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Morthos was surprised at the two women coming up to him and asking how he beat Honey. "Oh, uh, I mean, it was mostly I knew how he fought and knew my weaknesses," he said to them, pretty oblivious to the fact that they were in all likelihood hitting on him. "The fact that he probably had no idea what to expect of me helped too," he noticed Jax, Ophelia, and Roxas come in the room. "Oh, Jax, no, um, we were just talking about how I figured out how to beat Honey. I'm glad you made it to the fight, the stands were pretty full so I didn't see you guys."

Morthos only had eyes for Jax, the twin girls who were holding his muscular arms may have been hot but there was something about Jax Morthos just couldn't place that landed her above them. "Are you impressed with my magic now? I told you I couldn't exactly show you while we were at your place." At this point Morthos was only dimly aware of the women at his side, he hadn't even asked their names. Honestly, it seemed like they were just impressed with his fight win, they didn't really know him. If he lost and was in this tent he doubted they'd be there.

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Honey was looking pleased with himself, "I have to say, you've put up a good fight, but you can't beat me with that slow magic of yours." Morthos of course knew he was right, that's why he had his plan made beforehand.

"As long as I can stand, you haven't won," Morthos growled out to him, "Har-Har Rasas." The small fireballs once more followed Honey, this time they were faster though, he was unable to dodge them all and was caught in a couple explosions. Morthos made sure the fire stayed off the ground, it wasn't time for that yet. Morthos continued casting and walking around the arena, trying to cover as much of it on foot as he could.

But Honey got away from the fireballs and knocked Morthos back again with a powerful punch. "It's over Morthos, concede before I have to really hurt you."

Morthos didn't need to concede though, he knew it, Honey had fallen right in his trap. Morthos was on one knee, one hand on the ground the other holding his staff. He just laughed and Honey looked very confused, then he said the magic words, "Ignis." An incredibly fast moving wave of flames moved along the ground, faster than Honey could react to move away. It didn't cause much damage, but it left the arena incredibly warm. Morthos stood and said, "fine Honey, if you can get over here, I'll concede." Honey tried to move but he was stuck to the ground, and try as he might he wasn't moving.

"What's the matter? Found yourself in a sticky situation?" Morthos was panting, but he had all the time he wanted now. "I knew my magic was slow and telegraphed. But slow magic doesn't matter against an immobile target, that's why I was moving around so much, not just to avoid you." He stomped his shoe to let out some of the liquid, "it's something I cooked up, combination of potion ingredients and an incantation. Does nothing on its own, you could even drink it, but when it's heated, it creates an incredibly sticky substance."

Something occurred to Honey, "but...you must be out of mana, there's no way you can take me now." Morthos chuckled, aimed to the side of Honey and said "Har-Har Infigar" A large explosion occurred right next to him, "I have a large mana reserve, next one's coming at you, admit it, I won."

Honey let out a large sigh, "okay, you win," he looked at the ref, "I concede." With those two words the match was over, Morthos released the magic so Honey could move as he heard the crowd cheering. He went with the medical examiner to the med bay to get patched up. He'd won, he was now the same level as Jax.

Beyond the Gate at World's End

You know I’m always down to clown

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Morthos was up bright and early that day, ready for his fight with Mitsukini. He put on one of the new outfits he got yesterday and wore his cloak on top of it all before grabbing his staff and heading out the door. As he got to the arena he figured word must have spread fast because there was a fair number of people there. Immediately he knew why, inside the arena on the big screen there was a graphic advertising the fight. Honey was a pretty popular guy, and there was a nice picture of him. The picture for Morthos was just a big question mark, everyone was wondering who was this mystery man? Well, he supposed this was his last chance to stay anonymous, but he wasn't going to take it. He only needed to be anonymous when he was scared of how he would be judged, but he didn't care about that anymore. Jax liked him, and that was good enough.

He didn't try to look for Jax and the others, they said they'd be there, they'd show up when they could. He walked to the middle of the ring the same time Honey did. Morthos threw his cloak to the side, revealing his demonic nature. He didn't listen to see if the crowd gasped or anything, but Honey looked mildly surprised before composing himself. "So you're my opponent? I look forward to seeing how you fight, good luck." Morthos just gave him a nod, he was not a man of many words, at least not when he was nervous the way he was now.

The match began and Honey was quick to action. Morthos tried throwing a simple fireball but Honey was too quick, dodging out of the way with ease and closing the distance on Morthos. He barely had time to cast a shield spell before Honey made impact and sent him flying backwards. He stayed upright but it was still a powerful blow, he had to start enacting his plan or else all of this would fall apart. He cast another spell and launched a blanket of flames in front of him, forcing Honey to jump back. Morthos began running around the arena, careful observers may notice a strange liquid coming out of his shoes, which immediately seemed to absorb in to the ground and disappear. "Har-Har Rasas," Morthos cast the spell and created a dozen smaller fireballs which would follow Honey, keeping him distracted as Morthos closed in.

Unfortunately, Honey was faster than he thought and got behind Morthos, kicking him towards the oncoming fireballs. Strangely to onlookers he seemed to be protecting his shoes rather than himself from the flames. He landed hard on the ground, no shield this time to protect him from the impact of Honeys technique. He followed up quickly, using another powerful kick to launch Morthos up in the air before jumping and landing several more blows before sending Morthos back to the ground. He managed another shield before he landed but it was rough, and he was using his staff to support himself now. Things were looking rough for the underdog mystery man.

