Fokiri Village

[Cecily D Aria]

"Why? So that White Len can grow more powerful?" Sandra asked. her stomach turned at the thought of killing him, even if he was just an illusion.  

[UkyoKuonji2004]

"Didn't you see how injured she got when I struck that illusion of hers in the Forest?" Shiki said with a sneer.  

[Cecily D Aria]

"If you are an illusion, why are you trying to talk me into killing you and weakening her?" Sandra asked.  

[UkyoKuonji2004]

"That is the question now isn't it?" Shiki laughed, "If you hurt me, you hurt her. Yet, there is that chance that I'm really Shiki who's mind is taken over; then you would only make her stronger by attacking me. Oh...decisions decisions..." He hummed a little.  

[Cecily D Aria]

Sandra knew he was right. She needed to make a decision. She thought about what Arcuied had told her and what Shiki had said to her before. She took a breath and a thorned vine shot out of the ground, looking to cut his shoulder.  

[UkyoKuonji2004]

"Hagh!" Shiki cried when the vine cut into him, "Y-You got to hurt me more than that missy!" He mocked.  

[Cecily D Aria]

Sandra looked at him angrily. Then she thought of something. The real Shiki would have sap in his blood. She would be able to tell if it was real or an illusion. She put her hand on Shiki's wound and felt for the sap.  

[UkyoKuonji2004]

Shiki's eyes flashed angrily at Sandra, but he couldn't do anything about it.
There was a small amount of sap in his blood since she had not injected him recently.  

[Cecily D Aria]

Sandra let out a breath. So this was the real Shiki. Now she just needed to figure out how to get him back from White Len.  

[UkyoKuonji2004]

"What the hell is wrong with you?! Kill me already!" Shiki demanded.  

[Cecily D Aria]

Sandra shook her head. "No, I'm not going to kill you," she said.  

[UkyoKuonji2004]

"Sure you are! I'm not gonna stop you! So what's stopping you? Because I look like him?" Shiki asked.  

[Cecily D Aria]

"You don't just look like him," Sandra replied. She looked at him, seriously.  

[UkyoKuonji2004]

"You think I'm real?" Shiki laughed, "Wrong! And you don't even have proof!"  

[Cecily D Aria]

"I do," Sandra replied with a slight smile. He was arguing for her to kill him, why would White Len do that if he wasn't the real Shiki.