open The Killing Joke

[Mr. Critical 434]

   The rain was pelting the streets of Canterlot. The storm was said to last for a few days because of technical difficulties at the weather factory. In the city of Canterlot, it is a place of priveledge, pleasure, and high society. But little did they know, was that they were about to receive a rude awakening. Not from their own, but from something far FAR more sinister than this land has ever seen. In a random alley way, there was a brilliant flash. If anypony had seen it, they would say they have never seen such a thing before. OR the creature that had immerged.

 

The being wore a three piece purple suit. His skin was pale whit and his hair was a dark green and his lips were bright red. But what was most noticeable was his large, disturbing grin on his face.

"Well, this is an interesting predicament. But, none I haven't seem before."

In the alley way was a pony with that nopony knew. He looked depressed.

"Oh, what's wrong my boy."

The creature jumped into his vicinity. Having the stallion jump in fear.

"You look pretty down. Lets fix that shall we."

The being shot a green gas from the flower on his collar. The stallion began coughing, which turned into a low chuckle. And eventually the stallion went into a full on hysteria. He fell to the ground, laughing and suffocating. Until he died with a disturbing grin on his face.

"There, isn't that much better, sour puss. Hahahahaha."

The creature took out a card and placed it on the dead ponies being. The creature grabbed an umbrella and concealed himself from the what little inhabitants were left. Walking away from his heinous doings.

[Nameless Knight 1,001]

Incog. lay'd asleep in his barracks under Canterlot. He was awoken by his colleague; 6 "Hey wake up I  you have a mission." Incog. woke and looked up at 6. 6 was wearing is signature gold armor and looked down at the sleeping agent. 6 tossed a letter onto Incog's chest before leaving. Incog. sat up and opened the letter, It said that there was a mass murder and the only sign of the murderer was a card. It also said that it was a investigation mission. Incog, rolled his eyes and thought to himself Looks like I'm only bringing blank arrows then. Incog sat up and walked into the other room. He put on his belt and grabbed his grapple, smoke bombs, and forget-me-gas. He grabbed his bow and filled his quiver with completely harmless blunt arrows. He grabbed his ninjato just in case it got messy. He looked at himself in one of the mirror crystals before putting on his mask. "And so the hunt begins" Incog. whispered to himself before putting on a trench coat and fedora to hide his identity. He took a hidden passage to the Canterlot streets.

Edited March 3, 2014 by Times S. Hay

[Anon In Equestria 57]

Reever was walking away from a hotel having just finished a job he turned down an alley and walked down it until he noticed a body on the floor he looked around the alley checking for other people once he was sure that the cost was clear he crouched down and studied the body the pony had died with a very twisted smile on his face and there was a card on the body it was a joker playing card whoever killed this guy must love his own ego he searched the body and found a wallet containing a photo ID and 27 bits he took the bits and put the wallet back he then stood up and shook his head and started walking away to a hotel across the road

 

"What a joke"

[Mr. Critical 434]

The guards arrived at the scene of the crime. Investigating the horrors and trying to find the pony responsible. A rookie was vomiting in the corner. The body was taken to the morgue to have it dissected to determine the cause of death. The chief and other guards were asking ponies questions to see if they had seen anything. But it was to no avail. No pony had seen a thing.

[Nameless Knight 1,001]

Incog. walked to where the letter said the body was found. He kept his hands in his pockets. A guard told him to keep back when he made it to the crime scene. Incog. grabbed the guard by his pressure point. and brought him to his knees. Incog. kicked him to the ground and walked into the alley. He saw no blood but he saw the card. Incog kneel'd down and looked at it. He quickly put the card in his trench coat and walked off. The card was a Joker card. Very funny Incog. thought as he looked at the card. He slipped it into a satchel that he kept on his belt and thought as he walked. I need to get to the morgue to look at that body. Incog. walked to the morgue and snuck in through one of the vents. 

Edited March 3, 2014 by Times S. Hay

[Anon In Equestria 57]

(Surely if you part of the army you wouldn't have to sneak in to see a body)

 

Reever was standing at the window of his hotel room looking down at the alley the police had blocked it off and was questioning people as they passed by reever laughed

 

"The police can't figure out who did yet huh well must be a little better than most other thugs round here if he hasn't been caught yet"

[Nameless Knight 1,001]

(Incog. is a secret, only Celestia, Luna, and the other agents know of his existence.)

Incog. looked down at the bodies from the ventilation system. He looked down at them trying to find one that didn't have a sheet over it. He crawled through the vents as quietly as possible. He noticed a guard look up at the vent when he walked over it. Incog, stopped waiting for the guard to look away from the vent. He readied his grapple and threw it to a pipe that was in the other side of the vent. The grapple wrapped around the pipe and he pulled himself to it. He looked down the grate and saw a dead body with a disturbingly big smile. I think I just found my corpse Incog. thought before removing the grate and slowly dropped down. He grabbed to of the scientist and knocked them out. Incog. looked at the body and examined the head. There are no wounds or flesh damage... maybe he died of a heart attack, but it was a murder so maybe the cause of death is suffocation. Incog. thought. He pulled out a notepad and wrote :

 

  Cause of death: Suffocation

 

Incog. put away his notepad and escaped through the vents.

[Mr. Critical 434]

The body had arrived at the morgue to be examined. The doctor had prepped himself and the body for the operation. He took pictures of the face specifically. That was the main thing that stood out the most about the stallion. The hands and feet looked relatively untouched and the torso looks relatively fine. The doctor made an incision and began to cut.

 

The creature had made his way to an abandoned part of Canterlot. There he would plan his new games and trail of fun and carnage.

"This place looks like it could have some fun souls in it. Gotham was a lot of laughs, but its time to move on. Can't live in the past now."

