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[scaredy-crow.livejournal.com]

I've been informed that there are some dangers here at night. Would anyone mind giving me some examples?

Also, has anyone heard of a place called Gotham City?

- J.C.

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[manhattan-red.livejournal.com]

Examples? There's monsters! All sorts of them - from bats to giant hulking... things. And sometimes some of the the patients are brainwashed to turn against the rest of us.

...What, like Batman?

[scaredy-crow.livejournal.com]

Giant hulking things...are they just masses of flesh, then, or do they resemble something in particular?

If you want to think of it that way, yes. But the city isn't defined by one man in a suit.

[manhattan-red.livejournal.com]

I... don't know. I didn't get a very good look.

Well, maybe not the city. That's the name of the comic, though, right?

[scaredy-crow.livejournal.com]

Noted. Thank you.

...Comic? I was unaware that he'd attained enough fame to warrant a comic book created after him. He's quite real.

[manhattan-red.livejournal.com]

Real? What, seriously? I know the franchise has been around a few decades, but I don't think he's actually real. Are we talking about the same Batman? Funny mask with the bat ears... Bat-signal... fancy car...

There was more than a comic, I think. That's just the original. There was that really cheesy live action show in the 50s... or was it the 60s? I think there were a couple movies... maybe an animated series... One of my brothers would know more about it, but he isn't here.

[scaredy-crow.livejournal.com]

I don't believe I've seen him myself yet. The men who did are either in jail or Arkham, but they did seem insistent that he was dressed like a giant bat. I'm certain that he hasn't been around that long in Gotham, though, so it would have to be the same Batman. That is, unless the one you're talking about lived in a different city.

...And where did this sell? It's the first I've heard of it.

[manhattan-red.livejournal.com]

No, I know he definitely lived in Gotham. That was the fictional city made up just for that series. Like Metropolis for Superman, you know?

It sells everywhere. At least everywhere in the US. I came from a place rather... stuck in the past before I got to New York and even I've heard of it now. Batman and Superman are the most well-known superheroes out there.

[scaredy-crow.livejournal.com]

[The first dot is a large blot of ink, as though the pen was pressed there for a long time before writing anything.]

...I sincerely hope that either you're joking, or that I wake up soon. Gotham isn't fictional, and neither is Metropolis.

[manhattan-red.livejournal.com]

If you're dreaming, I hope I am too. I haven't told you anything I think isn't true, so it doesn't matter to me if you believe me. You asked!

[scaredy-crow.livejournal.com]

I did ask, and I apologize if I offended you. I'm just confused as to what this could mean.

[manhattan-red.livejournal.com]

Well, if it helps you any, and I'm not really the one to ask 'cause it still confuses me, people talk a lot about the patients here being from different worlds. In the physical sense.

[son-ofkrypton.livejournal.com]

You're not dreaming, they're real places.

- C. K.

[son-ofkrypton.livejournal.com]

Gotham isn't fictional. Now, I haven't been there personally, but it's a real place. And Metropolis is real too - I've been there before and it's as real as New York.

- C. K.

[manhattan-red.livejournal.com]

...Look, whatever. Maybe I'm wrong. I'd just always figured they were fictional cities.

Given my own situation, I guess I should know better.

[akarusa.livejournal.com]

I know about Gotham from comic books and TV, too; don't feel bad.

A friend of mine here knows about ME from a manga, so... keep an open mind, I guess. :-)

[manhattan-red.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure I know exactly what a manga is...

[akarusa.livejournal.com]

Uh--Japanese comic book. Sorry, I'm still not sure what translates and what doesn't!

[manhattan-red.livejournal.com]

Oh! I see, sorry. I haven't delved much into that area of geekery yet, but I'm sure my brothers would pull me into it sooner or later.

[jokers-wildcard.livejournal.com]

Pfft. You're telling me! You want danger, try meeting one of those giant white bug things they've got crawling around this joint. That thing almost ate us! These docs need some pest control stat. *underlined several times to accentuate*

Gotham? Yeah, I got transferred from Gotham few days ago. Not too many other people heard of it, though.

- *signed with a big-grinned smiley face*

[scaredy-crow.livejournal.com]

I'm not looking for the creatures, just ideas of what this place has to stay away from. White bug things, you say? Could you tell me what sort of bugs?

