[73] - [Voice]

[doctor_j_crane]

Dr Jonathan Crane. [A pause.] I would be particularly interested in individuals that used to be on the barge, if any of you are out there.

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[doctor-j-crane.livejournal.com]

Yes, he is. The Joker is as well.

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[hub-of-hush.livejournal.com]

Then I hardly need to explain what mutual interests we share.

[Private]

[doctor-j-crane.livejournal.com]

Quite. The Batman is more or less responsible for my current predicament on the barge. What did he do to you?

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[hub-of-hush.livejournal.com]

I have known the Batman in both a professional and personal capacity. He has cast his shadow over the entirety of my life, and I won't rest until he lies dead at my feet.

[Private]

[doctor-j-crane.livejournal.com]

Personal? Please, don't tell me you think he's Bruce Wayne. That was his disguise on the barge.

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[hub-of-hush.livejournal.com]

Was it now... how very curious. How were you able to deduce this?

[Private]

[doctor-j-crane.livejournal.com]

He was pretending to be Bruce Wayne for an extended period of time. It was rather ridiculous. As if anyone would seriously believe that Bruce Wayne could be the Batman.

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[hub-of-hush.livejournal.com]

Ridiculous.... yes, I imagine it was at that. Was he the Batman you are familiar with, or a different one?

[Private]

[doctor-j-crane.livejournal.com]

It's hard to tell. He certainly had similarities to the Batman I knew.

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[hub-of-hush.livejournal.com]

It's a pity my work here in Gotham must take priority. It would be an interesting experience to visit this... 'Barge' of yours.

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[doctor-j-crane.livejournal.com]

Well, if you came voluntarily you'd be here as a warden. Which is a far superior experience to being an inmate.

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[hub-of-hush.livejournal.com]

A warden? Hm. I'm not entirely certain my career lends itself to such a role... perhaps my experience in neurosurgery will impress this 'Admiral', or perhaps I can simply send some costumed cretin or another aboard to act as my agent. I imagine Lock-Up could transition quite seamlessly into such a position.

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[doctor-j-crane.livejournal.com]

Well, considering the rather low bar for doctors here I'm sure that would be enough to qualify you as a warden.

I'm not entirely sure what this Lock-Up is. Some form of organization, I take it?

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[hub-of-hush.livejournal.com]

Ah, but that just gives you free reign to do as you wish, does it not?

Not hardly, my dear Doctor. He's just another one of the badly-dressed halfwits that have overrun Gotham like a circus act in my world. I take it from your confusion that they have not yet begun to infest the Gotham you call home.

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[doctor-j-crane.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't know.

No, they haven't. We've only a handful.

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[hub-of-hush.livejournal.com]

What an interesting contrast. This reticence doesn't become you.

Perhaps that's for the best. True maniacs like Two-Face and the Joker are an acquired taste.

[Private]

[doctor-j-crane.livejournal.com]

I met Two-Face on the barge for a brief time. He seemed relatively sane at that point.

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[hub-of-hush.livejournal.com]

That's the trouble with Harvey. He can seem sane enough. But never turn your back on him.

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[doctor-j-crane.livejournal.com]

What happens when you do that?

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[hub-of-hush.livejournal.com]

He lives up to his nom de guerre.

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[doctor-j-crane.livejournal.com]

That he does.