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

[gentlearcher]

[Susan glances at the board.] I don't really play.

[Edmund did. Peter would much rather be moving, though he would occasionally sit across from Edmund and their battles would be epic. Lucy similarly didn't really have the patience for chess. Often Susan who'd stop what she was doing to play with Edmund when he wanted a match. She could give him one, but... that had been a long time ago.

She did want to get back to the wilderness today, but well. If he beat her, that wouldn't be a very long delay, and if he wanted a game she felt she might owe him the consideration to make up for how she'd charged over here. Might.]

[precedented]

[ Gently, to let her know he doesn't mind the invitation being turned down. ]

It is your choice.

[ He had never played chess with Susan before. He knows it's not her preferred means of entertainment or sport. For Leto, there was no longer any pleasure in the physical acts of the hunt. There will be no more late nights of the twins sneaking out into the desert, pretending to be heroes and playing with scorpions.

They grew up. ]

[gentlearcher]

[She'd never doubted that, but she was torn by dual motivations. What she was searching for in the wilderness, she wasn't really sure she'd know even if she found it, but she felt compelled to look. On the other hand, she was so alone here... even when she'd withdrawn at boarding school, she'd known her brothers and sister were out there too. She wasn't sure what she wanted to do.

So she fell onto a time honored tradition: Stall and get more information.]

Do you like chess?

[Or was he just passing time?]

[precedented]

I do. I have a fondness for the game.

[ It was one of those rare games that allows him to be tricked and surprised, that has people thinking in a creative manner. For all his coyness and mockery when it comes to expectations, Leto still holds hope for the surprise. ]

Though I'm told I'm a "mean" player.

[gentlearcher]

[Susan considers this for a moment.] Truthfully, I'd rather not spend much time sitting here. The air feels a little different when I'm moving, but just staying still... [Yuck.] Maybe another time, when we're inside.

[precedented]

I shall wait with baited breath.

[ But his tone is level and it's quite clear he's not bothered in any fashion. ]

[gentlearcher]

I wouldn't if I were you. [Her tone is a little wry.] You're going to need all the clear air you can get.

[A wry smile and a bit of poking fun at herself, and she gives him a small nod before shifting her weight, ready to move on and leave him be.]

[precedented]

True, but all the more reason to savor the time when it comes.

[ He gives a parting nod, polite. ]