful, harsh, "Stop." He leans his head back. "Down, boy."
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"...what have you done to me?" His brain rapidfires through the possibilities. An alliance with the Hatter is looking more and more likely. Maybe something in his cowl, while he was unconscious.
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"I said 'fancy seeing you here'."
He looks a bit tattered and torn, costume-wise, although after his own encounter with the Joker he's lucky to still be alive. The layer of sweat and grime that had clung to him before, during and after was nothing that hadn't been fixed with a hot shower (and about a decade of mental suppression). But otherwise, he appears to be in fairly good spirits. No point in dwelling right? Let's just catch the bastard responsible for all this.
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Bats has a guess.
"What happened."
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Dick opens his mouth, and what he wants to say, what he actually wants to tell Bruce is that the man doesn't wanna know. But for whatever reason, that is not what comes out and in hindsight neither does it feel entirely unnatural to say it. "The Joker." Still, that doesn't make the truth any easier to swallow.
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Ordinarily he'd figure out which way the demented clown went, but this is a...unique circumstance, all things considered.
He pauses a moment, staying in the shadows, expression blank. "Are you all right?"
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She looked away for a moment at the menacing look. "I merely asked if you are the person they call the Batman."
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"...Starfire?" Younger than the Tamaranean he knows. Inter-dimensional travel always makes this kind of thing guesswork.
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Really, she didn't know the reason she was shocked that he knew her. Robin was always a more than competent detective. His mentor would keep tabs on him.
"Yes, am I. Have we been acquainted before?"
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He frowns, feeling oddly obligated to answer her question fully, "I don't think so. You look a little younger than the one I met."
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Hmph. Oh, well.
"I'm Moloch the Mystic," he says with an elegant bow. "Don't worry if you have trouble remembering it now. You will after tonight... But first, how about you tell me the name of the man behind that mask?"
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"I'm Batman."
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'Bruce.'
A female voice whispered in Batman's mind. It would sure startle the man. After all, it was a well kept secret.
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A batarang appears in his hand, and he runs briefly through a mental suspect list, interweaving it with the poem. Only one way to be sure, though.
"Show yourself."
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Stepping out of the shadows, she smiled.
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