Barton Town - Ghetto

The current location of GTB VI's second round fight. In order to avoid immediate press of the location taking place in a major city, the fighters were secretly led here after being transported here by bus. Once they were let off in the run down side of Barton, they were told to follow their GPS to their designated locations to meet their opponents, each going in a different direction, but every pair eventually ending up with their chosen partner.

The time of this roleplay can be before the fights are started or after the fights have finished. This will allow both spectators and fighters to roleplay in this location of Barton outside of fights, and acts as an optional way for anyone wanting to get into this year's story to get involved in it, as well. If your character is injured and you want to rp getting recovered, you can choose either the Infirmary thread or have the character enter into the local hospital, or maybe go off and find their own place to go heal. The sky's the limit.

This thread will be closed once the third round begins, so get in as much rp as you can until then.

C. Fox Wrote:

> Fox was the guy [sprite] standing in the background, wearing black and apparently talking to that silver-haired whore. > > "You mean you'll do anything for 70 bucks?" > > Fox reached his hand into his back pocket... > > "Good thing I brought a condom"

"You might not want to do that."

The footfalls could be heard from fox's left. The psions feet splashed up small puddles of water made in the dilapidated city street.

"The whores here are low quality, nothing like in Sigil."

Tres spoke out to C. Fox, walking up to him with a smarmy grin on his face. The psion stopped without getting to close to Fox and the prostitute that he was conversing with.

"Been a long time. Fox..."

"I'm staying at hotel nearby, maybe we can-- "

Tresondros Ecstuffuan Wrote:

> "You might not want to do that." > > The footfalls could be heard from fox's left. The psions feet splashed up small puddles of water made in the dilapidated city street. > > "The whores here are low quality, nothing like in Sigil."

The Female of the Species Wrote:

> Either way he could have very well ruined her fun.

That he did.

Fox turned his head

"Don't you see im busy here. Trying to get laid, man"

Fox didn't care about Sigil, cause he wasn't in Sigil at the moment. Seventy dollars sounded like a very good offer, so he was more focused on closing the deal.

"I'll talk to you later, Tres... I'll give you a call or some shit" Fox said, which was funny because he didn't even have Tres's number. In fact, he doesnt even belive Tres has one [phone].

Then Fox turned back at the "silver-haired" woman.

Tresondros Ecstuffuan Wrote:

> "Me and you got business, and let me tell ya, it would be way better than getting your pecker chewed off by that one. I've felt her teeth, not very comfortable.

Fox's eyes rolled, as he let out a sigh.

"I don't care, Tre-- "

Tresondros Ecstuffuan Wrote:

> I'll cut to the chase fox. You hit my mother with a baseball bat and we scrapped. Where even. However, you attacked Fal'lain head quarters and you left with the rest of the triads before I could kick your ass over it. > > So i'm gonna give you a choice Fox. I need soldiers. You've proven yourself in battle and I need men like yourself to conduct a few operations back in the City of Doors. I'll pay you handsomely, once the operations are over. > > Now the alternative is...I beat the shit out of you. > > Pretty simple ri---"

"Let me tell you something."

Fox's fists balled in response to the threat. His patience done run out, as he would violently turn to Tres, his right index finger pointing up at him, and walk towards, bumping his chest into his and overall getting up in Tres's face.

"I know you don't like me, and I SURE AS HELL don't like you! ... But if you're still treading in the fucking past, then that's your GODDAMNED problem. I live in the present; Whatever happened, HAPPENED-- So stop putting all that damn pressure on me, because I don't need it."

Fox tilted his head, looking back at Sokoya. Then he looked back at Tres

"If you don't let go (of the past) ..

Then I'm going to have to make you do so"

Fox rolled his eyes and shook his head, turning it to Sokoya's while he took a step backwards, strutting and loosening up.

" 'Mazing... Can you believe this guy?"

Fox said to Soakz, flicking his finger up and pointing it at Tres.

A little bit of drama to set up thefirst attack:

Fox leapt at the wall standing to his right (as seen on OP's image/sprite) , and bounced off it by vaulting with his right foot, and using the same leg to lash out a roundhouse at Tres's head

" 'Chea ! "

[ Bringing in an old OC of mine to have some fun. Hope you guys don't mind. ]

The Female of the Species Wrote:

Jahiro had heard this was the latest venue for the GTB. He had decided this year was to early for him, and ducked the hell out. But he'll, why not check out a few of the fights. He had left early in the morning, and was just arriving. Too easily distracted.

