#scriddler implied

Jonathan: So you're Eddie? Eddie: I am... if you want me to be.

While Ed temporarily lives at Crane's, like, low-profile-ish (please explain him finally he can't be low-profile while going shopping with Selina on daily basis and robbing stores occasionally in situations like

Selina: I don't think you should pay more for the luxury brand

Ed: but it's shiny *wink-wink*

Selina: but it's shiny *sigh*)

So while Ed temporarily lives with Scarecrow he just refuses to go down to the basement where Johnathan normally works on his toxin and just chills sometimes with a good (questionably) book and a questionable drink like a cheap ass coffee with pumpkin spice and a ton of whipped cream and also a splash of liquor he’s made himself (Ed’s never tried any of them thinking they might be cross-contaminated with the Scarecrow's toxin, but just for the context, it's usually seasonal-fruit-infused vodka). To be honest, Ed's afraid of the stairs leading to the basement as there's no light at all and, c’mon, it's Scarecrow's home, you can imagine a lot of scary things hiding in the darkness. 

So once Johnathan forces him to grab a flashlight to see there's nothing to be afraid of.

It doesn't help at all as Ed sees walls with shelves full of jars full of creepy things! Human eyes and rats with two heads and snake jaws and bird talons!

“Relax, they're fake.” Johnathan says.

“All fake?”

“Well, most of them. That's real.” He points at a liver piece floating in formalin with a card on the jar: “foie gras”. “And this one.” He points at an egg with a half-hatched wet-looking chick. “And this one, and this, and—”

After all Ed's even more concerned as he can't know for sure which jars contain real things and which contain DIY’s, and honestly it's a concerning shit as well: who the hell and why makes these… exhibits. 

On the other hand, Selina goes down to the basement with no worries and drinks Scarecrow's liquor with him from his favorite skull-shaped glasses, and Ed's like: “Hey guys, it's past Helloween! It's March, guys!” He can't get it's always October as Halloween’s your whole vibe.

Johnny boy

Fanart for @canadian-riddler‘s amazing fic Road Trip