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in_the_grass (in_the_grass) wrote in wished,
@ 2010-09-01 12:40:00

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!2003: 08, !complete, essery oakby, severus snape

Who: Severus Snape and Essery Oakby
What: Chess.
Where: Headmaster's office, Hogwarts.
When: Backdated to August 31st, evening.
Warnings/Rating: Probably none/low

He wasn't certain who had left this set behind, but doubted it had been Dumbledore. It hardly seemed whimsical enough. By the look of it, it might not have been enchanted at all; it was all perfectly plain black and white stone, and none of the pieces showed any sign of jumping to life and murdering one another. But then, there were probably plenty of things hiding away in this office that weren't what they seemed, and five years hadn't been enough time to make a thorough survey. It didn't seem to be cursed, in any case, so it would serve. He set it out without incident, lining the pieces up with a flick of his wand.

"You can go first, if you like," he said, with a faint smirk. "I believe that's the courtesy usually afforded the party occupying the disadvantaged position?" Not that he saw any cause to doubt her chess-related abilities - but she had set herself up for an unwinnable argument.

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in_the_grass
2010-09-11 03:06 am UTC (link)

"Retro," he repeated slowly, arching a dry eyebrow at her and taking his turn to feel a bit ancient. "Marvelous." He clicked his tongue and brought his knight in from the side, holding off on the attack for a moment. "I've rather fallen out of touch, I'm afraid. There was no reason to keep up; I don't think I ever had to shock my parents again after I brought home God Save the Queen." He finally smiled, even if it was entirely sardonic. It was a good memory. "I can't say I care much for what they're listening to in the halls these days, but I suppose it's only natural."

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oakbye
2010-09-11 03:09 am UTC (link)

"You should just feel lucky they don't have mobile phones and laptop computers in the hallway. Muggle schools have a whole host of problems we get to avoid..." Largely because most of the students here didn't know what those things were until they got to her class - and by that time they had magical equivalents that they found easier to wrap their brains around.

She moved her castle again, eyeing the knight he'd moved and trying to figure how that worked with his bishop. She felt an awful bit like she was being cornered and prepared for something.

"But yes, retro. You're the original." She thought about it though, then shrugged. "I suppose some of my tastes have always run a little counter to what my own age group was doing, though, so it wasn't that much of a shock."

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in_the_grass
2010-09-11 03:20 am UTC (link)

"Wands are more problematic, I imagine," he pointed out, rather than admit he really couldn't pretend to know what a laptop computer was. "Unless you can jinx someone with a mobile phone?" He couldn't quite see what she meant to do with the castle, which gave him pause. It was possible she was onto him. He struck anyway, dashing her knight to pieces and beginning the advance.

Original was amusingly diplomatic. "A bit behind, a bit ahead? You seem to deal with the students admirably, from what I can tell. And the faculty. It hasn't hindered you at all." Neither were skills that he had though, and here he was.

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