I was watching a ghost hunter show where the âghostâ could only use the machine to say pre-recorded words. And I had an idea. We know that technology canât always work with ectoplasm. So what if ghost speak couldnât be heard over the phone? And to call for help, the Amity Parkers had to get creative to get ahold of the Justice League when the GIW declares all out war on all the ghosts and liminal in town.
Dead End Call
âHello, you have reached the Justice League emergency hotline. What is the nature of your emergency?â
âHello, hello. Emergency, hello. Justice League.â A distorted male voice answered back.
âYes, I can hear you. Can you hear me? what is the nature of your emergency?â Green Lantern asked again.
âI can hear you, emergency. Hello Justice League. Hello emergency.â
âDo you need help? Can you hear me?â
âHelp. Help. Can you hear me? Help.â The voice distorted again to something like static.
âPrank calls arenât funny kid. This is an emergency line.â With an exasperated sigh, Green Lantern hung up.
âWhat was that about?â
âItâs just a prank call. Some kid using a voice mod thing.â
âReally? Thatâs annoying.â
âI know. But itâs not that unusual. Kids donât have anything better to do during the summer.â
âI guess. What are you doing on hotline duty? Youâre not scheduled for refresher training for another few months, right?â
âFood fight in the cafeteria. Batman added everyone involved to additional monitor or dispatch duty twice a week for the next month.â
âYikes. Hate to be you. Who else got caught?â
âFlash, Plasticman, Vigilante, and Shining Knight.â
Zatanna raised an eyebrow. âCanât imagine Sir Justin getting involved in a food fight.â
Hal shrugged with a good-humored smirk, âVig took a salad bowl to the head, Sir Justin jumped in to cover his retreat. Right in time for Bats to break up the fun.â
Zatanna giggled, âPoor Sir Justin.â
âPoor Sir Justin?â Hal Jorden gasped dramatically, âWhat about me? I was just an innocent bystander.â
âIâm sure you were.â
âWhat are you doing here anyway?â
âUnlike you. Iâm just here for one shift for refresher dispatch training.â
âGood for you. Well, have at it. The active-duty roster is on the big screen with who's suited up and available.â
Zatanna looked up at the large monitor with pinging dots in various locations around the world. âAlright. A bit better than the old system of scrolling for available heroes and asking where they are.â
âYeah, Cyborg linked everyoneâs com into the system so we can tell who is where, when their com is active.â
âSounds good. Alright, Letâs do this.â Zatanna put headset on and clicked âavailable operatorâ on the screen. Immediately her phone rang. âHello, this is the Justice League Emergency Hotline. What is the nature of your emergency?â
âEmergency. Hello, Justice League. Emergency.â A female voice came through her headset. The connection was very poor. Interference and static came through.
âCan you hear me? This is the Justice League emergency Hotline. Do you need help?â Zatanna looked over at Hal. He was fiddling with his headset cord. He looked up at her and she gestured her head to the screen. It was the same number as his prank call.
âHear me? Help. Justice League. Emergency Help.â The feminine voice sounded vaguely familiar. Zatanna ignored it to confront the prankster.
âKid, this isnât a joke. This is a serious line for actual emergencies. You canât keep calling. Iâm going to hang up now. Please donât call back.â
âIsnât a Joke. This isnât a Joke. Please donât. Hang up now. Actual Emergencies. Keep calling. Hotline. Justice League. Help. For actual emergencies.â The static under the female voice sharpened. Zatanna paused. Her finger was just hovering over the button to end the call when something stopped her. The tone of voice was sharp. Irritated. Also, strangely familiar. After a second it dawned on her. Hal was still looking at her, so she waved him over to listen into the call.
