+1 Billionaire bat.

[bat_byknight]

So, what? You decided to pull me out of your head space because it's nearing Halloween? Is that it? Really. I thought you had a better excuse than that. What about letting me out to scare some folks around Wayne Enterprises wearing a bat mask? Now that sounds like fun. I doubt Lucius will be very pleased but he'll get over it.

Alfred? He knows I'm here now. You don't need to worry about him. I just have the whole of Gotham to think about as well as any other psycho villains that might decide to show themselves at Halloween. [Isn't everyday like Halloween in Gotham?]

So, any ideas what you'll do with me now? You know what? Just leave me be. Let me get on with what I want to do. What I need to do. You know what I mean. Any weirdo in a mask? I can handle that.

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[i_rule_me]

What about the ones who don't wear masks, hmm? Evil's not always somethin' so neat an' tidy as that.

[Says the man who's spent most of his life fighting the "good guys" against his will. Having a head full of errant personalities made it hard for him to so clearly define good vs. evil.]

[bat_byknight]

Well, yeah. Those too. Evil comes in all shapes and sizes, not just in the form of some nut wearing a mask. [Because he totally doesn't.]

[i_rule_me]

Don't I know it. Spent most o' my life scrappin' with the spandex brigade over misunderstandings an' my own lack o' self-confidence. Most still see me as a "villain", though that's never been my intent.

[bat_byknight]

Spandex? I don't tend to like tight material around my privates, thanks. [Because Bruce has the nice Lucius Fox to thank for the fancy material his bat suit is.]

What sort of villain are you?

[i_rule_me]

It's a figure o' speech, mate. Most use unstable molecules or body armor or whathaveyou. Just has that look to it, an' it's easy to take the piss on those who wear it.

{Meanwhile David's fashion comprises basically whatever he can get his hands on, currently being an orange pair of scrub bottoms, a white dress shirt, and a red and black vest.]

Not a villain at all. Just a bloke with a messed-up noggin' an' a headful o' other personalities that control the couple o' hundred super powers I've got. Only reason I've ever been called a "villain" is when one o' the stronger ones takes control, likes ta call the gestalt in my noggin "Legion". I'm better about keepin' control now, but my reputation's unfortunately taken a permanent header inta the bin. Makes it hard ta try an' do anything to help folks.

[bat_byknight]

Yeah? Should I ask how your head became messed up? Or is it too long a story, which involves some sort of psychological trauma somewhere? [Because Bruce isn't very patient.]

Your called Legion?

[i_rule_me]

It's actually pretty bleedin' simple. Group o' mutant-hating mercenaries stormed my house when I was a boy, intent on killin' me ma an' me, both for bein' Israeli, and me for bein' a mutant. All they ended up doin' was killin' my stepdad, an' causin' me to activate my powers for the first time. Next thing I know I've absorbed a bloke's mind inta my own, and the shock o' losin' the only father I'd known then made my mind the mess it is now.

The spandex brigade calls me that, but I don't care for it. I'd prefer if ya called me by my name; David Haller.