Radiating Energy Like A Good Vibes Chernobyl

It's been cornered in an alley and nobody can get close for fear of those claws and the horrifying teeth set in an otherwise featureless face.

They are of course talking strategy to deal with an angry, terrifying unknown threat - up until Black Bat arrives and takes all of five seconds to proclaim, "Scared, not angry. Hurt."

Part of what freezes them is what Cass being able to read the creature at all means - as animalistic as it seems to them, its mannerisms are human enough for Cassandra Cain to recognize.

(Does the night perhaps end with an eldritch Thing in the batcave managing to look like it might cry when Cass offers it some of her post patrol watermelon? Yes.

Does the night definitely end with an eldritch Thing in the batcave definitely crying when Alfred brings it a plate of watermelon all of its own? Definitely yes.

what the FUCK is that

Damian, who had a name and a 'can we keep it' speech ready the nanosecond he realized the weird shadow noodle wasn't a threat:

But I want to make things more awkward than tragic, so...

Someone in Amity finally caught on that the GIW weren't acting with government approval and alerted outside authorities.

The GIW decide that the best way to prove that ghosts are mindless is to make them mindless and basically Carpet bomb the town with Fenton Ecto Supression Gastm.

this particular Fenton project was meant to be an improvement on Ecto Dejecto, but instead of weakening ghosts, it turns them completely feral.

Too bad it affects liminals as well.

Also the GIW are so terrible at ghost science they failed to recognize their entire rank and file are also liminal.

So the entirety of Amity is just Vibing while the people sent to investigate are confused as to why the town is like this.

Will the effects of the Fenton Ecto Suppression Gastroenterology go away on their own?

Or do they need an antidote?

Will they need some rehabilitation to fully heal?

That is still unknown, and what's more, the bat clan still doesn't know anything about Amity.

Nobody knows what's going on, not even Constantine knows what he's seeing…

Until he thinks…

Hey, aren't the Ancients supposed to be gigantic beings?

Why is this one so small?

And why does he behave like a spoiled baby?

Bruce: fight it.

Constantine: w h a t.

Bruce: fight it.

Constantine:

Bruce: Melon is ours now.

Constantine: B-

It was fine and all with mostly friends viewing them up until his meta gene activated. He didn't even know he had a meta gene and kinda figured any of the ghost stuff he did as Phantom would have activated it if he did have one. Nope!

His newest video started out with him wearing a red beanie, "Hey guys! You know how I just moved to Gotham a few months ago? Well, turns out I have the meta gene!" He takes a moment to let that sink in before continuing, "Most people get there abilities or whatever through a lab accident or an explosion or something and end up with like telekinesis."

"I, however, am hated by the universe and got scratched by a cat," he then yanked off the beanie to reveal two large cat ears, "and turned into furry bait. On that note if you have any tips on how to avoid Catwoman please leave them in the comments section. For my sake."

Dick stared down at his phone in shock. He needed to show his siblings this

In the meantime Danny has to deal with his channels popularity skyrocketing. "This is not what I want to be remembered for."

"joker isn't a clown. I've met real clowns. He doesn't deserve the game he gets. Honestly, overrated murderer. He deserves the death penalty. 0/10 stars."

" Catwoman? Love her work. Would not mess with her. Also, I do not want to be her apprentice. Please, help me keep her away. I don't want to be a furry on either side of the fight! "

"Harley deserves better than to be remembered as Jokers ex. He was her origin story, not the love interest. Her and Ivy are relationship goals."

The bat kids have made it a secret game to see who can be in the background of the most videos

Red Robin was about to casually swing through when the fuck marry kill was announced, missed his landing, and slammed face first into a wall

Chat screamed hysterically at Danny, who turned just in time to see him fall

Danny stares

RR stares

Chat holds its breath

Danny turns back to chat “well he fell for me and I love pathetic so I’m marrying this one. Which is he?”

Tim does not return to the manor for six months

This does not prevent merciless bullying from his siblings

Spoiler begins raining flowers on Danny mid rant whenever she sees him with love notes from “Red Robin”

Danny sees her enough times to know she’s the purple one and not actually his husband but dammit he likes a good bit so they’re partners in crime

Dick shares the fmk video from his official Nightwing page captioned “well he nearly killed one of us”

(The rogue Danny respects the most is Condiment King. He has: commitment to the bit, knows what he wants, and standards

And he gets his ass beat but keeps on trucking

He can make cat puns at any time. They are always relevant.

