piteous is the fool that will wear a crown of thorns and call them jewels . in a city full of backstabbers, psychopaths, and caped crusaders, it’s a wonder there’s anything left worth FIGHTING for . she’ll take what she can get if it means she can have a taste of SWEET revenge . it’s been a long time coming, and she wonders if he’s beginning to CHOKE on his words .
a pillar of smoke billows out from a worn down hideout the two mad lovebirds used to occupy in east end . it’s a warning, a threat of what’s to come if he doesn’t back down, but weapons are already LOADED, and those walls she once broke down for him have long since been rebuilt . IMPENETRABLE .
crowds gather on either side armed to the teeth, ready to STRIKE down anyone that throws the first punch . she smiles at the thought of it being either one of them .
“ oh, but i do . this city ain’t big enough for the BOTH of us, j . y’know that . . . “ ──── painted tiers curl into a serpentine grin, prodding fingers in his chest dare him to make the first move . ( i’m going to kill you, even if it means dragging you down with me . ) ──── “ besides, nobody even LIKES ya anymore . those goons of yours’ ?? how much did y’have to pay em to die for you tonight ?? i got LOYALTY on my side . . . what do you even HAVE anymore, puddin’ ?? “
there’s something dark about his gaze as it falls to the one he’s once lavished in his own perverse kind of affection. she has been a distraction to his greater work. his greater conquest. his greater bloodshed. it’s what he told himself when she was gone. he swore beneath his breath as she remarks upon the cost of the loyalty ---.
‘ isn’t it FUNNY ---- you talking about LOYALTY. ‘
he’s angry. and that doesn’t truly happen often. the joker enjoys toying when his opponents. he enjoys mindless raging against his enemies. but both require his mind cleared of petty things like hurt, betrayal -- and anger. he does these things because he wants to. because he has a plan. but now ??? now he will merely react.
teeth snap ---- a macabre grin on his snarling lips. ‘ you talk to ME about LOYALTY when you got the big bad batman playing along??? what’d you do??? promise him what he really wanted ?? me?? ‘ he’s lashing out now -- throwing flippant verbal blows, they’re not well planned, they’re not even well thought out. they are merely childish anger that expresses itself.
‘ how long do you think before he’s BORED ???
after all ---- didn’t he get to TRY the dessert before he’s
had to PAY for the meal??? don’t you think he’s going
to get tired of BABYSITTING YOU?? ------ i did. ‘