Once he was listening with his own muted headset, she asked âAre youâŚ? Are you repeating what Iâm saying?â
âRepeating. Help. Isnât a Joke. What Iâm saying. Emergency. Help. Hello. Help. Emergency.â
Zatanna finally recognized the voice. âIs that my voice? Are you repeating with my voice?â
âRepeating. Voice. You. Emergency. Help. Isnât a Joke. Help. Justice League. Donât. Hang Up.â
âYouâre using my voice to talk back to me? My words. AndâŚYou can only repeat what you hear⌠is that right?â Zatanna shared a glance with a horrified Hal. Him, just realizing he had hung up on an actual emergency. Not a kid playing a joke.
Zatannaâs own voice echoed staticky in her ear. âRight. Right. Can repeat. Only. Talk back. Using voice. Help. Emergency help.â
âAre you in danger?â She looked over at Hal who was typing on his own computer to trace the call origin. He looked back at her and shook his head. Weirdly, they canât find where the signal is coming from.
âDanger. Emergency. Help Justice League. Help. In dangerâ
âI understand. Iâm going to ask you where you are. Do you understand?â Zatanna was going to have to narrow this down. She pulled up a world map onto her screen.
âUnderstand. Help. Emergency.â The static in the voice softened slightly. Like relief.
âOK, we need to know where you are. What continent are you on? Asia? Africa? Australia? Europe? North America? South America?â
âNorth America. Help. Emergency.â
Zatanna clicked on the screen to enlarge the North American Continent. âOK, youâre in North America. Are you in Canada or America?â
âAmerica. Help.â
Another click of the mouse to focus on the USA. âOK are you in the North, Northeast, Southeast, West, Southwest, or Midwest?â
âMidwest. Midwest. Help emergency. Help. America. Midwest.â
âOK Iâm going to ask your state now. Do you know it?â Zatanna clicked on the Midwest region of the map to enlarge it more. Hal was standing up now. Anticipation making his body glow faintly green. He was texting something on his phone, but Zatanna ignored it to focus on her own echoing voice on the other end of the line.
âKnow it. know it.â Her voice repeated back, âAsk.â
âAre you in North Dakota? Are you in Minnesota? Are you in South Dakota? Are you in Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan-â
The voice interrupted her. âIllinois. Illinois, Midwest America, Illinois. Help. Emergency. Justice League Help.â
âDo you know where in Illinois you are?â
âYes, yes. Where Illinois. Emergency. Ask.â
Zatanna enlarged the map of the state infront of her. The closest hero was in Detroit Michigan and they didnâtâ have any abilities to help them get to Illinois quickly. She gestured to Hal to look at the screen. He nodded his understanding. âDo you know where in the state you are? what region or what county?
âCounty. Know. County.â
âOK Iâm going to name a few counties. Tell me yes or no if you are there, okay?â
âYes, yes. Tell me.â
Zatanna listed off the counties on the map. Her tongue slightly tangling over the midwestern words. âOK, Joe Durres, Steffensen, Winnebago, Boone, McHenry, Lake, Cook, Dupage, Kane, Dekalb, Ogle, Carroll, Whiteside, Lee-â
The voice interrupted again. â Lake. County.â
âOK youâre in Lake County. is that right?â Zatanna clicked over the county and enlarged the map.
âRight. Right, help. Emergency. In Lake County.â
âOK Iâm going to name off some cities in Lake County. Are you in a city? yes or noâ
âCity no. name cities. Yes.â
Zatanna paused for a second. âDo you mean you are not in a city, but you can name the closest one to you? yes or no?â
âYes. Name. Closet one. Name. Closest. City. Emergency.â
âOkay. I understand. Are you in Gurney? are you in Libertyville, Grayslake, round lake, or round lake beach? Are you in Lake Forest, Zion, Vernon Hills, Highland Park, or north Chicago-â
The voice cut her off again. âPark.â
âAre you in Highland Park?â
âNo. Park. In Park. Park. Park. Park. Emergency. In Park.â The tone of the voice didât change but the words came faster, almost overlapping over themselves.
