Lucan Vs Pash

Lucans moves



Basic attacks: Throwing standard cards, causing 1 damage each

Special attacks:Empowers his cards to cause 2 damage each


Special moves

Find the joker(3 turn Cooldown)

Using the power of the jokers from his deck, Lucan creates a copy of himself that act as diversions (on the next attack aimed at a Lucan, the midara must do a coin flip before rolling to see if their attack succeeds) on a heads the copy attacked is the real luke and they roll for success, otherwise they hit a clone causing the clone to explode, dealing 2 damage.

Jacks trickery(usable every 2 turns)

Lucan throws the jack at his opponent, on a successful hit the jack card explodes with a dazzling flash, dealing 3 damage and stunning the opponent.

Queens grace(usable every 4 turns after the effect wears off)

Lucan channels the grace and poise of the queen cards, enemies roll on disadvantage to hit Lucan until he's hit

Kings Dominance(usable every 3 turns)

Channeling the kings indomitable will, Lucan strikes an opponent, dealing 2-4 damage(based on a roll) and healing willpower equal to the damage done

Ace in the hole (usable every 8 turns)

Lucan throws out 3 powerful ace cards, each card deals 2 damage and can be aimed individually










Lucan had been having a great day. He'd woken up and headed straight to "The Voyage",a local casino and personal favourite of his, and spent the majority of his day tripling the money he'd come in with. But the best gamblers know to quit when they're ahead, and that time her come. Lucan cashed in his chips, headed to the casino bar and bought himself a luxurious cocktail to enjoy. As he sat down at a table, he noticed a girl from across the room who seemed to be watching him. Interestingly enough, she stood out from the crowd, which was rare for The Voyage, as it hired the most beautiful women it could to mingle with the patronage and convince them to throw more coin into the ring. Lucan continued to drink as he watched this girl, her beauty somehow different than the others, more innocent.

In her adventures, Pash found herself walking by a bright and exciting looking casino one day. She stopped for a moment to admire all of the flashing lights and decor of the front entrance. Having taken in the sight, she was about to move on when suddenly she was approached by someone in a uniform. She was wearing a standard business outfit with casino's logo pined on her lapel.

"Just a moment young lady," she said to Pash. "I see that you are planning to move on. Did our establishment fail to make a good first impression on you?"

"Oh no. Your place looks absolutely fantastic," replied Pash. "It is just that I, haha, I can't quite afford classy places like yours."

"Then might we interest you in a free night in one of our rooms?" she asked as she extended a small envelope with a key card in it. "We are running a promotion to attract those who might not normally walk through our doors."

"Namely, girls like you," she added with a wink.

"Oooo, I would..." then the realization hit her. "What do you mean girls like me," she asked, narrowing her eyes.

"Why stunningly beautiful girls like you of course," she replied quickly. "My boss wants me to be on the lookout for girls like you and make sure they are warmly welcomed to our place. You are good for business."

"And I'm quite good at finding girls who will, *giggle* encourage the boys to spend more money here. After all, it takes one to know one," she said with a sly smile.

The way she giggled when she talked of, well, gently manipulating boys made it clear. Pash had now gotten a pretty clear picture, which caused her to tense up.

"So, umm, is your boss a girl like us as well?"

"Haha, oh no. He is not even a girl at all." She was opening up now that they both had found something in common. "I got this job by promising him I would make him more money. Back then this place was a small little place. My offer was this: for 5% of his revenue, I would bring in more money. He did not believe me at first, but he was close to closing the doors."

"So, he took me up on the offer, and well, look at what the place has become," she said. The pride in her voice was unmistakable.

She extended the envelope.

"Did I manage to put you at ease? I assure you this is no trap. Just business. You sit at our bar, boys will buy more drinks. You go to a gambling table, boys will throw down more money. You go to our restaurant, boys will go just to be in the same room as you. You get a free weekend of fun. The business becomes more lively, and most importantly, I get more money.