He once got a rogue to cry by just shouting "you've got to be kitten me!" in the middle of their dramatic speech, completely ruining their flow. Followed by a "what's the matter? Cat got your tongue?" which made them go from crying to absolutely sobbing on the ground.

Danny is of course, not at all bothered. Look, the gas barely even makes him anxious. He barely twitches. No matter how bad the strain gets.

The kitten has been pissing Joker off! The damn cat keeps dismissing his work as sub par! How dare he! Joker will show him! Yes he will! He decides a show is in order. Gotham seems to have forgotten him. ThiS is NOT acceptable!

He has to go big. Bold! Bright! Full of action! Excitement! He has the perfect plan! He starts to build a trap. One even the Bat would struggle with. Reinforced with meta safe materials. Fills it with cameras and deadly traps. He will catnap the disrespectful kitten and throw him in there! And show Gotham not to MESS with him!

It takes weeks before it's ready. Joker knows this will be a masterpiece. Even if the cat can get to the last chamber. Well, cats may have nine lives. But Joker has bombs.

Danny of course has noticed Jokers goons following him. In a fit of whimsy Danny lets himself get grabbed. This is gonna be fun. See if the Joker attacks him, and he fights back? No one can complain. Oh he won't kill the guy. That's no fun. He'll make him a footnote in history. Now he just had to remember to play his part.

Danny has a blindfold and handcuffs on as he is dragged in front of the clown. Joker stands on an orators box, in front of a concrete block. The camera is streaming live. Most of Gotham can see their catboy being hurt by Jokers goons. The city seems to hold its breath. What will happen? Please let the bats save him!

Joker: I hear cats have nine lives! I figured I would test it out! Who doesn't love science huh? Throw the kitten in the box. Let's see if Shroedinger was right!

Danny is throw roughly into the maze after his blindfold is removed. The handcuffs stay on though. Looks like he gets to show off a bit?

Danny: Oh me, oh my. Whatever will I do? Not the Jester! How will I ever survive? He spotted a camera and smirked provocatively. Hey he had to throw the clown off his game. Make him mad. See what happens.

Joker let's out an angry growl. Before calming himself down. no. no, he must not play too hard yet. He has time. He can play with his pet a bit longer. No matter how annoying it is.

Joker: Ah, naughty kitty! How could you forget ol' Joker's name? So mean to me!

Danny: Ah, but see I'd have to respect you to care. So suffer. Anyway. What's this game? May the best cat win!,

Joker: You wouldn't know a good punchline of it beat you in the face! Games simple. Get to the last room and you live. Don't die too quickly. That would be boring!

Danny grinned, fangs on show. He opened his mouth wide and bit down hard on the cuffs. The metal snapped, and he spat out the leftover pieces.

Danny: Sorry sorry. I forget you need help with your advanced age. Don't worry though Jester! I'll be able to help real soon.

Danny knew Joker wouldn't play fair. He was expecting every deadly trap a person could think of. And he was going to use as few ghost powers as possible. Still.... Best not to breathe for now. He performed a theatrical bow to the camera, complete with jazz hands. Then looked around.

This first room looked like a puzzle game. But he knew there would be a 'punchline' somewhere. Now to find the hidden trigger. Gotham watched in shock as Danny, cute, crazy catboy started to look around his cell. What was he doing?

It wasn't until he found a depression and started to pull it apart that they realised. He was being clever. Very clever. Joker didn't do obvious. Joker was evil, insane, and intelligent. Danny was not playing by the assumed rules. No, Danny wasn't playing fair. Gotham watched as he pulled apart the trigger plate that led to a gas canister. Danny looked up and winked again. He was clearly not taking it as seriously as Joker wanted him to.

Oracle had found the video and called for everyone. This would not be pretty.

Oracle: All bats available report in. Joker has Nebula. I repeat. Joker has Nebula.

Batman: Batman here.

Nightwing: Nightwing. I can be in Gotham in 20.

Red Hood: My guys are already out searching. I'll let you know if I Get news.

Red Robin: RR here. I Can help track the signal.

Spoiler: Spoiler on.

Black bat: Black bat.

Signal: Signal reporting.

Oracle: Thank you guys. Once I have a location I'll let you know. For now I am forwarding the stream. Nebula is doing a great job pissing Joker off. HE will be more volatile than usual. Nebula is also happily working his way through the traps. I don't think Joker expected him to be this handy.

