Turning on the Lights (Kiyr/GM)

[Kyrie Blaze]

Congratulations.

Lucien manages to evade detection. Barely.

The group goes back on patrol and Lucien is just brushed passed, making it a double-miss!

Continue? Yes or No?

[Lucien DeChain]

Y. CONTINUE.

Lucien would let the patrol pass, giving a long window before he started to move again. Didn't want anyone suddenly turning around and going 'there it was again!'

Once he was certain the coast was clear, Lucien would start to move forward again, this time being more careful. The strain was starting to get the better of him, sweat drops forming, making him feel quite uncomfortable. Ugh. Gross.

[Kyrie Blaze]

Lucien is a smart man.

He manages to avoid being re-detected by exercising caution and continues forging his way forward. Eventually he makes it to the substation.

Phew, right?














































































































Or not.

Inside the substation stands a pretty burly man. His back is to Lucien right now. Muscles and sweat, that's what this man was made of.

[Lucien DeChain]

Lucien paused when he saw the man. Holding his breath, he would try to get close to the man, taking great care to be absolutely slow and silent and even infinitesimally so. While he strode, he would try to withdraw the knife from his belt (again, as silently as possible).

At any time if the man were to turn around to face Lucien, the man would stand perfectly still. If Lucien was in a close enough position to strike, or the man came towards him, Lucien would plunge the knife into the man's abdomen, sending his electricity into the knife to shock the man.

If the man didn't turn around and Lucien got into a close enough range to strike, all at once Lucien would reach forward and clasp his hand over the man's mouth, drawing him back and off balance while the other hand deftly sliced his throat from the front.

IF NEITHER OF THOSE THINGS HAPPENED, then obviously something unforseen happened and Lucien would most likely do neither of those things. Or both. Maybe.

[Kyrie Blaze]

The man happens to turn. It was his job to watch over this place, so, naturally, he must have been pretty good at it. And because he was the only one there, he must have been capable. But when he turned and Lucien stilled, he couldn't see. But he didn't move, either. So Lucien would have to get closer.

There was no sign that he saw Lucien. In fact, his gaze was pretty unfocused as Lucien moved closer--

THE UNEXPECTED!

--like a snake striking to counter another snake's strike, the hand upon the same side as Lucien's striking hand would palm the outside of his wrist, driving his opponent's hand inwards and hopefully away from his midsection, preventing a stab but still leaving a decent slice. With a growl, he straight-up punched Lucien with his other fist.


. o O ( Stats and combat info, for reference:

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STR: 30
DEX: 40
CON: 60
INT: 43
WIS: 40
CHA: 40

Each hit that connects - be it glancing blow or otherwise - knocks 15 CON from his total. The fight will end when his CON reaches 15 or below.

)

[Lucien DeChain]

Lucien's eyes snapped to the man as he blocked the knife, bringing it to the inside... which Lucien didn't really get, because it left him ample opportunity to slice through the man's midsection as his hand was guided.

As the other man's hand came to punch, Lucien would move slightly out of the way to avoid the hit, deftly swinging his free hand up to aim a backfist at the man's forearm. As he was doing that, he would charge up his Qi and electrocute the man through the knife.

{OOC: Qi Ability Level 2: Mekrdhehk Ynsun: Makes the body a focused conductor of electricity so every hit taken shocks the opponent. +15 Con -10% to all physical stats if used more than twice. (Using knife as extension.)}

[Kyrie Blaze]

Had he truly seen Lucien before he struck? Not entirely. There was a vague sort of...he wasn't even sure to the air. So when Lucien's invisibility broke as he attacked...he only had a moment or two to act in.

He did what he could, but it was still a mistake on his part.

But even so, his burly, muscled form had a few inches and at least fifty pounds on the Lightning Dragon.

It still didn't save him from being shocked.

The electricity caused his body to spasm as the backfist knocked his arm, his other palm against the outside of Lucien's wrist whose hand was still holding the knife.. He did, however, essentially bend forward towards the Lightning Dragon, sharply with whatever bodily controls he had with the electric current coursing through his body, intending on smacking his head into Lucien's.

He had no clue where the knife was at this point. He was only concerned with the headbutt to take whoever this punk was, out.



. o O ( Due to the nature of the attack in combination with the injury, 20 CON is taken. As his first attack did not hit, there is no deduction.

CON: 40 )

[Lucien DeChain]

Lucien saw the large man bend over, trying to go for a desperate headbutt. Had the knife been only a few inches over, the man would have fallen right on the tip, but as it was it would only give him a grazing cut along his side. The headbutt was about to connect, but Lucien would only tuck his chin slightly in order to deflect it, meeting forehead to forehead. It still hurt, but it wasn't nearly as debilitating as a direct hit to the nose would have been.