"Just one last question. If you enjoy the money, a girl like you could, well, just take all of it from your boss. He is a man after all."

"Oh how dare you," she playfully scolded. "I mean, yes, I could totally do that. The same way you could be much richer yourself if you wanted to, and yet here you are, a wanderer."

Pash let out a laugh, having found a great deal of respect for the, well, talent finder, I guess.

"A girl must have a code."

"No doubt," replied the recruiter with a smile.

Pash smiled and took the envelope. She said goodbye to the recruiter and made her way to her room.

The room was nice. She set down her teddy back pack on the bed and took another look in the envelope. She was happy to find vouchers for two dinners and two breakfasts. There was even a voucher for a generous amount of credits for use in their casino, with a little handwritten note politely asking her not to just cash in the credits and leave. There was a little winking face next to it. No free drinks at the bar though. Pash got the hint that she was expected to get boys to buy those for her.

Pash could not help but laugh at that. She truly was one of her kind.

She reached into her teddy bag and pulled out a white Qipao dress with pink embroidery. After how nice the recruiter was to her, she wanted to do her part to return the favor, and this was just the dress to get the boy's attention. It was a full body length dress, with slits up to mid thigh on both sides. She put on her pink stiletto pumps, did her hair up into a messy bun at the back of her head, and headed down to the bar. While she felt absolutely naked with out her teddy backpack, she still left it in the room. It was hard to play the part of the classy dame when you are carrying a teddy bear everywhere.

She sat a table and ordered a ginger ale. She was a hobo, but she could afford that much at least. She asked the bartender to put it in a champagne flute, who chucked at the request before agreeing to it. Once again, she was here to look a part.

Then she founder her self staring at a waiter who was taking a rather tasty looking drink to another table.

"My gosh that looks amazing." she muttered under her breath.

She followed the drink to it found its place at a man's table. She watched at the drink was laid down. She watched as the man took a sip. And to her horror, she was still gawking at it when the man looked in her direction.

So much for the classy dame look.

Pash was quite embarrassed and looked down at her table awkwardly, but her eyes darting back to the man with the drink. She then decided that she might as well be nice, so she gave him a wave before looking down at the table again.

Lucan realized she'd noticed him staring at her, but then, for a brief moment she seemed to be staring back. She caught herself however and quickly looked away, looking somewhat embarrassed. Lucan smiled to himself at this, she wasn't just gorgeous, but somewhat adorable too, that set her apart even further from The Voyage's usual escorts. The lady looked up at him again and gave him a wave, Lucan caught himself blushing at this and hoped that he was far enough from her table for her not to have noticed. He did however take it as a sign that she was at least somewhat interested in talking to him, so the gambler picked up his drink and began to move towards her table, mingling idly on the way so as to not seem too direct, and stopping off at the bar to order another one of the same lavish cocktails that he'd ordered previously for her.

Pash watched him get up in response to her wave. Well, looks like the would have someone to talk to this evening. That and if the recruiter lady walked by, she could rest assured that she was living up to her end of the bargain now.

Pash had a moment of self realization that she was feeling unusually eager to please the recruiter. "Huh, so this is what boys feel around me. Damn, she must be really good at it to be able to make another midara feel this way," she thought to herself.

A veteran midara at that mind you.

But then she watched as he started talking the most roundabout way to get to her. I mean, she was right there, and now he was going all over the room. What was he doing?

Well, she wanted to say something, but then he stopped by the bar to get one of those drinks that had mesmerized her so. Well, she hoped so at least. I mean, maybe he was buying another one for himself. It did look tasty after all.

Nah, his own one was still like more than half full. This one had to be for her.

Now she watched as he took another round about way of going from the bar to her table. At the point, she just wished he would hurry up and get here already. She wanted that drink.

Lucan waited as the bartender served up his order before turning back into the restaurant, looking over he saw that she was watching him now. Was that a look of impatience on her face? Deciding it best not to waste any more of either of their time Lucan walked over to her table.

