Adriana barely remembered walking home last night as the sun shone through her bedroom window. Someone was knocking on her door. She got up, feeling sloppy for still having on the same clothes from last night and opened it not caring to look to see who was knocking.
"So how was it?", Ricard barged in with take out.
"What time is it?", Adriana asked immediately.
"Uhh," he looked at his watch "Half past four, so tell me what happened! Well, I know you can't tell me much, you know, but what happened? What's it like working for the Batman?"
"I slept eleven hours! Thats amazing!" Adriana exclaimed "I dont even remember dreaming about anything!"
"Nice, so give me details, whatever you're allowed to share," he said dismissively while getting plates and utensils for his food. "Did you see the news? Bastard's loose again."
"No, he told me last night," Adriana replied.
"So you actually went!" he sounded proud.
"Well yea, I was like 3 hours late but so was he." Adriana said, wondering if she should tell him the reason why.
"You were supposed to be there around 9?" he asked, beginning to eat.
"No, midnight."
"So you got there at three? What happened?" his pride in her melting.
"I went to a psychic. I guess she gave me and exorcism so now I cant hear thoughts anymore"
"Did you tell him?" Ricard panicked.
"Yes, I dont want to go into detail. I'm still working for him though".
"Doing what? Washing his vehicle in a bikini? Thats all you're good for now if this psychic nonsense is true."
"I don't want to go into detail," Adriana repeated dismissively while rummaging through his bags of food. There were no details, she thought to herself.
"We're going to a party," Ricard said, as though it were the most boring thing in the world.
"Whose party?" Adriana asked, unnappealed by his stromboli.
"It's a costume party. Deputy Mayor's," Ricard said between bites.
"Why? It ain't Halloween yet," Adriana asked while pouting some cereal. "Thanks for re-stocking my kitchen."
"No problem. I dunno. I guess he wants to lighten the mood or ease the tension in this city. It'll be mostly law enforcement, some upper class. They may cancel since the Joker's on the loose. No one's seen him yet. Otherwise they'll have to hire some security from outside of the city since no one can be trusted here. It's tomorrow night, Im going as Alex Trebek."
"Talk about short notice. And Alex Trebek, you're the laziest person ever. I'll go as a news reporter." Adriana replied laughing.
"This has been planned for months, I wasn't expecting you back. You should go as angel, you have those wings I got you that you never wore," he said, looking her up and down.
Why not? She hadn't had any fun or made herself up for as long as she could remember.
"Sure, I'll be Alex Trebek's angel," she said exploding in laughter.
