Three heavy stones will keep it from floating, weigh it down to the bottom, food for the fishes. And I know that it won't be discovered 'cause I will be careful, so very careful. What if it doesn't rain for days and the river is reduced to its muddy bed? With a corpse exposed I would work in haste and I might bury the bones in a shallow grave. And the rain comes and moves rocks and the stones washes away all the dirt and the mudflows Bones are exposed and well. you know how that goes!
I was thinking in terms of the character in Pratchett's Hogfather, a mercenary thug who got the nickname after having the revolutionary idea of, when throwing a weighted body into the river Ankh, wrapping it in chickenwire first so that large bits wouldn't float up as they fell off over time.
Though as some bright spark at tvtropes pointed out, one would have thought the probelm with throwing a body into the Ankh would be breaking through the crust on top.
Though as some bright spark at tvtropes pointed out, one would have thought the probelm with throwing a body into the Ankh would be breaking through the crust on top.
Yep, before I read Hogfather I had the impression you could only bury people in the Ankh instead of drowning them.
I want to say how utterly lazy this was of Bruce - Dick has no, I repeat, NO GAG over his mouth! I believe that is a direct violation of proper Robin Bondage Rules.
In the criminal justice system, sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous. In Gotham City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
DOINK DOINK
SPECIAL VICTIM'S UNIT INTERROGATION ROOM APRIL 12, 2010
~Batman is sitting in a chair in the interrogation room. Stabler and Benson are standing in front of him~
"I have nothing to say. I'm Batman"
"Nothing to say huh. You got nothing to say? "
~Stabler kicks the table away and shoves a photo in Batman's face~
"This kid was found in the Gotham river with your little costume on him. He went into that water and he drowned and you didn't give GOD DAMN ABOUT HIM."
~he slams his fist, hard, against a wall he has Batman shoved against~
"You talk about being a hero and stopping the monsters in this city but the problem is you're just as god damn crazy as they are."
"I'M NOT! DON'T YOU DARE TO PRESUME WHAT KIND OF MAN I AM! I WORK ALONE, HE KNEW THAT, HE KNEW THE RISKS"
"AND DID THE RISKS INVOLVE YOU TYING HIM UP AND TOSSING HIM LIKE A SACK OF GARBAGE IN THE RIVER YOU SICK SON OF A BITCH!?"
~Stabler slams his fist into the wall because he's Eliot Fucking Stabler mother fucker~
"You don't scare me officer...."
"Yeah?"
~Stabler moves closer to Bruce's face, sweat slowly drips down the visible part of Bruce's face. He knows not of what he faces~
"Underneath your costume is a man who is just as sick as the bastards he wants to be superior to. You may have saved lives but that doesn't change the life of the boy you tossed into the river like garbage. ~he lifts the photo to Bruce's face" He was terrified in that river and you just thought about some crusade. You watched him sink into that dirty patch of water and you just stared because you had better things to do. You wanted to act like the greater good was being served but I know the truth. ~he moves even closer to Bruce's face, their noses are nearly touching~ You were scared. You were scared because if that kid messed up you wouldn't be the big scary Batman. You'd be burdened with the kid who messed up and you didn't want that. You probably though a partner was a good idea at first but just like a kid with a puppy, when it came time to deal with the unpretty aspects you suddenly realized it wasn't fun anymore."
~Bruce is breaking down~
"Who...who are you..?"
~I'm Eliot Stabler, Special Victim's, and I'm your worst nightmare."
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Date: 2010-05-10 02:07 pm (UTC)weigh it down to the bottom, food for the fishes.
And I know that it won't be discovered
'cause I will be careful, so very careful.
What if it doesn't rain for days and the river is
reduced to its muddy bed?
With a corpse exposed I would work in haste
and I might bury the bones in a shallow grave.
And the rain comes and moves rocks and the stones
washes away all the dirt and the mudflows
Bones are exposed and well.
you know how that goes!
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Date: 2010-05-10 02:15 pm (UTC)Though as some bright spark at tvtropes pointed out, one would have thought the probelm with throwing a body into the Ankh would be breaking through the crust on top.
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Date: 2010-05-11 09:34 pm (UTC)Yep, before I read Hogfather I had the impression you could only bury people in the Ankh instead of drowning them.
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Date: 2010-05-10 02:34 pm (UTC)DOINK DOINK
SPECIAL VICTIM'S UNIT INTERROGATION ROOM
APRIL 12, 2010
~Batman is sitting in a chair in the interrogation room. Stabler and Benson are standing in front of him~
"I have nothing to say. I'm Batman"
"Nothing to say huh. You got nothing to say? "
~Stabler kicks the table away and shoves a photo in Batman's face~
"This kid was found in the Gotham river with your little costume on him. He went into that water and he drowned and you didn't give GOD DAMN ABOUT HIM."
~he slams his fist, hard, against a wall he has Batman shoved against~
"You talk about being a hero and stopping the monsters in this city but the problem is you're just as god damn crazy as they are."
"I'M NOT! DON'T YOU DARE TO PRESUME WHAT KIND OF MAN I AM! I WORK ALONE, HE KNEW THAT, HE KNEW THE RISKS"
"AND DID THE RISKS INVOLVE YOU TYING HIM UP AND TOSSING HIM LIKE A SACK OF GARBAGE IN THE RIVER YOU SICK SON OF A BITCH!?"
~Stabler slams his fist into the wall because he's Eliot Fucking Stabler mother fucker~
"You don't scare me officer...."
"Yeah?"
~Stabler moves closer to Bruce's face, sweat slowly drips down the visible part of Bruce's face. He knows not of what he faces~
"Underneath your costume is a man who is just as sick as the bastards he wants to be superior to. You may have saved lives but that doesn't change the life of the boy you tossed into the river like garbage. ~he lifts the photo to Bruce's face" He was terrified in that river and you just thought about some crusade. You watched him sink into that dirty patch of water and you just stared because you had better things to do. You wanted to act like the greater good was being served but I know the truth. ~he moves even closer to Bruce's face, their noses are nearly touching~ You were scared. You were scared because if that kid messed up you wouldn't be the big scary Batman. You'd be burdened with the kid who messed up and you didn't want that. You probably though a partner was a good idea at first but just like a kid with a puppy, when it came time to deal with the unpretty aspects you suddenly realized it wasn't fun anymore."
~Bruce is breaking down~
"Who...who are you..?"
~I'm Eliot Stabler, Special Victim's, and I'm your worst nightmare."
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