[network] @Spoiler; I know a killer joke [open] cw: Joker stuff?

[spoileralert]

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[ Steph is so angry she's shaking and it's obvious she's been crying, but she uses video anyway. Her personal pride is the least of her problems right now. In her hands is a notebook in which she has drawn a sketch of the Joker, done in ballpoint pen, illustrated with lime green lipstick and red acrylic paint. ]

This man, known as the Joker, is wandering Norfinbury under the name "Jack White", username "gravedigger". He is armed and incredibly dangerous, responsible for the deaths of thousands in Gotham city and elsewhere, as well as for billions of dollars in property damage and almost a decade of terrorism. He is a psycopath who tortures, maims and murders for fun.

Be aware that he is fully capable of fighting without weapons, and has improvised weaponry in the past.

Do not engage. Do not try to take him down on your own. If you see him, run. If you can't run, aim to kill. I cannot stress how serious I am about this. He will kill you. Any of you, at any time, for any reason.

Comments

[brickmaster]

Sounds like two's bad enough.

[Just saying. The "hopefully" does not exactly inspire much confidence.]

Any ideas on what to do if we do get cornered?

[spoileralert]

You can pray, if you're the praying type. Otherwise? Fight like your life depends on it, because it does.

[brickmaster]

Kinda figured that out for myself.

[Not really the praying type, nah. And that isn't exactly all that helpful, by itself.]

So what are we talking, guns? Knife? Any idea what this guy's packing?

[Cause that's information she can use.]</small.

[spoileralert]

Pistols filled with acid and a blade at the least. I wouldn't be surprised if he had other weapons, but I think if he had a real gun he would have used it.

[brickmaster]

Holy shit. This guy doesn't fuck around.

[Acid? Jeez. And Ellie thought some of the ways that Joel dispatched bandits and clickers were gnarly.]

Not like I'm planning to run at him or anything.

[Seems pretty stupid to her, honestly. Unless you really had to.]

[spoileralert]

No, he really doesn't. Just be careful, okay?

[brickmaster]

You don't have to worry about me.

[It's mostly reassuring, with an edge of the kind of confidence that comes a lot from experience. And maybe a tiny bit of cockiness. A tiny bit.]

This isn't the first time I've run into assholes like this.

[spoileralert]

Until 3 months ago I'd have said nobody's like Joker. I just hope you're right.

[brickmaster]

Well, I mean I doubt I've ever run into anybody with an acid water gun before, but something tells me nobody here's ever run into a Bloater either.

[Point being each of them had their own set of nasties to deal with back home.]

[spoileralert]

Probably not, since I have no idea what that is.

[brickmaster]

And that's actually a good thing, trust me.

[It's actually so bizarre. Infected not being a constant threat around here. Instead there's anomalies and assholes but... well that's normal.]

[spoileralert]

I don't doubt it, if you compare them to guys like the Joker.