As the end of the year, December 31st 2012, comes to it’s explosive conclusion, yet another group of doomsday fanatics forewarn about the impending apocalypse, but no omen seems to be more definitive, perhaps, than the sudden succession of what is now being coined “Insanity City.”
In an announcement made to the general assembly, Mayor Quincy Sharp of Gotham, declared Arkham Asylum "unfit to contain criminals" and converted an entire part of the city’s underdeveloped, industrial areas to an open area, police-state to which it has been officially named “Arkham City.” Such an unprecedented militaristic movement has diminished the boundaries of the city by one-third it’s overall girth, leaving it’s citizen’s concerned of the threat beyond it’s fifty foot steel walls.
Despite much controversy, Mayor Sharpe has ensured the public that Arkham City is a secure area focused on rehabilitation, stating; “Arkham City will have it’s own security patrol, social services and health care. Once criminals have proven they are no longer threats [to] society they will be considered for release.”
Arkham professionals, however, remain unconvinced. Doctor Timothy J. Burton of psychological and neurosciences tells the Planet that “over eighty percent of Arkham’s patients are diagnosed sociopaths or psychopathic personalities, of which there is not a high recovery rate.” What’s more, the doctor warns that because psychopathic personalities tend to blend in with society, often seeming rather charming, successful individuals, patients could easily integrate before dangerously relapsing.
“Because of their characteristic manipulativeness and lack of empathy, left to their own devices, Arkham's psychopaths could not only pose a threat to Gotham, but a serious threat to themselves. The results would be catastrophic- a blood bath the likes of which has never been seen.” Because of Burton’s deep convictions of cataclysmic proportions, the doctor has submitted his resignation from Arkham services.
Tonight's fireworks will set off, but no flashes or bangs will be louder than those on the Sprang, Trigate and Robert Kane Memorial Bridges. These are the final stages to the succession of Arkham City and the last connections of the police-state to Gotham City. As of midnight tonight, these bridges will be expunged with barrels of the FBI’s explosive of choice, C4.
The question of the night still remains will Gothamites be celebrating the end of the new year with glasses of champagne and noisemakers or casting their eyes to the riverside, baring their windows and doors, wary of their new neighboring ‘Insanity City?’
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