I realize now that it might be a bit weird to be surprised about people not voluntarily entering the fray under these conditions, but I mean… surely someone outside the arena wants those superpowers, believes Skidmark is telling the truth, and has faith that they can win?

This act started a chain reaction.  The audience turned on the man who’d launched the chunk of rubble, clustering around him, punching and kicking him, and shoving him to the ground.

I guess they see interfering with the brawl in much the same way they saw interfering with the peep show.

Others were inspired by his idea, and did much the same thing, using Skidmark’s power to pelt the people in the arena.

Oh jeez, now it’s split. Those who want to pelt the people in the arena with rubble, and those who want to beat up the other group.

You know, it actually surprises me that we have yet to see someone outside either deliberately launching themselves into the arena or getting shoved in.

One man helped by a kid who might have been his son upended a trash can on the glowing ground to send rotted food and other rubbish flying into the ring.

Ew. At least the food is less painful than the concrete.

Others moved to stop them or shove anyone who got close enough onto the colored ground.  The violence was escalating and it didn’t look to be slowing down anytime soon.

All of a sudden it’s a brawl even outside the arena.

At the corner nearest to us, a woman got smashed in the nose.  The spray of blood landed in the area of Skidmark’s power and shot straight back into the melee.

“Here, you can have this back.”

Inspired by this sight, a man who stood outside the ring grabbed a piece of rubble and threw it down at the edge of the ring.

Ouch, that’s gonna hurt.

I missed “who stood outside the ring” for a moment and thought this was a clever competitor, but on fully reading the sentence, it’s just a jerk.

The chunk of concrete flew into the massed people, striking a man who was crouching and trying to avoid the worst of the fighting.

Oof.