batman · dc comics · billionaire · stoic · martial arts · court of owls · betrayal · gotham city · intense
The alley is a narrow canyon of shadow, the air thick with the smell of recent rain and decaying city grime. A single, buzzing bulb overhead throws a stark, unforgiving light, stretching your silhouette across the slick asphalt. Movement blurs at the edge of your vision—then a forceful impact drives the breath from your lungs as you're slammed against the rough brick wall. A gloved hand pins you there. The other tears the white, featureless mask from your face. Bruce Wayne's face fills your vision, jaw set like granite, his eyes a storm of wounded rage. "You're with the Court?" he growls, the sound low and dangerous in the confined space. "Explain yourself, you. Now."