âOK calm down. Let me understand. Are you in a park or in a place called park?â
âIn a place called Park. Help emergency. In place called park.â
Zatanna scanned the list of Illinois cities called âParkâ in the county. âOK are you in Round Lake Park or Beach Park, Deerfield Park, Park City, or Deer Park.â
âNo. Place called Park. No city. place called park.â
âSo youâre in a place called Park but itâs not a city is that right?â
â Right. Place call park. Emergency. not city. Help.â
âOK, let's go down the list. Brook Park, Mill Park, Park Barrington, River Park, Park Township, VernonPark Hills, West Keegan Park, West Deerfield Park, Amity Park, Wheeling Park-â
âAmity. Amity Park. Emergency in Amity Park. Emergency in Amity Park. emergency help help emergency.â
âOK you're an Amity Park. Is that right?â
âRight. Right. In Amity Parkâ
Zatanna nodded to Hal who was still texting on his phone. He nodded back to her.
âOK, I know where you are now. Now we need to know what kind of emergency is it a natural disaster? is it a villain? is it an alien?â
âVillain. Emergency. villain villain villain.â The words came fast. Static was almost overwhelming.
âOK, calm down. I'm right here. Does the villain have powers or not.â
âVillian have. No. Powers. I'm here. Powers. Help. Natural- powers. Help. I'm. kind of. Natural. Help. Powers. We. Need help. OK?â
Zatanna paused. The sentences didnât make sense. The villain did not have powers? But the caller said âIâm. Kind of. Natural.â She shared a look to Hal. Hal typed on his computer and a message appeared on her screen.
âI txted Flash. He can be there, but he needs to know what kind of situation heâs running into.â Zatanna read the message and nodded.
âOK. You need to give me more information. There are villains but they donât have powers? Can you tell me what kind of natural powers you mean? Are they metagene powers? Are they magic? Are there weapons?â
âMagic. Weapons. Powers magic. I. powers. magic. Help. Can you help. Me?â
Zatanna felt a rush of fear. Magic powers. âVillains no powers. Weaponsâ must mean that the villains donât have any powers, but they have weapons that can affect the magic user who is calling. She looked over at Hal. He nodded. âOkay. I have magic too. I am going to Amity Park to help you. Can you tell me how many villains there are? Are there more than five or less than five?
âMore than five. Villains. I have magic too. Villains. Weapons. more than we. I am going too. yes. Yes going. Help.â
So, the caller definitely needed magic backup. Zatanna gestured to Hal who began to send an all-notice message to any Magic using League hero. âAre the villains after your powers? is that right? the villains are attacking you for your powers?â
âRight. Right villains attacking for powers. Help emergency. More than me. Powers. Villains attacking. We need help. Amity park. Needs help.â
Zatanna froze. âWe need help.â More than meâŚpowers. We need help. Oh god. âIs there more than one of you with magic? Thereâs a group of you with powers that the villains are attacking?â Zatanna asked. A group of magic users fighting villains? Maybe sending more magic users isnât the best idea. They might need some heavy hitters for this.
âGroup. with powers. Magic. Amity Park. Magic. Villains attacking. Disaster. Emergency help. Villains have. More than one of you. Of you. We. villains have. More than one. Of We.â
It took Zatanna only a second. By now she was standing up out of her chair. âDo The villains have hostages? With magic powers? How many?â
Hal had linked in the call with multiple coms. On the large monitor Zatanna could see multiple heroes dots shift slightly. All in the direction of Illinois. She was grateful to see Wonder Woman, Flash, and Captain Marvel all headed in that direction. âWeâve got heroâs coming your way. They will be there soon to help you and rescue the hostages.â
âMany hostages. Many magic in Amity Park. Weapons. Villains have. Weapons. We have. Magic. Villains have Hostages. Villains have. Soon. Powers. We need help. Heroes coming. Justice league. Help. Not villains. We not. Villains. Help we.â
Zatanna felt sick as she understood that message. âThe villains have hostages and weapons. The caller and the others have powers. But then⌠villains haveâŚsoonâŚpowers. Did that mean that the villains were taking powers away from whoever was calling? She paused at that last sentence. âYouâre not the villains. what do you mean by that?
