text; @CURSE

[gimu]

hello.

i have several questions for the outsider populace and i require truthful answers.

1. what are your abilities in battle?
2. what is your estimation of your skill with your own abilities?
3. who are you?
4. what was your proudest moment?
5. what was your weakest?

answer as you see fit. i’m not your boss.

[ this isn’t how one goes about making work acquaintances but it’s direct, it’s simple, and choso can’t be bothered to care if it meets industry standard. ]

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@NIGHTFALL

[yuwon]

I don't see your answer.

Isn't it normal to establish that first?

[gimu]

an exchange is fine.

1. blood manipulation
2. i am a master of my own blood
3. choso
4. meeting my brothers
5. losing my brothers

if you want the expanded version, that will be extra.

[yuwon]

[ oh, he actually answered...

damn. but, he doesn't get to it immediately, instead he first clarifies: ]

What would you consider "extra"?

[gimu]

you expand on yours too. [ equivalent exchange in this house only. ]

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[yuwon]

[ this is normally where he might have disappeared, and it's still an option on the table, but ... he does see the value in at least holding up his end of a deal. ]

1. It varies. I have more than one skill.
2. Depends on which ability. Every skill has a different level of proficiency as with anything.
3. Kim Yuwon
4. I don't think I have a moment like that.
5. It doesn't matter because it's in the past. [ literally, because he's a regressor... ]

Does that cover it? [ did he truly answer a single one...

maybe no. ]

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[gimu]

[ damn, 1 out of 5. at least he got that much, whew. ]

not a single moment you may be proud about? even brushing your teeth properly can count, you know. [ why does it sound like he's trying to give this yuwon an out? a freebie, even ]

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[yuwon]

[ is that passing, choso-sensei.

unfortunately, even when this single thread is offered to him in good faith, he doesn't actually take hold of it. ] Not a single one. That's exactly the reason I'm here. [ per usual, it's just as vague as everything else he's typed.

alternatively— ] If it's expected, is there any reason for pride?

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[gimu]

[ not in the slightest! ]

should there not be? these are feats done by your own hands. even martial artists feel some kind of pride in the skills they have honed.

are you not proud of your capabilities, kim yuwon?

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[yuwon]

Not yet. [ but, even then, he's not sure if it would really constitute as an actual celebratory moment in the way people may expect it to be. ]

I just think it should be reserved for when ones objectives are actually met. Feeling pride in something half-baked just seems pointless. But, if it makes you feel better, then let's just say I'm pleased with my progress.

Does that answer your question?

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[gimu]

i can settle for 1.5, but begrudgingly.

are you




are you okay???

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[yuwon]

You also only gave a 2 at best.

[ 1 for blood, 2 for brothers. ]

Are you really asking that? I'm fine.

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[gimu]

still half a mark higher. [ for what it's worth, which is nothing. ]

i really am. and ok. im not sure if that's a relief or not

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[yuwon]

As the person who asked the question, shouldn't the full 5 be the minimum? [ but, he's not actually criticizing it for what it's worth. simply making a comment.

... even if he has absolutely no right to. ]

Are you okay?

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[gimu]

technically just the one is the minimum

but also grading it is work i don’t want.

define “okay”

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[yuwon]

[ be the change you want to see, choso. ]

Or zero, but do you want to aim lower?

Then don't give people a score, or an option.

I'll take that as a no.

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[gimu]

if i aimed any lower, i may as well just lay down right now
you're making me want to lie down

what does it mean if it's a no?

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[yuwon]

Then lay down. What's stopping you?

[ ??? ]

That just means you have a problem or an issue.
Probably.