first one to make that doctor who joke loses

[birdsbirdsbirds]

Who: Everyone! All of you!
Broadcast: Maybe!
Action: Definitely!
When: Anytime during the toxic moon event!

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[boy oh boy, isn't everyone just so excited to explore this... charming... place...?

this is a game-wide mingle and the timeframe isn't super-important, so throw in with whatever you want! play war games, go shopping for gas masks, get lost in the wilderness, hide up in the Iskaulit and refuse to set foot on the moon, anything goes.

here's the main event info post for reference! have fun!]

Comments

[passingthrough]

[She's adding "Leto handler" to her very next resume.]

But are you going to beat me at this game? [She slides a piece over. Her playing style is aggressive but smart. But is it enough. Maybe not. But you tend to learn more from a loss.]

[precedented]

[ That will get you far in life. ]

That depends. Are you willing to lose?

[ He's good at this game, but he hasn't been playing to win at all of late. He enjoys the chase, the interplay of strategies. ]

[passingthrough]

What kind of question is that? [Because she's not sure how to answer it. Feels like a trick somehow.]

[precedented]

I ask because I have you in check.

[ He gestures to the board. ]

[passingthrough]

I can tell you I'm not willing to go down without a fight. [Which applies to basically everything in her life, not just her gaming strategies.]

[precedented]

Then I look forward to your next move.

[ He enjoys a game that subvert any expectations he might have. ]

[passingthrough]

Me too. [But her actual move is a bold one. He may yet checkmate her, but not yet.]

[precedented]

[ He hums lightly, a faint smile on his lips and a light in his eerie eyes. ]

[passingthrough]

You're not looking into my timeline to see how this game plays out, are you? [Kidding. Kidding. Mostly kidding. Watching him and not the board.]

[precedented]

I'm very good at resisting temptation.

[passingthrough]

You should teach me that someday.

[precedented]

I can make no promises.

[passingthrough]

Really? Not even a money-back guarantee? How do you hope to stay in business? [What is this even? Except playful banter and serious chessing.]

[precedented]

As long as I need to. Running a business can get awfully tedious.

[passingthrough]

Do you know that from experience? I wouldn't think so and yet...

[precedented]

Not from personal experience.

[ But his inner lives are varied and diverse. They have had many jobs and many experiences. ]

[passingthrough]

I could believe you moonlighting from leading the world as a shopkeeper though. Especially if you inexplicably needed to wear an apron for it.

[precedented]

Anything is possible.

[passingthrough]

Like getting my king out of check? [Which she did for now.]

[precedented]

A sterling example.

[ He glances at the board, moving a rook haphazardly. ]

It's what I choose to believe in. Infinite possibilities, infinite combinations. It is why I don't mind places like these as much as others.

[passingthrough]

[Curious move.]

I guess they could threaten someone's whole world view when you say it like that. I've seen plenty of people try to convince themselves they were hallucinating or anything other than what it was.

Then again I thought it might be a telepathic attack for awhile when I arrived at the prison. [Not because the situation was so unplausible, but because she was in the middle of battle. She probably should have thought she'd died given where she was in that battle, but back then she still believed he would never hurt her.]

[precedented]

It's best to let our worlds grow instead of closing its borders. I find doing that often closes off the possibilities that might improve our lives.

[ You can tell he's rather enamored with this prospect. It's his dream. ]

[passingthrough]

It could close of possibilities that damage them too. [Just playing devil's advocate. She's not exactly anti-openness.]

[precedented]

Perhaps. But do you really think peace is what awaits you at the end?

[passingthrough]

I can honestly say I have never thought that. [Not when she was young and the topic was more assumed than discussed and not when she was, well, still too young, but spending every day feeling like it could be her last.]