We're all gonna get in a fight! [EVENT: FITE NITE][Warning: Violence and Blood]

[smartass_captain]

People have been disappearing in the Nexus.

Going missing from work, from their homes, from the Plaza.

Locals are staying in their homes, shutting their doors. Even the more shut-in of Nexus goers will be able to tell that something is amiss around here. The Plaza is strangely sparse as far as foot traffic; many of the shops downtown are closing early.

Word is spreading in the Industrial District of an anomaly in the anti-violence field. Easy money for betting in cage fighting. Less easy money but larger amounts for competing in said cage matches. One on one, matches with and without weapons. Rounds go until someone surrenders, is knocked out, or dies. Who would set up such a thing? It's becoming very popular and many a coin is being generated. Are so many people really signing up for this?

Some are. Others are captured and drugged, thrown into the ring against their will with the ultimatum: Fight and get free, or die.

What do you do?

Are you looking to bet your wages? Sign up for a chance at riches? Are you one of the unwilling laying in a dark room?

Or.

Are you going to stand for this if not?

((Please view this OOC post to chat with other players before you jump into a fight! All fights must be agreed upon by participants ahead of time for severity of injuries. Outcomes can be agreed upon or will be decided by a coinflip by myself. Please do not come into this expecting to clean sweep someone without sustaining injuries unless you and your fight partner have agreed ahead of time that would be hilarious. If there are questins, concerns, or complaints PM me. TL:DR Have fun and don't be a dick!))

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[sumarusfinest]

Considering the officer prefers a ranged weapon, it would be easy to assume he would be at a disadvantage in a close quarters combat. Look at him, so wiry and wispy. What threat could he possibly pose to the Observer with his puny human hands?

Helios vanishes in a flash of blue light, removing one of Forty's targets momentarily before it reappears, perched on the officer's shoulders and emitting a strong glow of that same light. Katsuya's movements turn lightning fast, butt of his gun connecting with the Observer's last remaining eye hard enough to split that soft flesh like an overripe fruit. His next swing misses, shattering the rock it collides with. Forty's fireball burns at his arm as he raises it to block the blow from hitting his head or his Persona.

The Observer is down, and Officer Suou raises his run again and fires at Forty.

[dembonyhips]

There's a momentary flash of surprise on the Observer's face as the blow connects. As the demon's face explodes, it drops to the ground with a wet, sick thump, and a whispering voice as the body dissolves into purple wisps of energy, "All that lovely magic..."

Cue Fortyskey cussing colorfully in Orcish, something that strictly doesn't translate. Although the tone made it pretty clear what what Forty said was not nice. Particularly when she's shot in the shoulder, the hit catching her off guard and nearly spinning her off of her feet.

"FUCKING--" That's not a happy word either, as she growls in frustration, "You know what. Fine. You want a fucking fight. HERE YOU FUCKING GO THEN."

Fortyskey gestured with both hands, generating a ball of chaotic, bright green fel energy between them, and gestured sharply upwards, the sphere of energy being launched from her hands into the air.

There's a boom of thunder as a portal is torn into the air, and a huge stone, filled with green fire and power drops from the sky, aimed straight for Katsuya.

[sumarusfinest]

Katsuya did not, in fact, want this fight.

But this was the only way to infiltrate the system. And not only that, this woman--whatever she is--is a devil summoner. That alone is reason to accept and continue to fight. He aims. His hands are steady.

He notices too late to dodge completely the thing Forty has summoned, leaping to get out of the way but still being knocked prone by the blast. His gun has slid off somewhere, but Katsuya's bigger concern is the rock that landed on his right leg. His right leg that is screaming in pain. It's bad enough that Katsuya has lost focus on Helios, who has vanished completely taking the bright blue light with him. Katsuya shoves and strains before he gets the stone off his leg.

It's broken. Trying to move is agony and the stone creature Forty summoned is arranging itself into a form and looming over him. He drags himself out of the way of its fist when it swings down at him, but it's quite clear that he won't be fighting anymore. not with his gun and Persona missing and leg jutting out at an odd angle like it is.

"Wh...what is that thing?!"

[dembonyhips]

As the stone breaks apart and forms legs, arms, and a head--like some kind of dark and twisted version of Voltron, the end result is a creature made of blackened, broken and suspended stones, and held together with flames writhing the floating rocks.

The head of the creature is a hollow, jaw-less skull made of stone. Even if he's immune to fire, Katsuya can no doubt feel the heat coming off of this thing in waves. Fortyskey is, unfortunately, beyond reasoning with because she's so fucking pissed off (particularly from being shot, and being imprisoned).

The Abyssal roars, an unholy, unnatural sound, with the undertone of stones grinding beneath the creature's voice. Forty, behind the Abyssal, finishes another spell, gesturing towards it sharply. Ethereal, blackened, ghostly chains form around the creature's midsection, and it suddenly gains focus to its fury, the skull that makes up its face suddenly focusing on the police officer, echoing the undead Warlock's fury.

"FUCK. EVERYTHING!" Fortyskey's shouts aren't as loud as the Abyssal, but she's not letting up. She gestures sharply, and the monster takes another swing at Katsuya, roaring in fury as it does.

She doesn't answer what the monster is.

But does he know what it's not?

Safe.

[sumarusfinest]

Oh. Oh no.

Katsuya scrambles backwards, a near-constant stream of yelling in his native language as he drags his useless leg across the rubble, jostling it and sending jolts of searing pain up his body. Rock shatters an inch away from his foot. He's covered in a sweat, skin pale as the pain intensifies with every shift and kick he makes with his functional leg.

He's not going to be able to keep dodging.

"Helios!" Katsuya braces himself for the next swing and after a half-second of flickering light that seems much weaker than it had been before the Persona appears just in time to block the swing. The officer grunts in pain at the strain it causes and his Pesona flickers once, before shattering altogether. He can't keep focus anymore with all the pain he's in.

"I yield!" He gasps, vision webbing before he loses consciousness altogether.

[dembonyhips]

Unfortunately for Katsuya, Fortyskey isn't listening, and she's not exactly the honorable sort at all. She's currently being driven by her emotions and irrationality at the entire issue of being caught.

And because she commands dark powers of temptation that drive her to be more and more destructive when she's actually angry, it's difficult to stop once she's there and pissed the fuck off.

Unfortunately for Fortyskey, apparently someone is listening. From outside the arena, one of the demons takes a shot with some energy weapon (they probably bartered from the Jawas or something), Fortyskey yelps in pain at being shot again, and as she's whirling around to face her assailant, she collapses.

Without its conscious master binding it to the material plane, the Abyssal roars throwing its arms up as the green felfire binding the stones together dissipates, and the body of the creature collapses, and dissolves into foul smelling ash.