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A slight eye twitch occurred; Joker hated for his punchlines to get miscued like this. "I am the Joker. What's your name? And it would be impolite for you to not shake hands. Wouldn't want the readers to think you're rude, would you?"

(( That's right, Deadpool! You're not the only one with Fourth-Wall Perception! HA-HA! xp ))

Joker could see within his periphery vision a figure of a Bat, but it was too small to be Batsy... had to be that newer Batgirl. He wondered whatever happened to the older one for a minute, then realized that she could ruin his whole gag. This was followed by the realization that he really didn't care either way, because if the new guy shook, it was gonna hurt him a LOT, and if she interrupted, he had a chance to kill another member of the Bat Brigade. He held his hand out a little farther, towards the stranger.

Kara's super hearing picked up a terrified scream... the terrified scream of a small girl. Her head snapped automatically in that direction, and then she turned back to look at Lex, torn. If she really wanted to be honest, though, there wasn't anything to be torn about; she was Supergirl, and she had responsibilities. Glaring furiously at that all-too-familiar chrome dome, she hissed, "I'll see you in a minute, Lex." With that, she shot off toward the source of the scream.

Luckily, finding the problem did not prove to be particularly difficult. A few blocks away, a small girl was staring up at a monstrous figure all clothed in red. It seemed to be dripping blood... Great. "Hi!" Kara said, putting her hands on her hips as she dropped to float several meters above the ground, "I'm sorry to barge in like this, but all of the other cliched villains were busy. I'll make it fast." Her eyes were hard. "Get the hell away from the kid." She really wanted nothing more than to just go up and knock him into next week; he, or it, was wrong, wrong in a way that set her teeth on edge. Still, Kal-El was always talking about giving people the benefit of the doubt, and since she was his representative at the moment, she felt more obligated than usual to play by his rules.

Deadpool smiled amiably. "What can I say? I'm a people person. Here's my card." With a flourish, he pulled out ... A joker. Flipping it away, he started digging through his pockets. "Oops! Well, originality is overrated, anyway." He pulled out another card, which listed him as 'Captain America (with a much cooler costume),' then another that said he was 'Definitely not Deadpool,' with the tag-line, 'The non-merc who literally has no mouth. Really.' Finally, he found his actual business card, but by that point, he had forgotten what he wanted it for. He passed it somewhat vaguely to the Joker, anyway, and then turned his attention back to the Penguin. "Hey, Beaky, weren't we going to go get some food?"

Batgirl pulled out her hearing enhancer to catch the Joker's last words, "How does Chinese sound?" What? she thought to herself stunned, I thought Joker was going to kill the red guy. She shook it off and continued watching the Joker and his 'friends' carefully. She could tell by the way the Joker changed his posture and tone that he knew Batgirl was there so she decided it'd be a smarter to stay away until he actually tried something that could hurt someone.

Joker thought about this carefully for all of about two seconds, then replied, "Only if she promises not to attack us." He leaned in and whispered, "She doesn't like me very much; I tried to kill her a couple of times."

Deadpool opened his mouth to reply, but before he could manage, the topic of their discussion jumped right into the middle of it. Literally. Deadpool shifted into a shallow fighting stance automatically, his muscles relaxing into combat readiness. The little girl was pretty good. "Now, now," he said patronizingly, "You shouldn't interrupt. The grownups were talking." He turned to the Joker. "What is it with kids these days?" Looking back at the girl, he raised an eyebrow, though of course she couldn't see it. "To answer your question, we were talking about inviting you out for Chinese."

(( Awww... we scared him away with our Fourth-Wall Perception... LOL ))

"That's right, Batgirlie. And we just might do it as civilized gentlemen, too. You never know, it could happen." He looked up to see Penguin flying off and sais of it, "Never take him anywhere, he ALWAYS skips out on the check!"