Transferred from Gotham? You're from Arkham?

[jokers-wildcard.livejournal.com]

Well, I couldn't really see the thing all that well. Just that it was kinda white and had a bunch of legs. The room was almost pitch black. That's the thing that really bugs me. They've got power outages every night, so you can get out of your room, but you can't see squat.

Yup! Sure is different from this place though.

- *signed with a big-grinned smiley face*

[scaredy-crow.livejournal.com]

Thank you for your information.

And indeed it is. More lax in security, from what I can tell, though with significantly more dangers.

Would it be possible to meet with you? I worked at Arkham, and was wondering if I might know you from there.

*strikes legible if one concentrates*

[jokers-wildcard.livejournal.com]

You worked in Arkham? Hmmm. *something scribbled and crossed off* Yeah, sure. Don't see why not. It'd be good to see someone familiar for once even a doc. They've got this big room called the Sunny Room or something. Can probably find me there.

- *signed with a big-grinned smiley face, this time purposely with two pig tails to serve as a possible aid*

Re: *strikes legible if one concentrates*

[scaredy-crow.livejournal.com]

I'll see you after breakfast, then. Could I get a name, to make sure I have the right person?

- J.C.

Re: *strikes legible if one concentrates*

[jokers-wildcard.livejournal.com]

Harley. Like harlequin. Be seeing you around then, doc-o. Look forward to it.

- *signed with a big-grinned smiley face*

[son-ofkrypton.livejournal.com]

I've seen really big rats. Like, far bigger than they should be. And the staff appear to change at night and out of control, with needles.

I've heard of Gotham, but I haven't been there myself.

- C. K.

[scaredy-crow.livejournal.com]

How much larger? About the size of a house cat, or larger? Also, how exactly do the staff change?

I see. Thank you.

[son-ofkrypton.livejournal.com]

It was dark, but I'd say at least getting around house cat size. The staff...I don't know why they change, but I've seen a nurse transform from a normal person to a thing, with these blades on her arms.

That's all I can remember off the top of my head, hope it helped you.

- C.K.

[scaredy-crow.livejournal.com]

Yes, it does. Thank you very much.

[captain-hunam.livejournal.com]

I've personally seen rodents and a beetle the length of my forearm-- longer for the rodents. An acquaintance of mine saw the nurses transform into monsters with his own eyes.

Never heard of Gotham, but that doesn't really surprise me.

[scaredy-crow.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much, on both counts.

[captain-hunam.livejournal.com]

A little more: the beetle had a pretty nasty bite, from what I could tell. Stabbing its... is "carapace" the word for insects?... didn't do anything, but kicking it onto its back and stomping worked. In a messy, splattered bug-guts kind of way.

[scaredy-crow.livejournal.com]

The best method to deal with insects, regardless.

Again, thank you very much.

[haiiro-no-chou.livejournal.com]

[Several old posts fell off the bulletin board during her searching, but Rukia finally located this post (http://community.livejournal.com/damned_bulletin/177546.html?#cutid1) and tacked it to Crane's question.]

[scaredy-crow.livejournal.com]

Thank you, this is very helpful.

[haiiro-no-chou.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome. Please be careful at night.

- Kuchiki Rukia

[strikeouts legible if you squint]

[wishescankill.livejournal.com]

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Isn't Gotham out of a comic book or something?

Re: [strikeouts legible if you squint]

[scaredy-crow.livejournal.com]

It's very real to me.

[wishescankill.livejournal.com]

And some people believe that Santa brings presents. Doesn't make them any saner.

[scaredy-crow.livejournal.com]

I prefer to believe in things that actually exist, though this is hardly the place to be talking about sanity.

[his-singer.livejournal.com]

Gotham? Yeah, I've heard of it. Though, I was more of a Marvel girl myself.

[scaredy-crow.livejournal.com]

Marvel? I hesitate to ask, but how did you hear about Gotham?

[his-singer.livejournal.com]

Batman is pretty well known from where I'm from. The entire universe from there is too. ... Actually, a new movie came out just last year about it. Haven't seen it, but I heard it was pretty popular.