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narrative: one short of a flock. [Oct. 31st, 2008|02:28 am]
ex_gothamite392
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The resolution of the Robin serial killer, taking place in Mid-October...

After the connection between the two dark-haired teenage male victims has been established -- they both were represented by the same acting agency -- the GCPD went to work, combing through all the client's files and finding any teenage actors that fit the physical description even remotely. Several phone calls later, one teenager was apparently missing -- Zack Weston.

Searching one of the bedrooms of the deceased teens, Detectives Driver and MacDonald came across a big tip -- the business card of Gotham Gazette journalist Simon Lippman, who had been frequenting Central for this case due to the photos that were leaking with his articles.

Quick to find Weston before he turned up somewhere dead in a Robin costume, Montoya and Allen track Lippman down and arrest him for murder. MacDonald and Driver brief the other detectives about canvassing neighborhoods in search for anything to find Zack Weston before it was too late.

In one of the interrogation rooms, Captain Sawyer herself accompanied Montoya and Allen in the questioning of Simon Lippman. He stuck to his story -- he wasn't going to give up his source for the photographs and claimed to have no connection to the murders. Eventually he tried to explain that he didn't even know the source of the photos, that they arrived anonymously and that half the department has his business card so that finding it in a kid's room was nothing special.

A freelance journalist came up to the front desk of the MCU squadroom, asking to speak to Detectives Driver and MacDonald. Stacy tells him that that can't happen -- until he showed her Zack Weston's school identification card. Immediately she called Driver and MacDonald and the man told them they have the wrong man in interrogation.

As it would turn out, this journalist by the name of Dunning just wanted to give Lippman a front seat to an exclusive story -- the confession of the Robin killer.

That wasn't it though. In interrogation with Montoya and Allen, Lippman pressed him for the truth -- if he had lost his fucking mind. But Dunning said no, he was completely lucid. He had planted the business card so that Lippman would be here for this. But Dunning wouldn't confess to anyone but Batman -- this was to be his entrance into that world.

Captain Sawyer and several of her detectives debated the point until she went down the hall to Commissioner Gordon's office. Soon enough, Gordon told her to get Stacy to meet him on the roof. As a civilian, she was the only one who could turn on the Bat signal.

They did not have to wait long -- before they knew it, Batman was behind them, lurking in the shadows. Gordon and Detective Driver explained the situation and the only thing Batman told them to do was cut the lights in the interrogation room.

Dunning got what he wanted -- a visit from the Bat. However, it did not come without a price. Outside the interrogation room, the detectives listened in over the intercom to Batman's interrogation -- violent and sporadic they struggled to make out what Dunning was trying to say until they get the piece of information they need -- Zack Weston was in the boiler room of Dunning's apartment building and the address. Captain Sawyer immediately dispatched Montoya and Allen while Dunning continued to whimper after Batman, asking for understanding. But Batman was gone.

A couple uniformed police officers took Dunning away for processing. Zack Weston was found in the East End apartment building and returned safely to his family. Lippman got an exclusive statement for the story and managed to make the MCU look good in the process. Stacy even managed to get Detective Chandler's gun back with the real Robin's help before the wrath of Captain Sawyer could fall on the squad room over the fact that Batman took her duty weapon.

It might not have been an entirely happy ending, but it was the best one available.
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log. robin and spoiler [Sep. 28th, 2008|10:35 pm]
ex_thirdbird712
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SUMMARY. Tim stops by Stephanie's house before he has to go out as Robin. They hang out for a little bit and she tasks him with a very important mission... give cookies to Batman?

Did you write notes on them? )
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narrative: just another night. [Sep. 18th, 2008|04:04 am]
ex_gothamite392
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In Old Gotham, Gotham's rich and bored are hosting yet another charity event -- this one in preservation of a historic building in the same neighborhood. But of course, the reason for the event never once enters conversation while they wine and dine.

In Gotham General Hospital, Bruce Wayne occupies a private room and flirts with the nurses who came to check-in on him. If it were up to him, he would have been out of here days ago -- but Lucius Fox and the Board insisted he take it slow and come to check on him everyday.

In the East End, a mugging goes horribly wrong when the woman tries to fight back. Her body is found slumped against a dumpster, huge welts in her chest where the muggers shot her. Uniformed officers of the GCPD comb through the crime scene.

In Park Row, Dr. Leslie Thompkins shakes her head as she patches up Killer Croc. He had shown up at her clinic and obeyed her one rule to receive treatment -- do not bring violence or trouble into her clinic.

Down at central headquarters, the receptionist Stacy heads up to the roof for some fresh air. In the shadow of the Bat-signal, she stumbles on detectives Romy Chandler and Marcus Driver making out. They swear her to secrecy.

From the Clocktower, Oracle communicates to Nightwing and Robin on the field, making sure to cover the ground lost during Batman's little sabbatical.

In her Old Gotham apartment, police captain Maggie Sawyer gets a good night of sleep after having to wait at Goodwin International Airport for her girlfriend Toby Raines' delayed flight from Metropolis.

At Wayne Tower, Lucius Fox works late, personally pouring over resumes of qualified candidates for a new position at Wayne Enterprises -- as Bruce Wayne's bodyguard.

In Robinson Park, Poison Ivy takes one last look at the orphans she rescued earlier this week. They are curled up on a bed of leaves. The plant coverage expands and flourishes to give them more privacy.

Welcome to Gotham.
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log. Robin and Spoiler [Sep. 15th, 2008|11:00 pm]
ex_nospoiler167
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Summary: [backdated sometime last year] Robin learns what it's like to be the one that's followed.

You know I'm not supposed to have anything to do with you. )
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log: batman & robin. [Sep. 14th, 2008|04:04 am]
gothamcrusader
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summary. [approximately 2 years ago] On a quiet night, Batman would rather go chase Catwoman for kicks. He... tells Robin to go do something else for a little while.

I'll meet you back in the cave. )
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log. huntress and robin [Sep. 13th, 2008|08:01 pm]
ex_thirdbird712
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summary. Backdated about a year ago, Robin is sent to tail Huntress for Batman. Unfortunately, Robin sees Huntress do something that he doesn't like and decides to do something about it. ...And then run like hell.

I don't appreciate being followed )
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log | richie grayson and tim drake [Sep. 13th, 2008|12:18 am]
flownthecoup
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SUMMARY | [backdated to early into Tim's training] Richie stops by Wayne Manor and finds Tim falling on his face a lot in the Batcave. Richie shares some of his expertise.

That's his helpful suggestion. Don't look before you leap. )
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