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[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... ?]

Comments

[grunehexe]

I see...

[She turns her gaze back to the arm wrestling, but she isn't really watching it, not any longer.]

- I apologize. That was a strange question.

[whatshimadayou]

It is fine. An understandable question when you are curious what your home country is like in another place and time.

I would ask you about Japan, but it does not sound as if you know much.

[grunehexe]

[In another time and place... it would be awkward to say she was curious about it in her own. Too much to explain- that she hadn't even known the country was called Germany until recently.]

I am afraid not- my library was focused more upon the European sphere.

[whatshimadayou]

Then there is no concern for not knowing. Your library can only supply so much.

Should you have any questions, I will do what I can to answer.

[grunehexe]

I do need to learn about Japan. I might go there.

[If ALASTAIR would cooperate, anyway...]

Do you know about "Warring States"?

[whatshimadayou]

The Sengoku period? Yes, a little. What are you looking to learn?

[grunehexe]

Is it terribly far from your own time?

[whatshimadayou]

[Hanzo snorts, like it's a stifled laugh.]

Very far, I am afraid.

[grunehexe]

... How far is "very far"?

[whatshimadayou]

Several centuries of a time difference, I am afraid. What I know is out of what I was educated on, not because I experienced it.

[grunehexe]

[Hmm...

Well, there's one way to test if the worlds are similar.]

Does the name "Date Masamune" ring a bell?

[whatshimadayou]

[Hanzo now lets out a quiet laugh, like a low rumble of thunder.]

My father would rise from the grave to strike me for forgetting such a name.

[grunehexe]

- Oh. He is remembered favorably?

[whatshimadayou]

I would say he is certainly remembered.

[It's spoken wryly.]

Date Masamune is a name well known in our history.

[grunehexe]

More... infamous?