((OOC: Edited for the sake of the story flow..))
Lucid in control text is green.
Lucid's thoughts text are in green italics.
Kraai in control text is red.
Kraai's thoughts text are in red italics.
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"Ah, what a nostalgic feeling..." Kraai mused as he watched the battle taking place on the visual screen which Lucid used to observe the battle and moniter his army, sending out his army of mindflayers and other creatures to take on the opposing forces. Despite the circumstances, Lucid looked and felt extremely calm. One would almost think that he was a bit too relaxed for a battle to be raging outside, but it was this feeling that gave order to the chaos inside the control room. Everything seemed to be going much smoother now, but Lucid could tell that something wasn't right. He could sense there was a powerful presence approaching, but he couldn't read its mind or locate it.
"That's strange..." Lucid said out loud to Kraai as he scanned the area looking for the source of the disturbance he had felt. With some effort he was finally able to locate it, but if he was surprised, he didn't show it. Standing just outside the gate with an army of orcs, all determined to force their way through, was a member of The Brotherhood of Doom.
"Hmm? Is that him? How did he get here so quickly?" Kraai asked, but Lucid ignored him, narrowing his eyes as he looked upon the image of the intruder.
"Don't worry, My Lord. I won't allow him to pass..." Lucid said under his breath as he prepared to give the staff new orders. Unable to see into his mind, but anticipating the intruder's ambitions, Lucid quickly diverted his attention to the gate's defenses, and not a moment too soon.
"So forceful, isn't he?" Kraai observed as the intruder focused on destroying the gate piece by piece, but Lucid said nothing in response, concentrating only on protecting the gate. It was only a matter of time, however, before the gate was torn apart, but Lucid was not deterred by it. Of course, if one saw the destruction as a simple process, then he would be sadly mistaken.
As soon as the intruder was alone, he stared at Lucid through the void left by the destruction. ‘…I see you…’ a whisper taunted, but Kraai merely sighed. If the intruder intended on getting some sort of fearful or frantic response from this pathetic attempt at a challenge, then he was sorely mistaken. Kraai knew well of went on inside of Lucid's mind and there weren't many things that moved him so.
"Only because I allowed you to..." Lucid replied stoically to the intruder, exiting through the portal as the mouth of the Dragonic Gate suddenly reformed around him. "By merging my mind with the gate, I was able to distort your readings and input my own information, allowing you to see what you wanted to see." Lucid came to a stop before the gate as the mouth closed, his bangles giving a small jingling sound as he rested his hand on the side of the giant dragon skull. He closed his eyes, as if in contemplation, then re-opened them seconds later, now looking upon the intruder with crimson eyes.
"How foolish to think that you could breach the gate so easily..." Kraai smirked. "You're a thousand years too young to even try and accomplish such a task."
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