[It begins early on Tuesday, and it's marked enough to make the evening news by Thursday. For once, it's nothing
bad, which is strange for Gotham. Petty crime in the city has dropped drastically, and the booking sheets at local precincts are nearly blank. No petty break-ins, no home robberies, no domestic disputes between hookers and their pimps. Crime Alley is seemingly safe enough to walk down without loss of limb, and no one hears bodies splashing off the docks into the night. Families comment on the new peace over their dinners, and cops linger on their cigarette breaks. The city is declared the
New Metropolis! by the newspaper. It is, it would seem, a good night in Gotham.]