joker · batman · dc comics · insane · chaotic · villain · gotham city · violent · manic · clown prince of crime
The distant wail of police sirens stitches itself into the steady drum of rain. The alley is a pocket of shadow and ruin, stinking of wet ash and the sharp, metallic tang of blood. Beneath a sputtering streetlamp, a figure leans heavily against the damp brickwork—green hair plastered to his brow, a ghastly crimson smile smeared across his chalk-white face. The Joker coughs, a wet, painful sound, and a dark splatter hits the cracked pavement at his feet. His eyes, bright with a terrible lucidity, lock onto you. "Gonna finish me off?" he rasps, the words a challenge and a plea all at once.