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[oddeyesphantomdragon]

Who: LiliS & any visitors
Where: The Basement
When: All day 154

[What are we all getting up to before we get stuffed full of ghosts?]

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[marsascending]

[ knock knock knock knock knock you've got a friend here with a chess set!! ]

[worthathousand]

[ ...opening the door midway; she glances to the chess set without any particular spark of recognition ]

...May I help you, Paloma?

[marsascending]

Hello! Lovely to see you; Cleyera and I had plans to play a board game or two.

[worthathousand]

A... board game?

[ another interested glance at the chess set ] Is it like a simplified version of Gateway?

[marsascending]

Oh, I've never heard of Gateway, but if it's a game you know, I'd love to try it some time. I do love a good strategy game.

[worthathousand]

Ah, well, it's played on multiple boards, instead of just the one. It's taught to children in noble households as part of their education on strategy, but... well, it has to have been years since I've played. I don't think I was ever the sort to play it competitively.

I might have to ask around to see if anyone else from my world has a clearer memory of the rules than I do.

[marsascending]

Well, I'm really only an amateur at most strategy games, since I couldn't get into tournaments for chess, but if you recall more, I'd be delighted to hear about it. You're a noblewoman, then? I suppose I could have guessed from your bearing.

[oddeyesphantomdragon]

[Cleyera is right behind Amaranth, though not first since he was scurrying around getting some stuff ready real quick.]

Hi, Miss Paloma!

[marsascending]

Hello! I hope it wasn't too confusing to get my message.

[oddeyesphantomdragon]

Oh no, no prob! Ah, can I help you carry anything?

[marsascending]

Oh, it's really easy to carry, so don't worry about it. Is there a place I should set this up?

The decor here is so charming!

[oddeyesphantomdragon]

Let's set it up out on the porch! So you can see the garden, too.

[Out in the garden that somehow exists despite their dorm being underground. There's no sudden gusts of wind or other inconvenient weather-related things to get in the way of playing, thankfully.]

[marsascending]

A porch in the basement—oh!

And that's—amaranth, there, and camellia... these are names of your unitmates? I don't know all of them, but I know the language of flowers, at least.

[oddeyesphantomdragon]

That's right. We're all named after flowers- uh, except John, I guess.

[marsascending]

John's very determined to be different, isn't he!

[oddeyesphantomdragon]

Nothing wrong with wanting to stand out a little!

[He's pretty sure this is not actually the case with John, but he doesn't want to bring up drama he barely knows about himself. Anyway, he actually left a bunch of hanafuda laying out on this table while he was in a rush to go get some other things together... so he's going to casually sweep those up into a tidy deck and stick them into his pocket out of the way.]

[marsascending]

Or the opposite, but if he wants to get out of here he really should try~

[ listen, she's met him, she has an inkling of john being Like That ]

Is that another card game?

[oddeyesphantomdragon]

Ahaha... well, I'm sure he knows what he's doing. Anyway, yeah, these are playing cards from the same country as me. I haven't really used 'em much, but I was thinking they'd match our ~aesthetic~.

[Pulls one back out to hold it up! It's got wisteria drawn on it.]

[marsascending]

Ah, they're really lovely! They really are a good match, and there's really something to be said for style.

[oddeyesphantomdragon]

Right? I should get some for the others, too... oh, speaking of. [He makes that card disappear up his sleeve, then takes a different deck of cards out to set them down. This child who loooooves pockets, apparently.] This one's for you! You liked that game I showed you before, yeah?

[marsascending]

Ah, I did! So this is a set I could play with anytime?

[oddeyesphantomdragon]

Uh-huh! I mean, technically it's usually a two player game, but I'll play you whenever. [...] And it seems like I'm not the only Duelist around here, anyway.

[marsascending]

Oh, really! I suppose since it seems like a game that would be popular, you might not know each other, but does that mean you call the same land home?

[oddeyesphantomdragon]

You and I probably aren't from the same place, but we both know about chess, right? It might just be something like that.

[marsascending]

I suppose that's true! I wonder what other interesting overlaps there are.