Lucien Hicks, Renegade Reporter

[Lucien Hicks]

From the files of Lucien Hicks, Renegade Reporter:

It's been a strange adventure so far in my stint as WCF's first 'investigative journalist'... I've interviewed people at the highest points in their career and I've interviewed people at their most vulnerable. I've even gotten dragged into a caper alongside about half of the WCF locker room, an adventure which even included me being a captive of the Team of Treachery. Some interviews have been easy... some have been impossible. One particular interview - the one with WCF Hall of Famer Allen Guiliano - ended up being a complete fiasco due to timing (and inadvertent, severe property damage.)

Past interviewees:

'The Future' Jeff Purse
Johnny Reb
(then-Super) FPV
Corey 'Creeping Death' Black

My interview with the WCF Tag Team Champions, Sarah Twilight and Ayria Adams has been delayed, and will be rescheduled.

That being said, I'm considering my next interview subject as we speak - a good journalist's job is to find the story, and I'm turning over rocks looking for a good one.

*Editor's note: If you would like to be interviewed by Lucien Hicks, WCF's Renegade Reporter, he may be contacted at [e-mail]... or, alternatively, you can PM him (or his good friend and fellow New Orleanian - heh - Kid Phantasm, who often seems to be able to find him even when Lucien's at his most... uh, questionable.) All responses will be answered - but please, serious inquiries only. I've had three interviews go sideways on me and have only succeeded in four. The format of a Lucien interview is fairly simple: give me a setting (or I'll make one up and you'll be stuck with it), I'll take a day or two to draft a medium-sized list of interview questions and send them to you. You review them and give me ideas for question that you'd want to answer - after all, no one knows you better than you, and if Lucien doesn't know to ask you he won't be able to. When you send back the approved first draft (hopefully with input as to further questions), I finalize the questions list and add the 'name association' portion of the interview, which is usually 10-12 names of people/teams/etc that would be relevant or would draw an opinion. You may then answer these as briefly or as verbosely as you wish - after all, it's your dime. The third and final phase of the Lucien Interview then begins; I take the answered questions and turn them into a roleplay 'column' combined with your interview, giving both Lucien's third-party view of your character and their 'private life' as well as giving you a unique soapbox from which to pronounce yourself. 'Breaking news' will be given priority when it comes to scheduling interviews, but Lucien's an old-school investigative journalist - they know that the story's not always where you think it'll be. Besides, interviewing the highest profile people in the 'fed would eventually get boring. Lucien and I (his mad puppetmaster) would both rather find gold under a rock in the wilderness than in the same stream everyone's panning, if you get my drift. -B.*

I'll find a story. I always do... it's all I know. It's the life of a journalist.

Lucien Hicks
Reading, Pennsylvania
5/29/2012

[Lucien Hicks]

From the files of Lucien Hicks, Renegade Reporter:

My interview with Sarah Twilight and Ayria Adams seems less likely than getting an interview out of Roy Speede these days... but lately, great interview subjects have popped up almost faster than I can get to them.

My last two interviews were phenomenal... both Doc Henry and Brad Kane were great interviews, and both of them were kind enough to welcome me into their family homes.

But who will I interview next?

Only time may tell. If you would like to be interviewed by me, WCF's Renegade Reporter, please email me at [e-mail] (or, for faster response, send a PM to my good friend Kid Phantasm. He usually knows where to find me, even when the Internet doesn't.)

Lucien Hicks
Reading, Pennsylvania
6/20/12

[Lucien Hicks]

From the files of Lucien Hicks, Renegade Reporter:

Today was an important day for me - the day I realized that I'd been officially made a member of WCF's staff. Since I began working here in April, I'd just sort of assumed the role of WCF's investigative journalist... it never occurred to me to question how checks showed up in my mailbox back in New Orleans even though I never signed any paperwork.

I guess it goes to show you - Seth does what he wants, and I (for one) am not about to argue with being paid for doing my job. Not coincidentally, I've been given my own 'news magazine' portion of WCF.com - please check the 'Lucien Hicks, Renegade Reporter' section of the site for updates and my in-depth interviews with current and former WCF superstars.

All told, it's been rough going in the last few weeks - my interview with Future Gods Incorporated has (much like my previous attempt at interviewing a team) been shelved until further notice. Fortunately the last two weeks of my life have not been completely wasted; I got perhaps the most moving interview of my life out of one Donald 'D-Day' Deruty on the Fourth of July. There may not have been bombs bursting in air, but it was still a pretty damn memorable way to celebrate our nation's independence.

Currently slated for interview (perhaps this week, perhaps next) is perhaps the most controversial man in WCF today; we've heard plenty from him, even though he's injured and no longer under contract. He's held (almost?) every title there has ever been to hold in WCF... some say the only thing keeping him from being a 'lock' for the Hall of Fame is his attitude. Keep your eyes peeled, WCF faithful - my next scheduled interview is with the one and only Jay Price.

Past that, I'm hoping to get an in-depth look into one of WCF's 'stables', as they've become the topic of the day (so to speak).

As always, I can be contacted either at my inbox on WCF's website, or at my email address ([e-mail]). Thank you for giving me a home, WCF - I promise not to burn you down like I did that one place I used to live. ...You know, forget that I mentioned that part. Just... thanks.

Lucien Hicks
City of New Orleans
7/10/12