The Green Jewel of Gotham

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Batman surveyed the park for the third time that night. He normally only swept Robinson Park every week, but police scanners the past three nights had reported finding men intoxicated and under the influence of what appeared to be Zolpidan rendering them incoherent. Police suspected that the men were being slipped the drugs in nearby bars and left in the park by whoever was robbing them. Batman had other suspicions.

The effects were close to Zolpidan, but the police records he had accessed at the Batcave lacked the telltale pupil dilation, and the hospital records showed no respitory irregularities. That meant that they had been drugged with something different. Something new. Batman had a few suspects, but there was really only one person with the knowledge to produce something that could cause a man to forget the last few hours without risking an overdose.

Ivy.

Still, he hadn't seen her, nor anyone else in the park. He shot his grappler and swung around to gain another viewpoint on the park. He wouldn't venture into the dark green jewel. Ivy was always at her greatest advantage when in close proximity, and he needed to keep his distance. 

[Pamela Isley - Poison Ivy]

Robinson Park is quite literally Poison Ivy's favorite place in Gotham. Amid the oppressive buildings and blight of humanity there's a beautiful oasis of nature. Unfortunately, she doesn't get much of an opportunity to go there these days - her schedule has been quite full of so many important matters that taking a moment to go relax in the park hasn't been able to fit on it anywhere. It's not a place she'd like to visit during the day much anyway - it gets flooded with people. Night is better, because though it gets overtaken by a much more dangerous crowd, at least it's a very small crowd so she can avoid the people if she wishes to. And it's not like there's much danger to her from the type of people who use the park at night.

But tonight she's actually managed to combine business and pleasure, as she knows that the park has something that she needs. Naturally Batman would have trouble locating her there - the greenery is thick and with her body temperature running so low these days he'd probably have an extra difficulty finding her even with his fancy gadgets. And for the most part she blends in quite well with the surrounding plants - her green skin provides that advantage, as does the little green strapless dress made of vines that she's wearing - though her red hair is as bold of a color as ever. But she's also not very close to the area where the drugged men were being left in the park, so the area she's in probably would receive less scrutiny during his surveillance.

But as enjoyable as it is to linger among the largest collection of Mother Nature's babies in the city, she can only linger for so long before she must move on - her to-do list for tonight is long. Leaving the cluster of trees behind, she must cross a portion of open lawn on her way out of the park. Something that does not concern her, because she doesn't expect to run into anyone she can't easily dispatch. Still, she's prepared for the possibility - she thought to wear her wrist crossbow, just in case.