Joker was angry. The kitten was good. Almost Bat good. How dare he! How dare he be this good. How dare he treat this like a game! He was looking forward to the big finale! That would show the brat!

Joker had. No idea how his pet was surviving the gas. Or how he dodged the bullets. Took apart the pit trap. Or how he passed through the poison water. What he did know was the Kitten was teaching the last few chambers.

Joker: I wonder what we are going to learn now? Cats huh, always so destructive. You give them a perfectly good enclosure and they rip it to shreds!

Danny: Well, I gotta stretch my claws! Their length has been kit-ing on my nerves!

Joker: Puns are a low form of wit!

Danny: And, explosions are too. You don't see me bitchin'

Gotham could see a muscle in Jokers jaw twitch. Nebula was really pissing him off! And somehow, he had No injuries yet! And he was in the third to last chamber.

Joker was getting more and more angry and the damn cat tore his traps apart. He was gonna enjoy watching as the cat was blown up. He grinned as the kitten got to the last chamber. No more tricks to save him. And no bats here to rescue him.

Gotham watched on hoping that Nebulae would survive the last chamber. No one thought he would though. Joker never played fair. But then? Nebulae changed the board. He started to rip the ceiling down around himself. He avoided that last room. Joker grabbed his crowbar and moved to the area Nebulae was ripping apart. Fine the cat wanted to play outside the rules? Joker would adapt!

Danny grinned as he ripped through the top and climbed out. He blocked the crowbar Joker swung at his head easily. Joker was human as they came. Slow and weak. Danny would face no issue with him. He held in and dragged the Joker off balance as he jumped out.

Joker let go of his weapon he had spares after all. Even if it wasn't his favourite. It seemed the kitten might be a real threat. How fun. How annoying. How clever. He'd never imagined anyone but a bat managing what the kitten just did!

Joker: Well well well. How interesting! You his this pretty kitty! What other tricks do you have up your sleeves?

Danny laughed and let his fangs show prominently.

Danny: Always one more than expected Jester! How else do you think I kept my mind lives huh?

Without wairing for the Joker to react to what he said Danny lunged forwards. He let his class take across the villains face and danced back out of reach. The Joker yelled in pain and rage before trying to reach him. Danny was still paying attention to his surroundings. So when he heard a good try to shoot him. He dodged, using feline grace.

Because of where they were stood? The bullet but the Joker in his outstretched arm. Joker of course screeched and yelled at his goons. This was his fight. They were to stand still and do nothing!

Danny was grinning with feral glee and cackling by this point. And Gotham? Was amazed at the sight. Their pretty little car boy was not just surviving the Joker. But humiliating him. Holy shit! Nebulae really was meant for Gotham!

Oracle was pissed at how long it had taken to find the location. And knew that the bats wouldn't get there in time to stop the fight. Not that they apparently needed to. Nebulae was winning. Easily. He was winning a rigged match with ease. And it was terrifying. To think he could do this. And simply hadn't. Because he hadn't felt any need to. His danger rating would need to be increased.

Gotham watched as Nebulae kept darting in and out of the Joker range with ease. Stealing weapons and throwing them away from the rogue. The Joker was getting more as more incensed.

Danny: Awww Jester. No need to be mad! Isn't it funny? Cat got your tongue?

Joker: Stop fucking around you little brat! And face me properly!

Danny laughed freely at that and smirked. Before answering he danced way and performed a theatrical bow.

Danny: As the court Jester demands!

Danny then got up close and personal. He grabbed the Joker by the throat and slammed him into the wall. Once he had him pinned Danny grabbed his nearest arm and pulled. He was not going to kill him. But destroy him? Oh yes.

Gotham watched in shock as Nebulae wrenched the Joker's arm out of its socket. And proceeded to do the same to the other arm. Danny made sure to damage the joints and muscles. If Joker had to spend a year or so in recovery? That was a year Gotham was free of his evil. He dislocated his jaw next. And made sure to crush it. Joker wouldn't be speaking for a while.

Once he was down Danny turned to the goons and grinned.

Danny: So. Who has my phone? Or do I go through you like I went through him?

The goons shuffled nervously. Fuck it. They were not paid enough for this. One of them three his bag over and then they all scattered. Best to be home before the bats arrived. Danny looked down at the Joker and sighed.

Danny dragged him in front of the camera and sat to the side of him. Pulling up his phone he saw the chatroom.

