ITP: Chess and Other Games

[mind_over_metal]

[--oh oh oh man, it’s the worst feeling, like one of those slow-motion disasters in the movies, where you walk in on something and you immediately know that you’ve walked in on something, the awkwardness hits before your foot touches the ground for your next step but it's too late for you to turn around, the inertia is already carrying you forward

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[chicksdigfuzz]

[...well, it's better than duking it out in mortal combat]

[mind_over_metal]

Hello, Kurt. Find anything here to your tastes?

[chicksdigfuzz]

Got any video games lying around?

[mind_over_metal]

*chuckles*

Not out here, I'm afraid. We're just doing it the old-fashioned way.

[chicksdigfuzz]

Mind if I watch?

[mind_over_metal]

Feel free. I'm not sure how interesting these games today are going to be, though.

*indeed, this next game seems to be going rather quickly, too, for some reason 8|a*

[chicksdigfuzz]

[SHOCKING DEVELOPMENTS]

...Are you cheating, or is he just really bad at chess?

[mind_over_metal]

We're performing an experiment of sorts. He's actually very good. Do you play?

[chicksdigfuzz]

A little. Mostly with your older, balder self, sometimes with McCoy or Scott. I like to think I'm pretty good, but I can never win against you or McCoy.

[mind_over_metal]

Well, Hank is a genius, after all.

[chicksdigfuzz]

He does quote Shakespeare a lot. Clearly that is the mark of genius. He's also a great teacher. Make sure you hire him, if you haven't already.

[mind_over_metal]

I'd call that an inevitability, though I still do consider him to also be one of my students at the moment.

[chicksdigfuzz]

He's still a student? ...Man, I wonder how old he is...

[mind_over_metal]

Twenty, when I'm from.

[chicksdigfuzz]

[mentally calculating how old a 20 year old from the 60s would be in the 90s]

...Wow, he's pretty old.

[mind_over_metal]

Well, there's no guarantee that the math adds up between worlds.