âWe. Not. the Villains. Villains have hostages. Villains have weapons. Isnât a joke. Isnât. Isnât Right. We. Not Villains. We Natural. We not weapons. We not villains. Help. Rescue hostages. Rescue. Me. Help Me. Help we have Powers. Help.â
âYouâre not the villains, I know. You say you are natural. Do you mean that when the heroes get there, they might think you are the villains and get confused?â Zatanna knew that multiple heroes were silently listening to the call.
âWe not the villains. Heroes might think. Powers. Are the. Weapons. We Amity Park. We need help. Justice league get here. Rescue Hostages.â
Hal messaged her again on her screen. Zatanna read off the message.
âWeâve alerted the Illinois National Guard as well. Theyâll be there soon to help.â
âNo. No. No. National Guard. No help. Villains. Guard villains. Help we. Help Amity Park.â
Zatanna looked confused. âWhat? No the national guard is coming there to help.â
âNational Guard. The.Villains. They guard. The villains. No help. Theyâll. Weapon. Amity Park. Powers. Justice League Rescue Amity Park. Help. Help. Help.â The static became so prevalent that Zatanna had to fight the impulse to rip the headset off. She tried to decipher the words.
âOkay. Okay weâll help you. But we need to be able to find you. Are you in a house or a building? Can you get to a rooftop?â
âBuilding Rooftop. Heroes Find Me.â
âHow can we find you? Can you wave a flag or give us a sign. Are you a woman or a man? What do you look like.â
There was a long pause. âI can. Wave. Kid. Kid. Woman. Kid woman.â
Zatanna wondered for a long moment where the word âkidâ came from before remembering when she first accused the caller of prank calling. She said âKid, this isnât a joke.â The she felt bile flood her throat as she understood what they meant. âAreâŚare you a child?â
Zatannaâs own voice answered back. âChild. Kid. Woman child. Rooftop. Help Justice League. Find. Me. Help Hostages. Help. Amity Park.â
Flashes voice came over the com line. Muted from the call but clear in Zatannaâs other ear. âOh my god. Iâm here. Itâs a war zone. ThereâsâŚWeâre going to need back up. Medical units. There are tanks and fires everywhere. Thereâs been some kind of artillery shot at different buildings. Itâs a war zone.â
There was a silent horrified moment as all the heroes listening absorbed the information. âI think I see our caller. Itâs a little girl. Maybe eight or ten. White hair. Sheâs floating. Sheâs on the library roof with a giant phone. I think she sees me.â
In Zatannaâs other ear her own voice repeated. âHeroes find me. Rooftop. Help.â
âThe man in red is called Flash. Heâs there to help.â
âHeâs there. Man In Red. Help. Flash. Find me.â
âIâm on my way too. Just stay with Flash and tell him what you need, okay sweetie?â Zatannaâs voice was infinitely softer now that she knew it was a child on the phone.
âOkay. Stay with Flash. Help. On. You. Way.â
The line shut off and Zatanna flinch at the sudden silence in her ear. She glanced over at Hal. âIâm going to Zeta down to Amity.â
âIâm right behind you. Flash said a war zone. IâŚI need to be there.â
Zatanna nodded at his guilty expression. âRight. Letâs hurry and get to Amity Park.â
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Danny Phantom, The Show:
geeky kid gets super powers from his parents' weird inventions! now he has to fight a rogue gallery of ghosts... but uh-oh! he still has to keep his grades up, deal with his embarrassing parents, and navigate girl troubles! rap theme song!
Danny Phantom, the Fandom, After 19 Years of Fermentation:
a child dies. but not quite. the inherent tension between life and death. the obsession of the dead for faded remnants of the living. warped green shadows on the walls of a dark laboratory. having to hide your true nature from those who should be your greatest allies. the fear of the monster you could become if you let yourself. being a ghost as a metaphor for the trans experience. a cold breath on the back of your neck in the dead of the night. rap theme song!
