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[occupygotham]

 Ah, very good mundane. I see you've decided to place your allegiances to the side more appreciative of your voice. It's an amusing devise that you've accomplished here, one I hope will shine light on the darker corners our dear Gotham is so intent on hiding.

There is always power to be found in the citizens' hands, after all.

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[sword_obsession]

((OOC: Well Azrael isn't an idiot. The sword he has allows him to have 98% of Bane's physical strength. So he can match his punches almost perfectly and take them as well. Bone-breaking is less likely unless Bane looks at his own limits and how to manipulate them.))

Alright since we're agreed.

[He sprinted forward intending to land a solid punch to his chest just to show he was not to be underestimated. If the hit connected Bane would certainly feel that despite the size difference Azrael was his peer when it came to strength.]

[gallowshumorist]

The world needs a bit of, ah, shaking up. Everyone is so worried about money and looks and other stupid, pointless shit, you know?

I look at society and I know that anyone with half a brain went crazy long ago. Honestly, anyone who isn't hopelessly corrupt should be with me. It's kinda sad how many good people keep trying to work within the system long after the system broke.

[occupygotham]

Though certainly not an enemy.

[occupygotham]

Power does so often become defined by the monetary. A pity, but a grave oversight by the citizens of Gotham that can easily be rectified by its removal.

Good, I find, is a matter that is subjective. As is innocence. And justice. So many abstractions to be found in a society that prefers the concrete. The irony almost supplies itself, don't you agree?

[gallowshumorist]

They've made money into a god. Everything they do, they do for it. Pathetic, really.

And they only pay lip-service to their goodness anyway. Drop a little gold in front of them and they'll kill each other.

Ever heard of, ah, Dunbar's number? It's why civilization is doomed, you know.

oh man I love your Joker <3

[occupygotham]

Civilizations larger than two-hundred and thirty, at the very least. Which is why intervention is required to correct the monoliths.

Thank you! I see him as a good guy who took too close a look at society and snapped.

[gallowshumorist]

Of course, the intervening people have the same problem. Plus, the only cure for corruption is to not want anything. And the enlightened people, the ones who really don't want anything? Don't want power, either.

No one who wants to rule should be trusted. Basic fact. And no one who can become a ruler should ever be allowed to do the job. *He sighs.* Now me, I can take or leave power. I just want people to think a little. I'm a philosopher. I want people to think about more than money and sports and fashion. I want to reopen Plato's Academy, I want sports talk to be replaced by Socratic dialogues--I want to give civilization a good, ah, good shaking and see what happens, that's all.

[terminates]

The Bat clan would tell you something different.

[inmateincharge]

Don't have the patience for teaching, I'm afraid. Besides, it's so much funnier to see 'em scrambling around like chickens with their heads cut off whenever I show up!

[barsad]

[ A nod. Hope, he keeps close; he may think little of the squabbling mass of humanity, but he believes it can be better, and while that hope can be cruel, it also can be kind: allowing him to do the atrocities he does and still shine. ]

[felinefemme]

( she's going to bristle at that one. but hey, she has to stay calm. )

You don't know anything about me. And if you're so smart, why weren't people thrilled by your New World Order in Gotham, huh? Why did you fail?

[big_blue_boyscout]

Thankfully. But you're not off the hook, not yet. You still tried to kill millions of people, and I can't just let you walk away.

[occupygotham]

Such boasts, yet no action. I believe in this domain, you are at a loss.

[occupygotham]

There is, of course, leading by example. I understand that birds travel in flocks.

[occupygotham]

Still, a pity to be removed from Gotham just as it was beginning its...re-imagining.

[occupygotham]

Oh, I imagine I can understand a great deal about you. Your personality is not all that uncommon if one knows where to look for it.

Fail? There was no failure to be had in Gotham, Ms. Kyle. Only the fires of liberation. Does not a solitary flame serve its inherent purpose?

[occupygotham]

Clan, you say? An interesting prospect for the man who forsook his brothers.

could definitely see that! you have the voice down awesomely

[occupygotham]

I'v always found Plato's writings to be a bit dry, myself. A man so situated on elitism can only establish similar teachings that corrode the value of the populace. And, as it goes, the illusion of power invites its overthrowing.

Nevertheless, it is an admirable pursuit. One quite wasted on Gotham, if I am correct in assuming you are a citizen of the city.

[occupygotham]

[ he allows the punch to hit, but not directly as he shifts a bit to the side. mainly due to curiosity and also because he does not believe it will inflict much of anything from a man with such stature.

He is...surprised by the results.

Bane takes a few steps backwards, staggering. He regains himself easily enough. ]

It is...such an odd occurrence to discover I am capable of underestimating.

Really? But I barely ever play him!

[gallowshumorist]

But Socrates was the one to prove that goodness isn't simply what the powerful want.

Oh yeah. Don't you rec-og-nize me?

haha well more power to you then!

[occupygotham]

Most students do fail to emulate their teachers, my good man.

I have heard whispers, but did not wish to make presumptions as we have not been formerly introduced.

[sword_obsession]

It happens to most of us.

[Azrael is quick to move back though, he knows he has the strength to match Bane of course but he also knows that Bane has knowledge of quite a few killing moves.]

[gallowshumorist]

At least Plato was better than Aristotle. Aristotle was an idiot.

I'm the Joker. Here's my card.

[occupygotham]

Thankfully, I do not seek to encourage such behavior.

[ when Bane moves, it is with a quick and ruthless efficiency. He charges, a foot seeking the challenger's knee while his fist attempts to connect with the man's throat ]

[occupygotham]

And here I thought you'd be a man appreciative of spontaneity.

[ he stares at it, a brow raises ]

You are a possessor of droll humor, I see.