Danny: You guys! Thanks for the messages of support! That's really sweet of you! Now! We are definitely gonna need a Doctor for Jester here. Yes I could have killed him. But I'm not a murderer guys! No thanks. I prefer to not be in jail.

Danny laughed at all the pouring emojis that appeared after he said that.

Danny: come on! I'm gonna be in enough trouble for fucking up his arms and mouth so bad! He's gonna have to eat through a straw for months! Not to mention to to physio to move his arms again!

Then a specific message popped up.

Red Hood: If I get there first in gonna shoot him!

Followed by a bunch of cheers from civilians. And the other bats telling him not to. Danny just grinned and looked at the camera like he was doing a stream.

Danny: I'm kinda torn. Like on the one hand I hope Cuddles gets here first. But on the other? I want him to suffer liquid food for months while his jaw heals. Choices choices.

Red Hood: You're never gonna give up on the names are you?

Danny: Nah! Why would I? It's too much fun! Especially how the DadBat gets an exe error every time! Husband is fun too! And you know I love love teasing Stabby!

Oracle had to admit she was amused by what she was watching. Nebulae had a way of working the camera. He really did know how to control the mood. And he had managed to escape and take down Joker in his own. Without killing. And was now helping to calm the masses down by playing up his act. He was good. She wondered how long it would be before Batman tried to get him in costume?

Red Robin and Spoiler were first in scene thankfully. So there was no shooting of the Joker. No matter how much he deserves it. Danny of course played up the camera to keep attention from them. Moving the screen so they could work.

Danny: Husband and Mischief need their privacy! No I won't show you their gorgeous selves! I'm hurt! You want to we them more than me! Do you want to make me cry? Cause that's how you make me cry!

They could hear muffled snickering from off screen. And Spoiler apparently felt the need to back him up.

Spoiler: You just wanna keep your husband to yourself!

Danny in true form gasped as if offended and placed a hand over his heart.

Joker is going to be going through hell right now. His jaw is gonna be wired shit for months as the bones heal. So he's on a liquid diet. AnD can't talk. His arms are fucked. Danny made sure to destroy the connective tissue as much as he could. So that's major surgeries. To get a chance of them working right. And one he's stable? He is back in Arkham. Pretty much defenceless.

Danny chose to make him suffer. And he is going to. Joker is now going to be stuck in Arkham. Without his words. Without his arms. No way to save himself from his many victims that are there as well. And the guards? Will not be willing to do more than ensure he survives. If they are willing to do that. Prince of crime? Not any more!

Jason sulked for a bit, only cheering up when he remembered that they couldn’t give Joker pain medicine because he had an allergic reaction caused by the damage to his lungs. So he was dealing with healing without so much as a baby aspirin.

Joker couldn’t believe his luck.

That damnable cat had a kid.

A kid that liked to be out and about with no supervision whatsoever.

A little girl all alone in the big wide world with no one to protect her.

Oh wouldn’t it be delicious if he caught that cat boys daughter and treated that dark cat to a one of a kind live stream where he re-enacted the time he clipped Robin2’s wings.

The cat wouldn’t call him Jester after he used the kittens limbs to spell out his name now would he.

…

As Joker planned his next performance two tails twitched simultaneously.

One tail ended in a lions tuft and belonged to an Amazonian red head.

The other, white with black stripes belonged to a flaming haired hulk of a man.

Gotham was treated to the adorable sight of Nebula and his clone/daughter curled up together purring. It was becoming a common sight. Every time she visited there would be sightings so over. It became a challenge almost to be the first to find them. There were so many videos and photos. And even more of the pranks they played on each other.

Ellie had bullied Danny into introducing her to the local vigilantes. And, like her 'Father' she refused to use their real names. The picture of Red Hood with two cat Metas curled around him went viral. Especially as it was clear they had ambushed him. Spoiler had happily appeared behind the camera to moan about not being favoured with kitten cuddles.

Danny hadn't even had to introduce Robin. They were doing a stream from home. Playfully bickering, when Stabby let himself in through the window. Apparently to check she was eating enough protein. And not drinking too much milk.

Ellie: Oh! Oh! He's like Dan! All stern and grr! But caring!!!

Danny: I know right! Those two saw your latest visit by the way. They are both coming over soon.

Ellie: My Aunt and Uncle are gonna be here!!! When?! I need to be here! Been ages since all four of us got together!!