"It's rare I see a face I don't recognise in here" He spoke somewhat curiously, "here, I got you this" he slid the drink over to her "take it as my way of welcoming you to The Voyage. I'm Lucan, mind if I take a seat?"

"Haha, anyone who buys me drinks is welcome to chat with me."

"Well, provided that they do it one at a time. I can only talk to so many people at once..."

"Anyways, nice to meet you Lucan. My name is Pash. I take it you are a regular here? I'm just a tourist passing though. Really nice place. Everyone I've talked to so far as been so welcoming."

Huh, she didn't like talking to multiple people at once? Somewhat surprising for a girl like her... Lucan thought to himself, still, the shyness was kind of cute and put him at ease a little.

"I hope you like it, it's got a very sweet flavour to it" Lucan replied, nodding at the drink. "and yeah I've been coming to The Voyage pretty much since it opened up, it was real different back then, but even now it's still the best place for miles. Tourist huh, what brings you round these parts then?" Lucan asked, legitimately curious

"Why thank you!" said Pash as she eagerly reached for the drink. Watching him take the most round about path to her table while holding the drink had built up a great deal of anticipation.

She took a sip and oh gosh. This was sweet. Holy crap. Why was it so sweet? It did not look like it was going to be this sweet.

She did her best to be lady like about it though.

"Hmmm, what brings me around here? Well, honestly, I don't know *giggle*. I know I look posh and all right now, but I'm really just more of a wandering hobo, just moving form town to town. I was walking, saw this place, so I decided to give it a visit before I moved on."

"It was a really impressive sight. I've only just got here and I could see how someone could fall in love with it."

"So you are a regular? Do fill me in, what brings you back? I would like to make the most of my time here."

"Hobo huh?" The caught Lucan genuinely by surprise "Don't take this the wrong way, but you don't exactly look like your every day wandering vagrant"

"As for why I what I like about this place, well" Lucan gestures around the general area "Can't you feel it? The atmosphere of this place, it's like it's alive" Lucan could feel himself getting overly passionate, it happened every so often when he got a chance to talk about something he really cared about "Even when it took up half the space it did now, with a quarter of the guests, The Voyage always had this atmosphere surrounding it, even before they started employing Midara to pull in the crowds, hell, my patronage alone must've contributed massively to the place being able to grow, every time I visit, I sit down at a table, bet vasts amounts of money, win vast amounts of money, then blow it all either at the bar or restaurant, keeping the cash circulating... Sorry, I'm rambling now, I don't know if that even makes sense" He smiled sheepishly, "I just truly love this place"

"Hahaha, well, yeah, let's just say that I've become quite good at being a wandering hobo."

"Ah, so you enjoy the thrill of money both coming and going, *giggle* quite the opposite of my humble lifestyle. Perhaps that is why I can't feel the atmosphere of this place the way you do. For me this is a bit much. Don't get me wrong, it is fun in small dosses, but once my weekend here is up, I'll be happy to move on. I would get overwhelmed by the energy of this place if I stayed too long."

"O...ooohh, so it is not a secret that this place employs midara types to encourage buisness. Haha, and here I was thinking that I had cranked the code on some big conspiracy."

"Clearly you must be pretty good at it to have come into the possession of a dress like that" Lucan replied half laughing.

"And it's not even really the thrill of the money that does it, my day job gets me enough cash to get by, it's more the thrill of the single instant before the hands are revealed, when you and your opponent are neither truly sure whether they're about to experience soaring victory or a crushing defeat, to me, there's no greater thrill then that moment, but I understand how a place like this could get overwhelming, it's definitely a full on experience staying here."

Lucan laughs again while addressing the Midara statement "It's not something that the casino would ever admit to publicly, but I've become somewhat good friends with the manager over these past few years, he trusts me enough with this sort of thing, I take it you met Misty then? The recruiter?"

"*giggle*, well I don't own a lot, being constantly on the move and what not, so what I do own is a bit nicer than average. I'm more of a quality over quantity kind of girl."

