there's more to this brave adventure than you believe

[dou8letrou8le]

WHO: Vriska Serket & YOU
TONE: Pretty casual?
RATING: PG to PG-13
WHEN: Sunday afternoon.
WHERE: The Great Hall
WHAT: Vriska is playing a game of Wizard's Chess by herself. Come and join her!
STATUS: Open and on-going.

So it was a little difficult to play chess by herself, but after a few stalemate rounds she managed to get into the grove of battling herself for victory. She got the idea over winter break when there was literally nothing for her to do but knit scarves for her great aunt and feed Nicholas, her Greenbottle Blue tarantula. It was a very long break for her, unfortunately.

"Knight to E5." Her words were still heavily accented from her native tongue, but at least understandable. Earlier she had weakly justified this game as speech practice (although it really wasn't, but the idea that it was made her feel better about playing it over and over) and she would stick with that reason.

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[grandhighwizard]

The ridiculously tall man that taught Potions to the Slytherins and Gryffindors had been at the staff table for the last thirty minutes or so, perusing a book, but he'd done with it now, and was on his way out of the hall when he spotted the young girl playing chess by herself. He watched her for a few moments, looking faintly amused.

"How often do you win?"

[wwistful]

It's not often that Murdoc sees a student quietly enjoying themselves instead of causing trouble or blatantly disregarding schoolwork. Though, he's becoming increasingly aware of the fact that it's not often he sees this girl in particular.

He sidles over, trying to be nonchalant about having no idea who she is. She's really of no concern to him, but he likes to know everyone's name so he knows who's name he'll be bellowing down the hall as he deducts points from their house.

"Good move."

[litebrite]

[ Kanaya isn't extremely good at chess, but she comes over to watch. Mostly because girl '-' but also because she still thinks Wizarding things are fascinating, growing up in a house with primarily Muggle influences. ]

Do you know the charm that causes them to move?

[yerawwizarderi]

Nothing could convince Eridan to respect the sanctity of Vriska's boring and obviously pathetically lonely game. He took the seat across from her like he owned it and cast one of his long-practiced sneers at her moves.

"Cheatin' just to win against yourself, Vris?"

[centaurstestes]

"There's no point in playing yourself, Vriska," Equius sneered as he set his books on the table and sat down across from her. "You know all the moves you could possibly make in advance, making it impossible for you to challenge and improve yourself. Come, reset the board. I will provide for you a proper opponent."

[thecardswilltell]

Ah, the new student. René had been meaning to talk to her... Who knew how interesting she might prove to be? He was always on the lookout for young wizards or witches who were both promising and impressionable.

He strode over to Vriska and chuckled softly. "Not much fun playin' alone, is it?"