Board Thread:Important Logs/@comment-34754862-20170707012421/@comment-28929139-20170708042620

Kideme had been watching the fight, silent and inexpressive as she had been since her arrival. But with watching Zaiko, thinking about what Moeru had told her and hearing all this talk of pride and honor, it all just took her back to the day before yesterday and the events that played on from there. Being relatively fresh in occurrence too, it constantly plagued her mind, and it was actually starting to affect her ability to concentrate on spectating the fight. And believe it, she tried to push past it, to not think about it, but Kideme's sense of guilt far outweighed her will to watch a former friend fighting. So as a means to clear her mind, she abruptly turned around and left the building. Of course, as she was making her way to the doors that let out, she was informed by the staff that by her leaving the premises she would thereby forfeit her chance to fight as well being promoted to Chunin. Kideme gave pause to think somewhat long and hard about it, but with an exasperated sigh she nodded and she was let through. She was asked if she wanted to give a reason, to which she declined, and soundly and just took off into the snowy outdoors to the receiving atrium.

Parts of her wanted to go back and tough it out just to save face, but she just wasn't in the proper mindset to fight. Plus what would be more embarrassing? Having her opponent wipe the floor with her mopey ass or still being thought less of by people she would never meet nor ever give the slightest shit about her? Damned if she did, damned if she didn't, but she did feel she was right in her decision to hold off. Perhaps this was also a sign telling her that she needed more time as a Genin...or that she just wasn't cut out for the life of the shinobi. All that in mind, she walked through the blizzard and re-entered the recovery building. Kideme went off to wash her face, but what she thought would have been a thirty-second endeavor at the sink turned into a half hour of letting it out inside a bathroom stall. By now, Zaiko's fight was likely over and with her fight being next, she knew her absence would have disqualified her from the match.