Danny: I mean. Dan just finished parole, so he's finally free to travel. And Jazz just got her doctorate. So she's looking for work.

Ellie: We should get a house together!!! I could go to college I guess. Since you bullied me into getting a GED.

Danny: Yup I did. You don't have to settle down if you don't want to. I know you love your travel blog. But! You are always welcome wherever I live!

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Stabby:..... There are more Fenton's? I wonder if they also share the mutation?

Cuddles:... I can't believe you changed my name back... Fuckers. Did you notice how he said parole? Wonder what he was done for?

RR: ..... His records are extremely spotty. But if the hero theory is correct? Well, we have no way of knowing. Could be time travel shenanigans. Could be redacted.

AllSeeing: Older sister is a medical Dr. Specialized in neuroscience. With psychiatry as a second focus. And yes. They share the gene. Apparently after Nebula got scratched the rest went to test the theory.

Purble: I love Ellie so much you guys. She's so sweet! Just as feral as her Dad.

RR: Kon subscribed to their stuff. He about cried when he saw them interact. Guys, he was so happy!!!

Purble: Do I have to tell Nebula you're leaving him for Kon? That's fine! We can marry him to cuddles!

Cuddles: Fuck no! Little bastard bites! And we've seen him chew metal!

DickWing: I thought you'd be into that!!!

DickWing: Ok... Who changed my name? I'm not mad. I promise.

ShadowSteps: Sound mad. Anyway! New stream! Kitten is being mischievous again!

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Joker groaned in pain after his latest round of exercise. It had been nearly a year. A year! And he still wasn't fully healed. Oh he was healed enough to be allowed out of solitary. But damn did his shoulders still hurt. The cat was impressively vicious. He had to wait a little longer, and then he could take the cats little clone.

Joker wanted to see what the cat would do. How far could be push him before he snapped? What would be do when he saw the mangled remains of his clone? His pretty little kitten bloodied and broken. He couldn't wait. Oh, he was going to need some help. His arms still weren't quite up to beating someone to death. But he had plenty of minions.

He'd worked with Crane and Fries for the plans to escape this time. Crane was going to release his latest strain on the prison. And Fries was going to freeze some of the walls. Making them easier to blow up. The chaos was going to be wonderful! He couldn't wait to see what happened! And then? He was going to lay low for a bit. Get everything in place for his newest pet! Couldn't have her ruining his plans like her Daddy cat!

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Danny was on edge. He knew he was being over protective. That Ellie was just as strong and clever as he was. That she could look after herself. But Joker had broken out of Arkham. And he was known for going after family members of people who pissed him off. And Danny knew he'd pissed him off. He was torn between sending Ellie off to somewhere remote and hidden, and keeping her chained to his side. But knew of he did either Ellie would go spare.

She had at least agreed to wear an alarm bracelet. One that worked on ecto. No tech scramblers would work on those. He knew, they'd tested it thoroughly. So if she was taken? Or he was? The other would know where to search first. Which took his fretting down from paranoia like Batman, to paranoia like Spoiler. According to Cuddles anyway.

It did amuse him that the local colony had decided to check in with them every few hours since Joker broke out. It was sweet, if a bit weird. Ellie had agreed not to share her location online. And he had only been streaming from home. Both had dramatically moaned to their viewers about Joker ruining their vibe. The Bats had tried to get them I to protective custody. But that wasn't going to happen. Not when they could defend themselves. Still, they did agree to the compromises. Getting shot or stabbed was in fact a bitch. Not deadly, but still a bitch to heal.

Ellie was getting restless being mostly stuck in the house, so she had wandered off to the shop. Danny was trying not to worry. Even if Joker did grab her she would be fine. But still. She was his baby! He couldn't help it. At this point the waiting was worse than anything else would be. He wanted Joker to just act already. Although, if he DID go for Ellie? There were good chances she would just rip his arms clean off. She was NOT as nice as he was... Oh well. Danny dropped his head onto his desk as Ellie's alarm went off. Of course. Of course, it would happen when she went shopping. Fucker.

He did a quick sign-off with the stream and pulled up the chat he was added to by Spoiler. Time to let them join the hunt he guessed. Pulling up the app showed the location was stationary.... She waited didn't she. Fucking brat.