[Anon In Equestria 57]

Reever was sitting in his room on his bed smoking a cigarette he sighed as took a drag

 

"Maybe I should try and get out of this line of work I could get caught or killed one day"

 

He then broke out into a fit of laughter

 

"Nah I'm never quitting my job way to much fun"

[Nameless Knight 1,001]

Incog. left the morgue to continue his search. He thought of what could be the murder weapon. Maybe something simple like a belt or piano wire. Or maybe something even more devious. Incog. started walking back to the crime scene to look for more evidence. Incog. climbed onto a roof and looked down at the white line.

[Contrast 292]

 

 

(earlier)

Lost Thought was making silent complains in her mind, while she walked home. The light drizzle from earlier seemed to turn into a massive down pour, the moment she decided to go home from what she considered a job. "And if only to make my day worse... all this water is making my book soggy..." She sighed, and started to read some of the pages underneath her umbrella. Reading seemed to help her nerves. "Besides, it's not like they were getting any drier. I'm sure the librarian will fix this somehow."

 

She continued to walk, now with the book in front of her face. The book obstructed her view and made sure she couldn't see exactly what had hit her foot and blocked her path, until she stopped reading. "Dear merciful Luna..."

 

 

 

(now)

Lost Thought was back at her brother's apartment. She was pacing back and fourth.

"..So, did you take anything?"

She shook her head, "No..."

"I.d., near by clue, shirt tag?"

"... I drew a picture of what I saw in my journal..."

Sound Thought sat back in his chair, "Yes sister, and while it's well drawn, how does that help at all?"

Edited March 4, 2014 by Dreamless

[Mr. Critical 434]

The joker was at his new hide out, making plans for something big. But he would stay small for a while. But he was able to make some toys, regardless of its lack of technology. But he was able to make do. And a fresh batch of his Joker venom was now complete. He would be giving them a test run soon. "Hm, I guess I'll need a guinea pig to make sure my doo-hickies are working." He yurned to his green liquid and gave an insidious smile. "I wonder what the banks in this little neighborhood have. Hahaha."

[Contrast 292]

After Sound Thought looked over lost's drawing and asked about what she knew. He came up with only one logical answer as to why this man had died, "He drowned..." Those two words served as the point where Lost had lost her brother. She looked at him again with disbelief. "He drowned?"

"Yup..."

"Outside in Canterlot's streets?"

"Alley, and you should know better than me, it was raining rather hard."

"Standing up!"

"He slipped and fell..."

 

Lost and Sound stared at each other for quite sometime. The dead silence hung in the air until Lost broke it with the sound of her feet moving towards the door. "Yeah, I'm not buying it..." Sound Thought just reclined back in his chair a bit more. "Nither do I, but what do you think the guards will come up with though?" 

Edited March 4, 2014 by Dreamless

[Nameless Knight 1,001]

Incog. jumped to another building and thought of how the murder could have happened. maybe the murderer came up behind himm and choked him with a plastic bag or a piano wire? Or maybe he had a long piece of cloth and choked him.... but what was with that smile? Incognito thought.

[Anon In Equestria 57]

After Sound Thought looked over lost's drawing and asked about what she knew. He came up with only one logical answer as to why this man had died, "He drowned..." Those two words served as the point where Lost had lost her brother. She looked at him again with disbelief. "He drowned?"

"Yup..."

"Outside in Canterlot's streets?"

"Alley, and you should know better than me, it was raining rather hard."

"Standing up!"

"He slipped and fell..."

 

Lost and Sound stared at each other for quite sometime. The dead silence hung in the air until Lost broke it with the sound of her feet moving towards the door. "Yeah, I'm not buying it..." Sound Thought just reclined back in his chair a bit more. "Nither do I, but what do you think the guards will come up with though?"

 

Reever put on his duster and left his hotel room heading for the local diner to grab a coffee and maybe a sandwich if he had the time as reever was walking towards the diner he walked past an apartment building as he walked past one of the windows he heard someone mention someone dying in an alley he looked threw the window and saw a man and women talking he looked down and saw a notepad sitting on the table a drawing of a dead person with a freakish grin on his was face was on the open page reever stepped away from the window and opened his wallet he flipped threw it he found his fake (but real looking) police detective badge and walked to the door he then knocked hard on it three times

 

"C.P.D OPEN UP!!!"

Edited March 7, 2014 by lonewolf1735

[Contrast 292]

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Lost and Sound both turned their attention towards the door when they heard someone yelling. Upon hearing it was a guard, Sound started to become annoyed. "I'd normally ask for a warrant or reason you're here, but my sister was just stepping out anyways, You need something talk to her." Lost looked at sound as if he were crazy again, "I'm no~" Sound turned around in his chair, stood, and cut lost off. "Let me put it this way, NO COPS IN MY APARTMENT! Have fun hunting little sister." He slowly started to walk away with Lost's note pad under his arms, leaving Lost to answer the door and apparently go hunting. "You could at least wait until I offer before you shove the dirty work on me..."

 

She sighed and walked out side, oblivious to the fact that her brother had taken her book. She shut and locked the door, then looked at the 'officer' standing outside. "What is it mister..." That was weird. Lost couldn't see clear identification, name or number, on his badge. She looked him over again and assumed that her eyes were playing tricks on her. "What do you want Officer?"

Edited March 8, 2014 by Dreamless

[Anon In Equestria 57]

Reever pulled out a note pad from the inside of his duster and looked up into losts eyes he then coughed

 

"Excuse me miss I'm detective johnson with CPD I have reason to believe you witnessed a murder that happened at 10:49 earlier this evening just opposite the sweet dreams good sleep hotel I would like to come in and ask you a few questions if you wouldn't mind miss..."