Bruce Wayne is due back to the office on November 2. He knows something is planned to welcome him, and if he is honest with himself, he accepts that he has missed that part of his life, even if his reality is centered around the cape and cowl and Bruce is the real costume ( Read more... )

Arkham is in bedlam. Everyone is sick...except for her. Her guards have collapsed. she sees disgusting humans choaking for breath everywhere. It warms her.

It's time to leave.

The door opens which little effort she makes her way down the hall. the sound of weezing and gasping covers the noise.

Ah, Arkham. Crane hesitates to call it "home," but after so long here... both as an employer and as a patient... there is a certain level of familiarity. Thankfully, he knows this time, he shall not be here long. But before he can leave ( Read more... )

::Alan has his own ways of keeping an eye on Gotham. He promised Bruce he'd guard his city and that's just what he intends to do. No one will be harmed on his watch. He focuses the power of the Starheart and begins to stretch his consciousness using its power. Suddenly, in small hidden crevices and nooks throughout the city, appear hundreds of ( Read more... )

Scattered tools of his nights work can be seen around the room in the abandoned building he has been using as a workshop. In one corner are a pick and shovel covered with fresh earth with gloves and boots saturated with liquid and mud flung beside them. On the table where he's been working are several newspaper clippings and lists. Special ink and ( Read more... )

Hello, Mr. Tetch. I'm Dr. Banfield. I've been assigned to your case.

Case? Case, mace, place, face ... you cannot face what is in this place.

What is in this place?

Fear. Horror. Terror. Laughter--the most frightening of all. Or perhaps memory is.

What do you remember?Many things. Of shoes and ships and sealing wax, and cabbages and ( Read more... )

"Why did you leave me Mother? Dee...Dee...Dee! I was the good son. The Bat was the bad soon. His son served your cause. Why are the elder gods so upset with me?"

Aggggrrrgh! "Where is my Pepsi? This is Coke. Doctor Destiny does not drink Coke! Twenty pieces of chicken! TWENTY PIECES OF CHICKEN! What do you mean they canceled Joan of

The Huntress strides back and forth, occasionally kicking at a tuft of grass.

"I'm a goat. Great. Hang a bell around my neck and make me eat garbage. Send me over a bridge to annoy a troll. Baaah."

*An impeccably-dressed man stands in front of a group of criminals, thugs and supervillains. His black hair is slicked back, and his goatee is neatly combed. Behind black hornrimmed glasses, steely eyes scan the crowd ( Read more... )

The zombie army is marching on Arkham. Batman tells me that he and Robin will handle the defense of the asylum, but I think he could use some backup. Nightwing, that means you. I've also called in Gypsy and Katana, but their ETA is still a couple hours away ( Read more... )