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Heart Game: Talon

Was it this late when you stepped into the Game Tower...? Now the sky above is dotted with a few scarce stars, occasionally obscured by some light cloud cover drifting by. Most of the night sky has been washed out by the bright lights of the city which, by the way, is spread out far below the rooftop that characters find themselves on. There's a faint buzz on their phones. When checked, the screen shows a Game Notice:

Win Condition:
1. Locate the True Heart
Or
2. Leave a Lasting Mark

The skyscraper towers high above the streets, easily dwarfing any other building in sight. The city is some dozens of stories below, and the sound of the wind rushing by is louder than anything that can be heard from the streets. Occasionally the wail of a siren pierces the distance, but it's easier to spot the lights of an ambulance or police car zipping through the roads than it is to hear them. If you look closely enough, and for long enough, you might notice figures in the distance leaping between buildings, sometimes in pursuit of a siren or with an emergency vehicle trailing in the distance behind them.

The roof itself is expansive—the building must take up the better part of a city block, judging by the space available up here. A helipad (sans any helicopter) takes up the entirety of one side of the roof, complete with what looks like a freight elevator for moving things from the roof further into the building. The elevator itself has a keypad lock on it, but a staircase entrance beside it has no obvious lock in place.

The rest of the rooftop is empty save for a small, hooded figure perched atop one of the parapets along the edge of the roof, feet dangling over open air.

[ OOC NOTES:

1. Powers are on. THIS INCLUDES CANON POWER SETS.
2. Characters may keep any equipment they had on them when entering the heart, but there is a risk it will be taken away during the run. However all equipment taken will be returned when you exit the heart.
3. Significant changes/damage to the heart will reset each time someone new enters an area for the first time. For example, if Bob kills the sentry at the entrance of the heart, the sentry will respawn for Sally when she arrives. This way everyone can experience the different areas.
4. CAVEAT TO THE ABOVE: exceptions made for anyone specifically going through the heart with a partner(s), or anyone who requests to react to damage that's been done. The goal here is to allow everyone to have fun in the heart at the end of the day. ♥ ]

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For real?! Fuck! I coulda sworn I saw you being a real dick!

Guess I was wrong though. That's good. You ain't want that sorta shit hanging over your head.

[ The sleezeball raises his hands placatingly. Look how regular and not at all criminal he is! ]

Yeah, yeah, you're right! The straight and narrow, that's the life for me now.

[picks fingernails with a knife idly]

Everyone can change.

Sometimes you get possessed by demons and kill a few guys but.

People can change.

My therapist says that anyway.

[ The guy laughs with an edge of panic to his voice while the woman, who has stopped her panic entirely now is trying to edge away out of "Griffin's" field of vision while he's distracted ]

Demons...? H-Heh, that's a new one. Don't think we got any actual demons here in ol' Gotham.

[she may leave]

Weird.

Hey you oughta consider some therapy. Good for everyone.

Gotham really ain't a therapy kinda town, buddy.

Hey pal!! You can't fucking get anywhere by giving the fuck up either! If you can get enough guts worked up to steal you can get enough guts to better yourself! Why the fuck waste energy on the one that'll get ya popped upside the head by the guy in bat cosplay!!

Don't think about how the fuck I know what cosplay is!!

REAL MEN LIKE ANIME AND ARE OKAY WITH IT ACTUALLY I AIN'T ASHAMED. VEGEENA IS MY BEST GIRL AND I COSPLAY AS HER HUSBAND BOOMER WITH MY GIRLFRIEND AND ITS BADASS

[ Sleazeball guy has no good response for that. What's he supposed to say to that? Who the hell is Boomer???

He gapes for a long minute

and then just pulls out a knife. this is too much for him today ]

I dunno what kinda speech that was supposed to be buddy, but y'lost me on it.

Was just asking if you like anime.

Who actually watches anime?

You're missing out!

On some loser named Boomer?

His wife can blow up entire planets he's living the sweet life.

What kinda fucked up monster blows up whole planets?

A purse can be like a planet.

But look I gotta go. You keep on the straight and narrow.

No promises, man. A guy's gotta eat.

[ he is at least putting the knife back up ]

DEMON BOY AWAY!

[SMOKE BOMB!!!!

drinks an invisibility potion to move further down the street to the HEIST]

[ The heist has escalated into a hostage situation, oh no!! But while B was busy stopping the purse snatching, one of the local vigilantes has already arrived on the scene.

Unfortunately it's Red Hood who, perhaps, is not the first choice for dealing with a violent hostage situation. He's decked out with his full-face red helmet, one hand resting on the butt of his own gun while he's arguing with the police to get them to pull back ]

[good thing I'm invisible

slipping past the police quietly]

[ Red Hood turns his head for a moment to follow B's path, but...if some weird invisible kid with Bat tracking on is sneaking by, that seems fine. He turns back to keep distracting the police.

Inside the jewelry store, it looks like one of the criminals has grabbed a poor store clerk who is really not paid enough for this at all and is using her as a human shield while the pair of crooks try to convince the police they should definitely let them escape ]

[hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

you know what

going to get behind something sturdy and

imitate that creepy laughter he heard from the BAD STREET

maybe also get down on the ground flat too these fuckers have guns]

[ Well.

Good news: That's definitely caught the attention of the criminals. They've turned their back to the police entirely to look wildly around for the source of the laughter, guns drawn in alarm. The store clerk wisely takes this chance to get the fuck outta there.

Bad news: It's definitely caught the attention of Red Hood who's given up on the police entirely now and is charging into the store with his guns drawn, so good move getting the hell down. ]

Where the fuck are you, clown?!

[99 voice]

IT WAS JUST A JOKE DONT TAZE ME BRO YOU TAKE IT FROM HERE

[ Red Hood's ignoring the crooks to point a gun in the direction of that voice, bellowing in his terrible, tinny, modulated voice ]

DON'T JOKE ABOUT THAT FUCK!

I didn't know it was an issue!

Saved the civilian and that's all that matters!

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