@zsqsz : ❝ aren’t you the curious one. ❞    

“I think a bit of curiosity is natural, a man doesn’t act as you do without an underlying cause.” Jonathan says coolly, running a clinical eye over the other’s tally-marked scars. He’s toying with the machinery in his gloves, the softest click, click click of the safety, on and off, an idle meditation on his temptation. He didn’t much care for Zsasz, and if the conversation devolved into experimentation, well...he certainly wouldn’t be losing any sleep over it.

𝐌𝐄𝐋𝐎𝐃𝐈𝐂        𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐒        𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐂𝐇        𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐅𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐘        𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆        𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒        ------        FOLLOWED        BY        FAINT        STEPS        .  .  .        (        SOMEONES        COME        TO        PLAY        !       )        clown        quickly        but        quietly        rises        to        his        feet        * &        starts        inching        toward        the        door        .

                                  𝙍𝙐𝙉        ,       𝙍𝘼𝘽𝘽𝙄𝙏        ,        𝙍𝙐𝙉          .  .  .  

INTENT        IS        TO        PLACE       HIMSELF        in        a        corner        just       behind        the        door        ;       to       give      himself        more       of        an        upper        hand        .  .  .        like        hyena        awaiting        prey        ,        HE       LICKS       HIS        CHOPS        ,        with        barb-wired        bat        at        at        the        ready        ----        𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐆𝐑𝐘        𝐅𝐎𝐑        𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐃        '𝐍        𝐆𝐔𝐓𝐒        !        

            𝘿𝙊𝙉’𝙏        𝘽𝙀        𝘼𝙁𝙍𝘼𝙄𝘿        𝙊𝙁        𝙏𝙃𝙀        𝙁𝘼𝙍𝙈𝙀𝙍’𝙎        𝙂𝙐𝙉        !

THIS        IS        A        '        JOB        .  .  .        '        would        be        assailant        had        said        ,        but        that        didn’t        clear        up        muddied        waters        --------        NOT        EVEN        A        LITTLE     .        HE’S        CAUSED        A        LOT        OF        PEOPLE        a        lot        of        pain       ,        after        all        .  .  . 

                                                      @ZSQSZ 

 @zsqsz​ said : [ PROTECT ]  from zaz !

It was a small mistake- a loose wire in the headpiece of the Carpenter- that one small, sparking thing that returned free will and active mind to one of the Hatter’s pawns at a time most embarrassingly inopportune. He can count himself lucky it wasn’t a heist in progress; but when one wishes to show off a piece of new technology to a dear friend, being belted halfway across the stage by your own pawn‘s hammer is...  well, immersion breaking, and that’s the least of it.

The terrific crack of skull against wood cuts loud clear though Wonderland’s cacophony, as the metal is abandoned for fists before the Hatter even has half a mind about him. There’s hot blood on his face, scarlet painting the hands of his assailant as they ready for another blow., looming large in the wide eyes of the hypnotist. He scrabbles backward, animal-like, desperate, pleas nonsensical and desperate when :

𝘉𝘈𝘕𝘎 !

His wish granted with a gunshot, the perfect o in the dead center of the Carpenter’s forehead a testament to Victor’s skill. The Hatter locks in place, shock washing over his face in a crashing wave. “...ah.”   Nervous laughter, a wave of trembling hands. “Funny how that happens, we really are all mad here...” Jervis’s facade of cheery control is about as fragile as his ability to hold himself together, he’s well and truly shaken. “You- you will bandage this ones canvas, I should hope...”

He makes no attempt to stand, but draws his knees to him, a hand cradling his forehead with a wince. “Dear me, went though and though my head like an earthquake...though and though and through...”

five hours into torture and chill and he gives you this look.... what do you DO ? / @zsqsz 

@zsqsz​ ‘ & ! 

MISTAKES WERE MADE -- something realized now , but would never be admitted .( ‘ hindsight is perfect vision ‘ , and all .... ) . the only thing clown regrets is not ONLY letting zsasz live , but letting him escape. he certainly won’t be making that error again -- IF ANY AT ALL. doubts he’ll be alive by the end of this .... and that’s perfectly fine with him . ( YOU CAME , YOU SAW , AND YOU NOT ONLY LIVED BUT LEFT YOUR MARK ON THE WORLD / nothing will ever be the same .... ) however , that isn’t to say the joker will make it easy -- where would the fun be in THAT ? 

other would trace a scar with surprising delicacy - or perhaps it should be expected. being in victor’s line of work takes skill , precision .... “ funny story ‘bout those .... “ j trails off . when speaking again voice takes on a more intimate quality ( different than his usual fast paced cadence ) . “ wanna hear it ? “ all the while he’s resisting the urge to shiver at former victim’s touch . instead he’d stare , unwavering , into the assassin’s eyes . maybe.... he’d reopen them. ( after all , if the shoe were on the other foot.... ) wouldn’t THAT be a fitting way to leave this world ? 

𝐘𝐎𝐔        𝐃𝐎𝐍’𝐓        𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐑        𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐇        ,        𝐘𝐎𝐔        𝐖𝐄𝐋𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐄        𝐈𝐓        .  .  .        [        clown        wears        a        maniac’s        grin        !        ]        --------        * &        when        the        gun        is        pressed         to        his        forehead        .  .  .        it        elicits        maddened        giggle        !        "        y’       ----        y’        reEEeEeally        got        a        one        track        mind        !        "        laughter        stains        each        syllable        with        an        inappropriate        hilarity        ;        𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐅𝐋𝐘        𝐖𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐒        𝐈𝐅        𝐓𝐇𝐄        𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐘       𝐎𝐅        𝐒𝐄𝐋𝐅        𝐖𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐃        𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐕𝐄        .  .  .        or        if        gotham        would        hastily        push        him        to        the        back        of        her        mind        .        (        a        thought        that        seems        to        sober        him        up        quite        a        bit        )                 -------        “        .  .  .        SO        !        y’        open        t’        a       bargain        ?        “        

                          TOUCH        MEME        |        @ZSQSZ