tfln.

[drunktexting]

the drill, you know it.

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[protential]

i'm no more predictable than you are.

[conflict_to]

You can't make this into a competition.

[protential]

it's too early to be a sore loser, touya.

[conflict_to]

...did they schedule you for a match tomorrow on short notice?

You only egg me on like this when you're nervous before a game. It won't help.

[protential]

it's not an official match.

and you're wrong, it does help. i used to play one of my amateur friends before important games, just to calm down. i'd tease her about stuff to take my mind off of it. she hasn't been available because of school, so you're the next best thing. consider it an honor.

[conflict_to]

That's nonsense. Ogata-sensei put it best: a difference of nerves is marginal. What it comes down to is a difference of skill.

You can lose the same no matter whom you talk to.

[protential]

believe whatever you want. it's a technique that works for me, and that's what matters. my opponent is going to be looking for cracks to exploit. no matter how small.

[conflict_to]

Ochi?

[protential]

...

you think i'd be nervous about ochi?

[conflict_to]

You should be nervous about Ochi. Isn't he still ranked above you?

[protential]

pretty much everyone is still ranked above me. you know that.

it's not ochi. i can't tell you who it is. just give me your moral support, okay?

[conflict_to]

I respectfully decline.

[protential]

wowwwwww

what's your problem

[conflict_to]

A last-minute game. An anonymous contender. Nerves and secrecy. Shindou, be reasonable.

None of this is professional. You can't ask me to support that. You shouldn't even think to.

[protential]

this has nothing to do with professionalism. it's a private rematch.

or is that not allowed in your perfect world of go?

[conflict_to]

I respectfully decline.

[protential]

he's been stringing me along for a week and finally agreed to a game

i'm not to blame for the timing

the secrecy is my doing, i'll admit that. i just don't want a million spectators this time.

is that enough of a hint for you?

[conflict_to]

[ Fifteen full minutes later, son of a — ]


I respectfully decline.

[protential]

[...]

it took you fifteen minutes to say that?

[conflict_to]

I have a responsibility to the games I have the opportunity to play.

1/2

[protential]

are you mad at me?

[protential]

wait

you're not jealous, are you?

[conflict_to]

It isn't the sort of situation where jealousy has any place.

[protential]

i can ask him if he wants to play you. i bet he does.

걱정하지마

1/2

[conflict_to]

[ SON OF A TENGEN FUSEKI-SETTING BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII - ]



I can play him at any time.