Countering her move, Seamus was able to take the first piece of the game, watching as one of her pawns was sent flying from the board by his knight. He caught the piece and returned it to the table with a grin equal parts triumphant and sheepish. "Apparently this is one of the overenthusiastic sets," he said by way of apology. "Do you have a set of your own?" He generally encouraged people to bring their own sets with them, if they could, as they made playing much easier.
Seamus vaguely remembered that Pandora had been in Slytherin, but he tried not to let that colour his judgement nowadays. He'd seen too many Slytherin students at the battle who looked every bit as scared as he had felt. "He started out well," Seamus said, defending himself as best as he was able. "He was here for two years and it's only really been the last few months he gave us trouble." Admittedly, it had been quite a lot of trouble all at once... Seamus shook his head, focusing on the fact that he'd fixed the problem - for now. "I'm still looking for a second chef, just to make sure this never happens again. If you know anyone..."