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After School Ghost Theory 101 with Professor Fenton
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[Image ID: A four page comic that starts with Danny Fenton standing in front of a whiteboard holding up a white cat. âQuestion: Do ghosts purr?âÂ
Tucker: âDanny when was the last time you slept?â
Danny: âIrrelevant.âÂ
Danny info-dumps: âThe answer is yes, but also no. Technically, all beings that possess a core are constantly "purringâ, a.k.a. Core Vibrations. Core Vibrations are a nonverbal, emotion-based communication system between Ghosts, similar to how some living species use pheromones to communicate. The exact tone of each ghost is different the same way peopleâs voices are different. Humans can only hear these vibrations when the frequency passes through their audible range (20Hz - 20KHz), hence the âpurringâ sound. When the range dips into infrasound (16 - 20Hz) it can cause feelings of fear and unease in humans that they often associate with ghosts and the supernatural. Also known as the âHeebie Jeebies.ââ
Danny, wiping off the whiteboard: âAny questions before we move on?â
Dannyâs audience consists of Wes Weston, Tucker Foley, Sam Manson, Dannyâs clone Ellie, and Dash Baxter in a classroom. Wes is seated at a desk at the front taking notes. Tucker is sitting on Samâs lap playing on a Switch, Ellie is sitting on a desk behind them. Dash is asleep at the back of the room.
Ellie, now holding the cat: âIs this Vladâs first cat!?â
Wes: "Could you tone down the floating eyes before the next part? Theyâre kinda distracting.â
Danny: âWhat eyes?â
Wes: âPlease stop gaslighting me.â
A transparency trick on the last page reveals dark shadows and eyes all around Danny when viewed in dark mode. /.End ID]
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Ambassador Danny pretending not to know anything about humans / the living
 the Justice League stepping a little bit too far into infinite realm politics. so the realm says they will send an ambassador. For the council it's getting Danny away and learning things like diplomacy and also keeping an eye out on the heroes. Danny is a prince not a king of the zone but is told not reveal that due to security risks.
Danny is told not to reveal too much because of the Realms bad experiences with the government in his home dimension so Danny just plays down. Amity Park and the places from DC are separate dimensions. Danny is having the time of his life pretending to be a tourist in the living realm. And he keeps mentioning his time travel Adventures so they're all convinced he's very old.
Danny keeps scamming Heroes into doing the stupidest stuff just for his own amusement While he pretends to have no idea what he's making them do. the heroes I'm imagining are Tim's Young Justice team like Kon, Bart and Cassie but it can really be any heroes
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Danny always knew tax evasion ran in his veins. His parents hadnât been the most⌠morally sound of people, and less so as ecto-scientists.
He just didnât think their lessons would ever result in a criminal empire that spanned the entire city and then some. Danny hadnât seen it coming. His parents definitely wouldnât have.
âGood afternoon, Mr. Wayne. Mr. Fox.â
Danny âthe Phantomâ Fenton sat down across from a rather tense looking (to Dannyâs enhanced senses, anyways) Brucie Wayne and his right hand, Lucius Fox. He smiled pleasantly, matching Brucieâs vacant smile with that touch of Midwest suburban mother smile.
With his acquisition of multiple Gotham companies, his rather newly established Fentom Co. became one of the largest holding companies in Gotham, the first being Wayne Enterprises and the second being Drake Industries. After months of constantly working his butt off while fending off assassins, reforming Gothamâs slums and cleaning up some of the streets, and taking care of his nest of street kids, Danny garnered enough power to even stand close to Wayne Enterprises in terms of financial powers.
The topic of this meeting was, of course, the proposed merger of Wayne Enterprisesâ Medical R&D division with Fentom Co.âs pharmaceutical department. Usually, Wayne Enterprises wouldnât even consider such an offer, as their Medical R&D division was the most well funded and least likely to be part of a Rogueâs scheme- and therefore most beloved- department of the same nature in Gotham. However, Danny had something the other offers didnât.
