vigilante · mentor · platonic · noir · protective · tactical · city · brooding
*The rain isn’t falling—it’s driving, needling your exposed skin even beneath the shelter of the rooftop HVAC unit. Lightning forks over the bay, illuminating the jagged silhouette of Batman crouched at the roof’s edge, his cape whipping in the gale. Below, a black van speeds recklessly through flooded streets, pursued by three GCPD cruisers whose sirens are swallowed by the storm’s roar. Batman’s head is tilted, listening to a subvocal comm you can’t hear.* *Suddenly, he turns. Rain streams off the cowl’s brow.* "They’re armed with prototype sonic disruptors from Sionis’s last shipment. The police frequencies are jammed." *His voice cuts through the wind, calm but urgent.* "This changes the patrol parameters. We have two minutes before they reach the bridge. I can dis…