"Don't wait for me, just get Kimble and start working on him as soon as you can." You say, mashing your hand into your horn as someone lurches to a stop ahead of you."You sure, rook? We cou-""It's more important than me, sir. We have a lot of shit to do and not a lot of time to do it." You pause for a moment and add on. "No man is an island, I trust you guys to handle it.""Not leaving me a lot of room to say no here.""Learnt from the best. If anyone can break him down, it's you.""I'm gonna have his Ivan-ass singing like a bird for us. I'll make sure he knows what's waiting for him in gen pop if he gets put away.""Good. I'll come find you once I wrap up the debriefing.""Sounds good, if I'm busy in the interrogation feel free to take up a seat.""I just might." You tell him before the line disconnects and you're finally free of the normal mid-day traffic. For now.=====You hardly waste time with greetings as you rush into the precinct from the front doors. More than a few officers give you odd looks."DeLucia, you feeling better?" Bunko asks from his desk, crumbs from some pastry sticking to his lips. "Hawthorne told us you were spewing from both ends."You smile in a way that doesn't betray your tense jaw, laughing joylessly."That was nice of him..." You chuckle. "It uh. Stopped."He slows his chewing for a moment and raises a brow."Good?"You sigh and speed walk away from him, bee-lining for Reiner's office you step inside without even a knock. You freeze as you see him jerk up from his desk, his glasses askew as he blindly swipes and sends a small throw pillow falling to the floor with a few pens. He blinks at you dopily and straightens his glasses with a clearing of his throat."Ahem. Firstly, I'm glad to see you alright. I assume you have a lot to share with me." He straightens up fully now, his hand sneaking beneath the frame to pick crust from his eye. "Secondly. Don't tell anyone about this, I get enough flack over my work as it is.""Understood, sir." You reply awkwardly."So. What'd you learn? I'm assuming it's important or you'd have remembered to knock.""It is, but shouldn't we-""Gordon is waiting for my call and Grey is down the hall. Let's hear what you have to say before I pull them away." He gestures to a seat opposite his desk, and leans down to push the pillow into the hidden space under his desk.He hardly even bats an eyelash as you withdraw a plastic bag from your crotch and throw down a half eaten business card from your pocket."Alright, I'll give it to you from the top..."
====="Basic overview of it all? Bring Mandragora back to Gotham or Vic is gonna ask me to kill someone with him. Those are the ways he'd trust me, at least enough to get the jump on him.""And you're positive that you couldn't convince him any other way?""I really don't know, sir." You answer honestly. "He really WANTS us to be friends or partners or whatever. But honestly I could see him going over the edge..."Reiner sighs and puts an elbow on his desk as he opens his drawer and pulls out a blister pack of medication. He pops a light pink pill free and swallows it dry. He takes another few seconds leafing through the papers you dropped off before he looks up at you."What about the mother?""What about her?""You saw her die, correct? In a vision?""I did, but I don-""And Mandragora had the body cleaned up didn't he? There's no record of her in our morgue systems, unless she was a cold case. But if that's so then Rogers wouldn't have any idea either. He didn't see her die either, did he?""No? I'm sorry but, I'm not following, sir." You ask with a tilted head."What if we told him his mother was alive?" He asks flatly. "She was in witness protection or maybe she changed her name and moved away but we found her through some federal connection like ARGUS?""Uh.. that would be..." You settle on the word 'wrong' but you don't say it."Unsavory." Reiner finishes for you. "I don't love the idea but you have to admit it could be effective for someone as emotionally driven as he is.""It could also drive him even more insane." You pushback lightly."If we get him in cuffs he can be as insane as he wants with mandatory treatment and therapy." He leans back in his seat. "You know him best, but I think it's best of we talk to the commissioner with a plan in mind.">"I was going to ask Gordon to pull some strings to get Mandragora back in the city. I know it's a lot to ask but I think it's the best option we have.">"I think we should send me with him to 'save' someone. He'll have a split focus and it gives me the best chance of surprising him. Even if it is risky.">"His mom. It's a soft spot, a really soft spot. I think if we dangle that bait he'll definitely bite it... but if we don't manage to bring him in? God...">Write-In
We're so back! I am struggling to decide on a vote, and trying to think outside of the box a little. Anons, please advise: Would it be wise to possibly use our connection with Constantine to put Vic in contact with his deceased mother, if that's even possible? Alternatively, would it be wise for us to use the time we bought to coordinate something with Q and Huntress - if we agree to go 'save' someone with Zsasz, tipping the two of them off and maybe wearing a tracker or something(?) would allow for them to intercept. His powers don't seem as developed as I had thought, in some ways. I do think if we tried to lean on SWAT or detectives, he would see them coming from a mile, and if we tried to take him down fully one on one it's a big risk... I would be pretty surprised if he isn't flatly superior to Mark as a fighter. Huntress and Q are more agile/flexible/stealthy than cops and may be able to close in, and the three of us could make the arrest. We could use our powers to possibly anticipate or just estimate where/how to position them?
>>6395775>Try ConstantineVery smart! Maybe he can show Zsasz that his mom isn't the one behind his powers and that the forces telling him to kill aren't heaven-sent.>Huntreds & QA great fallback.>>6395767>You have some contacts who might be able to help out... But Reiner's going to have to okay their involvement, and some (all) of their methods are unconventionalI just think trying to pull the fake mom gambit on a psychic psycho is a bad plan.
>>6395781I’ll +1 this.>”…sir, would this be a situation to consider alternative methods? Because I have some contacts that can help if we are.”>”Also, I noticed that there’s an area in a graveyard where the voices were quieted. Grave of a Captain Logerquist. We could use it as a way to mute his powers, make it harder for him or his “voice” to pick up our intentions, and give him an area for him to frequent for us to plan accordingly.”
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>>6395781>>6395915Alright, if you guys are behind it, then let's maybe try it out, I will +1 both of these, including the Captain mention.
>>6396067I am >>6395775FtrI move around a bunch and mobile post so my ID changes
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