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Seamus Finnigan (openbottle) wrote in finnigans_rpg,
@ 2014-10-02 19:27:00

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character: adrian pucey, character: cho chang, character: finbar quigley, character: lisa turpin, character: pandora montgomery, character: seamus finnigan, character: viktor krum

Chess
Who: OPEN THREAD
What: Beginner's Night @ Wizarding Chess Championships
Where: The Roost, Finnigan's
When: Thursday evening
Rating: SFW

Instead of the usual large chessboard taking up the floor of The Roost, Seamus had had Dominic set up several smaller ones - with room around the outside for the more usual kind of tabletop boards and chairs. It was a spur of the moment to do something different for the evening and Seamus honestly didn't know what kind of a crowd to expect.

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openbottle
2014-10-11 11:19 pm UTC (link)

Seamus grinned. "Thank you. I'm really pleased with how they've worked out, actually." Even if it was mostly Dominic's work, it had been Seamus' idea and he didn't feel bad for taking credit.

"I've had some, mostly since moving here." London was significantly more varied in the kinds of food available than his home town of Greencastle, which had a pub and a fish and chip shop and that was really about it. "It's good. Onions and peppers and a little bit of spice but not too much, usually." Though Seamus supposed years of Dean and his family had lifted Seamus' tolerance for spice above what might be common.

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pandacharms
2014-10-12 04:23 am UTC (link)

Part of why she liked to use the journals was no one could necessarily see her, and so she could be comfortable and not hide parts of herself.

"I suppose I'll have to give it a try then," she said. "I've eaten quite a few things over the years, so I'm willing to give new things a go." Traveling gave her that opportunity, and she was lucky with that if with not much else.

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openbottle
2014-10-12 07:40 am UTC (link)

"And if you don't like it, Romeo still makes all the usual English things," Seamus confirmed. He'd been quite specific about that when he hired Romeo. He was happy to have some Mexican things on the menu, but this was still a pub and not a restaurant, which meant it should have the food people expected from a pub. Plus, Seamus wasn't giving up his Sunday roasts for anything.

With a quiet noise of triumph, Seamus spotted a way he could win - and in three moves had done just that. "Checkmate." He grinned. "You played well, though. A little bit of practice and you'll be back on form."

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pandacharms
2014-10-12 08:13 am UTC (link)

"Got to have fish and chips," she joked and grinned a bit. "Good to know the pub fare isn't going anywhere. I'd be a sad girl." She faux sniffled.

Pandora looked at the board for a long moment and then sighed. "You're right. Good game," she pronounced, holding out her hand to him over the board. "Thanks for the game, and thanks, I'm hoping to get there. I'm more up on my dueling than my chess lately."

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openbottle
2014-10-12 10:53 am UTC (link)

Seamus nodded. "Exactly. Though I know pub fish and chips are no match for real chip-shop fish and chips." No matter what chef he employed, that seemed to be a constant. He presumed it was something to do with the electric deep-fat fryer, or something. Maybe now that Dominic and Zacharias had got the projector working, it was something to look into.

He shook her hand willingly. "Well, I'm not that much help at duelling on a personal level but you know about the duelling club right?"

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pandacharms
2014-10-13 03:33 am UTC (link)

"They're still great to have." Especially on a day when you really didn't want to attempt anything resembling cooking, and Dora wasn't a great cook. At all. She tended to eat a lot of noodles and eggs and toast when left to her own devices.

"I look in on it sometimes but I've not particpated. I dueled competitively for several years and I can't help but worry that I'd hurt someone on accident." And then get accused of nefarious purposes and yeah she tended to keep to the fringes there.

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openbottle
2014-10-13 04:24 pm UTC (link)

"Better than nothing, anyway." Seamus looked up as the small crowd around one of the larger chess boards applauded. "I wonder who won." He couldn't make out, among the gathered people, who'd been actually playing.

He stood up. "I think I'll go have a look, if you don't mind. Would you like me to find you someone else to play with?" He thought he could probably find someone nearer her skill level, provide her with more of a challenge.

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	pandacharms 2014-10-13 10:34 pm UTC (link)
	"Go on. I'll find someone else to play, no worries," she told him, smiling faintly. "Enjoy the rest of your night and thanks again for the game." (Reply to this) (Parent)

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