Shimmersword and Alistaire: Alleycat Blues

Shimmersword was walking back towards the church after having witnessed the battle between....The Avatar he supposes and a devil of massive power. Despite the victory he still felt....uneasy, he felt as though what happened next could go a large number of ways. He suddenly stopped as he entered an alleyway and felt an all-too-familiar dark presence in the area with him. He swirled around, brandishing his shimmering energy blade as he looked around. "I know you are there fiend! Now reveal yourself lest you face my blade!"

"Now now "Shimmersword" , that's no way to greet an old friend is it?" Alistaire walked forth from the shadows, that eerie smile of his reflecting the light from shimmersword's blade.

"I know not why you call me a friend, you scoundrel." Shimmersword said as he dispelled his weapon.

Alistaire rolled his eyes as he said "When are you finally going to accept who I really am? Accept who you really once were?" Alistaire said at a slow and almost...teasing pace.

"I know not what you mean, I am Shimmersword, Paladin of Light and that is who i've always been!"

Alistaire scoffed as he glared at Shimmersword and said with a voice teeming with malice. "Do you really think they'd accept you if they knew who you once were? If they knew who you were before Shimmersword? I know who you were because I. Am. You."

Shimmersword glared at the dark entity as he said "You are not and never will be me you dark fiend! Who I was before this matters not because I have changed! I have accepted the light and changed for the better!"

Alistaire laughed as if he had heard a hilarious joke or one of those sudden fart jokes that aren't funny but it's so well-timed you can't help but laugh. "Changed...? CHANGED...!? Don't make me laugh "Shimmersword" you can't simply change from what you once were, I'm living proof of that. I'm that darkness that will always be inside of you, that small bit of corruption that taints your otherwise perfect holy aura. Need I remind you of who you once were?" Alistaire stepped forward, looking Shimmersword in the eyes as he continued. "You were the Dark Traveler, Scourge to All that Lived and Destroyer of Worlds, you laid waste to countless civilizations, countless planets, COUNTLESS GALAXIES ALL LAID TO WASTE BEFORE YOUR...OUR POWER. We were at the top of our game, we could have ruled our own empire with an iron fist! Yet you had to go and get tricked into following "The Teachings of the Holy Light"! I thought after you had finally struck down your god you would finally see things my way but NO YOU WENT AND FOUND YOURSELF ANOTHER GOD OF LIGHT TO WORSHIP, A PATHETIC EXCUSE FOR A GODDESS WHO DOESN'T KNOW WHAT REAL POWER IS. She's weak "Shimmersword"! We could leave her, we could go right back and become strong again if you'd just give in to me!!"

Shimmersword bluntly replied by slamming his fist into Alistair's chin, sending the dark entity flying. "I will never turn my back on the light of Ilias. I will never give in to your darkness or your foolishness. You can just give up on me now Dark One because so long as I and others like me yet live, you will never win." Shimmersword turned around and continued his trek to Ilias's Temple, whilst alistaire laid in the dirt, dirty and damn near with a broken jaw. He merely growled as he went over the problems in his head. There was no way he could corrupt Shimmersword into following his will and although he didn't think anyone was following him he knew Mami and Ilias were keeping a close eye on him. He relied far too much upon shimmersword's own power to keep himself within his physical form, if the connection they shared was ever cut....well he didn't want to think about that.

He then heard the sounds of someone walking nearby, as he went to the nearby corner and peered over the side, his smile widened as he saw a lone 2-tailed kitsune walking by herself. Despite knowing that someone was probably watching him he decided to take a calculated risk this night as he tailed the Kitsune. Using his auras and tricks he caused terror in the weaker being before finally causing her to flee down a dead-end alley. All that was heard was one final scream ripping through the night as Alistaire claimed yet another victim, absorbing their essence into his own being and gaining their power, their body dissipating as he did so. After this night, he finally headed home, needing to think over what plans he has once more. After all, tomorrow was another day.