Wizard Chess

[blondferret]

WHO: Derek Matthews and YOU
WHERE: The Three Broomsticks or a local park
WHEN: Throughout November
WHAT: Derek is playing Wizards Chess
WARNINGS: violence and swearing from the chess pieces



When Derek got his wizard chess set from the mailbox, he was a bit floored at first. Was this for real? His eyes had about popped out of his head when he realized the pieces moved ad talked. He knew they were going to do that, but it was still surprising to see for the first time.

Once he felt he sort of got the hang of it, he would go out a couple of times a week and sit in a park or at the Three Broomsticks and set up the board. Usually he ended up playing a ghost, but every one in a while, an actual person came up to him and asked to play. He readily accepted and became amused when his opponent realized the pieces moved and insulted them.

If you happen to see Derek with his chess set, ask to play. He's not great, but the game will be entertaining none the less.

Comments

[blondferret]

[Derek grins and turns the board so he is playing white.]

So commanding the pieces is fairly simple. Think of it as a graph for you. The x-axis is letters, the y-axis is numbers. So for example. Pawn to C4.

[The correlating white pawn moves forward two spaces.]

See? The x-axis from right to left is for me is A through H. For you left to right is A through H. The Y-axis is numbered 1 through 8. Row one starting with you and ending with row 8 on my end. You choose a letter and number and command the piece where to go. Now you try.

[zerotohiro]

[He's absorbing the information pretty rapidly and he looks at the board critically as he leans closer to the pieces. He gets how the board works, at least, but he looks up at Derek again briefly.]

There's no limit how far I can move the pieces, right? [But with the pawn so close to his half of the board:] Pawn to C3. [For some reason, it's only when it's his own piece that moves on his own that he realizes the pawns are moving and he stares at them again.]

...are...they supposed to be doing that?

[blondferret]

[Derek smirks and Hiro.]


Wizards chess.

[Derek stares at the board for a minute, thinking.]

Pawn to E4.

[The pawn moves to the indicated space.]

[zerotohiro]

They're not going to start casting other spells, are they? This is awesome. [He's distracted easily enough by the pawns moving but he looks at the board again.] Uh. Pawn to H5? [Can a pawn move that far? We just don't know.]

[blondferret]

[The pawn in the H row starts to move, but not forward, it turned around towards Hiro. And then proceeds to yell at him.]

"THAT IS NOT HOW I MOVE! DO YOU EVEN KNOW HOW TO PLAY?"

[Derek tries his best to hold in his laughter.]

Only two spaces mate.

[zerotohiro]

[He jumps in surprise because why is it yelling?]

Okay, fine. Move yourself then! [Is he trying to argue with the pawn? You bet he is.]

[blondferret]

[The pawn just stares at Hiro before yelling at him again.]

"THAT IS NOT HOW THE BLOODY GAME WORKS!"

[Derek just bursts out laughing.]

[zerotohiro]

Not cool. [He's glaring at the chess piece before he does the utmost brilliant thing and tries to pick it up to look it directly in the eyes.] And I've only ever played online! It's a lot different.

[Not really, but now he's just embarrassed.]

[blondferret]

[The pawn starts frantically wiggling between Hiro's fingers yelling.]

"WHAT BLOODY IDIOT DOESN'T KNOW THE PAWN CAN ONLY MOVE ONE OR TWO SPACES IN ITS FIRST TURN! WHO TAUGHT YOU TO PLAY? A MONKEY! YOU'RE A----"

[And then the small piece starts shouting multiple profanities. Is Derek being of any help at all? Hell no. He's still laughing his ass off.]

[zerotohiro]

[He's just going to close his hand around the pawn so it can yell into a muffled abyss then :)]

Do you always let your chess pieces insult people like that?

[blondferret]

[Derek finally controls his laughing enough to respond to Hiro. He still has this amused grin on his face.]

This would be the first time someone has gotten that sort of reaction out of the chess pieces.

[zerotohiro]

I can't tell if that's a good or a bad thing. Are they going to calm down if I actually play the game right? [...maybe it's a little funny. If you squint.]

[blondferret]

[Derek shrugs.]

Hopefully if they follow any logical train of thought.

[zerotohiro]

They're chess pieces. At the end of the day? Who knows what they're thinking. [But fine, fine. He puts the piece down and resets it.] Pawn to H4.

[He also leans back a little just in case it starts yelling again.]

[blondferret]

[ooc. Just realized Derek was suppose to be saying C5 and E5... my bad.]

[The pawn moves to the indicated space without complains.]

[Derek smiles slightly and then stares at the board for a bit. Finally he decides.]

Pawn to H5