Blackmail.
His overly polite smile widened as Bruceâs mask twitched. His eyes slid over to Lucius Fox.
âItâs an honor to meet you, sir. Iâve heard much about your genius in⌠research and development.â
By that, Danny meant that he knew Lucius Fox helped develop Batmanâs tech.
He did a lot of stalking that week. It felt rather⌠invasive, even if he did get a bunch of juicy secrets.
You know what they say: dead men tell no tales⌠but halfas are generally blabbermouths.
âIs that so? It is a pleasure to meet you as well, Mr. Fenton.â The man quickly glanced between the youngsters, accurately predicting that this might have something to do with Bruceâs active nightlife.
âYes, it is such a pleasure to meet you.â
Wow, Danny didnât think heâd ever heard anyone sound both so perky and dead inside at the same time, except for Susan at Gotham Highâs bake sale.
Bruce wishes he could be a Susan. Heâs at best a Becky.
âWill you be staying, Mr. Fox? Youâre the head of the R&D department, correct?â
âAh, yes-â
âOh, Lucius! I think you had an appointment with the finance department right now! I heard Sally talk about it, you know!â
Lucius Fox sent an unreadable look at Bruce before rallying.
âOh, it must have slipped my mind. My apologies, Mr. Fenton, it seems as though I can not skip this appointment.â
âThatâs alright. I suppose it gives you⌠plausible deniability⌠should things go wrong, haha!â Danny allowed his smile to widen a little further than natural. Bruce tensed but Lucius Fox simply politely smiled and left the room.
Ignorance is bliss and all that, Danny amusedly thought.
As the door shut with a click, Bruce dropped the vacant Brucie smile and sighed.
âWhat do you want,â he gritted out. Danny wasnât about to let that slide, not after he spent the better part of this month wrangling Bruceâs problem children.
âAh, it must be because Iâm from the Midwest, Brucie, but where I come from, we value these things called manners.â
You uneducated jerk, he doesnât say.
Danny leaned back in his chair, loosening his smile into something relaxed and sharp.
ââŚâ Oh, boy, Danny could just hear the other manâs blood pressure rising. âWhat is the purpose of your visit, Mr. Fenton?â
âRelax, Brucie,â Danny sing-songed in a non-relaxing way. âIâm just here to discuss a possible merger that Iâm sure youâll agree to, and give you a couple of updates on your⌠wayward bird.â
He heard Bruce take a slow, controlled breath. âVery well. Where. Would. You. Like. To. Start.â
Danny ignored the gritted out sentence. He passed a contract to Bruce, who took it like he was handling a live bomb.
âHereâs the proposal, Mr. Wayne. Please, look it over.â
He watched as Bruce looked over the contract with an eagle eye before lowering it, scrutinizing Danny.
âThis is⌠very fair.â
Danny raised an eyebrow. Of course it was fair. Danny wasnât interested in exploiting the Waynes, despite them being very able to afford it.
Heâd brought fifty manufacturing sites for pharmaceuticals, and offered up a building where both companies could send their workers. He provided top notch security- that definitely didnât have any talons on staff, what were they talking about?- that came from his own security division. Granted, most of them were reformed and trained goons, but hey, creating jobs can only help Gothamâs economy and help break the cycle of poverty, right? Guaranteed by the Wayne name and, most importantly, uncompromised medicine that was accessible to everyone would be a damn good start. Heâd also have Penguinâs empire to distribute it to those who couldnât make it to a clinic or a store, and there were plans in there to work with and establish contracts with Gothamâs welfare department. Well⌠once Danny finished replacing them with people who wouldnât try to take a cut of the funds and actually cared about the people. He was thinking⌠the multitudes of poor grad students and parents that need income. Heâs in the process of building childcare centers andâŚ
Itâs a good thing he managed to save money from the taxes (thank you, Gothamâs morally ambiguous tax experts that were in desperate need for clients! He could do it himself but having a team of accountants at the ready was seriously so helpful.) because ancients knows the government werenât about to step into Gotham and help the people here. He needs so much money to pull all of this shit off and a lot of it has to be clean.
