The Riddler Speaks - Casefile #0150b

TRS - Casefile #0150b (Latest Editions) 

OSWALD: Disastrous! Bloody disastrous! 

EDWARD: Am I interrupting anything?

OSWALD: Edward, my boy! Come in, come in. (newspapers rustling) I trust you’ve read the latest editions?

EDWARD: Just the crosswords. Harvey has yet to relinquish the rest.

OSWALD: Well. Our mutual friend President Luthor has done it once again.

EDWARD: Oh, Lord. What’s that malodorous cueball done this time?

OSWALD: (passes over the newspaper) See for yourself.

EDWARD: Lex Luthor… (turning pages)… Make America Super Again… Da da da da… Banning all Supers from America? (puts down the newspaper) Shocking, but I fail to see the downside. That certainly takes some eyes off of us. 

OSWALD: And that’s the problem, Mr. Nygma. The only ones who’ll comply with this… Deportation will be the heroes. That leaves a great deal of unchecked malice about. 

EDWARD: And if the rogues of Metropolis get bored…

OSWALD: Gotham becomes the next playground. I fear the Bat and his brood can only handle so much. 

EDWARD: Well. That’s terrifying. 

OSWALD: Oh speaking of, don’t you have an appointment with our resident fear-monger?

EDWARD: Hah! Not if I’ve been re-booked for that bloody Lucenzo. 

OSWALD: Lucenzo?

EDWARD: Mm.

OSWALD: Surely not Lucenzo Valentino? 

EDWARD: No clue. I only caught his first name. (yawns) 

OSWALD: (snaps his fingers) Hercules! The Gazette! Quickly! (rifles through the newspaper) Oh, where was it… Ah! Was it.. (taps the paper) him?

EDWARD: I… I KNEW he was familiar! Lucenzo Valentino… Missing students… Professor… Pyg? Pyg with a ‘Y’, though? Pygmalion?

OSWALD: Surely Jonathan would know what this Doctor Valentino has been up to?

EDWARD: I doubt it. He doesn’t read the news. Says it’s 'depressing’. The man wears flannel, and he says the NEWS is depressing. (chuckles)

OSWALD: (cackles) Spoken like a true Regency dandy. 

EDWARD: I should inform Jonathan about this. Provided Bolton’s not out on the warpath.

OSWALD: (laughs) It’s good! (stops) Oh. You’re serious? Have you not noticed? 

EDWARD: What?

OSWALD: Mr. Bolton hasn’t been to work since last Wednesday. My… Ears tell me there was something of an altercation involving Valentino and Crane. 

EDWARD: Oh, shit.

OSWALD: I believe our Dr. Crane is in a great deal more trouble than he realises.