un: sieglindesullivan / video

[grunehexe]

[If you've ever seen an illegal cam recording from the back row of a theater, you are familiar with the style of this broadcast.

Observe, (as best you can), the players upon the stage. The stage being the cave in which many of them have taken shelter from the storm outside, specifically a large, flat rock, at which two fine male specimens you may recognize as Achilles, son of Peleus, and a certain McCree, locked in the midst of a fierce... arm wrestling battle.

Bare arm muscles flexing, beads of sweat dripping, jaws gritting, knuckles white and shaking, eyes narrowed in concentration and competition, testosterone veritably sparking in the air... as two very fit grown men have it out in a no holds barred thirst-fanning battle of the bulges. Arm muscle bulges.

You might catch glimpse of the lovely referee, (blond, very appropriately serious about judging this contest, thanks, Riza), and hear snatches of people rooting for a particular candidate, (the broadcaster herself seems to favor Achilles, if "steel yourself for victory, Achilles!" is any indication), but mostly this is about enjoying a good man on man test of strength.

Until, that is, a voice can be heard.]

- Are you recording that?

[The video sadly? and promptly goes black as the magitek jewelry is clutched to a bosom in scandalous retort.]

Is it not a sight worth sharing? For posterity, you see-

[And apparently she thought it best to post... for posterty. What? Any lady or inclined fella unfortunate enough to not see it go down surely wouldn't want to miss the show... ?]

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action; ota

[longtempered]

[The growing racket manages to draw Shizuo from where he's been staked out and smoking near the cave entrance. Curiosity winning out, he drifts over to the crowd slowly forming to see what all the fuss is about...still smoking, and probably filling the air a little in his immediate area, sorry nearby fellow spectators.]

Man, a lot of people around here really like arm-wresting... [Commented to nobody in particular, upon getting a look at what's actually going on. And then, mostly because this sort of feels like a thing you ought to root for somebody in (and he only knows one of these guys):] Hey, Achilles, try not to break that guy's arm or anything!

[grunehexe]

[The smoke actually isn't a bother, but that is only because... she's spent most of her life in a workshop cooking up all sorts of potions, and mixing all manner of plants and chemicals. Granted, she usually wore a mask, but.

Nothing a wave of a lacy black sleeve can't help.]

One supposes a lot of people here are quite bored. Even a competition as this is cause for interest.

[Not to say she wouldn't appreciate this sort of display any other day but...

It's been a long trip.]

[longtempered]

[Secondhand smoke can be a hazard, it's true!! At least she doesn't seem to mind...but he'll be properly apologetic in a bit, once all this initial distraction is out of the way.

Though, admittedly, it's. Pretty distracting. Shizuo doesn't even notice the smaller girl beside him until she speaks up; he blinks down, startled to find a familiar face but not unpleasantly so.]

Yeah, is that it? Guess that sort of explains things...a little while ago I got challenged to an arm-wrestle by a person I'd barely started talking to, so I was sort of wondering if it's actually a big thing around here.

[Kind of a weird way to kill time...but, well, it seems just as effective as anything else? Shizuo looks back over to the competition at hand, frowning thoughtfully.] Wonder how long this one's going to be. Who do you think's gonna win?

[grunehexe]

Not one of these two?

[Or had he been challenged by another of their ranks? Perhaps arm-wrestling was far more popular than she could have thought... which was a bit disappointing, really, because full contact wrestling in the greek tradition was far more fun to watch, but-

Ahem.

Sieglinde crossed her arms, thoughtfully considering the opponents.]

I do not know this "McCree" well, but my money would still be on Achilles were I the betting kind.

[longtempered]

Nah, it was with Ramir. We ended up having to call a tie, it was pretty funny.

[At the very least, it seems to be popular with these two guys plus one very enthusiastic Ramir...and by the looks of things it might just end up spreading, who knows?

Either way, Shizuo nods along slowly to Sieglinde's assessment, watching the two struggle back and forth in their current arm-lock.]

Ah, is McCree the cowboy guy? Never met him before either...but I'm thinking along the same lines. Pretty sure Achilles told me he's related to a god or something? So that probably counts for a lot of strength...

[grunehexe]

She is quite strong, as I understand it. Not many women can match a man's physical prowess.

[Er, in a generally 15th-century-style-sexism sort of way, she means. And she did sort of see him bend a fork once.

Though rather than her strength, Sieglinde appreciated Ramir's... similar interests in men.]

I do not know what a "cowboy" is, but apparently yes. - And that is right, his mother was a nymph.