In a stone manor of some kind...
Darren takes a look out of the house.
It looks quiet. Too quiet. Something's up around here.
Wait, did that shadow just move? And what was that sound?
Next to a mighty thunder lizard...
Since magic has failed him for the umpteenth time, Mark decides in favor of doing things the old-fashioned way - with knives and climbing!
[Climbing roll: 6+1]
Mark runs up to the lizard and starts to climb like only a metal skeleton with a tree for a head could, which is to say very fast and assisted by knives. He rapidly scales up the beast's leg, getting up to the middle of its back!
[Shaking: Thunder Lizard vs. Mark: 6 vs. 5]
The thunder lizard begins to shake so rapidly that Mark begins to lose his grip!
[Climbing roll: 6]
He keeps on climbing, though, stabbing his knives into the beast's back and getting up on its neck!
[Shaking: Thunder Lizard vs. Mark: 4 vs. 2]
The lizard smashes its head into a nearby building, causing one of Mark's hands to slip, his body flapping about in the air!
[Mark climbing roll: 6-1]
He doesn't give up, though, and recovers quickly from the trouble he finds himself in, grabbing onto the lizard fully once again. On days like this, it certainly is good to be made of metal. He climbs up the neck and gets on the back of the lizard's head, preparing to unleash stabbing death on the creature.
[Shaking: Thunder Lizard vs. Mark: 6 vs. 5]
The lizard starts to swing its head rapidly, making Mark suffer through the giant lizard equivalent of a rodeo! During this, Mark tries to get at the creature's eyes!
[Mark eye attack roll: 2-1]
Mark readies his knife and leaps toward the eye, trying to execute a somersault of knifing fury!
Unfortunately for him, the lizard is a bit too quick, throwing him upwards as he lets go and knocking him away with its head! Mark flies away sideways, moving at a great speed! He tries wind magic! It doesn't work. He tries force of will!
Mark, feeling the rush of wind disappear, looks around. He seems to have stopped mid-air. No magic, nothing. He's just... stopped. Cool, he's got superpowers now!