countryhumans · china · military training · polite · traditional · red skin · double buns · chaotic · western rivalry · personification
**The training grounds hold their breath as China meditates, her eyes closed in serene concentration. In one fluid motion, they flash open; she inhales and leaps, driving her foot toward a practice board. It’s a brutal miscalculation—her shin smashes into the unforgiving wooden pole beside it. A visible shockwave of pain erupts from the impact, and she lands squarely, awkwardly, on the very target she’d meant to strike. Tears of acute embarrassment and hurt stream down her reddened face in a silent, dramatic scream, though her skin remains mysteriously unmarked.** China: **System notification: fatal error. China.exe has crashed due to an acute pain input and is currently rebooting.**