text; finding friends...? (not real, totally clickbait)

[indispensable]

Type: Text
Sender ID: indispensable (Alhaitham)
To: Public~
Subject: !!!
Warnings: Impersonation and clickbait B| None whatsoever.

Hello. I am Alhaitham, scholar and Scribe of the Akademiya. I have been informed by my gracious and kind senior that this network is an excellent communication tool.

It has been brought to my attention that I am severely lacking in social interactions, and that it may be detrimental to my health to stay inside and read all day.

Despite the many flaws in my personality, I am very knowledgeable in a wide range of topics, and am a thorough partner in any academic debate. While my way of speaking is quite strangely awkward and disjointed for a man who studies words for a living, my only criteria for judgement is that you are doing your best for your educational background.

Kaveh will be hosting a small party to celebrate the acquisition of a new home. I look forward to exploring the joys of friendship there with you. If you have any further questions, please forward them to me or to my kind senior, Kaveh.

[A few hours later, this post is amended with the following:]

Disregard the contents of this post; Kaveh made it using my shellphone while I was not paying attention. The party that he mentioned above is also not happening.

[A second amendment, around half an hour later:]

Ignore Alhaitham!! The party will be happening!! I will be sending invites soon!!

[ooc note: despite this being written from Alhaitham's shellphone, Kaveh is the one who made the initial post. responses will come from either one of them depending on the time (before or after Alhaitham discovers what Kaveh has done), so do specify which time period your character is responding to!]

Comments

[indispensable]

Genius Invocation TCG.

[...he supposes he should explain what that is, huh.]

It's a card game that's popular back in our world. Kaveh and I know somebody who is especially obsessed with it.

[We don't talk about Cyno.]

[ramuhs]

How does it play?

[indispensable]

[Archons why does he have to be the one to explain Genius Invocation TCG he is regretting everything.]

1 deck = 3 character cards + 30 action cards

1 active character at any one time.

Every character card has 10 hit points and individual skills that have their own specific cost. You pay for this from a set of eight elemental dice that determines what you have to use in each round.

A player's turn ends when the active character use any one of their skills or they swap active characters.

Victory = you take out all 3 of opponent's characters before they do with yours.

[...honestly there's a lot more but Alhaitham is not going to be the person who beings Genius Invocation TCG to everyone else here. Nobody deserves that.]

You're free to ask Kaveh if you want to learn more. He's the one who actually actively plays it.

[This is a lie Kaveh also doesn't play it except when Cyno forces them.]

[ramuhs]

[Shouldn't have brought it up.]

It sounds...interesting.

[Characters? Action cards?]

More involved than the ones I'm more familiar with. Is there even a deck of those here?

[indispensable]

[Alhaitham can tell that Cid is being subtle about this, which is fine by him. He very much would rather not talk about Genius Invocation, honestly.]

Neither Kaveh nor I had our decks on our person when we arrived here, so no. [Honestly only Cyno and maybe the Traveler would be crazy enough to do that.] I'd rather it stay that way.

[ramuhs]

[Okay now he's laughing.]

Not a fan, I take it.

[indispensable]

There are better ways to make use of my time.

[He'll play it, sure, but don't expect him to commit anything beyond that.]

[ramuhs]

What about other games, then? You seem more like a chess fellow.

[indispensable]

Kaveh can't sit still long enough to get through a chess game.

[And to be fair they have kind of made it work despite that, but still. It's not something Kaveh enjoys enough to do it frequently.]

[ramuhs]

I can see that.

But I asked about you, not Kaveh.

[Alhaitham, your interest is showing—]

[indispensable]

[What are you talking about Cid obviously you should be able to tell that Alhaitham means in the context of him playing chess with Kaveh?? Keep up old man.]

Unfortunately, chess has never been particularly popular in Sumeru.

[Translation: Nobody would play it with Alhaitham besides Kaveh.]

[ramuhs]

[Octopus, please.]

Then how about a game against me? Been a while since I played it normally.

[The last being on that toy island where everyone was a chess piece instead. Bit different.]

[indispensable]

[Cid what are these magical words you are saying (well, texting) to him. He can't see it but Alhaitham's eyes have very much lit up in excitement and interest at the prospect of this happening.]

It would be interesting to see the skills of a chess player from another world.

[You have no idea how excited he is now, Cid.]

[ramuhs]

[IF ONLY HE COULD SEE. Damn.]

At the house party, then. Even I would need a break from the hob nob, and a perfect excuse for you as well.

[See? He's helping.]

[indispensable]

[Its okay Kaveh is most likely seeing it for you right now.]

I will make the arrangements for it.

[This is how excited he is for it Cid Alhaitham never offers to do things unless he really, really wants it. And he very much wants this chess match now.]

[ramuhs]

[MAKING INROADS WITH NEW SON.]

Then looking forward to it.

[indispensable]

[Not-dad truly making great strides with him on this day.]

Likewise.

[You better come to the housewarming now Cid... he will very much be waiting for it.]