Night 52: Rec Field
[from here]This was already further than Sai had gotten the past couple nights, which was saying something. It was getting over the wall that would be the real test, though. The actual act of scaling the brick would be simple, but the night had an odd way of ending before he'd gotten beyond that point. Hopefully the same wouldn't hold true this
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The recreational field wasn't much different from when she left it before, though there seemed to be more patients outside... and more monsters, too. And, even though Anise had known it probably wouldn't work, she still felt a disappointed to see that her shadow had followed her outside too. Even worse? It was continuing on, acting as though Anise wasn't trying her hardest to get rid of it.
"... But I guess you like those naïve sorts of people, don't you? After all, Ion was that way, too. I bet he didn't suspect a thing when you--"
"Shut upAnise had enough. She didn't care if what this thing said was true, if she needed to be ignoring it, or whatever else. It had no right to talk about Ion like that! The girl tore away from Ilia, grasping her meat tenderizer with both hands. Hoisting it over her shoulder, she swung at the shadow creature. The weapon passed right through the darkness that made up its body, with the shadow showing no sign of pain or even displeasure. It just watched her with an empty smile ( ... )
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Maybe Ilia really didn't know Anise at all.
She stood for a moment, just watching the younger girl flail at her opposing shadow, and in that instant she felt hopeless. But she immediately began shielding her heart from those thoughts. She would not let this place lead her on like a puppet. And almost on cue, her own Shadow approached her, drawing her attention away from Anise.
"You think you can save her, but you know it's not true."
Ilia clenched her fists to her sides and remained close-lipped. Yelling wasn't going to help. It wasn't hostile towards them. It was only spouting words. Just words. Nothing more.
( ... )
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Anise's shadow actually looked pleased that she was lashing out, as if she was only helping to prove its point. "Is it really okay to let Ilia see the real you? You might scare her away, you know," the shadow casually reminded her.
The girl had caught her breath by then, however, so she raised her weapon and swung again. "I don't care! I'll kill you!" The attack was slower and sloppier than before, and she could feel something warm and wet on her shoulder. On the back of her shirt, a dark red stain began to spread out from her wound.
Anise paid no attention to it. Even though the shadow remained unaffected by her attacks, she swung again. "I'll kill you!" she repeated in a desperate cry.
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"He must already see how pathetic you are. Best in your class? Second-in-command? You collect titles just to hide your weakness."
"Stop it!" Ilia pushed herself to her feet, wincing as the skin on her leg pulled against that sensitive cut. She didn't have to ask whom the shadow was referring too. 'He' made it quite obvious.
"No wonder he doesn't see anything in you." The Shadowself wrapped its arms around its abdomen and keened. "He won't love me! He can't love me!""I'm. Not. LIKE THAT!" Ilia launched herself at the shadow again, but even in her angry haze she watched. She kept her eye on the thing's movement, watched the way it positioned it's feet, how it sidestepped and ( ... )
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"Giving up already?" Anise's own shadow sounded disappointed. "I guess I shouldn't be so surprised. It's not like you can do anything by yourself, anyway." When it came to sore spots, this thing knew just where to aim. Perhaps even worse was how it tended to aim for the same weaknesses Sync often would... Was Anise really so transparent that a bastard like him knew her almost as well as she knew herself? Ugh. Now that was a disgusting thought ( ... )
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