[RL - A little love for Jackson]

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The Joker figured he'd get in trouble for breaking and entering one of these days. Nonetheless, here he was lounging around the apartment of one Jackson Rippner. He figured it was about time he paid a visit to the Crane look-alike, especially with how often Lisa seemed to talk about him - or more accurately, tried to not talk about him.

He took the fact that Jackson wasn't home yet as a lucky break; one of the few he had been having lately. And, even though he really had other things to be working on - well, there was always time to visit friends from out-of-town, wasn't there?

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The first thing Jackson noticed as he strolled down the hall was the hair rising on the back of his neck as the door slid easily open. It was easy to tell even to a fairly untrained eye that he wouldn't be alone, and only the irrational and quickly suppressed surge of anger at the break in pushed him through the door with a neutral expression. It was all too blatant, whoever it was could either be a rookie of no harm or someone who pointedly wanted him to know he had a visitor.

His blood did run cold when he caught sight of the figure lounging in his apartment, any thoughts of relocation and defense stopping dead for that one moment before his calm reserve kicked in instinctively. Well, he was almost surprised.

"I won't hide the spare key under the doormat next time, never know what undesirables will manage to get in." Jackson commented in a pleasant tone, the sharpness around the edges betraying his neutrality. He pulled off his suit jacket and tossed it to the hanger as casually as if he were alone.