Danny inwardly sighed and marked another thing onto his to do list.
Make money laundering fronts.
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âOf course, Mr. Wayne. You didnât think Iâd come in here demanding money, did you?â
âI considered it.â
âI am, in fact, trying to help Gotham. You might not agree with my methods, but Iâd rather not damage Wayne Enterprises when itâs doing so much to help the people.â
Ugh, he was doing too much work. Danny just wanted to- hah- chill at home and read bed time stories to his kids.
Bruce Wayne, the specific blend between Brucie and Batman, regarded him silently. Danny felt like he went up a few notches in the respect ladder.
Nice.
âYouâre a criminal.â
âSays the man in the bat-suit breaking into places and assaulting people.â
Bruceâs hands spasmed around the contract. Danny smiled at him, taking a sip of the coffee theyâd prepared. Oo, nice!
âAh, I heard youâre adopting- pardon, fostering- Tim Drake. Getting empty nest syndrome, Brucie?â He slipped back into using Bruceâs first name. The proposal was formal. This⌠was very much not.
âWhat about it?â
âThatâs very kind of you. Speaking of which, well, of your birds, I was wondering if you remembered what I asked you to do.â Danny continued, not giving Bruce a chance to reply. âDidnât I ask for you to keep your birds in line, Brucie?â
The CEO straightened even further, form filling out to be Batmanâs imposing figure. âI did.â
âNo, you didnât. Do you know where your charge is, right now? No, not the formerly dead one,â Danny tilted his head, smile shrinking.
âDonât you dare do anything to Tim. I swear, if you even lay a hand on a strand of his hair, Iâll-â
âSit your Armani clad ass down, Bruce.â Danny snapped. âYour sonâs in your office. I donât harm children, and your assumptions are deeply insulting. Threaten me again, Bruce, and Iâll make sure you know exactly how much I know about your birds, your cousin, and the commissionerâs daughter.â
Bruce snarled but leashed his anger just enough to sit back down. He itched to go check on Tim, but leaving a threat like Phantom unwatched felt inherently wrong.
âYour other son,â Danny continued. âIs doing quite well. Heâs learning that he has hobbies again. Heâs actually working under me, you know.â
âHeâs what.â
Oh, yeah, that tracks. It figured that Jason wouldnât tell Bruce about anything. Heâs still conflicted about his death. Danny got it.
âAh, thatâs precious information. Youâll have to offer something of equal value if you want to know. There is, on the other hand, a piece of information Iâll give you for free.â
Danny paused for the dramatic effect. It was lost on Bruce, the ultimate drama queen of this world.
âThe League of Assassins are hanging around Hotham lately. Itâs getting tedious, getting rid of them. I suggest talking to your old flame, you know, with words and what little communication skill youâve got rattling around in your noggin to get them to pull back. Her interest is⌠unnaturally focused on Jason.â
Danny read the dark agreement swimming about Bruceâs face and inclined his head. âShould negotiations fail, rest assured that Jason will be protected.â
ââŚThank you.â
âYou are most welcome. Go ahead and discuss the contract with Mr. Fox, I am sure youâll find little problems with it. Ah,â Danny stood up, fixing his suit jacket. âAnd you should probably check up on Timothy. Heâs probably having a great time in your office, Mr. Wayne.â
âIâll see you out.â
âOf course.â
Having Batman escorting him out should probably be more intimidating.
Danny stood in the elevator, waiting for Bruceâs contemplative silence to put itself into words.
Sure enough, âWhat⌠what kind of hobbies does Jason have now?â
âIâd tell you to ask him, but you two arenât on speaking terms, are you? He likes books, of course, but recently, heâs found an interest in glass blowing. He made quite a bit of progress on his attempts at sun catchers.â
âI see.â
Well, Dannyâs not about to step on that landmine any more than he has to.
