OverMaster
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Wherever my Wings Take Me.
"I am the terror that flaps in the night," a voice said from the window. "I am the--"
"Funny, I expected for 'Gizmoduck' to show up first," calmly said the tiny obese man, not even bothering to turn from the drink he was fixing. With a heavy sigh, he reached for a second glass and began filling it. "Are you a drinker?"
"..." the even shorter figure at the window said, and dropped in with a frown. "Never in the job, that's for sure."
"Is that so? I won't poison it, it'd be awfully difficult to explain," the human said, finally deigning to face him, and taking a first, aloof sip from his glass. "I'm here on a vacation, nothing else."
"Awfully early for a recreational trip here, Mr. Cobblepot," the figure in purple said, "since your world and ours have just began official relationships."
A large wry smile curved itself across that round face. "I won't deny I have the connections for it. So what? You are connected as well, if the stories about how well equiped you are must be believed. I simply wanted to enjoy the city before it's fully tainted by contact with mankind, that is all. I want to remember it as untouched by man's hand as possible."
"Hmmmm," the duck said, still eyeing him warily from his distance.
"The Bat's talked to you already, hasn't he," Oswald Cobblepot didn't even bother to make it an actual question. "Of course he has. A terrible man to listen to. I'm sure I could make for a better friend than him, he's made a habit of burning his associates in the past."
"How long will you be staying?"
"That's no business of yours, it's my money I'm spending here," the Penguin snapped, suddenly much less friendly, "but if you really need to know... I was thinking of two weeks, unless something strikes my fancy? I'm not talking about your ladies, rest assured. My interest on ornithology doesn't go quite that far..."
"Good to know," he replied dryly.
Cobblepot grabbed a cigarette and lit it up. "You want to know if I'm going to establish a business venture here. Let's get that out of the way right now. What if I did? I'm a legitimate businessman, and any debts I ever had with my society have been long paid, no matter what that man says. I've studied your laws already. If I wanted to set a casino, or a night club, in this city, I would be perfectly entitled to. And no public officer would object. Your 'Mundus Magicus' will need all the investment it can get for decades to come."
"I'm aware..."
"Well then," Penguin smiled maliciously, blowing some smoke in his general direction. "I will assume, then, that this is your welcome to Saint Canard. Maybe you can suggest me someone who could work here, as my representative?"
He turned back towards the window. "Have a good night, Mr. Cobbeplot."
"That'll be Mr. Penguin to you, young man," he snorted, even as the caped visitor shot a hook line into the night and swung away.
The Penguin closed the window after him, and waddled towards his hotel bedroom. "Even less brains than his, how could that be possible..."
A loud crash sound from the window startled him, and he ran back to see the upper half of a duck in shiny white armor sheepishly waving at him, the lower half still hanging outside.
"Good evening, and sorry!" the new intruder waved at him with an awkward smile on his beak. "Hm, never mind this, it didn't mean to break in like this. I miscalculated, that's all. You're Oswald Cobbeplot, right? The Batman said--"
Penguin just reached for the buzzer and pressed the button. "SECURITY!-!"
"I am the terror that flaps in the night," a voice said from the window. "I am the--"
"Funny, I expected for 'Gizmoduck' to show up first," calmly said the tiny obese man, not even bothering to turn from the drink he was fixing. With a heavy sigh, he reached for a second glass and began filling it. "Are you a drinker?"
"..." the even shorter figure at the window said, and dropped in with a frown. "Never in the job, that's for sure."
"Is that so? I won't poison it, it'd be awfully difficult to explain," the human said, finally deigning to face him, and taking a first, aloof sip from his glass. "I'm here on a vacation, nothing else."
"Awfully early for a recreational trip here, Mr. Cobblepot," the figure in purple said, "since your world and ours have just began official relationships."
A large wry smile curved itself across that round face. "I won't deny I have the connections for it. So what? You are connected as well, if the stories about how well equiped you are must be believed. I simply wanted to enjoy the city before it's fully tainted by contact with mankind, that is all. I want to remember it as untouched by man's hand as possible."
"Hmmmm," the duck said, still eyeing him warily from his distance.
"The Bat's talked to you already, hasn't he," Oswald Cobblepot didn't even bother to make it an actual question. "Of course he has. A terrible man to listen to. I'm sure I could make for a better friend than him, he's made a habit of burning his associates in the past."
"How long will you be staying?"
"That's no business of yours, it's my money I'm spending here," the Penguin snapped, suddenly much less friendly, "but if you really need to know... I was thinking of two weeks, unless something strikes my fancy? I'm not talking about your ladies, rest assured. My interest on ornithology doesn't go quite that far..."
"Good to know," he replied dryly.
Cobblepot grabbed a cigarette and lit it up. "You want to know if I'm going to establish a business venture here. Let's get that out of the way right now. What if I did? I'm a legitimate businessman, and any debts I ever had with my society have been long paid, no matter what that man says. I've studied your laws already. If I wanted to set a casino, or a night club, in this city, I would be perfectly entitled to. And no public officer would object. Your 'Mundus Magicus' will need all the investment it can get for decades to come."
"I'm aware..."
"Well then," Penguin smiled maliciously, blowing some smoke in his general direction. "I will assume, then, that this is your welcome to Saint Canard. Maybe you can suggest me someone who could work here, as my representative?"
He turned back towards the window. "Have a good night, Mr. Cobbeplot."
"That'll be Mr. Penguin to you, young man," he snorted, even as the caped visitor shot a hook line into the night and swung away.
The Penguin closed the window after him, and waddled towards his hotel bedroom. "Even less brains than his, how could that be possible..."
A loud crash sound from the window startled him, and he ran back to see the upper half of a duck in shiny white armor sheepishly waving at him, the lower half still hanging outside.
"Good evening, and sorry!" the new intruder waved at him with an awkward smile on his beak. "Hm, never mind this, it didn't mean to break in like this. I miscalculated, that's all. You're Oswald Cobbeplot, right? The Batman said--"
Penguin just reached for the buzzer and pressed the button. "SECURITY!-!"