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A Battle In The Nightmare 250118


(A battle in the Nightmare)

[Fri Jan 17 2025]

In the forest

It is morning, about 20F(-6C) degrees, and there are a few dark grey stormclouds in the sky.

"It's nice to get out an stretch my legs after this week." Lenny comments idly, the voice is distinctly masculine and cocky. "Who's about to have a bad time over there?" he turns to notice the Bohemian woman and he begins to bolt over to her, "Hey beautiful."

Generating a ball of fire, Illyana sends it towards Lenny wordlessly.

"Ah you hit like a truck. Just dont hit me" Lenny groans, thats saying something since his skin has a sleek porcelin look to it, he's supernaturally armored right now. Still he takes his sweet time leveling his pistol to snap a shot off

Not moving closer yet, Illyana once more attacks, wordlessly doing so.

When the woman doesn't get closer Lenny moves in to get a better shot with his revolver, he sends obsidian rounds down range at Illyana. Clipping her so far but the material adds some sting to Illyana's blood

Moving back once more, Illyana generates, then tosses another ball which of course only clips the Templar. Protected or not, it's inadvisable to get close, even with obsidian rounds flying.

"Stop runnin'" Lenny sneers, showing off his cockiness. He presses the attack, popping a tranq shot off with an offhand tranquilizer pistol then he switches to his revolver to follow up with more of those obsidian bullets.

Returning to the bow, even with the lethergy of that tranquiliser inhibiting all she can do, Illyana frowns. The shot, such that it is clatters near Lenny's feet, though may, if lucky, at least clip him; Then comes that burden of weight upon Lenny's shoulders.

"You are looking a bit tired there babe." Lenny teases, his cockiness on full display as he just presses the attack over and over. "So how about that date after?" what date? Did he ever ask before? Is he having a stroke?

Once more, Illyana throws fire at Lenny, snarling as the pistol fires. Then, once again, she moves.

Lenny continues to advance on Illyana now, beliving she is sufficiently incapacitated to fight back. He prepares to use his machete at his hip, drawing it for melee. "Why are you so unfriendly?"

There's still no answer; Why would she? There's another attempt at an attack, but staggered, of course it's still born, and Illyana just stares back.

It's a never ending parade of gadgets and obsidian bullets lining up to run through Illyana's ability to fight back in any meaningful way. Lenny gets closer and closer each time he persues, ending up less than ten paces away,

Illyana isn't giving up yet. Incapacitated as she is, she will fight, and that of course is weaker each time, and the grenade doesn't help. Back to the bow then, and it sparks at Lenny's feet as Illyana moves away.

Lenny finally has a chance to do some real damage when he gets in close to try and hack past Illyana's sabre with his heavier blade. "Go down bitch." he snarls, dropping the greasy creep for straight meanness.

In melee and neutralized. That's inconvenient for Illyana. And of course, Lenny has all the toys. So what remains is to attack as best she can, and it's a side swing from the sabre which Lenny is able to parry.

Lenny is just a human, a human with many many tricks but still his sword arm never swings as hard as a supernatural can swing. He can't take as much damage under normal circumstances but fortunately for him his skin is armored unnaturally. Despite all his tricks, Illyana is not completely helpless and the man takes the fight seriously all the way through

Still inconvenienced, Illyana tries once more to move away. With Lenny empowered as he is, that's made all the harder, and neutralized, Illyana lacks the majority of the tricks she might otherwise be using. So an attempt at a step back then, a fumbled arrow: Illyana is more used to throwing fire than archery these days and that of course shows.

Lenny keeps up the assault. He's faster on foot now and he's happy to chase and beat down against Illyana's defenses with his machete that acts like a club with how heavy and brutally he hacks with it.

Back into melee it is; Illyana is left with little choice. Normally, this would be Illyana's preference, but with Lenny's tricks, not so much. So it's a sabre attack which finally makes it past Lenny's defenses.

Lenny is surprised by Illyana's sudden attack that slips past his guard and grazes his forehead, leaving a cut in the thickened skin there. He already wasn't very pretty and now, less so with blood leaking down his face. He grins then, hacking back with his machete to bite into Illyana's leg with it after he bats away her sabre to disarm her

Moving back again, Illyana pants. Somehow, she is able to form a fireball; A small thing, though for what it is, only a spark. It's tossed towards Lenny, though panting for breath in spite of herself as this draws on, it misses the man.

"This was fun." Lenny decides, hacking away at Illyana. The fight hasn't even been determined yet but he seems confident, though now he sweats openly and he bleeds from the cut on his forehead. Adrenaline allows him to ignore the sting of it.

The man's onslaught is to be admired. Illyana really has to fight for this, and innate conflict of interest and factional differences aside, it is something enjoyable. So or not though, Illyana doesn't say either way, simply attacking Lenny again with another chop that swings in at his leg. It's slower though; Illyana is wounded, though internal or not isn't easy to tell in Illyana's armor.

"For fucks sakes." Lenny scowls when his leg is deeply cut by the blade. It is not quite enough to send him out of the fight, but he suddenly has a desire to pull back from Illyana after slashing her back

As Lenny this time moves back, Illyana moves in. It's another slice to Lenny's leg, of course, though Illyana is down to human speeds and human levels of attack. The swing is at that leg again, doubling down, the cut on Lenny's forehead left for now. Still, at this point, it could go either way.

Lenny wants to pull away now and so he slashes Illyana in the arm, each fighter just taking chunks out of each other now. He catches her heel with his foot and pulls her off her feet, allowing him some time to get distance

From the ground, Illyana can do little more than reach for her bow again. It's hasty, though the arrow is knocked, drawn and loosed as Lenny once more moves away.

Lenny fades out of the nightmare.

Lenny says "Damn "