"Ah I think I get it. The whole holding your breath before something big happens? I personally prefer to slowly but surly build up to something, much more boring that way. *giggle*"

"Oh I see. Ha, so that's her name. *giggle* I just know her as the really nice lady who gave me a free weekend here. So you know her? It is true that she helped turn this place around?"

"I can definitely see the quality" Lucan replies with a small smile "oh that can be fun too, but I see that far too much when I'm working for it to be something I focus on in my free time" was that flirting? Was she flirting with him? Good time working as freelance protection from hostile Midara had left him somewhat awkward when it came to detecting genuine and non predatory flirtation. "Yeah Misty's a friend of mine, real nice girl. Don't let the fact that she's a Midara worry you, for the most part they're not bad as a race, they're just given a bad name by a small group and the crown use that to stir up fear. That said, if it's okay, I'd prefer if you didn't tell any other customers that there are Midara in here, the staff are more than understanding, but well, the general public less so. Don't want to cause her or the other girls any trouble. But yeah she's definitely to thank for how grand The Voyage is nowadays, great mind for business she has"

"Why thank you. I am quite fond of this dress myself *giggle*."

"Ah, well, Ms. Misty was far to nice to me for me to judge her on something like that *giggle*."

"So you don't think Midara are all bad? Hmmm. That sure is a minority opinion. I thought everyone saw them as an evil force just lurking in the darkness, waiting to draw in any naive and unsuspecting soul. Perhaps you know something I don't on the matter?"

"And don't worry. I won't tell anyone. I would hate to think that it would be me who puts an end to her being so generous to *giggle* hobos like me."

"Well you certainly aren't wrong about me being in the minority on the issue yeah... And don't get me wrong, not all Midara are good people, but neither are all humans. I've met a lot of Midara while working, and it seems that the far more to them than you'd think. You do get the ravenous nymphomaniacs hell bent on enslaving whoever they come across, but there's also girls like Misty who're some of the nicest you'll ever meet. I am somewhat surprised she invited you in though, it's not often that she recruits someone who'll make the rest of her talent look plain"

"You meet Midara while working? Geez, that sounds like either a really awesome or a really scary job, and seeing as how you can afford a gambling habbit, I'm going to guess it is the latter."

"Ohohoho, laying it on a bit thick there don't you think? There are plenty of pretty girls walking around. Speaking of which, are you able to tell who she has invited? Like, does she go for a specific type?"

"It's a job that people regard as more dangerous than it usually tends to be, and honestly the fact that it pays for my hobbies isn't really the main reason I do it anymore, it's more of a moral thing nowadays"

"Ah... Yeah... Right, um," Lucan blushed deeply and felt like kicking himself for being so obvious "What I meant was that you aren't usually the type she goes for. Misty normally recruits the most stereotypically 'escort' looking girls she can find, almost always Midara too. It's a wonder that the customers don't immediately realise the only reason they're getting the attention they are from Misty's girls is because there's a paycheck in it for them... You have a far more respectful air about you, that's all I meant..." Lucan finishes, answering her question while also employing a rather clumsy attempt to cover for his less than smooth flirting

"Moral thing? Hmmm, if I might ask, and I understand this may be sensitive, so no need to answer if you don't want to, but is it because you feel Midara are misunderstood, like you were talking about earlier, or because you have had a bad experience with one in the past?"

"Oh, haha, no worries. No need to get embarrassed about that. I guess this subject looks a little different from a boy's point of view. For me, it is pretty clear what Misty is thinking. You have too many of the sexually aggressive girls, and then your place becomes a brothel. You have too many of the sugary sweet types..."

And Pash tossed her hair with a silly smug look on her face

"...you end up with rather prudish place. So, Misty, now that I see how good she has been at this, I'm pretty sure she wants to keep a balance."

"Haha, well, that is no wonder for me. I mean, just because you know you are being played does not always mean you want to game to end. Sometimes it is just fun to engage in a little fantasy before smiling at each other and going your separate ways. Something tells me Misty has people keeping an eye out to make sure that neither party goes too far with one another. Otherwise this place would have built up a negative reputation really fast."

