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"Chess is a game played between two opponents on opposite sides of a board containing 64 squares of alternating colors. Each player has 16 pieces: 1 king, 1 queen, 2 rooks, 2 bishops, 2 knights, and 8 pawns. The goal of the game is to checkmate the other king. Checkmate happens when the king is in a position to be captured (in check) and cannot escape from capture."

Huh. Well does anyone know how to play this game already? I found it at the Port Chance festival and thought I'd give it a shot. It sounds nothing like pai sho to me, but still I don't think I should have too much trouble learning.

[Besides being on the deck like she usually is, this time Asami is sitting on a chair in the dinning area of The Moon. A chess board box is opened and the parts are scattered on the table. She'll be looking over the rule book should anyone come across her]

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Ahhh, I've played that. I bought shotglasses and another fighting hawk, instead, though.

Fighting hawk?

[Let's focus on this first instead]

We had one?

One? No, I've got a bunch in a coop by the crow's nest. [Things you need to know, the movie.]

Wanna see 'em? [And then Asami had to get an eyepatch.]

[You will never cease to surprise her, Ace]

Recently? Last time I went into the crow's nest there wasn't anything there.

[Then again that was months and months ago. Unless he's talking about on The Moon]

...Sure? [Give her an evil eyepatch]

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Chess? I'd played that game before, though it has been a while since the last time I played.

[Like a century or so.]

Do you still remember much from it?

[Because the rule book can only help Asami so much]

Most of it, yes. I might have to look over the rules to refresh my memory.

Well if you want you can come over to the eating area. I'm trying to get the board set up right now.

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It's one of those "simple to learn, hard to master" types of games. I've ever played against a few people, and they were within my own family group.

How long would you say it takes to master?

Guess it depends on your aptitude and how much free time you have to devote to it.

That's true. Here we having nothing but free time.

[For the most part anyway]

Ooh, sounds like a good find! I'm up for learning! [ ASAMI

ASAMI PICK ME

PICK ME FOR CHESS IT'S ME, BOLIN ]

[Brolin is always welcome]

Why don't you come on over to The Moon then? I'm still reading over the rules.

You're on! [ Immediately closing the journal so he can jet on over there tbh. It really doesn't sound anything like pai sho, but there's no saying that has to be a bad thing. Expanding your board-game horizons is good, right? It's never steered him wrong before.

So of course when he gets there, he immediately picks a pawn up to look at it. ]

Aww. They're kinda cute. You know, in a... knobbly way.

[Smiling, Asami takes a sip of her tea that she also had laying on the table, then consults her handy dandy ~~note~~ rule book]

That little guy is suppose be a pawn. [Huuuuuh...she picks up the knight] I don't recognize any of these pieces, this looks like some sort of...ostrich horse?

[A really deformed ostrich horse. No Asami. That's just a normal looking animal]

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I've never heard of it before.

[Surprising no one.]

Me neither. [Oh wait. Nami already knows that] But it's suppose to be a two player strategy game.

Did you want to come take a look?

Sure, I could do that. Where are you right now?

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I think Robin used to play that! With Virion, too. They tried to teach me-mother thought it would be the sort of thing a noble should do, and it's good practice for tactics, but I'm not particularly great.

That's what I've heard. [About the tactics part] Has it been a while since you've played?

Well, as long as I've been here, of course, at least-which is a month now, or close to! And a few months before that...
Close to half a year, I guess.

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Afraid, it's been since my college days at the chess club.

I bet it'd be good as a refresher?

If you don't mind giving an old man a chance.

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