The red heard flung back his hair when he noticed a fight going on. Some white haired chick was the only spectator to a couple of guys just goin' at it. Roundhouse, motherfuckin' deck punch. Damn. Was this what the GTB was made of? Badasses of this sort?

Jahiro made his way over to the woman, who still sat watching. He stood, and placed his hands in his pockets, willing to start a conversation. " Yo, this'a tourney fight, er what? " He queried plainly, with an obvious drag on his voice.

show spoilerhide spoiler Weapon(s) Held: Folding Knife - 7 in. - Left pocket Knuckle Gloves - Half inch bits placed over knuckles - Worn Tazer - Touch only - Right jacket pocket

Magic Circuits: 140 Runes Set: Sowilo: Back of Right hand Gibor: Right foot, top. Sumbel: Left foot, top. Runes Active: None

C. Fox Wrote:

> Tresondros Ecstuffuan Wrote: > > Tresondros Ecstuffuan Wrote: > > > wooooooooosh > > His kick flew over Tres's head. It was a close one, grazing his locks and all. > > -thuk!- > > His feet planted on the floor, he would pivot [about] 130 degrees counter-clock, his knees slightly bent from the fall, and spring up with his own right cross, basically mirroring Tres. His target was simple: the face. > > Fox would squint a little, while gritting his teeth. Fox braced himself; A natural facial reaction to an oncoming attack. > > "Grrrruuuu !!!" > > *THWOK* > > Fox's eyes glowed with red, his fangs showed-- something about him was odd today.

The Ghetto

THWOK!

_____Instinctively the psions left hand came up to stand between his face and the placement of Fox's counter blow. However, he might as well have not done it. Tres had not seen the body movements that would have telegraphed a right cross to give him time to attempt to parry it.

_____So all that happened was Tres felt the power of Fox's weighty blow as his fist collided with his left forearm close to the wrist and smashed into his face. Tres saw a white spark in his field of vision as the sudden but familiar sensation of the blows impact spread through his body from his head. His head turned with the blow and while it shook Tres, he was not rocked.

_____The psion recovered his right fist on guard and noticed something about Fox.

_____The psychic thought. The realization that maybe Fox had developed some metahuman powers made Tres apprehensive. He also swore he saw something not quite right about Fox's toothy scowl when his punch hit. Tres began to step out of Fox's forward line of attack, moving to his left with a shuffling step. He maintained evasive head movement and his focus on fox.

[edit - realized we were already close. I shouldn't write post at work. Lol.]

C. Fox Wrote:

> Tresondros Ecstuffuan Wrote: > > Tresondros Ecstuffuan Wrote: > > > GWAAAAH > > ((gif or img pending best you can do is picture Jin/Kazuya's beam attack )) > > Fox made a violent, sudden clockwise turn at the waist, his head violently whipping to the same direction- and a huge, screaming red beam came bursting out of his forehead, exactly where a "third eye" would be located. > > -*zzzzzzz--sheeeeeeyunnn!!!*- > The -rather- extensive laser beam lashed to his right, targeting Tres's and anything in its path in a sweeping curve. > > Fox could not control it, but the attack would last 2 full seconds. > > [2]

The Ghetto

______Hunched over the psion could not see the energies that boiled within the skull of the brown skinned warrior. Tres had never seen C. Fox display any meta-human abilities and Tres had been competing in the same circuits with Fox for years. Tres respected Fox's ability to contend in the world of gods as a man, because Tres once possessed no powers and did the same. Now, one could hardly call Tres human. Sure he could transform his left arm into flesh again to experience the exhilaration of mortal combat but this was simply a novelty for the psychic warrior.

Now, things got serious.

_____Tres blurted out when Fox rose up with a violent sudden clockwise turn and a single beam of energy of an unknown origin erupted from his skull with a maniacal keening.

-*zzzzzzz--sheeeeeeyunnn!!!*

_____Sweeping from left to right, the only reason Tres was not sundered in half was because he thought to step out of Fox's forward line of attack to his left rather than right. He thought to bait Fox into a wide right hook in an attempted counter. The game changed dramatically and Tres did not know if he was ready but he acted all the same.

