MIRAI NIKKI AU

[enigmaster]

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[enigmaster]

[Oh, good, there's more distance now. Just... keep it up, Edward.]

[agoodname]

[Oswald huffs in annoyance, watching Edward put that distance between them. Honestly. He's going to keep following anyway, though, even if he's a bit slower]

[enigmaster]

[Edward makes sure to turn, as much as possible, trying to lose Oswald. He makes it to the entrance after a bit of that, checking to make sure he actually managed.]

[agoodname]

[looks like he did! No Oswald behind him :)]

[enigmaster]

[Okay... Okay, good, now he can just start heading home by himself. Maybe walking a bit quicker and more anxiously than usual. He has a real bad feeling.]

[agoodname]

[yeah he should. There might be some movement in the shadows but...maybe that's just a trick of the eye]

[enigmaster]

[He jumps slightly at the sign of movement, but... no. No, just his imagination. He's just amped up, that's all. He keeps walking.]

[agoodname]

[yes, surely, that's it. Just like those other movements out of the corners of his eye]

[enigmaster]

[...Okay that's more worrying. And he turns, quickly, to see just what the hell is happening.]

[agoodname]

[there's a glint, before a shadow disappears into an alleyway. Surely that's fine.]

[enigmaster]

[This seems very unfine, actually. He's... just gonna turn away again and start walking again. He just... needs to get home. And then things will be... ...well, not... fine. He'll be at home. But at least he knows what to expect there.]

[agoodname]

[there's noises, now--the sound of metal on stone, brief, but there behind him.

It's getting closer. And he's the only one out here now]

[enigmaster]

[He jumps again, spinning around. What the fuck?] W-Who's there?

[agoodname]

[no answer...for along moment. then there's a brief drag of metal on stone again, before it goes quiet]

[enigmaster]

[You know what, he decided that he hates this, actually. He backs up a few steps.] S-Seriously, if someone's there, at least have the courtesy to say so!

[agoodname]

[no answer.

After a long moment of silence, there's a short chuckle, and that's it]

[enigmaster]

[...Okay, you know what, fuck this actually. He's gonna just. Go? He's gonna hurry on away from here because this is Gotham and that's never good.]

[agoodname]

[it sure isn't. But even as he's hurrying away, he can maybe hear footsteps]

[enigmaster]

[He's not even going to look, he's just going to start running maybe.]

[agoodname]

[yeah good call because those footsteps are uh

definitely matching pace]

[enigmaster]

[Fuck. He's going to keep running, ducking into an alley he knows isn't a dead end, because... because what else can he do, really, except try to lose whoever the hell is now chasing him?]

[agoodname]

[yeah he sure is being chased through some alleys. Better hope he doesn't run into a problem]

[enigmaster]

[He knows the alleys well enough. Except, usually, he isn't running through them in a panic. So after a bit, he turns and trips. For the second time today. Falling down. Shit.]

[agoodname]

[oh boy those footsteps sure are getting closer--when suddenly there are hands under his armpits, hoisting him up] Now really, this is no time to be taking a rest. [mildly chiding, a bit amused, Oswald tugs Edward to his feet, before grabbing his wrist, and tugging him into a small, tight, side alley, pressing him up against the brick and putting a hand over his mouth] Shhh~

[enigmaster]

[He tenses as he's hauled up to his feet, but then... huh? Wait... wasn't the one following him... But then he's tugged away before he can question it, so all he really does is gape like an idiot. He opens his mouth to say... something, anything, but Oswald's hand is over his mouth and he stops himself. His heart is racing at about a mile a minute. Oswald can probably hear that -- feel it, even, maybe. What's... going on here?]