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Well if she's standing in the water, she'd probably get a small jolt from the dispersing electricity that didn't hit Gregor (if that's still what's going to happen).

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The amount of electricity required to make someone's heart sieze isn't actually that much. Arthur was going to give Gregor a higher dose anyway, considering his supernatural status, but still not anywhere near his full output.

That said, Evvie is a bit of a different problem than Gregor, since she's got that nifty energy armor which Arthur assumes is non-conductive (as he does with any armor that isn't obviously metal). Still, saving you does leave her in a temporary one on one, and as you said, that's not a good idea.

Edit: regarding re-absorption, the electricity doesn't just disappear if he releases it. It's still electricity and if he gives up control it will take the path of least resistance to ground itself, which in the absence of any other conductive targets in the water would be right back to Arty. So unless there's something else for that energy to get expended on, most of it would probably return to him. Though again, the amount he used was negligible when taking his full power into account so getting it back doesn't really affect anything.

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I never deemed it valid, I just said I won't contest it. I still think there are much better ways to go about saving Gregor, especially since there's also theissue of the chains somehow instantly reforming and traversing the space between Arthur and Gregor, which was not Insignificant.

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How he lost? Sure. How Arthur fights now? Not so much. Back then, Arthur was bold and brash and charged in headfirst the first chance he got. He was devious and didn't care about honor or respect for his opponent. Now he's an entirely different animal. He observes, calculates, and thinks before he acts. He gives his opponents a chance instead of going all out straight from the gate. He's more cautious but also more cunning. The man Adrian is fighting now is very, very different from the one he fought before, and if that doesn't confuse Adrian, it would at least cause him to re-evaluate what he thinks he knows.

I'm just asking that you be more prudent about the reasoning behind Adrian's actions. If he went after Gregor because he inferred that it would be possible for Arthur to electrocute him through the water, then write that. Don't write that he remembers how Arthur fights and use that as the reason when he never saw Arthur display the fighting style and cadence he's using here.

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One thing I feel I should address about that post:

Adrian's prior knowledge of Arthur's abilities only goes as far as the fact that he's really fast, fairly durable, and can electrocute via touch. He wouldn't know anything about the ability to guide electrical current, and he never actually saw how he responds to attacks. Arthur attacked first in their last encounter and didn't stop until Adrian was defeated, and the whole encounter lasted only a couple seconds, at most, so there wasn't a lot to analyze in the aftermath.

I'm not asking you to edit, but you've brought up the prior knowledge thing several times now and I feel I need to caution you against bringing up anything else beyond what Adrian actually saw and experienced in their last fight, like you just did in that post.

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ImportantNobody said
Evvie randomly slips on the water and knocks you out of the danger zone. Plus it's obvious her tail could divert the electric flow from the rest of her body if it went through her feet. (scientifically 100% accurate)

The only way to do that would be to knock him over the cliff before Arthur launches the attack (since pretty much the entire plateau is covered in water now). And like Goldeagle said, the electricity is specifically targeted. Evvie could be standing directly between Arthur and Gregor in a three foot deep puddle and she still wouldn't get touched. The normal rules of electricity don't really apply, so long as Arthur has a conductive surface to transfer through.

There's also the problem of Evvie being next to Arthur at the start of the fireball attack, and nowhere near Gregor. She'd have to be actively trying to save him from an attack no one knows is coming in order to reach him in time to avoid the electricity.

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True, that isn't specifically stated. LeeRoy, if it's alright with you, I'll add some clarification on that particular aspect. Though the fact that he has enough control to create electrical constructs in the air to whatever specifications he desires seems to make electricity guidance pale in comparison (and also makes it a necessary function of the ability).

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And it's back to Drall.

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The first of the chains to reach him met only the energy of his sword as he knocked it aside with the flat of the blade, and the second suffered a similar fate as it was split in half down its length. It was the third chain that finally managed to obtain a foothold, catching his right wrist and beginning to coil itself up along his arm. Any further chains were of little concern to Arthur as the demon wolf launched the flaming mass from its gaping maw and the lightning warrior drove himself airborne, both with his own muscles and a downward gust that helped divert the flaming ball downwards in addition to providing lift. It struck the ground beneath him and erupted, burning his shoes right off his feet and reducing his pant legs to tatters below the knee. He landed in the resultant layer of water that now covered most of the plateau, steam rising from around his singed feet, and swept his sword through the links of the remaining chain, severing it from the source and presumably forcing the now-spiked coils to dissipate. Blood seeped from several wounds along his arm, but he paid as little attention to them as he did to the burn across his chest.

"That was a two million dollar suit." He'd need to have Phillip send more clothes once this was over. Until then, though, he had some misfits to kill. With his feet now resting in the same coating of water that the wolf was standing in, it was a simple matter for Arthur to target the man with an electrical discharge aimed at his heart, a discharge whose sole purpose was to cause immediate and catastrophic cardiac arrest by forcing the heart itself to seize and become unable to function. The discharge would travel from Arthur's feet, through the layer of water covering the plateau, and directly into Gregor's body and toward his heart. It would do all this in less time than it would take to blink, and even should the wolf manage to leap free of the water it would arc several inches through the air before giving up on its quarry entirely.

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Goldeagle1221 said
I didn't even realize it was my turn. Oops.

I mentioned it twice here in this thread... Do you want to post before I do?