Sleep is the little brother of death

[meowminx]

WHO: Selina (catmasked) & Lust (easytochop)
WHERE: City streets somewhere downtown
WHEN: Afternoon of August 18th
SUMMARY: PAIN
WARNINGS: VIOLENCE AND BLOOD AND STABBING
FORMAT: Para

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[easytochop]

Selina Kyle not hating her life? Clearly something had to hit the fan.

Lust had been walking, as she always did on days when she had no work. The excuse of committing the City's structure to memory had begun to fall flat after six months; she was beginning to suspect that she actually enjoyed it, which was a little disgusting. Still, she had to admit that her plans were moving along smoothly, so taking some small pleasure in observing the city was a momentary luxury she could afford

[meowminx]

Live in Gotham long enough and you start to get a sixth sense about being tailed. Selina didn't do anything as obvious as glance over her shoulder, but she did pick up the pace a bit, moving easily through the throngs of people.

Her thoughts moved along at a steady clip as well. Back home, she'd just duck into an alley, let the idiot follow her, and then take him or her out. But there were too many people here out of her weight class for that to be a real option.

Unless. Unless she was clever about it.

Another block and she melted from the crowd into a narrow alleyway, indistinguishable from thousands of twins across the city. Only she didn't stop. She stepped through the wall into what looked like the storage area of a restaurant she made a note to never eat at.

And she waited.

[easytochop]

She noticed the woman quickening her pace and couldn't help but smile as she did the same. People tended to give her a slight berth in the first place, when she was walking close among them--they weren't quite as ignorant as the humans in Amestris. As she ducked into the alleyway, however, the grin turned back into a frown. Selina clearly didn't know who was following her if this was the action she had taken. Instead of turning towards the alley as she grew closer, Lust walked past it, moving in tandem with the rest of the crowd for once, and cast one sidelong glance inside.

For a moment, before she remembered the powers that Selina had long since made public knowledge, she was shocked; the momentary look of fury on her face, however, was wiped smooth as soon as her memory filled in the gaps of misunderstanding. Of course she would do this; the question was what the woman had chosen to phase through, and whether she could see her.She stopped walking, quite suddenly, and began scanning the crowd for people she could use. Though there

[meowminx]

Selina knew better than to just stick her head out to see who was following her. Good way to lose it. Instead, she went up through the ceiling (still a difficult trick, but she was getting better at it) to the second floor. The dust there was thick -- clearly no one had been up there for a while.

She estimated distance and footsteps, counting down. She tacked on a few extra second and then stepped through the wall onto the fire escape. Higher ground, always an advantage.

If someone was actually there, at least. Selina frowned and glanced around. She hadn't been wrong, she was sure of it.