After the game

[blankasfreshlyfallen]

Who: Malakim, visitors
When: Day 1, Post-game
Where: Dorms
What: What do you even do for a broken arm?

[Figures out how to open the door again and then slams it closed behind his teammates when everyone's in. He stalks off to go look for — you know what? I don't even know what you need for a broken arm.]

[Just going to RUMMAGE LOUDLY through whatever is in the bathroom.]

Comments

[blankasfreshlyfallen]

[And that's about when he comes out of it.]

Christ. You weren't kidding, were you?

[icantblieveitsnotdeadpool]

No...no I was not.

[pauses for a moment, then asks.]

You okay, Rusty?

[blankasfreshlyfallen]

Nothin' I couldn't handle.

Can't call me that anymore, though.

[icantblieveitsnotdeadpool]

Oh? What would you prefer then?

[blankasfreshlyfallen]

Depends, I guess. Looks like I got two names.

[But after a second, he shrugs and adds:]

Bucky works.

[icantblieveitsnotdeadpool]

Bucky it is then. Two names though? What's the other one?

[blankasfreshlyfallen]

Barnes.

The guys I was with called me different things.

[icantblieveitsnotdeadpool]

Oh? What guys were you with? Were you a part of some sports team?

[blankasfreshlyfallen]

Dunno what we were.

We were workin' together on something.

[icantblieveitsnotdeadpool]

Huh. Well, it's nice that you were able to recover your name.

[blankasfreshlyfallen]

Yeah. Kinda nice to have a real one.

How bout you? Get anything good?

[icantblieveitsnotdeadpool]

Sort of? It was just a memory of getting hired by somebody named "Boss" to infiltrate a sumo wrestling ring. I was just supposed to join and wait around for further instruction...that's all I got.

[blankasfreshlyfallen]

What's "sumo wrestling"?

[icantblieveitsnotdeadpool]

It's a type of wrestling. It involves two very large men getting into a circle and trying to push the other out of it to win.

[blankasfreshlyfallen]

What for?

[icantblieveitsnotdeadpool]

For the honor of winning. I became pretty good at it, I guess.

[blankasfreshlyfallen]

Huh. Any fun?

[icantblieveitsnotdeadpool]

Yeah, if you enjoy wrestling. Which apparently I did. Kind of a feat of strength kind of thing. There is a lot of ritual surrounding it as well for the fighters.

[blankasfreshlyfallen]

Like what?

[icantblieveitsnotdeadpool]

I don't really know. I was an outsider, and I didn't pay too much attention to the whys. I mean, I remember them throwing salt around at the beginning of a fight for purification, but that's about it.

[blankasfreshlyfallen]

You remember what all you need to do? For the contest part, I mean.

[icantblieveitsnotdeadpool]

Yeah. I remember that much. You scatter the salt, then you go into a pose, then you try to push the guy out of the circle. Or you can try to get him to hit some part of his body other then his feet to the ground, though that is more difficult.

[blankasfreshlyfallen]

An whoever goes down first or gets shoved out loses... huh.

[icantblieveitsnotdeadpool]

Yeah. It is definitely a sport that is held in high honor in some cultures.

[blankasfreshlyfallen]

How bout you show me, when that arm's up and runnin' again?