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[File>patrol footage>12/09/19>00:42:56]
It is nighttime in Gotham City. The sky is dark except for the flashing of airplanes and helicopters above the slightly bustling city. Street lights cast shadows on near empty sidewalks where brave Gothamites hurry from where they have been to where they are going. Instead of stars, lights from windows in multi-story skyscrapers dot the sky. Somewhere in the distance, Gotham’s lullaby is playing: sirens.
The view is clearly from a rooftop, empty except for the usual units and laundry lines. Directly ahead is a large gap for the street and then another building’s roof, empty as well except for a lone figure, sitting on the far ledge, a laptop open in front of them.
Suddenly, someone comes into view. A girl, developed but age undetermined due to the half-mask covering her mouth and nose. She wears a full body, heavy duty, purple combat suit. Around her shoulders is a purple cloak of similar material. A hood is pulled over her head but blonde hair can be seen escaping the sides. Her eyes look directly at the camera, and despite the fact that half her face is obscured, it is obvious she’s smiling.
“Ready?” she whispers, tone a mixture of mischievous and excited.
“All set,” comes another, slightly deeper whisper. A male- young but not too young- behind the camera.
“This is gonna be gold,” whispers the girl. The male behind the camera snickers in agreement.
Turning to face the other building, the girl cups her hands to her mouth and shouts, “Timmmmmmmm!”
The figure on the other rooftop- Tim- looks up from where he had his head bowed into the laptop. “What?” he shouts back.
“Timmmmmmmmmm!” the girl shouts again.
“What?” he shouts in return.
The girl and the male behind the camera pause to snicker again. “Timmmmmmmmmmmm!” the girl shouts across the sound of cars below, voice full of poorly concealed mirth.
“What?”
“TIMMMMMMMMMMM!”
“What?”
“TIMMMMMMMMMMM!”
“WHAT?”
" TIMMMMMMMMMMMMM! ”
“WHAT?”
There is increasingly uncontrollable giggling from behind the camera, which shakes from the unsteady hand of the amused holder.
“ TIMMMMM- aghh!” The girl is stopped in her shouts by a sudden attack: a veggie sandwich to the face. The force knocks her backwards a few staggering steps. The camera holder is frozen in silent shock as the sandwich falls from the girl’s face- revealing wide eyes- and a short figure swings into view.
“How imbecilic can you possibly be, Spoiler?” the short figure snarls. “You know better than to use names in the field! And you!” They turn to glare at the camera. “I surely expected better than this from you, Signal. You both ought to be thoroughly ashamed of yourselves. I lost a perfectly good snack because of your thoughtless, careless idiocy!”
The camera turns from the child, who stood with fists on hips and a disapproving scowl on their lips, to Spoiler, who stared in shock at the child before turning to the camera, eyes impossibly wide.
They were reminded of their audience when, from the other roof, Tim’s shocked voice asked, “Did they just-?”
“Yeah,” Spoiler shouts back in disbelief.
“On purpose??”
“I don’t think so,” Signal, still behind the camera, replies loudly. He sounds on the brink of laughter. “I think it was coincidence!”
Spoiler starts laughing. It’s loud, and pure, and delighted. Signal begins giggling with her, uncontrolled and free. The camera shakes and pans across the roof at random as its holder loses himself in mirth. From across the street, Tim can be heard guffawing on the other rooftop.
"Shit, I’m fu- I’m fucking crying, holy shit,” Spoiler cackles. “K-kid, you’re th-the best.” Wiping her eyes and attempting to calm down, she looks back at the camera. “ Please tell me you got that.”
“I got it,” Signal laughs, steadying the camera once more. The child is still standing, arms crossed and scowling, in front of the lens.
"I demand you tell me the source of your amusement,” they order.
“For sure, D,” Signal agrees, a smile obvious in his tone. “Just give me one sec and I’ll explain it.” The camera view flips to show a young man with dark skin, yellow armor, and a bright smile. In the background, out of frame, Spoiler can be heard beginning the explanation.
“So there’s this show-”
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