and in the mirror, all midnight eyes [closed]

[profcharisma]

Who: Issei, Shadow!Waver
Where: The streets of Prospero.
When: The Dark Hour, November 26
Summary:  In which Waver's Shadow teaches us all how to do the creep.
Rating: PG-13ish?

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[unknownrival]

Issei was - well, not blissfully unaware. He knew well that Shadows could be dangerous, but he was banking on the dopplegangers' desires being mostly to defeat or convince their other selves. He hadn't had much problem with the normal Shadows lately, but he was still cautious.

Not paranoid, though. He was unaware that anyone would have issue with him enough that their Shadow would single him out. And so he traveled further and further away from the hotel without noticing his company.

[tsunstalker]

At nineteen, Waver had hardly been anything of a fighter-- he was too small, too thin, didn't have the muscle for it or the stomach for it. As a Shadow, he had magecraft, but it was obvious that in a fair fight, Issei would be able to overpower him.

That simply meant that the fight couldn't be fair.

He found a few Shadows lurking around in a side street nearby, and the ideas for a quick plan fell into place; if he fell behind in the physical aspect of things, then he would make up the ground by exploiting every one of Issei's weaknesses that he could.

A few scrapes to the hands and a little dirt on his clothes to make things a little more believable, a few fake tears and flushed cheeks and a pair of Maya chasing after him-- Shadows really weren't fond of being shot at, even by other Shadows-- and he was the picture of fear and panic when he ran out of the side street only a few yards away from Issei.

[unknownrival]

Someone in panic overwhelmed by Shadows? Target acquired.

Issei immediately changed course to directly towards Waver. Jikokuten loomed up behind him, shooting ice at the Maya. He didn't need to get a good look at the 'victim' before interposing himself between him and the Shadows, sword drawn in case any of them could get through the wave of ice.

[tsunstalker]

Some people were simply too predictable.

He would let Issei take care of the Maya; it wasn't as though they were particularly strong. While he was busy, it would give Waver the time he needed to prepare for a little magecraft.