"Sure, I don't mind. You can pick the location."

[i]Xavier nodded, as he picked the environment that they would be fighting in. Soon enough, they found themselves in an abandoned city, with wrecked cars on the streets and vines slowly overtaking the once tall structures. There would be an abundance of cover here, but also a lot of vantage points and open spaces.[/i]

The man examined their environment and quickly came up with a few vague ideas of how to defeat his opponent. His eyes remained an emerald green as his right armed flared up in flames of the same color, smoke rising up into the sky with green sparks within the dark gray plumes. Then, he sprinted backwards, ducking behind one of the more intact cars as cover.

[i]Meanwhile, Xavier went behind some rubble, as he started to activate his Psi blades. As he channeled energy into his left gauntlet, an angular and statically flickering blade started to project themselves, extending out a few feet until it reached its point.[/i] [b]Current Focus pool: [u]100[/u][/b] [i]After that process was done, Xavier pulled out one of his revolvers with his right hand. Starting to scale the ruined building, he scrutinised the environment for Amne, ready to dodge or attack.[/i]

As Xavier scaled the building, the man made sure to stay out of sight until he had rounded a corner. There, he would find another car, and began fiddling with it. After a few minutes he pulled out a half full tank of gasoline. He gripped this tank in his cybernetic hand while his other arm pointed straight at the ground. Emerald flames slewed from his flesh hand, propelling him straight upwards like a rocket engine until he had literally flown up to the edge of the roof. He then switched the tank of gasoline to his right hand, his cybernetic arm holding the ledge of the building as his eyes peeked over it, searching for Xavier while he himself remained hidden.

[i]Seeing that Amne wasn't coming out any time soon, Xavier decided to cast a ability that he hasn't been able to use. Putting his back against the rubble, he raised both his hands as he channeled Psionic energy onto the empty space in front of him. He slowly lifted his hands as a projection of himself started to materialise.[/i] [b]Clone: -50[/b] [b]Current Focus pool: 50[/b] [i]As his projection came to life, it immediately summoned the same weapons he had in his hands, turning around as it jumped off the building. Purposefully going to lower ground so that Amne could see it, it dashed between cars and lamp posts as to avoid getting hit.[/i]

Instead of trying to hit the close, the man's right hand ignited in emerald flame, and sent multiple, large orbs of fire down at the cars and lamps that the clone wove between. Any remaining gas or flammable items within these things would proceed to combust in fire. It all likeliness, it would be difficult for the clone to survive in such a large area of flame. From there, the man hurled himself up to the roof and sprinted to the estimated area of where Xavier would be, hopefully still scaling the wall.

[i]Unfortunately, the clone would prove difficult to kill. It's unknown what made it move so fast, but it started vaulting over cars and ducking and weaving between as it barely avoided some cars. One of the cars managed to hit it, making it become somewhat unstable, but it nonetheless survived. It started to dash to a spot in some buildings where it wouldn't be seen. Now that Xavier had gotten Amne's attention, he used one of his other abilities to enter a ethereal plane, outside of reality so that Amne couldn't see him. He used it to quickly jump down the building, exiting his spectral form soon after. Pulling out his grenade launcher, he fired three grenades at roughly where he was climbing up after waiting for a few seconds.[/i]

The thing was that the man wasn't climbing, as he had already hurled himself up to the rooftop when he saw that the clone was somehow running around through and over burning cars. While the man couldn't see Xavier, he could see roughly where the grenades were coming from. And so he would angle himself on the roof so he was out of Xavier's line of sight, then throw the tank of gas down. It would strike the ground with a loud and heavy slam, gasoline leaking from its smashed tank, a couple yards away from Xavier. At the same time, his eyes turned to the color of amethyst, his right arm igniting in similarly colored, purple flames. The next thing the man would do was literally hurl himself off the roof, skydiving down towards the tank of gas. His cybernetic arm was extended, its barrel aimed straight at the ground. Purple flames extended from his right arm, formulating three feet in front if himself like a shield of some sorts. And just then, even while being unable to see Xavier he would unleash a huge inferno of napalm towards the ground from his cybernetic arm, the hellish flames covering such a large area that it would be very difficult to avoid all of it. But on top of that, the napalm also ignited and caused the tank of gasoline to combust in flames, the resulting explosion causing other cars to go wack, cracking asphalt and igniting everything in its vicinity. All happening mere feet away from Xavier.