_____Tres dropped down and fell upon his knees while leaning backwards to his left as far as he could. Trying to get his body back and down beneath the slightly rising arc Tres threw his arms back. His right hand managed to get back first but his left was just a bit too high.

SKKKSSS

_____Flesh along a small part of his left forearm was blown away. Pieces of crystal were revealed beneath where the flesh no longer was. Tres grimaced in pain squeezing his teeth against each other and making a agonized scowl. Then his eyes went wide and anger suddenly replaced agony with all the suddenness of a lightning bolt.

_____Tres got up off the ground and returned to his stance, looking absolutely furious. However if Fox was perceptive, maybe would notice there was a little bit of embarrassment there as well. The psion did not like being deceived and because deception lied at the core of combat.

_____The psychic warrior bawled his left hand in a tight vice as if the fist were being crushed by his barely controllable fury as he brought the fist up to guard. Crystal tore through the sleeve of false flesh, violently ripping it away like some haggard rag. With Isshouken revealed, Fox would know that shit just got real.

_____Tres stepped to his right with his right foot as if to move to the right, but it was merely footwork to mask the left low round house to the inside of Fox's lead left thigh. Tres's kicks were thrown with perfect technique and they hurt, no one could take too many of them and expect to move the same for the rest of the fight.

The Ghetto

_____With a delightful smash Tres felt his shin meet its mark. In the next moment his leg began its descent a step behind where it had previously been before the kick. The kick disrupted Fox's poor footing, sending him down to one knee. The psychic warrior acted without hesitation the moment the left foot touched the ground.

_____Tres thrust his turning hips forward while sending his bent right leg up with his knee poised with a pointed foot. The sharp bone of his knee was aimed at Fox's chin right down the middle as his head rose forward and up. Tres's arrogance made him put more power in that knee than it maybe rightly deserved. However it would be happy that he did. As Tres threw the knee a strange crystalline material grew along the surface of Tres's thin and knee forming a menacing looking plate covered in round bearings.

_____In a bright red flashed out in the very moment Tres unleashed the follow up attack to his kick. Energy once again exploded from Fox's skull, impacting the surface of the crystalline plate that was covering Tres's right leg. The force of Tres's knee met the laser beam and with the momentum of the attack Tres would try to drive through the laser beam with his protected right knee to land his attack against Fox's head. Because of the impact the knee would land with significantly less power, but enough power remaining to be dangerous.

_____Whatever the outcome Tres's right shin would suffer under the pressure of the clashing attacks. Whether or not the knee met its mark Tres would stumble backwards from the knee. His right leg no longer looked like it was able to support him as well as it could before. The moment his right foot touched the ground he grimaced in pain. Blood ran down the length of his pants legs dripping onto the concrete streets. The crystalline plate that Tres formed on his knee fell onto the ground like broken glass surrounding the ugly charred gash in Tres's right shin.

PP: 48 [-2]

Tresondros Ecstuffuan Wrote:

-PYUM-

The two attacks met and caused a concussive force between the two; Fox's body flew several feet backwards, Tres being separated as well.

Tres's knee wouldnt have reached Fox's chin, because if it did, then the beam wouldn't have hit the shin, but instead Tres's body.

-koonk!-

Fox's head whiplashed upon hitting the floor, consequently, knocking himself out.

---He lied there, motionless

...

Suddenly, movement. His hands and forearm twitched. Fox, soon began his transformation:

*GRRAHHHH*

His skin color fading, the tissue on his back tearing; Devil wings broke free, and they flapped hard, bringing Fox up to his feet like the dead risen from the grave.

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Hair stood across his spine/back and legs. His shirt destroyed by his wings, and his leather pants torn up to his knees. His feet deformed, and nails freakishly large and sharp. To top it all, his vicious tail.

Devil Fox look at Tres, square in the eyes, while steam (literally) exuded from his mouth, which vaguely bared his teeth...

There was a power outage, possibly caused by this fight. It got dark and, now, extra creepy.

The only things bringing any visibility at this point were three things: Tres's crystalline/emerald abilities, the moonlight and Devil Fox's blue aura.