@symbolburdened || ❝ no. you’re wrong ! this is just some sick joke . you’re lying ! ❞
{ ⛓ } – SPREADING FALSEHOOD was for those who had something to HIDE, and bare, unadulterated terrors lay weaved throughout the truth. Children believed in monsters skulking about within the darkness, but refused to acknowledge the more logical realities outside of their creativity. Jonathan was no exception to the rule – once the facts were unearthed, and the being of Batman’s FEARS merely supped on that reaction, delighted in the boy’s ignorance, as it made it all the more FUN to taunt him with. To PROVOKE. It didn’t matter the universe, that child never changed, nor learned.
CLARK’S INFLUENCE. An advantageous fact that strung the corners of deranged, reddened lips upwards, smile even more prevalent throughout confident features. Like Father, like son, and Laughs held both arms out by his sides to offer an arrogant shrug – acknowledging Superboy’s fruitless attempt to decipher the One Who Laughs. DELUSIONAL negation shifted power to the former vigilante, growing indiscriminately until he stepped up to the boy, the distance shortening between them. However, he maintained a radius, assuredly enough that a certain ORE couldn’t effect Jonathan as he spoke up, “ Never seen black kryptonite, have you? ”
The SOURCE of Superman, Superboy’s and Supergirl’s inevitable, and grotesque demise back on his world. An object invented purely to subjugate a Kryptonian’s conscience, and contort them into murderous savages. To the point they KILLED one another, and one Lois Lane within the crossfire. A fond memory, but attention returned to the youth, as a hand withdrew into Laughs’ jacket, throwing caution to the wind. “ A good detective needs proof of the crime. Let me introduce you, Jon. ” The madman hummed with jovial intent, and fished out a blackened piece of kryptonite within an alabaster grip.
DANGER emanated from the item alone, and the stone was twirled amidst fingers, entertained by the circumstance he’d forced Jonathan into. A threatening gesture, as a nail tapped against the surface of the object. “ I always carried a piece of kryptonite on me as Batman in the case of an emergency. Should Clark, or one of you lose your way. Some things don’t change. Heh. ”
