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[tabiya]

Type: text
Sender ID: un; curiouser
To: public
Subject: chess.
Warnings: none. its chess


hi. my name is xehanort.

i want to buy or commission a chessboard. a nice one, with heavy pieces. and i'd like some people to play chess with. i know a few different versions, so i can teach people to play others if anyone wants to learn. it would be nice to be able to meet up and play sometimes.

that's all, i think. please ask any questions if you have them, as well. thanks.

Comments

[lecturer]

With legends!
Well, now you are certainly speaking my language.
I'd be delighted to learn - historical context and all.

Have you had much luck in finding other partners, so far? Perhaps you've created the makings of a club.

[tabiya]

it's my best friend's favourite, though he keeps pretending to not know stuff so i have to recite it to him and get distracted. and then he loses anyway. it's silly, but it means i know them like the back of my hand by now.

a club? that wasn't what i intended. i've never been in one before.

[lecturer]

[ hmm. sad, considering that sense of loneliness from their first conversation. ]

Aha. A clever gambit - were it fully fleshed out!
Though, perhaps he just enjoys the storytelling from a dear companion...? I suppose that's just conjecture.

It sounds as if you just may be, though, in terms of forming one.
After all, a club is just a group of peers with a similar interest, is it not?
I don't think I've ever joined one myself, though I suppose technically, any gathering of scholars in a room ought to count all at once... They are bastions of community, something I imagine we outlanders ought to be forming with regularity.

That aside, regular meetings to enjoy a hobby, to discuss stratagems and challenge each other's mettle, to become better as a whole...I certainly think it's exciting!

[tabiya]

[ it IS conjecture, and one that makes him feel weirdly seen, so he's going to ignore it. ]

that's true. it might be a good thing to have some structure. people getting to know each other over a shared hobby, even if we're all from different places.

i might need to get a few more boards, if that's the case.

[lecturer]

[ scrutinizes you scrutinizes you ]

Yes, I should say so!
Do keep me updated. If there's anything I can do to help, say the word and I'll be there with bells on!

[tabiya]

[ > Analyze. ]

probably don't wear bells in the cafe, professor albright. that would count as a distraction.

[lecturer]

[ precisely ]

A turn of phrase, my dear boy! I'll keep all jingling strictly metaphorical.

[tabiya]

i know. it was a joke, professor. maybe it's difficult to communicate sarcasm through text...?