Illusions 1

With a whirl, Jace threw illusions of exploding pyrotechnics up around the stage as columns of curling smoke enveloped Jace in bluish fumes. The Rakdos guards around the stage reached in to feel for where he had been. Their hands grabbed at ankles, and they dragged a figure out.

To everyone’s surprise, it appeared that Exava herself emerged from the fumes, furious and kicking. But Jace’s illusion had given him Exava’s form. He kicked and yelped, acting in character, trying to seem as furious as Exava would have at being caught by her own minions. He pointed a finger back to where Exava had been standing and summoned up his best impression of her, yelling, “Kill him!”

The spotlight swung to where Exava had stood, and the woman had been replaced with the blue-cloaked form of Jace.

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