Stumbling backwards from the force, Lucien found his footing and stared down the man. Keeping a watchful eye on the man, in case he decided to come in for an attack, Lucien would sigh. Disrobing, his weighted jacket would fall to the floor, along with the choker necklace. "I have had a really long day. I'm tired, hungry, and trying to do a good fucking deed here, so here's how this is going to work. You're going to let me in for sixty seconds. Then, I'm gone and no one has to get hurt. Otherwise, this is going to end badly for one of us."

Once he had said his piece, he would wait for the man to respond, keeping his eye on him, and his senses aware. Without that training gear, he felt twice as strong, and much faster.

{OOC: Stats
STR 32
DEX 65
CON 31
INT 37
WIS 41
CHA 32}

[Kyrie Blaze]

. o O ( CON: 25 )

The man rocked back with the blow, but only one step. He managed to stand, seemingly solidly despite the electric shock - but oh boy did his nerves ever still feel it - and looked at Lucien as the clothes came off and he spoke.

"What good fucking deed. Trying to shank me?" He snapped, his voice higher-pitched and seemingly very out of place considering his physique and overall appearance, cracking his knuckles deftly.

But, so far, didn't attack.

[Lucien DeChain]

"Should I say sorry? We both know you wouldn't have ever let me past while you still had breath. And, I'm afraid I can't back down either. So let's make this quick." Lucien's voice took on an exasperated tone. Part of him just wanted this day to be over. But, then again, part of him was itching for this fight.

"My name is Lucien DeChain. Seeker of Crows, Governor of Hermosa, Commander of Spectres, Ghost Wolf, Lightning Dragon." He spoke, looking directly at the man. He would wait for the man to have a chance to respond before he attacked.

If the man didn't attack first.

[Kyrie Blaze]

'Blah blah blah.' Lucien's opponent thought, already not giving two shits as soon as he continued after giving his name.

Fucking uppity little scrub with all his fancy titles?

Yeah, no.

Lucien would find himself being dashed by a man with a temper of a bull...he might as well be one. His intent was to spear the skinny lad to the ground.

. o O ( Holy crap, Greg, didn't even know you posted! Sorry! kaj;sdfawubga )

[Lucien DeChain]

Lucien was ready, watching the man as he ran straight towards him. He wasn't moving, rather, calculating, watching, waiting for the right time. While he did, the wellspring of electricity came forth, surging through his system, making his muscles twitch with shuddering anticipation.

As the man came upon him, Lucien did not try to escape. Of course, being tackled and grounded by this man would have been a terrible position for anyone else, for Lucien... well, it was still a pretty compromising position. But, that was what he needed. He needed to give his entire self to this. All his strength, all his commitment.

What Lucien would end up doing is simply extending his arms towards the man, trying to grab on to the man's shirt at the moment before impact. Using his balance to guide his fall, Lucien would keep his arms tense as to guide the man as well, making to throw the man over himself as he fell backwards. But not quite all the way, for as Lucien's back curled into the ground and his back rocked, he would swing his legs up to try to kick the upside-down man's midsection. With the double kick, Lucien would put all of the welled energy, bursting all his electricity from himself into the man, adding force to the kick.

Which hopefully would cause the man to fly. Upside-down. In midair. Backwards. Really far. Like, out the door and then some more kind of far.

{OOC: QI ACTIVE
Level : High 1 Post Max
Tnykuh Picdan: A burst of power immediately absorbing all electrical energy and residual Qi energy in the area and focusing it into a single body part for an attack, the extreme energy causing a temporary short circuit in the body. +25 Str, Dex. -10% for every extra post of use.


[*]Strength : 57
[*]Dexterity : 90
[*]Constitution : 31
[*]Intelligence : 37
[*]Wisdom : 41
[*]Charisma : 32

Make any sort of rule about how far he flies based on what you think is good. Or if he flies into something. I'm pretty open on this one. :3}

[Kyrie Blaze]

There was something about acting the part that made him actually the part. Committed as he was, he hit Lucien like - he thought - a battering ram would smash into a door.

And despite his mass versus Lucien, the surprise burst of power that came out of nowhere lifted him from his falling-but-not-quite momentum.

He flew, his body turning one complete circle before he crashed, back first, against a trio of narrow pipes. There was a sickening crack as the force caused his back to break. Slumping, he hung like a pair of wet jeans on a drying rack., the trauma from the spinal injury causing his gaze to slowly go sightless.

Lucien, after recovering from his attack...would now be free to work his magic on the last substation.

[Lucien DeChain]

Lucien would get up from the floor, sighing. His body was aching from the fall and he was totally drained. He didn't have time to check on the guy; for all he knew it could only be a few seconds before he was being chased.

Entering the building, he would find the generator room and realize that he didn't have much of a charge left in his body.

"Damn." He cursed, trying to feel if there was any excess electricity he could leech off of the environment, while also rubbing his hands together to create a static charge.

[Kyrie Blaze]

With Lucien's previous attack leeching all the electricity from the area as he was already inside the substation...it's very tough to find any sort of qi from the dead man or any type of electrical current.

What now, brown cow?