Brat wanted her own chance to fuck with the clown. She was going to get such an ear full. Especially as Dan and Jazz had just got on the plane to Gotham. They’d arrive by night fall. And then all three of them could coddle the shit out of her. Make her pay for being a brat. Sending the bats the link to the location Danny grinned. They weren’t gonna know what to look at first when they arrived. Thank fuck he could get there first. If he needed to help her hide a body…

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Ellie was kinda grossed out at what this guy was saying. He wanted to use her own limbs to spell out Danny’s name? Weirdo. She grinned when she saw how affected Joker still was by what Danny did. Her template did a REAL good job fucking up the guys arms. And he had scars on his face where they had to do surgery to fix his jaw. He even seemed to not have full use of his arms yet. Going by the way he had a minion do all the moving shit. Ellie made sure to do a careful look at his arms and jaw before sending a shit eating grin at Joker.

Ellie: Hmm, Template REALLY fucked your arms up didn’t he, Jester??

Joker took a deep breath to calm himself. Part of the reason he lost last time was getting to angry. He knew it wouldn’t help this time either. He was so looking forward to wiping that smug grin off her face. Not to mention the devastation on Daddy Cat’s face. He could just see it now. What would be do in his rage?? He couldn’t wait to see!

Joker: I can’t wait to see your Daddy Cat cry little stray. Might even be as fun as Batman when I plucked the little Robin’s wings!

Ellie: Eww! You are super gross, you know that? I totally get why Template crushed your jaw. You just don’t know when to stop talking do you? That’s fine. I can teach you!!

Ellie had enough of this guys jabbering. There was nothing here that could properly hurt her. And frankly, he was boring. So she wouldn’t play along. It was easy enough to snap the cuffs holding her to the chair. The goons waiting by with bats and crow bars? Not a problem. Only issue was making sure to hit them hard enough to knock them out, without killing them really. And then the hunt was on. And this was going to be a fun one!

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By the time Danny got to the warehouse he was dreading what he was about to walk into. Ellie was not as good as him at holding back. But, he could hear her giggling. Hopefully that meant he wasn’t helping hide a body.

Danny: Kitten?? You ok?

Ellie: Hiya!! This way! You should call an ambulance!! Jester REALLY needs one?

Danny: Good to know I’m not helping hide a body!

Danny rounded the corner and sighed at the sight in front of him. Ellie was sat on a throne of tied up goons. Using the badly damaged Joker as a foot rest. His arms and jaw looked even worse than last time. And…. Danny was pretty sure legs didn’t bend that way.

Danny: What exactly did you do to him??

Ellie: Welll…. He kept being SO gross. He wanted to cut me up and spell your name out with my limbs?? And he said something about skinning me and keeping the pelt.

Danny: How very Skulker of him.

Ellie: RIGHT!! And, he kept going on about how he made Batman cry when he killed Robin. And how he wondered what you would do after. And hoping to see you cry and stuff??

Danny: We both know exactly what would happen if any of my people died.

Ellie: True. Dan is a VERY good example. So yeah. I broke his jaw again. And crushed it. So they are gonna have to rebuild it. And I crushed all his joints? So, Jester is gonna have an AWFUL time if someone doesn’t manage to kill him before he heals.

Danny: You know, I’m somehow surprised you didn’t rip his head off.

Jazz: Anyone other than Joker in there?

Ellie: Nope! Just him! All fucked up and alone!!

Jazz: Good.

Dan: He-

Danny: And you *finger turns to Jazz* just finished your degree. Are you really gonna risk the future you worked so hard for over the world's worst court Jester?

Jazz: I-

Red Hood, just arrived in time to catch that: No, no. Cat's got a point. You have lives and futures to think about. Premeditated murder tends to look bad on resumes, even if it is the Joker.

Other Bats, through Jason's comm line: Oh thank god, he decided to be reasonable today.

Red Hood: Hand me the matches. I'm already a Crime Lord with a kill count and an iron clad secret ID. Won't fuck my future up.

“You’re a Jester that claims the title of Clown Prince. But no matter your title you’re no match for the King,” Danny’s eyes glow and a flaming crown hovers above his head. That fanged grin gets wider and wider - inhumanly wider as the teeth grow sharper and clawed hands reach to finish the job of ripping Joker’s arms off

So! Cass has a Nemesis.

An Enemy that has taken all her skill and grace to defeat in the past, undefeatable by any of her peers, someone only she can defeat-

-In Ballet.

Cass has a Nemesis, named Danny Fenton. He is in a rival Ballet School, and she has only barely managed to defeat him in the past. She is awed at times by his grace and skill at the art, it is almost as if he can defy gravity itself, while looking entirely natural.

