You're caught in the wire (For Shizuo)

[have_your_lives]

[Schuldig has been at ease with the idea of casual murder for years, of course. Oh, he's done it himself, on occasion, though it's so much more elegant to go through other people - goading them to it, enticing them into it, subtly guiding them into doing exactly what Schwarz wants done. It has the added benefit of giving him the time to be lazy,

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[shizychan]

[ The minute Shizuo is done reading the letter from that something called Mayfield Census Bureau, he scrunches the freaking paper in his fist and throws it out of a window like it's a freaking canonball.

Or, that is what he was aiming for but instead of the result he unconsciously desired, the paper ball simply hits the window before pathetically dropping on the floor and rolling under the nearest table. Having witnessed just what kind of items, things, people he has been able to sent flying through even walls in the past, even his brain manages to count what's 1+1 = his powers are gone.

Or more like, it has been reduced to the level of a normal human being apparently, something he has desired to have always. Which is exactly why this is so puzzling to him; the letter had after all mentioned that there would be a penalty for failure in killing his target, which to him would apparently be losing the control of his strenght. Heck, now that he though of it, the penalty for him would be that he has to kill someone, as that mostly what losing the control of his strenght meant.

He glances at the photos, the ones that he couldn't bear to crush together with the letter, instilling the conclusion to which he had arrived earlier that they were merely a lure to get him to kill people. Kasuka, Celty, Tom... They were safe in Ikebukuro. They had to be. He wouldn't need to kill Marui and he would gladly accept the penalty, whatever it was going to be now, later.

The thought of other people receiving a similar kind of letter doesn't occur to him, but once it does, after the sudden ruckus of someone fucking bulldozing into the house, Shizuo's quick on his feet to jump out of the window and into the backyard. Whoever the trespasser was, he certainly hoped they would be after him. ]

aaaahhhh apologies this got buried in my inbox and I missed it!

[have_your_lives]

[Oh, ducking him won't be that easy. Schuldig hears the sudden movement and follows the sound rapidly to the window, and then he sees Shizuo. He knows enough from inquiring of the drones that Shizuo is the father of this house, and thus of adult age - and there's only one adult male to a house. That means that the man bolting from him is probably his target.

And if he isn't...well, who cares? He's got plenty of bullets.

Schuldig vaults out of the window after him, smirking already. He takes a shot at Shizuo's back before he actually starts running, however - he's already trying to hit a moving target, no reason to ruin his accuracy further by trying to shoot on the fly himself.]

i-it's alright ;3;

[shizychan]

[ In an ideal situation, Shizuo had hoped his attacker would've carried a knife instead of a gun, since if he has learnt one thing about guns and bullets, it's that you can best avoid them by moving. Though yes, the same goes for knifes, but when speaking of guns it meant moving hell of a lot. Though usually he could've just accepted the bullets without much fear of dying at the first bullet, but even he knows they are a pain in the ass, so just happily getting shot would be stupid and it wasn't a good situation anyway to test his limits. Which is why he doesn't spend much time with looking around and forming an escape/battle plan in his head when there could already be someone behind his back, aiming a gun to his head. And no, he doesn't turn around to make sure of this and at the same time say hello to Schuldig's ugly mug, seconds were rather crucial for him. The best and quickest solution for this piece of a puzzle?

Rely on your instinct. And fast.

So once his gaze hits the tree on the yard, he leaps off the ground, feet meeting the trunk and in the same second pushing off from it to make Shizuo land on a branch, surprisingly high up in the tree. With his strenght, he could've perhaps made the same jump with one bounce, but at least skills in parkour were something they couldn't take away. Hell, all those years of flea annihilation couldn't go to waste, now could it?

Anyhow, no time to stop, even if the prenches provided a nice cover, they weren't exactly bulletproof, as he had now managed to confirm this with the gun shot just heard.

The fencing between the houses looks promising, so jumping down on that and running! Too bad it, unlike the tree, has absolute zero cover-up, meaning if he hears a gun go off, he better be quick with jumping back on the ground. For now, let's run on top of the fences. ]

aaaaa I keep failing BUT I THINK I'M ON THE BALL NOW :|

[have_your_lives]

[Schuldig's wild grin is unmistakably predatory as he takes off after Shizuo without hesitation. Clearly his target is a nimble one...but while Schuldig doesn't know parkour, he's certainly skilled enough at getting around himself. He'd jumped sure-footed from rooftop to rooftop all the time in Tokyo, after all...and those buildings were dozens of stories high. A town like Mayfield, where it was rare for any building to be taller than two stories? Especially in the residential areas?

Oh, he's not worried about keeping up.

He starts shooting again, rather less accurately but making up for this with far more bullets. Between that and the wild laughter, it's fairly obvious he doesn't care if they hit, or who - right now, he's having fun.]

s-sob it's okay............ ;; u ;;

[shizychan]

[ Just the first shot alone is enough to drop Shizuo down the fence, though he had managed to run on top of it for at least a few spaces of houses. But the sad truth is, a bullet can still fly faster than what he can run, so even if he is quick to react to the noise, the bullet still manages to graze his left shoulder as he leans on his side to drop on the ground and roll back on his feet. He has no idea just how badly it hit him, the wound stings somewhat and, goddammit, he got this outfit from his baby brother!-- But no time to mourn on that, it's only his shoulder after all and he can still run, or more like he has to run still, since the bullet rain didn't stop to just one hit.

With his brain working like there's no tomorrow, quickly analysing the yard he landed on and seeing more and more fences around them, Shizuo once again doesn't stop to admire the scenery but the second he is standing, or even before that, he is running again, this time to jump over the fences with the not wounded arm helping him to lift his body over them. He had to get out of the residential area at least. The city, despite being small, would provide more hiding places than these houses and fences.

And even if Schuldig would stop shooting, Shizuo could at least figure just how far away from him the redhead was with that laughter. Though it annoyed the blonde to no end. ]

[have_your_lives]

[Schuldig doesn't even need the help of his hands; he's jumped higher than a fence unassisted before, being the most agile member of Schwarz by a long shot. He jumps high enough for his foot to hit the top of the fence, launching him forward with extra momentum as he gets another few shots off at Shizuo. And then, suddenly, he's out of bullets, which gets a short German curse from him.

He's got more, of course, but Shizuo will get a brief reprieve as Schuldig reloads on the run.]