crossbow_bat:

The winter wind had a sharp bite to it and the cold rain made the day that much more miserable. The small canopy set up over the grave site did little ward off the rain. The weather fit Maria's mood perfectly. The graveside service had just wrapped up and the coffin had been lowered into the frozen ground. The other mourners were heading to the warmth of their waiting vehicles.

Maria didn't seem to notice the wind and the cold rain as she stood as still as the many statues that dotted the graveyard. Her mother was dead. Victim of bombing. It happened too close to the breakout at Arkham to be coincidence. Maria knew one of the escapees was responsible, she just had to find out which one.

She stared at the coffin sitting in the ground.

In the back of her mind she knew Bruce and her father were waiting in the car, but she just couldn't move.

dc_baddie:

Black Mask stood a good distance away from Arkham Asylum for the Criminal Insane. The bitter cold didn't seem to bother him as he stood there. He had been out in the cold for some time, but he was going see the conclusion of his work. It had take quite some time to make the preparations. He had sent messages inside to the inmates, making them an offer. If they chose to accept it, they'd meet him here. If they didn't, well he didn't care where they went. Even those would serve a purpose.

The night was rocked by the sound of explosions as large parts of the building's walls exploded outward.

Black Mask smiled as fire and smoke filled the night.

The inmates of the asylum started escaping out into the night. Including the Joker.

dc_misc:

The Founders Day Parade and Celebration was one of the biggest celebrations in Gotham. It was a day where the citizens of Gotham came out and showed their pride in their city. The festivities started in the morning at City Hall with a speech from the mayor and continued throughout the day. The largest parade of the year was held in the afternoon and fireworks lit up the sky in the evening. Merchants and restuarants set up kiosks on the sidewalks and the citizens shopped and ate as they watched the day's activities.

The day would also celebrate the victory of Anthony Sullivan in the mayoral race and it would be his first speech as mayor. The speech he gave was short, but had the citizens cheering by the end. The sun climbed into the sky and the parade started. Floats, marching bands and various other groups marched in the parade as it made its way through the streets of Gotham.

dc_media:

"The new interim district attorney is making good on his promise to clean up Gotham and take a tough stance on organized crime. Interim District Attorney Sullivan working with Gotham Police have arrested a record number of people associated with organized crime. The arraignments for the suspects will begin tomorrow and trials shortly thereafter."

gotham_rogues:

The past week in Gotham had been an interesting one. Bodies of Jokerz had been turning dead up in various parts of the city. Each killed in a different way and each of them had a smile on their face when they died.

questionmark:

There where some days that Nick really wished he got paid more for his work as a reporter. But having to take public transportation wasn't that bad.

He was looking over a few notes on his current assignment he was looking into while he rode on the subway. It was going to be sometime before he got to his stop and it was a way to spend a little time.

dc_media:

"Welcome to Gotham Evening News, this is Harris Stevens with a breaking news report. After years of confinement within Arkham Asylum, Warren White, aka the Great White Shark, is being released. According to reports doctors had been keeping track of a steady improvement of White's mental stability. Doctors from metropolis and Star City have also been brought in, confirming Mr. White's newfound sanity. This scene was taken today at the doors of Arkham."

The view shifts from the newsroom to the doors of the infamous asylum. Several guards escorted a pale-skinned man, bereft of hair, a missing nose, and filed-down teeth. In contrast to the fearsome appearance the man gave, he looked calm and at peace, seemingly overwhelmed by being outside Arkham's walls.

"Mr. White's attorney has said that his client intends to reimburse the families of all those he stole from years ago, as his first step towards true penance. Given the history of incidents with released patients, Mr. White will remain under a period of outside observation to make certain his rehabilitation is genuine. We will keep the public appraised of the situation."

wayofthecanary:

Sin did a lot of charity work around the holidays. Of course, she did charity work all year round, but it seemed that during the Christmas season, she was at her busiest. Sin was involved in several charitable organizations, and helped her father organize charity events for Queen Industries. The corporate lifestyle wasn't for her, but Sin enjoyed helping people.

Today, she was working at the Star City Youth Center, organizing presents for their upcoming Christmas party. Sin was running the event itself, but she was currently organizing donations that had been sent in over the course of the weekend. She was happy with the amount of presents that they'd received so far. A lot of the kids that came to the center after school to play and hang out didn't have much, so Sin knew they'd be happy getting that new doll that they wanted, or skateboard.

questionmark:

Detective Szasz was working very hard on his latest case. It was a tough case looking to what appeared to be a new crime lord trying to take over part of Hub City. He wasn't going to allow that to happen, at least not if he could help hit. His family had worked to damn hard trying to help make Hub City a better place.

He was investigating the area to get more details about what was going on there and trying to collect evidence. He wanted to make sure had a solid case before he tried doing any arrests.

dc_misc:

Cain had been planning this for months. The Chicago art museum had in it's possession some artifacts that they knew little of worth of having only exhibited them once before placing them in storage. These artifacts had come from Enoch the scared city that Cain had founded and he would not let them rot in some museum backroom like that. Especially when they might hold the clues to him finding the city at long last.

He had dispatched Brother Phlegethon to Chicago with some of his best stealth teams to take care of all of this.

Soon after arriving in the city and casing the museum the city was rocked by a series of explosions set up of Phlegethon. It would be all over the news in no time. But the figured they could get in and out without any trouble.