Jarvis of New York: The Homicidal Artist*

Detective Ford of the NYPD tracks a 'stylish' pair of New York psychos who intend to make their dark artworks reflective of the real-life darkness (and criminality!) of the American city.

I had to retire with a Batman (DC Comics) fan-fiction and not a soccer/terrorism story, and this one was inspired by the criminal feats of the DC Comics bat-villain Mad Hatter ('Jervis Tetch').

Thanks for reading (signing off),

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"A New York psycho named Jarvis was attending masquerade parties thrown by the 'aristocracy' of the city and dressing in top-hats and tuxedos. Jarvis was telling people at these high-brow costume-parties about the psycho-sociological allure of the symbolic 'dark side' of art/painting. He wanted to sell his own artworks which depicted graphic murders, decapitations, and serial killings. Jarvis became quite popular in the aristocracy in New York and was considered an offbeat 'dystopian' thinker. No one knew he was really a psychopath."

"Jarvis had 8 gorgeous girlfriends, whom he named Alice (all of them!). They'd dress up in costumes as the precocious young girl Alice, the overly-curious young woman who tumbled down a cryptic rabbit-hole and ended up in a logic-flipped universe called Wonderland (from the iconic novel by English writer-logician Lewis Carroll!). Jarvis and his various 'Alice' costumed gals attended these New York aristocracy costume-parties and talked to people about making art that reflected the true nature of the human soul --- the nature that drove humans towards criminality and psychosis. Jarvis/Alice became known in New York as the ideal 'dystopian duet' and Jarvis was pleased no one discovered that 'Alice' was his terrible dangerous criminal accomplice."

"The psycho-art Jarvis made in his own loft/studio was quite jarring! They depicted faces in jagged edges, murders with graphic red paint, and portraits of serial killers/killings designed to make the modern city appear as a real cauldron of death. Jarvis considered himself a real-life 'homicidal artist' and wanted his dark art to reflect the terrible face of the human psyche --- the one that considered normal civics the perfect stage for a creative brand of 'dystopian' terrorism. Jarvis and 'Alice' tried to sell their dark artworks on the Internet."

"One of the criminal fingerprints Jarvis/Alice left on the world was to provide high-school students addictive opium and heroin (narcotics) in exchange for 'favors' --- armed favors! These two 'dystopian' psychos would tell high-school students to carry concealed weapons into school and shoot fellow students and teachers to elevate media spotlights afforded to new era high-school shootings reflecting a social angst towards high commercial traffic in America. In other words, Jarvis/Alice wanted these high-school crimes to reveal a dark side of American depression."

"Meanwhile, Jarvis/Alice stalked fashion-models and gorgeous women in New York nightclubs and bars and took them into the alleyways of the city and murdered them, sometimes drugging them with poisonous pills! Jarvis/Alice considered these 'model murders' symbolic of a New York apathy towards beauty and art, and the attractive women who were their 'canvas victims' reminded everyone that modern crime was eerily similar to those of 1800s England, the time of Jack the Ripper (an elusive psycho who stalked and killed prostitutes in London!). Jarvis/Alice posted crime-photos of the 'model murders' all over their loft/studio."

"A detective was assigned to track down and apprehend Jarvis/Alice. This NYPD detective, Hugh Ford, had a suspicion that Jarvis/Alice roamed around the aristocracy and considered themselves 'creative' since they targeted attractive and stylish New York women to kill. Ford also suspected that Jarvis/Alice were scheming intricate anti-social methods to make American life generally deformed. Ford decided to start attending New York aristocracy costume-parties and looking to see which of the guests generally had a strange or 'psychotic' demeanor. Ford wondered if Jarvis/Alice were criminals who required serious 'demonic' thinking."

"Ford decided to bring some nifty toy water-guns to one of these New York aristocracy costume-parties. He flashed his water-guns/pistols to the guests and made jokes about high-school shootings and Jack the Ripper folklore. Detective Ford at this time caught the attention of Jarvis/Alice who inquired into the rationale for his outlandish party-behavior and his predilection for water-gun humor! Ford realized these guests were the culprits of the crimes he was investigating and asked to be invited into their loft/studio to peruse some of their 'dystopian' artworks. Ford agreed to gift Jarvis/Alice with some of his beautiful water-guns in exchange for the right to critique their dystopian paintings in their loft/studio."

"When Ford arrived at the loft/studio of Jarvis/Alice, he showed them a metal dolphin revolving tabletop toy he brought with him. When Jarvis/Alice showed Detective Ford their dystopian artworks depicting graphic murders, Ford knew they were the psychos he was tracking! Meanwhile, Ford told Jarvis/Alice that the dolphin tabletop toy signified a human mental cognition regarding the perceptibility of sanity in times of great human angst or criminality paranoia! Jarvis found Ford's dolphin tabletop toy quite cute and wondered how he'd 'incorporate' the toy into his psychosis-oriented artworks."

JARVIS: I really admire your dolphin tabletop toy, Ford!
FORD: It really distracts the imagination, no?

JARVIS: Yes, I suppose it helps me forget about the darkness.
FORD: The 'darkness' is what drives your art, right?
JARVIS: You can clearly see my interest in the reality of misfortune!
FORD: Yet, you find my dolphin-toy symbolizing joy quite cute.
JARVIS: What are you asking me, Ford?
FORD: Let me show you my deck of colorful playing-cards.
JARVIS: Yes?
FORD: Notice the 'cute' renditions of the Kings, Jacks, Queens, Aces?

JARVIS: Yes?
FORD: Well, these cards may represent fortune/misfortune, Jarvis.
JARVIS: So?
FORD: I want you to keep these cards to remind yourself of catharsis.

JARVIS: Catharsis?
FORD: Catharsis is a way to transfer psychosis into more constructive creativity!

JARVIS: I worry you're intimating that I'm some kind of criminal, Ford.
FORD: What does a 'sane' man have to fear from an inquisitive aristocratic friend?

JARVIS: Alright; I'll play with your cards, but I won't promise to subside my dark thoughts.

FORD: If I hear more news of terrible crimes in New York, I'll think you're safe playing with cards!

JARVIS: I suppose you wouldn't think I denounced your playing-cards in preference for evil.

FORD: In fact, I wager that future crimes will not feature any playing-cards left at the scene!

JARVIS: What?

FORD: If a criminal commits a crime and leaves a playing-card as a sign, I'll think it wasn't you!

JARVIS: That's clever, Ford; you must be a psychiatrist by nature.

"At the next series of New York crimes, a playing-card was left at the crime-scene, just as Detective Ford had wagered. Ford correctly deduced these crimes were performed by Jarvis/Alice who'd left the playing-cards at the crime-scenes as a defiant gesture meant to signify their distrust towards psychiatry! Ford then used the patterns of the locations and manner of these crimes to prosecute Jarvis/Alice as the criminal culprits. He got his arrest-warrant and had Jarvis (and his 8 'Alice' girlfriends) locked up in a mental institution. Ford later wrote in the New York Gazette that he hoped future aristocracy costume-parties in New York would feature colorful Alice-in-Wonderland oriented costumes to remind Americans that the eccentric features of the human psyche can prompt design and not only death."

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