The second the lights were down, there was the unmistakeable sounds of a scuffle on stage. Yelling erupted in the crowd as the men guarding the door were overpowered by numerous audience members, vigilantes and civilians included.
Rising above the commotion came a voice that did not belong to the Joker: “Owww, I thought stage floors were supposed to be soft!”
The lights came back up, revealing the puppeteer face-down with Detective Dick Grayson’s knee in his back. It was Chuck Brown, also known as Kiteman, and he was promptly handcuffed and hauled to his feet.
“Well hey Kiddo, normally I’d be happy to see you but I’m kinda in the middle of something right now, so if I ca - ARGH!”
Before Chuck had the opportunity to finish his sentence, Jason Todd’s fist connected hard enough with his nose for him to feel it give. “Where is he!” He hauled back for a second punch but it never had the chance to connect before Kiteman was hauled backwards and out of his reach.
“Stop!” Dick pulled Chuck back to block him from further injury. “Handle the men with guns. He could still be here.”
Chuck tried to speak again, croaking out a ‘hell yeah’ as a dribble of blood dripped from his mouth. “Heeeeeeey.” He grinned weakly. “You fight good. Think Ol’Chuck’s gonna be seeing stars for a’week.” He chuckled a little. “No Charlie.” He waved his hand feebly. “M’good. Mr. Joker said he rented a theatre so I could put on a show for my boy. He loves puppet shows, are you all here to watch too? Or did he forget to pay the fee?” he asked, blinking a little more, vision clearing as he tried to look around, “He’s usually real good at paying people back?”
The gravity of the situation was clearly lost on him, even once Dick started reading him his rights.
As Chuck rambled and Dick went through the process of arresting him, the very vigilantes named by Joker searched for the clown. Instead, they discovered only another piece to the puzzle backstage. It was a recording of Joker reading the script that the puppet show had been following, which made one thing painfully obvious: they’d been had.
THEATER (SEE ABOVE FOR DETAILS OF EVENTS):
M’gann M'orzz, Billy Kaplan, Lucifer Morningstar, MJ Watson, Quentin Quire, Stephanie Brown, Jason Todd (originally was at the docks), Dick Grayson (DETECTIVE & ACTING COMMISSIONER, SCPD), Barbara Gordon, Damian Wayne, Tim Drake, Cassandra Cain-Wayne, Chuck Brown, Linda Martin, Venus/Felix, Zatanna Zatara, Michael Jon Carter, Susan Storm, Peyton Riley, & Peter Parker.
STAR CITY MUNICIPAL BANK: Through the efforts of civilian vigilantes, the SCPD, and NOVA's Jihl Nabel, the hostage situation at the bank was resolved with no reported deaths or serious injuries. Sudden resistance from the group of hostages gave responders and heroes outside the opportunity to intervene. The masked assailants have been taken into custody and all hostages released after questioning.
Flox (hostage), Adrian Veidt (hostage), Luna Maximoff (hostage), Steve Trevor (hostage), Anton Satan (hostage), Rachel Van Helsing (hostage), Cassie Lang (hostage), Bucky Barnes, Clint Barton, Conner Kent, Evan McCulloch, Jihl Nabel (NOVA AGENT), Thor, Peter Quill (COP, SCPD), Diana Prince, & Natasha Romanoff.
THE DOCKS: The situation resolved with several casualties, but only among known criminal gang members. The missing dock workers were recovered frightened but alive inside a locked shipping container. Multiple individuals are wanted for questioning regarding the shooting deaths. All those still present on the scene were held at the police station until they could be reasonably cleared of charges.
Kate Bishop (COP, SCPD), Kara Zor-El, Arthur Curry, Barry Allen, Bobby Drake, Dinah Lance, Lorna Dane, Slade Wilson, Ororo Munroe, Remy LeBeau, Rose Wilson, Shuri, Zachary Zatara, Sarah (Marrow), & Eddie Bloomberg.
CASCADES PARK: By the time backup for Officer Chris Gates and paramedics were able to break onto the scene, the total number of gunshot victims had risen to an alarming six. SCPD Officer Chris Gates, District Attorney Foggy Nelson, and civilians Roy Harper, Wally West, Bryn Delacroix, and Jon Kent were reported to be suffering from gunshot wounds. No casualties have been reported and all victims have been transported to Star City Memorial Hospital. Multiple vigilantes and civilians responded to the scene and were able to overpower the assailants, distracting and subduing them long enough for responding officers to apprehend all suspects on the scene.
Josh Foley, Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Loki Laufeyson, Scott Summers, Foggy Nelson, Roy Harper, Emma Frost, Gar Logan, Jamie Madrox, Kurt Wagner, Pepper Potts, Wally West, Wanda Maximoff, Jono Starsmore, Pamela Isley, Bryn Delacroix, Chris Gates (COP, SCPD), & Jon Kent.
NOTE: About the power inhibitors: Even though the event is over, the entire city will feel the effects from the inhibitor test for the next 48 hours. The new inhibitors do not only target mutants. Any and all characters who are not fully human will be affected by the inhibitors. In short, they are all humans now. If you have any questions or need clarification, please contact the main!
This concludes our event! Any new threads must occur after the events in this post. Thank you so much to those who have participated in this event! As always, if you have any questions, please direct them to the main!
