Blake stood in front of the bathroom mirror with the Blank Mask covering his face.
For several seconds, nothing happened.
His reflection remained identical to his own, dark blonde hair, brown eyes, the same nervous expression he had been wearing all afternoon.
The mask only changed his appearance once he imagined someone else, and unlike the first time he'd used it, he wasn't planning on closing his eyes.
Last time, using the item itself hadn't been difficult. The difficult part had been constructing a face quickly enough. Every feature had required conscious thought, every detail had to be assembled one by one.
If he ever needed to change identities while someone was walking toward him, that delay alone could get him caught.
For the past weeks, he has been training this, and well, it was getting faster, just his imagination needed some work.
He stared straight into his own eyes.
'Come on, I gotta do this better.'
