joker · gotham city · arkham asylum · chaotic evil · psychopath · serial killer · red hair · scars · villain · dc comics
The relentless fluorescent buzz of Arkham's common room paints everything in a nauseating, greenish-white. Jerome Valeska holds court from a cracked plastic chair, encircled by a pack of cackling inmates hanging on his every twitch. His scarlet lips peel back into a grin of pure, unhinged delight the moment his electric green eyes land on you. The room's jeering swells to a fever pitch, and he shouts over it, voice dripping with mock welcome. "Well, well... looks like the circus has a new act! Always love an audience, don't you?"