#fite nite

Headphones in, Oliver Southby was beginning to forget about nearly dislocating his own shoulder to wriggle free of his partner’s grip. He was already well past not being able to find Sloan before the fight & a good deal further from his hand around Mac’s throat a half hour ago. Instead, the off-duty officer’s shoulder dipped & rose to the beat, lips puckered like an idiot as he danced, walking to the beat as he moved through the crowd. -- “You suck, Southby!” Well fuck that guy, because Southby couldn’t hear them over Abba’s most titular song. Occasionally someone grabbed him by the shoulder or ruffled his hair but he blissfully ignored them all as the first fight came to an end. 

He’d wanted a fight that would ring in his ears for days. This wouldn’t be it. He was fighting Wes after all & though he had no qualms against exchanging blows with a close friend, he didn’t expect to walk away with a concussion & that suited him just fine for the time being. 

Mouth guard hanging out of a corner of his mouth as he absently chewed on it, Southby stretched his shoulders, cracked his knuckles & looked for signs of unraveling on his taped hands. Not finding an end on either hand, the shift in sound was jarring as the song ended & another began. For a split second he could hear the indistinct yelling of the crowd. The fluorescent lights blared down at him as the edge of the crowd parted to make way for the man to get into the middle of the throng. “Ah shit,” Southby cursed. Having ripped the headphones from his ears, he was giving himself one last pat down when he realized he was still wearing his holster. “Here…” Southby struggled for a number of seconds to get the confounded thing off without removing his floral shirt. Awkwardly pulling his arms out of the leather he looked for a familiar face to hand the gun off too. It wasn’t like him to wear it all, but given the elevated threat of such an event, he’d worn it as a precaution just in case something did happen to go down between Rockwell’s old boys & Sloan’s regulars. Folding it all together, he pushed his personal effects off into trustworthy arms. “Okay,” Southby breathed, bouncing on his toes before stepping forward to touch knuckles with Wes. 

The circle of spectators widened around them & somewhere between being a goofball & a jackass, Southby’s blood began to boil, his breath got heavy & he went for Wes’ abdomen without thinking. Licked square in the jaw in retaliation, Southby let his baser instincts take over & pounded his fists into the bartender while the rest of the town just watched. Mind moving ten seconds slower than his limbs, Southby stepped back after catching a particularly gnarly fist to the forehead. First blood drawn on his end, Southby drew away blood from the bone over his eye to stop its trajectory of blinding him. Silent & painless, like a T.V. on mute, Southby moved forward again. You didn’t need to hear at chess club. It was more important to feel & to move. Slugging Wes again, hard. Southby tapped his cheek. “C’mmon baby.” He flashed his mouth guard at the other man in an ugly grin as he tapped his cheek to give him a target. The static in his ears after the hit drowned the background noise out even further. He could feel warmth leaking down around the shell of his right ear & knew he’d end it right there.

Character-versus-Character fights are functionally identical to DM’d events, save for the following changes:

Stat Changes: - Maximum hit points are reduced from 4 to 3.

Trait Changes: - The Colossus trait’s base DC is 12. - Having multiple ranks of Durable only grants a maximum of +3 hit points. - Having multiple ranks of Second Wind only grants a maximum of +2 hit points recovered. - The Sneak Attack trait only grants extra damage once per fight; however, it continues to grant Advantage upon a successful sneak attack.

Asymmetrical Fights: - Sometimes characters are paired against one another in 2v2 and 3v3 fights. - In the event that the odds become unbalanced (2v1, 3v2, 3v1, etc), the losing side will be allowed a staggered turn order. - This means that, after every turn on the winning side, the losing side will be allowed a turn, regardless of Initiative. If there are multiple fighters on the losing side, they will each take turns seizing the Initiative order (see below). - Example A: Nomad-1 & Nomad-2 are facing off against a lone Nomad-3. In this case, the turn order will look like this: Nomad-1, Nomad-3, Nomad-2, Nomad-3, Nomad-1, and so on. - Example B: Nomad-1, Nomad-2, and Nomad-3 are all fighting against Nomad-4 and Nomad-5. In this case, the turn order will look like this: Nomad-1, Nomad-4, Nomad-2, Nomad-5, Nomad-3, Nomad-4, Nomad-1, Nomad 5, and so on.

- Confusing? Probably, but don’t worry - only the referee of the fight has to keep track of this. Unfair? Yes-and-no. Staggered turn orders make every turn a more dire affair, and also make for a more exciting fight.

The opening credits are let into the relationship between Andy and her father. She’s terrified when her dad doesn’t answer his phone or the door. After she wakes him up from a drunken stated its learned that he was so depressed he starting mixing sleeping pills and booze. As she’s sweep up the glass she shattered she shakes her head in disgusts like she know that’s aren’t the only broken pieces she’ll be picking up.

It just makes me wonder…what happened to her mother?

What’s up with the sudden tension between McNally and Peck? Like she’s jealous he’s more attracted to her. She’s defiantly reaching Ice Queen status.

When Diaz gets excited to listen in on the case because he brought the right kind of sweetener is super adorable!

Also…was that a blooper or what when Epstein runs after Belljacks little brother and skids down the street.? It was awesome regardless!

Andy’s need to protect everyone is cute and all…but it’s gonna get her fucked in the long run. Also… I can’t stand the idea of her and Luke. He says all the right things but idk there’s something weird about him.

And for real did Her dad really retire, or was he forced to because that fight he got himself into seemed pretty heated.

Peck has officially WAY to many ties to the force in her own division!

Ugh...The way Swarek looks back at Andy as she makes her way to Callaghan physically kills me.