The body crashed into the wall with a dull thud, followed shortly by the sound of a nose breaking under my fist.
I grabbed the soldier by the hair and threw him to the floor before kicking him in the gut, then turned to analyze the situation as he emptied his stomach. The fight was mostly through, with most of the hired henchmen and soldie...
2022-04-24 22:50:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe plates were set, the curry was simmering, the white rice was done, and I’d bought an unreasonably expensive bottle of red wine and some wine glasses that I’d been assured would go great with the main dish.
The floor was swept and mopped, the walls had been cleaned and every horizontal surface had been dusted. I’d done my be...
2022-03-25 17:09:27 +0000 UTC View Post“So what now?” I said, arms crossed as I sat opposite of Butcher in his office. “‘Cause frankly I’m somewhere between ‘fuck out of ideas’ and ‘scared shitless that Batman is going to steal my bones’.”
“The situation is fucked, yes,” Butchie agreed, rolling a glass of scotch in his grip for a moment...
2022-03-09 02:16:50 +0000 UTC View PostSamuel Andrés Reyes/Spider:
The call connected with a click and a, “911, what’s your emergency?”
“Hi, yeah, I have a question.”
“Uh...” the effeminate voice on the other side of the line replied. “Sure?”
“Can I make a reservation for ambulances?” I asked. ...
2022-02-22 20:54:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe building was still getting fixed up, but it was already taking the shape I’d envisioned for my club.
It was a modest building on the outside, advertised only as Dirt Cheap Cleaners. A couple machines on the front lobby, some stuff for cleaning around and a kid from around the block that I knew had been looking for a job completed th...
Consciousness came with the kindness and velvet touch of a truck to the face.
I jerked awake, which lead to the discovery that no one had had the kindness to remove the chunks of woods stuck in my body, or reset my shoulder, or apply any kind of medical attention to me. So the flinch with which I awoke aggravated everything, and pain flood...
2022-02-04 02:10:04 +0000 UTC View Post“I have to tell the police,” the driver blubbered.
“Good for you,” I said, helping my Mom out of the cab. “Tell the cops, tell the news, tell whomever the fuck you please. But keep descriptions out of it if you’re gonna mention us.”
“Wh- I can’t do that!” the driver said, “How do I know you’re not some kind of...
2022-01-26 19:51:55 +0000 UTC View PostIn restrospect, maybe she should have gone with a domino mask. A full-face thing was kinda awkward when she was ...
2022-01-26 19:50:14 +0000 UTC View PostThe smell of freshly brewed coffee and toast on
2022-01-26 19:48:35 +0000 UTC View Post“Your apartment’s fucking depressing, man.”
“That how they say hello where you’re from?”
Farah ignored my comment in favor of giving the bare walls of my apartment disapproving looks, before pausing in front of the Calamaro poster, then turning to give me an inquisitive look as she pointed at it.
...
Years Ago:
I woke up a
"Do you think he's on the take from Cobblepot?"
The sun was reaching its peak over the city. Hustlers on the corners were crying out the brand names of whatever product they were slinging, while kids sat on the stoops or ran around and played. A couple walked down the street, arm-in-arm, laughing about something, very v...
Detective Harvey Bullock walked through the doors of Butcher's Shop and pretended not to notice the way the owner's hand twitched for the weapon behind the bar before he forced himself to calm down, greeting him with a nod. It was still early in the day, so business hadn't begun yet. All the stools were on the tables or o...
2021-11-22 04:33:23 +0000 UTC View Post"God. Fucking. Dammit."
"Language," Nightwing chastised playfully, standing effortlessly on a windowsill as he grinned down from our left, twirling those sticks with the glowing ends in his hands.
Opposite to him, similarly positioned to our right, was Robin, holding a metal staff and f...
"Everyone remembers their parts? ...A'ight, then we good to get out there. Remember, first priority is your lives. Anything else can go fuck itself, but y'all gotta come back. Understood? ... Good. Synchronize watches, can't fuck up the timing on this. Let's go."
Farah, two hours before guard shift change:
2021-11-22 04:30:55 +0000 UTC
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"A'ight, I've got one," Farah said. "Jobs that you pulled through, even though it went wrong."
"Ooh, I like that one," said Billy. "Let's see... Sam, you mind if I use the Killer Moth story?"
We'd established early in the game that we had to have a different story each, since we'd worked so many times together.
I laughed ...
"I'll just have a burger. Put some of them red onions and spicy sauce on it, too." I said, handing over the cash. The food truck worker smiled at me when I put a twenty on the tip jar, but it was less kindness to the working class and making sure my food was good. Word was these motherfucker spat on poor tippers.
...
I was so busy punching an I-Beam into oblivion
2021-11-22 04:20:05 +0000 UTC View PostYou know what the hard part of dealing with Two Face is? The fact that you never know where to look. Do you look him in the eye? Which one? Do you look away? Doesn't that leave the chance that he'll take offense anyways and just shoot you?
Half of henching is surviving your boss. Never mention to Ventriloquist tha...
I woke up at around ten thirty in the morning, to the sound of my alarm and someone shouting in the apartment next to mine.
Weighed down by last night's mistakes, alcohol-based and not, I crawled miserably out of my bed and under the shower for a quick scrub down. Through my apartment's thin walls, I could hear names being ca...
