"Hey Eddy, you are about to lose your money!" Iridia tugged on his sleeve while sneaking another look at the new guy.

"He's fishy." She whispered to Eddy.

Drawing his leg back again, Marius tries another kick, but once again the angle is just a tad wrong.

[Private to GM: All-out determined kick to groin
Rolled 11 against Brawling 10 (-4 Dex for grappling, -3 groin, +4 determined, +1 daredevil)
No defense]

Marius manages to stay on his feet for another second, despite the ogrish man's attmpts to drag him down.

Still Marius's maneuvers seems not so much driven by desperation, as a bloodyminded intent to come out on top. Grabbing Millar's ears once again, he pulls him in close and..

[Private to GM: If successful "kisses him straight on the mouth."
Not sure what to roll for that :)]

Laughter rages from the audience as Marius plants a big smootch on the bearded giant's lips.

Suddenly, he releases Marius and stumbles back, a look of shock on his face as he wipes his lips. Not a second later, he's swinging for Marius' face. It misses, again making Marius look like a hare in a race against a tortoise.

The laughter and jeers continue as the man swings and misses.

At the laughter, Marius spins around, turning his back on Millar, performs a bow at the audience, and continues through the spin to take a swing at the giant, all in one fluid motion.

[Private to GM: Imagining it as a move and attack maneuver, punch to face
Rolled 13 against Brawling 4 (-5 face, -4 m&a, +1 daredevil)
Retreating dodge at 13

The maneuver is only slightly ruined by the swing sailing past Millar by more than a foot.]
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"I would advise you to stop your yelling, but I doubt that you'd listen."

Leaving the man floating in the air, Whisper thinks for a moment.

"Perhaps something from his own memories might help.  Jordan, watch the door."

A few movements of his hands and an image forms before the man.

OOC: Cast Perfect Illusion

[Private to Stripe: Cast Perfect Illusion (1 hex) doubled for touch:

His wife, before she got tortured, will step from behind him and hold out her arms for him.

Yeah, I know, cheesy!]

With a resounding clap loud enough to pierce the roaring din, Marius' fist slams into Millar's mouth, bursting his lip open. It's by far the best slug of the match, and the crowd -- now mostly standing on their feet -- absolutely goes wild. Millar's punch was in mid-swing when Marius spun about and landed his own while simultaneously ducking the giant's.

Dodging Millar's blow, Marius dances around the giant, to end up behind him. This time, he doesn't raise his voice, speaking purely to Millar.

"Come on Millar. What you say we stop fighting, grab a couple of beers, and go home in peace?"

[Private to GM: Rolled 14 against Diplomacy 13
Failed]

Millar answers with his fist. The miss is so narrow, Marius can feel the wind on his nose.

"If that's how you want it." Marius replies, tiring of the fight.

Tucking his head down low, he dives in close to Millar, sticking to the man, as he drives a sharp punch into his side.

[Private to GM: All-out Strong punch to torso
Rolled 8 against Brawling 13 (+1 daredevil)
3 damage, 3 shock
No defense]

 "Huh, oh yeah, whatever." Eddy replies to Iridia's comment about the fight. His head was with the stranger who had access to the real money.
 "So you want us to scope out a joint for you, so all you'd have to do is haul in a load. Very well, but then I want to meet your people first."

"No, no, no, you misunderstand me." Iridia says, then covers her ears as the crowd goes wild. "We should check him out first, is all. After we are done here, you should follow him, see where he goes, okay?"

Eddy whispers something into Iridia's ear for no-one else to hear.

[Private to Iridia Silvermane: "Yes, we'll do that too. But if he shows us his fence, we won't need him at all. We can still follow him, see if he's legit, but we will have our fence and can work from there."]

Marius' ducks another blow as his fist slams into the big bear's ribs. It's pretty apparent that in his drunken state, Millar will have to get lucky to connect with his wry opponent.

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OOC: End of Round 12. [Private to GM: Millar has 3 hp left.]

Continuing to stick close, head more or less resting on the big man's abs, Marius drives another blow, even stronger than the last one, into the man's side.

[Private to GM: All-out Strong punch to torso
Rolled 5 against Brawling 13 (+1 daredevil)
5 damage, 5 shock
No defense]

Marius' blow is solid, but the big man continues with his downward punch, which glances off with little effect.

[Private to Marius: OOC: Rolled a 2 for 1d-2 damage. 0 damage.]

As if he were seeing a bright, glowing angel, the crazed man stopps raking the air and shouting. "My love, is that you?"

The newcomer scoffs at Eddy's proposition, then reconsiders. "Alright. We can go right now, if you're up to it."

Though the strong man's punch doesn't necesarily hurt Marius, it is enough to distract him, and his own punch only graces the man's lower back with little effect.

[Private to GM: All-out Strong punch to torso
Rolled 8 against Brawling 13 (+1 daredevil)
0 damage
No defense]

To the roaring, wild crowd's approval, the two stand toe to to and duke it out.

[Private to Marius: OOC: Your turn]

Maybe he is getting tired. Maybe he is just getting sloppy. But despite the close confines, this time Marius misses entirely.

[Private to GM: All-out Strong punch to torso
Rolled 14 against Brawling 13 (+1 daredevil)
No defense]

 "We'll go directly after this fight, I've got some money riding on this fight and things seem about to get interesting. POUND HIS FACE IN YOU BIG OAF!"

Whisper watched as the man's demeanor changed at the appearance of his wife.  Concentrating, he focused his mind on the illusion.

Floating a few inches above the floor, the man's wife extended out her arms until the two settled into an imbrace.  Voices came from behind him and in front of him at the same time, all different, all female. They spoke quietly into his ears,

"Fear not, I am safe where I am at.  There is no more worry for you about me.  Rest now and return from your madness."

Letting go of him, the body drifted back and smiled towards him before speaking again,

"This man seeks the tooth, please help him anyway you can.  He knows of our pain, he has seen it and does not wish to harm you."


[Private to Stripe: OOC: I am such a fool, I was watching and reading the fight and completely missed your post for me!]
OOC, GM Edit: I took the illusion's words from private line and made them public.
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"Yeah!" Iridia yelled, but her voice was lost among the cheers of the spectators. It wasn't clear if she agreed with Eddy or was just enjoying the fight.