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[:O I could kill this pawn

But... what if it’s a trick. What if

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Well... You sure that’s not because you didn’t have real examples of happiness and love t’go off of?

[ he has maybe one move he could make in a turn to retaliate if you were to kill the pawn. but just one... ]

It must be. I had dreamed of this sort of thing, but it really does not compare.

[ okay he didn't exactly dream about playing chess, eating cute little Earth foods, with a soft human spider, in prison, but HOW could he have POSSIBLY imagined that. ]

[He does not trust this easy pawn. Going to try something reckless instead. Thrust his bishop deep in enemy territory]

No, it doesn’t. The real thing always feels... so much more vivid.

Even my memories of Peter’s joys aren’t the same, though they’ve always loomed in my mind.

[ he's so charmed. gonna meet your bishop with my knight in brutal battle in one turn now. ]

It makes sense, in the end.

These feelings are ours now.

[He pauses at that - struck by the simplicity of it, but also the elegant truth.

He also pauses because dammit. Stupid dead bishop.]

...Yeah. Not some outcome pushed onto us.

[ I will treat this dead bishop with all the love and respect I have for you baby ]

I despise being caged here, I truly do. But it has allowed me to gain so much of my own, as well.

[After all that, he gives up on complicated thinking and just goes for taking that pawn anyway]

Prison was always good for... private contemplation, personally. It was always other people I couldn't stand in the clink.

I've read some literature from writers in prison. Escapes of imagination and soul searching.

[ pawn... won fairly.

starts setting up a different elaborate trap though. on the other half of the board. ]

I'm starting to see where it comes from.

[ ... ]

Soul searching gets quite literal, here...

It's a bit on the nose, huh.

[He smiles a little, despite himself. Continues to push aggressively into black's territory]

Still, finding the love of your life in prison can't be common. I'd say downright miraculous.

[ being a soft baby... super effective. he can probably genuinely get the other horse whenever now GOOD WORK!!! ]

You may even win if you continue to call me things like that.

[Once again, cheating techniques that only work on Lotor. HORSE CONQUERED]

If seducing the enemy king is what it takes to win this war...

Look at you, utilizing difficult strategies for greater effect.

[ He is so proud.

His other trap is ready to spring though. Maybe he can lure something important close. Look at that tantalizing little pawn he's got out!!

Also takes another stacked cracker. ]

One day I'll have you taste the food that the Empire provided. You'll never have to fret about pleasing me again.

I want you to have the best I can give. 'Course I'm gonna sweat about it.

But your reaction's worth it.

[Fuck it, goes for the pawn. If this ends badly maybe I can keep distracting him.]

[ murmuring, musing: ]

You truly are the ideal partner for me.

[ he is going to take your soldier though. with all the love in his raisin-dried heart. ]

Edited 2022-12-24 08:39 (UTC)

[Ah... shit]

Have I mentioned how the colour of your conquering army really brings out your eyes.......

[ the laughter is starting now. ]

Have you considered surrendering to me? I'll treat your remaining soldiers gently.

But what of their tragically deformed king?

[What if: bring out the queen to play. Defend your man]

Protocol says he's to be beheaded in public with his name erased from history so that none may mourn him, but I have a much better idea.

He's been quite impressive tonight, so it's best to keep him close.

[ sacrifices a pawn... you can have that but not my useless queen man. ]

Keeping him as a trophy instead? I don't think his subjects would stand for it.

[Blaze a path of destruction, my queen]

Oh, but I am quite confident that if they were to storm the castle, they'd find their king enjoying himself thoroughly.

[ left and right, carnage... but there's an incredibly brave knight sneaking up behind her now. ]

[That gets Kaine to flush red as his imagination gets the better of him. Oh no. Why does Lotor have to have such a beguiling and suggestive voice???

Absolutely doesn't see the knight coming. Curse their unpredictable movement patterns]

That's-- very far from standard protocol.

[ His voices. lowers just so. ]

I prefer... creativity.

[ and then he smoothly takes the queen. goodbye romantic rival! he is going to take your husband for himself now that you're out of the picture! 👋 ]

[A shiver runs up Kaine's spine before he realizes with some stupefaction that he's been de-queened.]

Oh.

Yes, that's... evident.

[ He's leveling an unbreaking (and proud) gaze at Kaine while he reaches over and snags a single grape.

It'd be so easy to surrender, sweetie. He'd take SUCH good care of youuuuu-- ]

[Looks at what is left of his forces. His strongest piece, gone. What possible strategy does he have left?

Really, the smart thing to do would be to resign.

...]

No way. He's fighting 'til the end.

[LAST STAND, GO]

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