"Ah, I guess it can't do any harm to explain. I take up freelance adventurers jobs, protecting caravans from Midara, rescuing village men from them and so on."  Lucan pauses, realising how this must sound "I get that this probably sounds hypocritical, but yeah, I take on typical Midara hunting jobs, mainly because it's safer for all involved, especially the Midara, if I turn up and settle things with this" Lucan withdraws his enchanted deck "rather than letting some idiot with a sword head up there and either severely hurt the girl or just end up another enslaved adventurer"

"Yeah I guess you're right, maybe its just been a while since a girl Misty's brought in has managed to hold a legitimately interesting conversation. Misty's people usually are just on watch for any guys getting too forward with the girls, I doubt she really cares what goes on in the rooms she gives out as long as it's all above board however. That's just speculation though, I tend to give that kinda thing a wide berth, I don't think I've actually ever spent the night here I usually just turn up, do my thing and head on to either the next casino or next job. The Voyage definitely does have a few regulars here who almost exclusively come just to see their favourite Midara again though, without a doubt"

"Ah, well it is admirable that you resolve such conflicts with minimal damage to both sides. If you are willing to put yourself in harms way to ensure a mirada enslaving someone does not meet harm, perhaps I should reconsider my views on them."

"I was fine with adventures taking up arms against them, but I guess my view was a little short sighted of the bigger picture now that you've given me a new perspective."

"And speaking of which, if there are regulars coming back to see their favorite midara, I suppose that is the first step towards humans and midara coexisting peacefully."

"Even if the current arrangement is a little *giggle* sleazy."

"Yeah you could say that" Lucan replied with a chuckle of his own, her laughter was somewhat infectious "Perhaps one day coexistence will end up as normal, but that'll require a lot of work from both sides. What about you? You had any experience with Midara?" He had a feeling he knew her answer to this, but it wasn't something he was going to call her out on or try to make her admit to against get will, plus if his hunch was wrong he'd look like an idiot

"Haha, does Ms. Misty count?"

Oh geez, here was a guy who just told her that he hunts midara for a living asking if she was one. Okay, so he did not exactly ask that, but it was pretty clear what he wanted to know.

"Well, I can't say that I've been attacked by one, and I most certainly am not going to go challenge one to a fight anytime soon. I guess it is different for girls. We are not really their main targets."

"I guess she does yeah, and you'd be surprised, Midara tend to swing both ways just like people" Lucan replied, pausing slightly. Perhaps he shouldn't have expected Pash to let on especially after he'd told her he fought then for a living, perhaps he could make it clearer that he's not the type to immediately attack Midara on sight.

"Anyway, you don't have to be attacked with Midara to have met one, quite a few of my good friends are Midara, in fact there a sisterhood a town over that I stay with whenever I'm gambling round those parts"

"Midara attack girls too? Oh no... I thought I knew for sure that they only attacked boys. Well, now you got me all worried being in here surrounded by them," said Pash, her eyes darting around.

"A sisterhood town of Midara that lets a Midara hunter stay with them? *Giggle*, now I know you are messing with me."

It did make sense though. A little village of Midara popping up right next to a place that is nice to them and gives them work, still, she wanted to throw the ball into his court. Stop him on his path to figuring out she is one of them.

"You have absolutely nothing to worry about in the Voyage, the girls here, Midara or not, are all good people don't worry" Lucan replied with a reassuring smile, was he wrong? Was she not a Midara after all? She seems to have a lot of concern about Midara for her to be one herself... "Yeah, I can imagine it sounds pretty far fetched, but I ended up doing them a favour a while back. Stopped a hunter from doing something awful. Ended up having to gather medicinal herbs for one of the girls, became close with the group while treating her wounds". He wasn't lying, but was mainly hoping that this story would put her at ease if she was a Midara after he'd admitted his job.