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Morthos chuckled as Hargul jumped on him, and he tactfully decided to ignore the comment about Jax's rump. "Good pie," Morthos said, "but it's not a surprise. Pumpkin pie is the superior pie of choice, and I will fight anyone who says otherwise." Looking at the time he knew what he had to do, he rinsed off his plate in the sink and said to the group, "as much as I'd love to stay I actually have to go home tonight. But make sure you come see my fight tomorrow," he ruffled Jax's hair and waved at the other two as he left. He knew if he gave anyone else time to talk, especially Jax he'd just lose his conviction and stay.

He got home and grabbed all the materials he had gotten from the store, he didn't even know exactly what to do, but he'd figure it out. After getting that all done after several hours of work he realized he hadn't even officially challenged Honey to their fight. Luckily, you could do that online, and after a few minutes on the SPA website he got a message from Honey saying You're on, mystery man. "Well that's that then, now for the shoes," Morthos spoke to himself as he took out the pair of shoes he grabbed specifically for his fight. They were a bit like platform shoes, with a very large base, which was what he needed. After another hour or so he was as ready as he could be. He stripped down and lied in bed, he just had to beat Honey, so he could be on Jax's level. Then maybe she would....no, he couldn't think like that. This was so they could go on D tier missions together, so he could see if he was strong enough for her.

He sighed and rolled over, "you know, life was a lot simpler before I met Jax." He paused a moment, mulling over the thought, "simpler, but a lot less empty. I think I'd let her bump in to me again if I could redo that," he got himself comfy in bed and went to sleep, knowing he needed rest for his first ever public fight the next day.

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"No, it's not disappointing," Morthos told her, "I always like hearing about peoples families, not everyone can be the most interesting person." He paused a moment and realized something, "you know, I actually haven't told Jax I'm a noble yet, she just knows I'm rich....no wait, I kinda told her, I said all tieflings are from nobility. Didn't mention that I still have ties to that," Morthos laughed, "so you can tease her that her sugar daddy is gonna be a king one day if you'd like." His laughed petered out to a sigh, why was he so hung up on Jax anyways? He'd just met her, but there was just something about her that he couldn't let go of. Maybe it was fate? Any time he'd asked mom how she knew dad was the one, she just said that something in her just knew it. Morthos never liked that answer, but maybe that's what he was feeling Jax now?

At that moment Jax came through the door, with Roxas in tow no less. "Well, you have good timing, if you were any longer I would have eaten the pie on you." Whoa, phrasing Morhos, "anyways, glad you're back, nice to see you again Roxas." Morthos wasn't sure how to feel about Roxas, he clearly had some kind of demonic energy about him, but Morthos couldn't put his finger on what exactly his deal was.

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To anyone reading this for fun, bit of a retcon, back on page 3 in a Morthos/Jax collab post Morthos' inner monologue stated his mother was wealthy for reason other than being a noble. Changing that so the family does indeed still have ties to their noble roots, thank you

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"Oh I'd love to be good to her, but she's made it very clear she just wants to be friends." Morthos sighed, he understood her reasoning, he knew how magic worked. If Jax wanted to be the strongest Mythic then she'd have to get in a relationship with someone very powerful. Was Morthos not powerful enough? He supposed she'd never seen him in battle so it was fair to think that, maybe she'd be singing a different tune after his fight tomorrow. "But I will be the best friend I can until she decides maybe I'm worth the time of day."

Morthos let out a long sigh at her question, "man, life story questions? I mean, my mom is like me, though she's better with charm magic rather than fire magic. I never really knew my dad, mom doesn't talk about him much. The most she ever says is that he'd be proud of who I've become. We're actually nobility, we've still got it from back in the days of Bael Turath. It's nothing special, basically just a small village she rules over, but it's neat. I left when I was fairly young to travel the world, learn magic, the world was a lot meaner about my appearance than my village was. If anyone ever found out I was nobility they suddenly changed their tune, so I made sure that was hidden. Other than that little tidbit there's not a whole lot interesting about me."

He finished off his water and got up to refill it at the sink, "what about you? You mentioned sounding like your mother when talking about Jax, tell me about your family." He sat back down and waited to hear what she had to say.

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"Oh you don't have to worry, pumpkin pie is my favourite," Morthos called to Jax as she went out the door. He gave Ophelia a polite smile as she sat with him, "well thank you. It's a good thing I took Jax along, I would have had no idea what to buy for myself to look better." He took a drink of water and nearly spat it all out when Ophelia asked if anything happened between him and Jax. He was usually pretty good at lying but the question really took him off guard. After a brief coughing fit he managed to get out, "what? No, no, why would you think that?"

But there was no hiding it, she clearly already knew something was up, that grin on her face said it all. "Okay fine," he relented, "but you tell Jax that you threatened to withhold pie unless I talked." He took a proper drink of water before continuing, "Jax and I.... We kinda, sorta, maybe, kissed a bit." He half mumbled the last bit but was sure Ophelia heard him. There, he said it, it was out there as a thing that happened. He hoped Jax wouldn't be mad, she would have told Ophelia at some point, right? They were sisters after all.

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Morthos thanked Ophelia for the compliment then just kind of stood there a bit awkwardly as the girls talked, eventually sitting down at the table and getting himself some ramen. He tuned out most of the conversation, at the mention of the agreement they came to at the shop Morthos just stared in to his food. Her comment about no fairy tail made him a bit sad, ya, there's no fairy tail here, so get it out of your thick skull dummy. He smiled at Jax when she asked how the ramen was, "ya, it's good, don't usually eat ramen."

He knew he couldn't stay here all night again, he planned on fighting Mitsukini tomorrow and he still had to make all his preparations. But he supposed he could stay here a bit longer, it probably wouldn't take him all night to get everything ready. "I don't usually have ramen, nothing against it, just tend not to eat it."