He is as good as her, and she has literally been trained as an Assasin since she was born.

In every Ballet Competition she has been in, it always comes down to the two of them. And she will not waver for even a second.

Aka

Danny and Cass are in rival Ballet school and are the aces of both teams. Danny is so good because he has the natural balancing instincts of a Ghost, and can apply that very easily to Ballet.

While I love this, what if she eavesdrops on Danny talking to Sam and Tucker about ballet

She caught him spying on her team while they were practicing, and thought he was noting down their moves to outdo them in the next contest. In reality, he was just there to see her beautiful skill.

She saw him keeping a close eye on her during contests, and thought he was just watching out for his competitors. He was just admiring her from a distance.

She had a conversation with him once where he said things like, "I wouldn't mind competing with you more" and "Your skills are just exquisite". She thought that they were just condescending comments about how he keeps beating her, but now she realizes that it was flirting...

...all those little instances, he was blatantly showing off his crush on her...

Babs: *is actually worried something BAD happened to Cass and is prepared to kill and hide the bodies* tell me what happened ok? I’m here for you

Cass: I thought my nemesis was looking down on me but turns out the had a crush on me the WHOLE TIME AND I AM NOW WAY TOO AWARE OF HOW SWEET ABC CUTE HE IS TO FUNCTION!!!! HELP!!!!!!!!!!

Danny: Do you want to go to an alternate dimension with me after school?! Its a dimension where the dinosaurs never died out and dinosaurs are kinda just dangerous pets!

Lots of Starfire!!! 🌟 I love my gal, her hair was such a joy to draw

@stealingyourbones has made some delightful food abominations, which taught me I can replace the water in bread with almost any liquid.

So I tried Miso.

The yeast loved it and frothed up super fast. Mixing miso broth with the egg and oil smelled funky. The dough didn’t rise any fluffier than usual but the texture feels good. Then I decided to roll in some black garlic and green onion. I’d add nori crumbled up but I ran out.

This is amazing. It tastes like if miso soup was solid. The flavor is immaculate. It’s just missing the nori flavor. I can add that next time because I am 100% making this again.

Yes! I love sharing recipes! @lady-jeleania

Here’s my Gma Vesta’s hamburger bun recipe:

1 Tbsp yeast

1/2 cup warm water (miso broth)

- mix together and let it froth up

1 1/2 cup warm water (miso broth)

1/2 cup sugar

1 1/2 tsp salt

1 egg

1/4 cup olive oil

- mix all together, then add frothy yeast

5 1/2 - 6ish cups flour

- mix in slowly with a fork until it’s hard to stir with the fork, then stir together with hands until it stops sticking to your skin when you rub your hands together.

- knead the dough about 10min until it starts pushing back (it gets springy)

Let the dough rest for 30min.

(I make a redneck proof box by microwaving a cup of water and quickly replacing the water with the dough bowl and shutting the door to give it a warm place to nap. Do not microwave the dough itself by reflex.)

Roll out the dough and add any flavors you like. For the miso soup bread I chopped up a couple black garlics, and a handful of green onion. Roll it up like cinnamon rolls, cut into 12, and roll each into a ball shape.

Stick in a greased 9x13 casserole dish and let the dough rise to double size. (About 40min-1hr depending on how warm your kitchen is.) (the redneck proof box won’t fit my casserole dish so I stick the rolls on top of the oven while it preheats with a dish towel over it.)

Preheat the oven to 350 and when the dough looks nice and squishy bake it for 20min.

You can brush butter on top if you want. That would look pretty and help a sprinkling of furikake stick after you pull it out of the oven. If you wanna up the miso taste you can also spread a very thin layer of miso paste in before you roll it up with the other fillings. I’m gonna try that next time.

my first time ever making buns, the texture was perfect! I enjoyed beating it up

Pointing at things and explaining what they are and how the ship works, lots of awed and appreciative noises are made.

Until one of the visiting Eridians points out a specific item. “And that?”

It’s a strange, circular thing, a xenonite disk mounted upright on some sort of pivot so it can spin freely, but around the edges it has… spokes? Pegs? Sticking out of it, that hit against a stiff flap that would slow down the spinning.

It is also separated into sections decorated with crude etchings of a human and an Eridian.

“Ah,” Grace says.

“That,” Rocky says.

“That’s. Um.” Grace seems somewhat embarrassed. “That’s the sacrifice wheel.”