Eighteeenth PSI

[a_gentle_boy]

((I apologize in advance for being a drama whore.  Indulge me.  I am sorry.))

[The inhalation of Luke's hallucinatory gas has left Lucas in a terrible state. This is what he sees. The island of Tanetane . . . The island of nightmares and delusions.  And though he knows that the images he sees must be false, he cannot help but succumb to his dark

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[strike_you_out]

[Lucas's behavior throughout the day has not gone unfollowed by those who keep a sharp eye out for disturbances. Granted, disturbances happen all the time in Mayfield, but this one in particular is truly promising.

Armed with a baseball bat of his own, Slugger steps out onto a patch of lawn in an alley set between neighboring rows of houses. Seemingly, he has just passed right through a tall privacy fence (or was it only the effects of the hallucinogen?) and directly into the boy's line of vision.

An attack is imminent. Slugger sees it coming, sees it in the kid's eyes. Something is so wrong.

Something... is so right.

There comes an explosive metallic crack when the two bats meet, Slugger's bat poised even with the horizon to block the other's oncoming swing.]

[ooc] I may have to ask something of you...

[strike_you_out]

[With Lucas in the enclosure, it's time to seal him in. Slugger does what he can to ward off the frenzy of blows, bearing the pain of whichever ones he may fail to dodge or block. The door offers some much needed protection as he slips behind it, pulling it closed to trap Lucas alone in the yard.]

[a_gentle_boy]

[Lucas only seems to notice that the cheese fence has resealed itself. Bother. He heals the wound on his head and begins to smash at the cheese.]

[strike_you_out]

[Evidently, the boy is having trouble comprehending his surroundings. Slugger suspected this warped perception of reality earlier but now it's been confirmed. Happy to let Lucas waste his energy in attacking the door, Slugger rounds the corner of the fence and silently enters the yard again behind Lucas.

Following a pattern of sneak-attacks, he rushes at the boy from behind, bat trained on a path to the side of Lucas's head.]

[a_gentle_boy]

[Lucas can't understand why the Swiss is so sturdy. Perhaps it would have been easier if it was brie. He is distracted, though, by Slugger's attack, which largely deflects off the Shield Lucas had conjured.

He rubs at his head, frowning, and immediately refocuses his attention on the boy, aiming a swing at Slugger's own head.]

[strike_you_out]

[Slugger is still in too much shock over how Lucas has somehow deflected a direct shot to avoid an oncoming blow to the head. It catches him just to the side of the eye socket and rattles every bone in his skull down to the spine.

It's all very much a novel experience: to be the one on the opposite end of the bat wasn't something he was actually prepared to encounter. The next thing he knows, he's staggering sideways with a hand held to the side of his face. Beneath it he can feel the pressure building to an ache and the heat radiating painfully through the flesh.

He stands braced against the fence for a moment, ready to slip through again should Lucas advance.]

...It does hurt. [said with a hint of wonder]

[a_gentle_boy]

It does. Here. And here.

[He rests a hand on his head and on his heart in turn.]

Are you about finished? There's nothing you can say or do that will make me feel any worse than I already do.