Ibrahim had been having a relatively decent day. The cafeteria served bitter sprouts at lunch, which were notably mal-free while also not preferred by enclavers. He'd participated in a successful supply run and gotten a new notebook. And then he was ambushed in the hallway to the showers, and his apparently utterly useless walking buddy had just run for it.

The serpentine mal body he saw looked like that of an an amphisbaena. He'd like to think his spell would have worked had it been an amphisbaena. Unfortunately, having a mirror for a face makes a mal not particularly responsive to spells that damage the fangs.

The mirror swallows him. It's painless and brief.

Ibrahim had been having a relatively decent day. The cafeteria served bitter sprouts at lunch, which were notably mal-free while also not preferred by enclavers. He'd participated in a successful supply run and gotten a new notebook. And then he was ambushed in the hallway to the showers, and his apparently utterly useless walking buddy had just run for it.

The serpentine mal body he saw looked like that of an an amphisbaena. He'd like to think his spell would have worked had it been an amphisbaena. Unfortunately, having a mirror for a face makes a mal not particularly responsive to spells that damage the fangs.

He channels the last of his mana into a blast, which doesn't do much. He can't land a hit with his knife before the mal is on him.

The mirror swallows him. It's painless and brief.