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uranianUmbra ☤ { Καλλιόπη } ([personal profile] xenophilos) wrote in [community profile] fruithats2012-06-18 12:38 am
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[ open post; voice test here to avoid spoilan the public ]

i do have to wonder, yoU know, aboUt what it would be like to play chess with a more agreeable opponent.
i think it woUld be nice, for a change!
to be able to play with a lovely chess chUm who appreciates the game, bUt wont... do *things* with the captUred pieces when one makes the UnfortUnate oversight of tUrning ones back. u_u
it trUly does have a way of getting Under yoUr skin after a while trying to find ways to replace them. oUr chess set shrank by five whole pieces by my last count.
what a nUisance.

(( ooc: please assume text replies for now! uwu ))
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xenophilos: ({trUe} the wheel that breaks)

THIS IS TRUE what the heck why not say intros are in order

[personal profile] xenophilos 2012-06-18 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
pawn to g3.
not at all! a bit of nice chit-chat woUld do jUst nicely. ^u^
which reminds me, i am so sorry! i have completely forgotten my manners.
u_u
i was so excited aboUt the prospect of a friendly match, it qUite slipped my mind to introdUce myself.
smackdownsoup: (who thought this was a good idea)

should we say this is ddd style?

[personal profile] smackdownsoup 2012-06-18 12:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Um.] Can we only do two-square steps with pawns on the first turn?

Same here! I'm Shiro, and - the how-to list I found said I'm supposed to say my age and city, so I'm 40 and from Republic City.
xenophilos: ({trUe} and dreamed of paradise)

sure!

[personal profile] xenophilos 2012-06-18 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
every pawn may move two sqUares on its individUal first move if the player so chooses.
after that, its only one sqUare per pawn with no exceptions!
it is wonderfUl to meet yoU, shiro!
yoU may call me UU. ^u^ that is what my friends call me!
bUt i am afraid i am not entirely sUre how to translate my age from my species terms into yoUrs. :u
repUblic city soUnds like it mUst be an exciting kind of place.
smackdownsoup: (did i hear something)

[personal profile] smackdownsoup 2012-06-18 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
Why's that? I guess it's like the river-crossing rule in pai sho... [Clink.]

You you? Spec - are you a spirit? And it is pretty exciting!
xenophilos: ({trUe} the bUtterfly.)

[personal profile] xenophilos 2012-06-18 10:44 am (UTC)(link)
to be honest, i am not entirely sUre! it is jUst what the rUles say.
if i were to offer some specUlation, i sUppose it coUld have something to do with the fact that they are sUpposed to represent foot soldiers in an army. bUt the trUth is, i havent the foggiest idea! :u
what is pai sho?
no, im not a spirit or anything like that, i am afraid. i am not even from yoUr planet.
smackdownsoup: (holy smokes the new episode is out)

[personal profile] smackdownsoup 2012-06-18 02:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Then it'd be a charge of some sort? Pawn to a4. [Click.]

Pai sho's a game on my world that's as well known as chess is on Earth. It's about as complicated as chess too, so I'll skip on explaining it and say that it's ingrained enough that we reference it a lot.

I know about the other worlds! But if you're not human, what could you be but a spirit?
xenophilos: ({trUe} and said "oh")

[personal profile] xenophilos 2012-06-19 09:53 am (UTC)(link)
oh yes! that seems like the most plaUsible explanation.
maybe i coUld learn more about pai sho at a later time, then.
it soUnds very intrigUing! ^u^
i am an alien! althoUgh im not hUman, i am jUst as solid as yoU lot all are.
there is not really anything ghostly aboUt me!
pawn to c4.
smackdownsoup: (deeply unsure about everything)

fff, hopefully the translation shenanigans make sense

[personal profile] smackdownsoup 2012-06-19 03:35 pm (UTC)(link)
The trickiest part will be getting you a board. If a piece gets lost on the way, it's a lot harder to play unless you remember which rocks you're using for what pieces.

[Ok, wat. The characters on the screen he's seeing don't make sense.] Alien? [No, really, what is this. "Sibling-human-from-morning star"?] And spirits aren't ghosts, they're on another plane of existence. It's...I don't know how to explain it. Everyone here knows how spirits work, so I've never had to.

[he is too distracted to make a move]
xenophilos: ({trUe} she closed her eyes.)

sjkdbfsaf no that's brilliant

[personal profile] xenophilos 2012-06-19 04:09 pm (UTC)(link)
that does soUnd like it coUld be a wee bit tricky.
bUt im sUre one of the more ingenioUs people on the internet coUld figUre oUt a solUtion!
its possible that one coUld create a virtUal board, which woUld be mUch less mess! ^u^
yes, alien!
i sUppose its difficult if yoU dont have the concept... similar to how my concept of spirits is apparently mUch different than yoUrs.
it is really just a general word for any of those who happen to hail from a different planet in the Universe or mUltiverse than yoUr good self.
why, from my perspective, hUmans are the ones that are alien!
smackdownsoup: (deeply unsure about everything)

hee c: i know how he'd react if he ever saw her, even though that's not likely to happen

[personal profile] smackdownsoup 2012-06-19 04:23 pm (UTC)(link)
We'll have to find one. I'm still learning how to use it.

No, I've never heard of 'aliens' before. Is that how I pronounce it? [Ok, he knows that what the Earth Kingdom used to call the morning star was actually a planet, and that they've seen other planets in the sky too far away for a person to see, but - how would anything live on them?]

[He's kicking himself for not keeping up with astronomy is what he's thinking, more or less. And wishing that he knew how to pronounce the character set for 'alien,' that's also important.]

So, how do you know about humans?
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