Part of the reason this is so much fun is that you can build them to a frenzy and watch them virtually defeat themselves. Hell, it's happened to him more than once and will happen again in the future. But not tonight, even when the man grunts out that he heard Ramon's having to marry some whore he knocked up. Ramon just laughs, shrugs and breaks his nose. The crowd cheers and he follows it up with a swift uppercut, knocking the guy on his ass. He turns away from him, arms outstretched and grinning, shining with sweat, soaking up the adulation.
He's knows it's not all adulation. Maybe most of it isn't. There are plenty of enemies out there, plenty who are going to lose money if he wins. Lots of them would like to see him dead - but most of them wouldn't dare not applaud.
'Get up, you fat fuck,' he says to the guy who can't seem to stop his nose bleeding. These fights are only won by knockout and he's not done playing yet. Maybe Fi hasn't seen the sadistic side of him in the future (he's aware of her watching, now he knows he's going to win easily) but she'll get a demonstration of it now. His opponent gets up, looking furious, and starts in again, Ramon ducks under his shots and throws a few to the body, concentrating on one side until he jumps clear again, laughing still.
It goes on for a long time. Half the crowd quieten down when they don't get the knockout they've been baying for, a little uncomfortable with Ramon's refusal to end it. The other half start to chant 'finish him, finish him' with something like glee - it's only when, after the man is down again and Ramon stands over him, they can understand why he's doing this. Because he leans down and pulls the knife out of his pocket, shows it to the crowd. They get it. Most of them come to the fights all the time. They know what happened to the first guy who pulled a knife on Ramon Salazar - after he got out of the hospital, his body was found in a schoolyard, stabbed through the heart. The general consensus seems to be that it's the man's own fault if he gets pummelled into meat.
Eventually though, his arms are tiring. The big guy is hardly bothering to attempt a swing anymore and is just trying to defend his head. Ramon looks up and see that Raul has moved; he catches the man's eye and he makes a cutting motion with his hand. He usually takes his uncle's advice; as his opponent makes another attempt to lumber in, Ramon feints left and then delivers a crushing right to the side of the head. It's all over a heartbeat later and he raises an arm, victorious.
It's probably not an accident that he's looking in Fi's direction as he does this.
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Date: 2010-03-01 11:02 am (UTC)He's knows it's not all adulation. Maybe most of it isn't. There are plenty of enemies out there, plenty who are going to lose money if he wins. Lots of them would like to see him dead - but most of them wouldn't dare not applaud.
'Get up, you fat fuck,' he says to the guy who can't seem to stop his nose bleeding. These fights are only won by knockout and he's not done playing yet. Maybe Fi hasn't seen the sadistic side of him in the future (he's aware of her watching, now he knows he's going to win easily) but she'll get a demonstration of it now. His opponent gets up, looking furious, and starts in again, Ramon ducks under his shots and throws a few to the body, concentrating on one side until he jumps clear again, laughing still.
It goes on for a long time. Half the crowd quieten down when they don't get the knockout they've been baying for, a little uncomfortable with Ramon's refusal to end it. The other half start to chant 'finish him, finish him' with something like glee - it's only when, after the man is down again and Ramon stands over him, they can understand why he's doing this. Because he leans down and pulls the knife out of his pocket, shows it to the crowd. They get it. Most of them come to the fights all the time. They know what happened to the first guy who pulled a knife on Ramon Salazar - after he got out of the hospital, his body was found in a schoolyard, stabbed through the heart. The general consensus seems to be that it's the man's own fault if he gets pummelled into meat.
Eventually though, his arms are tiring. The big guy is hardly bothering to attempt a swing anymore and is just trying to defend his head. Ramon looks up and see that Raul has moved; he catches the man's eye and he makes a cutting motion with his hand. He usually takes his uncle's advice; as his opponent makes another attempt to lumber in, Ramon feints left and then delivers a crushing right to the side of the head. It's all over a heartbeat later and he raises an arm, victorious.
It's probably not an accident that he's looking in Fi's direction as he does this.