((back))
*presses a button on the side of the machine, and instantly falls over as the airvents activate; he stands up, one foot at a time, on what appears to be the AIR ITSELF! Nikolai is unaware of this, being blindfolded, but the air seems to be a solid platform for Lokyar. He retrieves his bat as the puck deploys into the center of the table with a "Shlip* kind of sound. He rushes forward as a totally insubstantial and insensate blue sphere extends to cover the table.*
((The air is to make it kind of fair that he is stood on a platform with air shooting out of it; also it means that the puck can travel underneath me. The blue sphere again is merely to make it fair; it lets me see the puck if it is behind me. Using both will drain me incredibly fast, meaning my reactions will slow as the game continues; I will represent this by rolling a d20 on each shot, and reducing the number needed by 1 every second one of my gaming posts. Starting at 19; this does not count as the first.))