His partner Iggy died in a car accident, leaving Sherry unscathed and alone. After time, he spirals into depression that won't go away.
Being desperate, he does some digging to find anything that could possibly bring his beloved back to him. That's when he finds a posting on some back alley website about "bringing people back to life." He course with no other options, contacts the person, then meeting them irl. He shows him an cursed mirror that, with the right ritual, will summon a demon that will bring the dead back.
Shade takes it home and pulls through, summoning a large bulky demon. He begs it to help him, and the demon uses its magic, seeminly to help Shade- But it's not. It instead traps him in the mirror it was once trapped itself, laughing at Shade's misfortune. He tries to break the mirror from the inside, but when he hits it with his fist, it only damages his own body. Shade's body as fragile as the very same glass.
TIMESKIP: Sherry is tour of sorts, where he walks through a hall of mirrors. Enthralled, he stays behind the group to take in the sight. His enchantment soon leaves when someone grabs his arm. It's a.. strange twisted version of themselves. Shade is interested in this doppelganger and asks him questions, verifying that they are one in the same - including their love interest by a similar name.
Jealous of this, Shade attempts to choke Sherry out to get him out of the equation. He mocks him, admitting to him that if he lost his Iris, he would be just as helpless as he is now.
Sherry makes an attempt to punch Shade, but he laughs in his face. Then after, pushes him into the mirror, switching places. Shade then uses his ability to shapeshift to make a perfect replica of Sherry. He then leaves to go find Iris. Iris, not knowing what happened, feels everything is normal (but slightly off if anything). The only way he would see Shade's true form is if his reflection is caught in front of a mirror or other reflective surface. (Say, a shiny toaster?)
At the hall of mirrors, Sherry is desperately banging on the mirror to escape, but to no avail. The only thing in the dark mirror-y void is himself and.. A necklace? It almost looks like the kind that Iris would wear. He holds it in his hands to try to get some kind of comfort in the loneliness. Suddenly, a while vibrant ghostly figure appears next to him. It holds it's hand on the mirror, and Sherry not knowing what to think of it, does the same as the figure.
Everything glows white, and Sherry suddenly can pass through. He looks back to thank the figure, but it's now gone. He looks down at the necklace he's still holding, and puts it into his pocket. Then heads back to his house, however possibly.
Iris hears a knock at a door and is.. shocked. There's another exactly replica of his boyfriend at the door. He's crying and trying to explain and convince him that he's the real Sherry. The fake Sherry joins the scene, and begins a "whos, who" discussion. But they act so similarly, it's hard to tell.
Iris tells the Sherry who came at the door to leave and that he'll have to think this situation through. Sherry is upset their getting kicked out of their own home, but respects his decision. But before they're able to leave, Iris whispers to them that they think they're the real one since they didn't argue with him to leave. Sherry delighted, continues to explain the situation, and asks what they should do about the fake.
But Shade overhears this and is outraged. He begins to attack Sherry, and Iris manages to break them up, but loses track on who was who. Sherry uses the same reasoning as before and suggests she just "leave." Iris confirms this, and figures it out. He and Sherry stand together to fight the foe.
But instead of continuing to fight, Shade instead breaks down at his failure. Sherry, empathetic to the situation, sits down with them and comforts him.
Iris is unsure of the situation, and looks at a necklace that's on the floor. It likely fell out of Sherry's pocket during their fight. He looks back at the two to see a white ghostly figure sit behind Shade. It looks up at him for a moment, and Iris is stunned at it's sudden appearance. It then looks away, back to Shade, with a hand Shade's back.
Sherry agrees to allow Shade to stay with them at their house, as long as they don't shapeshift into themselves anymore.