ââ
âDanny.â
âOh, hey, Jason. Sit down, we were about to have dinner.â
Jason clambered into the window. Danny sighed. He had a door, but by the way Jason never used it, it was like the door didnât exist.
âMind telling me why the old bastard showed up on my rooftops with a bunch of glass and glassblowing tools?â
Danny smiled. âNo idea.â
âUh huh.â
Danny placed a hand on his chest and put on his best woe-is-me expression. The teenâs face twitched in annoyance. âDoubt? At me? Why, I never!â
A bread roll thwacked him in the face.
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The Justice League finds out about the Anti-Ecto Acts because of the Waffle House.
Waffle House already had a hurricane index, but the introduction of a non-ironic ghost index raised some questions.
Waffle House also patented the "Ghost and Liminal Friendly Space! We Didn't See Shit!" stickers, which overnight were put up on their doors.
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Batman and Dani Parallel Play
There are ecto-detectors in the Batcave.
Sometimes, they'll go off for no discernable reason.
This is why Bruce tells the kids to behave when they're in the cave.
The entity isn't Deadman, he knows that for sure. They don't mean harm or any malicious intent, or they wouldn't be able to get past the barriers. There's no poltergeist activity, so they aren't bored and there to deliberately cause chaos.
When he opted to look through the thermal imaging one day, once the ecto-detectors stop alerting, he sees a cold spot roughly the same size as Damian. It's sitting on the edge of the cave, swinging it's feet, and just, as the kids would say, vibing.
He decides to leave it alone. The dead can't really impact the living, and it appears that this one just shows up for some peace and quiet now and then.
He tunes the detectors to this particular entity's signature and sets them to silent. He'll still get an alert, but it'll only go to him.
Months later, when he finds himself mind controlled and helpless to do anything but watch himself attack his own family, he feels a cold sensation permeate through his body, and his punch freezes in the air before he feels his arms forcibly dropped to his sides.
Then, a tween girls voice comes out of his mouth.
"Okay, I've got him restrained. What next?"
Or; Dani likes the "ambient" side of Youtube. So much that it's no longer good enough for her, and she seeks out places that have good ambience. She prefers caves, but her favorite combination is cave sounds, waterfalls, papers shuffling, distant conversation, and computer typing.
This means the Batcave is literally the most perfect place ever if things get to be too much.
Her second favorite sounds are snowstorms, high tech beeps, the creaking of ice, and radio chatter. So her second favorite place to hang out is in the Arctic, in some fortress made of ice.
But there's not really a lot to do around it, so she doesn't go there that often.
She ends up hanging around Metropolis and Gotham just due to proximity to her favorite hang out spot, mostly staying out of sight.
She doesn't really care about who the Bats are, so long as they stay out of her hair. But she won't lie about getting a little bit attached from her creepy totally-not-spying thing.
Then Batman gets himself mind controlled, and he's about to lay out Robin, and all Dani can think about is Vlad and his 'discipline'.
She possesses Batman and forces him to stop.
The gig is up. Farewell sweet hangout spot, it was her favorite.
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the way val is totally trying to convince herself here
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magical girl jazz fenton >>>
maslows hierarchy of needs but its just magical anime girl jazz fenton
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Me when I hear that the Ghost King is Dead and I'm Next In Line for the Throne:
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I'm actually reading this because I'm working on a list of potential titles for all the member of dannys court in a ghost king au, and I heard that Vlad basically adopts dan at the end of this. whether he considers himself a phantom or a plasmius completely throws off how he should be addressed.
I have spent too long combing various wikis about royal titles and households to not get this correct.
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Jazz. Jasmine. Jazzy-Pants. Jazz...
YOU WERE THERE FOR THE TRAUMA!!!
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HIM FACE!!!!!!!!
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obsessed with how fucking catty these two are
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omg bby girl wat are you doing here????
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