♚ Ninteenth Move - {Video}

[queens_guarddog]

[At first, the connection is fuzzy. The camera doesn't seem to know what to focus on but, then, a chessboard comes into view. On said chessboard are, of course, chess pieces. They are ornately carved and quite dazzling. On the right side, the white pieces shimmer. It's almost as if they have been carved out of glass or a clear crystal.

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[chosenfake]

[A redhead peers intensely at the message.]

Is that... chess?

[He vaguely remembers someone trying to teach him, but he could never grasp the basics. Not when he was still learning things like his mother's face, or how to do basic arithmetic...]

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[queens_guarddog]

Yes, it is. Have you played it before?

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[chosenfake]

Once. I don't remember the rules very well.

I didn't know other worlds had the same games. That's kinda cool.

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[queens_guarddog]

Chess is a game of logic. It doesn't surprise me that other worlds would adopt it.

[council_king]

A game... of chess?

[queens_guarddog]

Indeed.

[prefers_chess]

Are you white or black?

[queens_guarddog]

Black, of course.

[prefers_chess]

Interesting, setting yourself at such an initial handicap.

At least until your opponent demands the right to do the same, but outdoes you in stripping himself of every piece but the king. Which forces a stalemate from the start and leaves you wandering aimlessly around the board, unable to claim victory or defeat.

[queens_guarddog]

It makes it more interesting.

[A pause and then, said rather smugly...]

Who said I followed the rules?