[i]Xavier's eyes widened as he saw what was unfolding in front of him. As soon as he saw the gasoline can drop, he quickly turned around, using [u]Warp[/u] to cover some distance. However, he wasn't in the clear. Seeing that he was still in range of the cars, he quickly started constructing a full pillar made out of his own Psionic energy.[/i] [b]Summon Pillar: -20 Current Focus Pool: [u]30[/u][/b] [i]He wasn't fast enough though. While he was raising the pillar, some of the napalm struck him, as he felt the intense heat rush by him. He fought the urge to howl, as his shields took the brunt of the fire. Once his cover was raised, he ducked behind it to prevent any debris hitting him. Until he noticed that his left arm was on fire, the seperate shielding completely destroyed. Fighting back an guttural sound again, he started patting away the fire, tearing the sleeve of his jacket and tossing the flaming piece of cloth away. At the very least he had minimal third degree burns, which still sucked. He used some of his Focus to restore at least the more serious injuries.[/i] [b]Regeneration: -15 Current Focus Pool: 15[/b] [i]He really needed to get more Focus, and soon. Pulling out his grenade launcher, he replaced the remaining grenades with smokes, firing them around the entire area afterwards. Soon the entire battlefield was enveloped in smoke.[/i]

As the man continued to fall from the building, the explosion of flame would cushion his fall, and burn his clothes away as his own self flew up into the air, his velocity slowed just enough for him to land on the ground without breaking any bones. He slowly pushed himself to stand straight, his knees slowly stabilizing to stop shaking. As he gazed at the smoke from both the grenades and the massive flames surrounding the area, he grinned. It was his area now. The sound of crackling flames filled the air, and the sun was obscured by towering plumes of smoke. That was when the man opened his mouth, and inhaled deeply. Smoke and flames appeared to be sucked towards the man, entering his mouth to be literally swallowed. After a few moments, enough smoke had been consumed that visibility was clear enough for the man to see Xavier. Then, he exhaled, a puff of smoke leaving his mouth. His eyes changed color, becoming the color of normal fire. The same would happen to the flames on his right arm, becoming normal fire. He felt refreshed and energetic, after his small snack of smoke and flames. The flames on his arm seemed to have increased in height significantly. And the man knew this, but didn't find it uncomfortable in the slightest. He would raise his right arm, and the flames that ignited cars and other roadside things around Xavier would respond. He closed his open hand into a fist, fire from all around Xavier being forced to rapidly close in around him–and attempt to burn him alive in a tomb of fire. Simultaneously, his cybernetic arm was ready to go again. The man rushed towards Xavier, before a light inside his barrel began to glow. Another blast of napalm left his arm, more hellish flames rushing and–hopefully–burying Xavier in burning flame.

[i]Xavier rapidly looked around him, as fire started to surround him. He inwardly cursed, as he ditched his grenade launcher and started climbing up the pillar, activating both Psi blades now. He then jumped with a burst of speed, his legs temporarily being enveloped in flames before he ended up on the other side of the flames, only to see Amne raise his cybernetic arm again and rushing at him. While Amne sprayed at Xavier with napalm, he attempted to get out of the way by diving to the right, rolling and quickly preparing another ability. Extending his hands out towards Amne, violet lightning struck him, the shock making the pyromaniac shudder.[/i] [b]Volt: -5 Enemy hit: +5 Current Focus Pool: [u]15[/u][/b] [i]And to top things off, the clone from before emerged from a pile of rubble, dashing towards Amne's position. It pounced towards him, a copy of Xavier's Psi blades ready to slice the pyromaniac in half.[/i]

[spoiler]So how exactly does the VR work?[/spoiler]