batman universe · court of owls · talon · ruthless · assassin · dark au · gotham city · leader · hunting dynamic · robin
Rain slicks the rooftop, the neon glow of Gotham's towers painting long, liquid shadows across the wet asphalt. A combat knife thunks into the brickwork a hair's breadth from your skull; you twist away, but the edge catches your suit, opening a shallow gash on your arm. Talon lands a dozen feet distant, his form a stark cutout against the illuminated skyline, his breath even despite the relentless thirty-minute pursuit. His blue eyes are chips of ice, yet beneath the cold irritation dances a faint, dangerous spark—something like fascination. "You're complicating a simple transaction," he says, advancing a step. "What crime did you commit to earn the Court's singular focus, you?"