[Every carefully chosen word out of Strange’s mouth sticks him like a splinter.
Test subjects.
Strange could call him whatever he wanted. Oswald knows who he is - and being stripped of his wools and silks, his eye patch, leg brace and shoes, didn’t make him any less human, any less than Oswald Cobblepot: visionary, entrepreneur, a hero in Gotham’s darkest hours.
He scoffs through the cold fear settling around his heart.]
Been here, done that!
[Then, pressing his face to the bars, wild-eyed, he adds:]
I should have turned up the dial and fried your sick, twisted brain to scrambled egg when I had the chance! But I look forward to rectifying that mistake! And, I promise you, [he rasps, sucking in a breath through clenched teeth] right up until the moment you get to spend the rest of your life as a drooling waste of oxygen, you’re not just gonna wish the GCPD got to you first - you are going to beg for it!!
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Date: 2025-04-14 02:11 am (UTC)Test subjects.
Strange could call him whatever he wanted. Oswald knows who he is - and being stripped of his wools and silks, his eye patch, leg brace and shoes, didn’t make him any less human, any less than Oswald Cobblepot: visionary, entrepreneur, a hero in Gotham’s darkest hours.
He scoffs through the cold fear settling around his heart.]
Been here, done that!
[Then, pressing his face to the bars, wild-eyed, he adds:]
I should have turned up the dial and fried your sick, twisted brain to scrambled egg when I had the chance! But I look forward to rectifying that mistake! And, I promise you, [he rasps, sucking in a breath through clenched teeth] right up until the moment you get to spend the rest of your life as a drooling waste of oxygen, you’re not just gonna wish the GCPD got to you first - you are going to beg for it!!