catchall; kazuki

[ohthehumanities]

kazu.......2!

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[teenrebellion]

It's some old legend from the coliseum, I think? That gladiators would fight lions for people's entertainment. I don't know how true it is, though, it sounds kind of insane?

[ohthehumanities]

I see... so it's a combat performance. Like a tournament. [He's pretty ambivalent on fighting tournaments but it's not such a foreign idea, tbh. He turns back again, looking curious.] Surely there are better creatures to fight against, aren't there?

[teenrebellion]

More or less. [ what if he just doesn't tell kaveh they fight to the death. ] They fought bears, too, I think?

[ohthehumanities]

Without any Visions...? That seems foolish.

[He's thinking about Tighnari having to drag dumbasses out of the forest]

[teenrebellion]

Nnnnno? I think they have their vision? It wouldn't be much of a show if they couldn't even see the lions.

[ohthehumanities]

What? --Oh, no, no, I didn't mean that. I was talking about these. [Gesturing to his own green gem, which sits dully at his hip, as always.]

[teenrebellion]

[ squints. ]

Isn't that just a keychain?

[ohthehumanities]

It might as well be, here. [Huffs.] But normally it's what helps us channel elemental energy.

[teenrebellion]

Elements... So, like the psychs?

[ohthehumanities]

Very similar, actually, yes. Though, we can't manipulate things like light and darkness--but things like water, fire, ice, all of that, yes.

[teenrebellion]

[ more magic, then. it's easy enough to understand, in the context of psychs. ]

Sounds convenient and all, but this city kind of takes after places from Earth, mostly? And we don't have Visions or psychs or anything. They really just... fought lions with nothing but spears and shields.

[ohthehumanities]

[Hunh. Wild.]

Well, I suppose it's not like we don't have tournaments for people without Visions in Teyvat, too. It just seems a little ridiculous. But then, battle's never been a particularly strong interest of mine anyway. [so maybe he just doesn't get the appeal]

[teenrebellion]

[ snorts. ]

Believe me, it's not exactly my idea of a good time, either. No one actually does this anymore, anyways. I have no idea why they'd bring actual lions out here.

[ ...actually, ]

Unless they're not? Maybe they're, like, animatronic, like Tokyo Disney.

[ohthehumanities]

Technological, you mean? [Hmm. He looks thoughtful.] That would be a smart alternative.

[teenrebellion]

Yeah. Animatronics are a type of robots, I guess? They use them in theme parks all the time. They're like... puppets, but automated.