[video]

[eyeforaneye]

[ There is nothing even remotely cheerful in Sasuke's expression as the video clicks on. Far from it. Please, stop watching while you can. ]

I think Sadiq Adnan is attractive. As a male, he is adequate.

That's all.

[ And it clicks off. Helpful hint? A bet has gone awry. ]

Comments

[eyeforaneye]

A shot? [ Pause. ]

You mean his aim?

[maychetnha]

Yes, his aim. [huh.] What else would shot mean?

[eyeforaneye]

If you mean a gun, I do not have them in my world.

[maychetnha]

Oh? What do you have instead? [curious.]

[eyeforaneye]

As weapons?

Blades of all kinds. Wire. That sort of thing.

[maychetnha]

Traditional. [small nod of approval.] It makes fights less luck and more about skill.

[eyeforaneye]

I have trained that way for a long time.

Guns sound interesting, in their own way.

[maychetnha]

They are interesting to handle. You only need one hand, unless it is a bigger one. They shoot like an arrow, except faster and you cannot divert its path with your arm.





They are also very tedious to recover from. Arrowheads are nowhere as bad.

[eyeforaneye]

I see.

If someone here has one, it would be good for me to learn to use it. [ ... or horrible. ]

[maychetnha]

It is always good to know how to use one. [pause.] Or any weapon, really. You never know what you have at your use at desperate timing.

[eyeforaneye]

If a person is skilled, a rock can easily beat an arrow.

[maychetnha]

If a person is resourceful. Without any resourcefulness, a skilled person will still fall victim.

[eyeforaneye]

Anything can be a weapon.

Even without one, a person still has fists.

[maychetnha]

That would still require a fair amount of smarts. Brute strength does not always win.

[eyeforaneye]

I am confident in my abilities.

[maychetnha]

Of course you are... [Everyone is confident in their abilities until they are proven otherwise...]

[eyeforaneye]

[ Letting that go altogether. He's lost many fights before but that irritating arrogance is hard to shake. ]

Who are you?

[maychetnha]

[... It almost hurts how many conversations she has had so far here without introducing herself first. Leave it be, it's not like people here care that much about formalities.]

Vietnam. [a pause.] You can also call me Mỹ Linh if that is easier or less strange.

[maychetnha]

... It is nice to meet your acquaintance. What is your name?

[eyeforaneye]

Whichever you want to be called; it doesn't matter to me. [ Normally he doesn't really go for introductions himself, but he can make an exception. ]

Sasuke. Uchiha Sasuke.

[maychetnha]

Vietnam is fine, then. I am not used to going by common name. [hum.]

Yours. That is Japanese in origin, isn't it?

[eyeforaneye]

Vietnam. Fair enough.

I hear that often. Japan does not exist in my world, but it seems to be the same.

[maychetnha]

It is a nice name. It suits you.

[eyeforaneye]

I don't dislike it.

You are also a country?

[maychetnha]

[Wow. How blunt. She normally dances around the topic whenever a non-nation brings it up, but there is no benefit in lying...] Yes.

Not that it makes a difference here, or so someone told me.