[Western Crossover] The Egg of Madness

Many years ago, while traveling to broaden his horizons, Bruce Wayne arrived in a seaside city called Roanapur. Apart from its sweltering climate, it was almost another Gotham.

The twenty-year-old had a stern, sharp-featured face. He stepped off the cruise ship with only a simple bag. Not far away, screams pierced his ears, and the air reeked of blood.

The flames of crime leapt into his eyes. Punishment, fury, resentment: armed with a composure not yet fully formed and a desolate spirit that would never heal for the rest of his life, he stepped into the fray... Something had already begun to take shape, though he did not yet know it, while the schemes surrounding him had long been prepared to whisper in his ear.

Who would be born? Who would survive? Who was more contemptible? Who was the one given flesh and blood to embody that mad fantasy?

He made a pact with silence. From then on, no one would ever know what a burial meant to him.

Read first + Content warnings

#A crossover with Black Lagoon and Jormungand, set around 1995. A serious story, and a companion piece to the author's other story about a jack-of-all-trades shop. Free to read and can be read on its own.

#A mountain of author-created details.

#Because the two crossover series have distinctive subject matter, related content will appear. The author has handled contentious elements.

#An unconventional writing style that may be challenging to read (highlighted). No writing advice, in any form, please. If you don't like it after sampling, retreat under cover immediately. Reading the blurb means you acknowledge the content warnings. The author will not be responsible for any similar complaints and may moderate comments as needed to protect other readers' experience.

#More if anything else comes to mind.

Theme: May our love be a prayer, and may you one day win back your own heart.