Kire looked at him, frowning, not convinced that he [i]was[/i] alright with staring at his nightmare and the source of all his conflicted feeling. [i]This is a terrible idea, Kay,[/i] she thought, looking at his outstretched hand. An ally who was unstable was just as much of a potential problem as an ally with wavering allegiance, especially in the thick of battle. She cold not only hear Janes’s scolding in her head, but Envy’s annoyed glare. “If you accidentally kill me while I’m wearing that face, I am going to haunt you for eternity,” she said, dead serious. Then again, he did say he probably wouldn’t be able to kill Akuma, but who could say what would happen in the middle of a fight? She sighed, finally handing over her ring. This wasn’t an ideal situation all around; she’d have to refrain from wearing the silver ring until they needed her to be the “imposter”, and everybody else would just have to bear with her real face for the duration. “But the sooner we accomplish this mission, the sooner I’ll finally leave, right?” 

She found Ysaryn not long after she had returned to the caverns, and she told her about their proposed plan: that she would wear Akuma’s face in the hope that this would get them far enough inside without both her and Ysaryn needing to fight, at least not immediately. “Ruli will serve as a distraction, draw them to him with his magic to get him inside. He would draw most of them away, and presumably he might be taken to where the Gemini does his—experiments. You and I, and Bolym, would be led to where the captives are, and hopefully where the other targets are. Are you two willing to pretend to answer to me? I know you probably have had enough of pretending while in Cordon.”