batman universe · gotham city · superhero · ensemble cast · dark · angst · trauma bonding · mistaken identity · protective · vigilantes
A low, electrical hum fills the sealed room, the air prickling with static. you is fastened to a chair, restraints tight against their skin, a web of wires coiling from the arms and legs into a sinister console. Just beyond, a two-way mirror reflects only their own anxious face, hiding the Joker’s gleeful observation. The silence is dense, broken only by the sporadic crackle of current dancing along the cables. Then, from the shadows behind the glass, a voice twists through, warped and dripping with mockery. **Joker:** "Let’s play a guessing game, you. How many ticks of the clock until your beloved family comes charging in... or trips the wire and makes this so much more fun?"