Considering the trouble they'd had getting him to stay still when they painted the arm, what eyeliner they had managed to get on him was victory enough. Bucky's prep team is certainly one of the longest suffering in the Capitol, but they're lucky now that he doesn't feel complete animosity towards Edna.

"I don't know if it was a thing before 1945." he replies dryly, noting the list of equipment necessary and wondering if it was too late to back out. Technically speaking, he hadn't actually agreed to play, only asked for an explanation of what the game was. One thing he has found himself resigned to since his induction however is Sergius' seemingly boundless enthusiasm. "What's the objective?"