Prompt: Describe James Jesse's Ideal April Fools

James wasn't sure he would call this day ideal. He had used up most of his gadgets, including but not limited to six yo-yos, five pie bombs, three exploding chickens, and a whole bag of smoke-screen hard candy. He had bruises in places he wouldn't care to admit, and his rocket shoes had been pushed close to the limit.

James panted a moment, glanced at his hostage, and then checked his boot's batteries. The boots had maybe enough juice to make it to the edge of the city. A huff escaped his lips. They were supposed to last ten hours.

"So, what now?" Hartley asked, leaning against a wall and similarly exhausted. "We're not usually the ones catching bad guys, but I suppose we should turn him in. Or send him back to Gotham at least."

"Eventually," James nodded but turned back to the hostage with a smile. No. Today was not what James would have planned for the ideal April Fools, but it was his most satisfying yet. "First, I gloat. This fucker said I have no sense of humor. Called me an amateur. And, I suppose the Joker does have a reputation. But, killing kids isn't funny." James gave the yo-yo rope an extra tug. "Fools on him that he thought he could get away with it in my town."


The personality here is more comics!trickster than TV!trickster, and is based off of a headcanon with a friend that if Central City were close to Gotham the Rogues would keep on returning Batman's villains to Gotham and generally disliking their cruelty.