IC: Just a game of chess?

[thekingsgambit]

[The cabin is deserted this afternoon, except for one failemp, who is positioned length-wise across one of the more comfortable chairs. He looks thoroughly exhausted, as he may have increasingly looked for the last several weeks. His hair hasn't been touched this morning and his usual winter jacket is nowhere to be found. Instead, he manages a loose hold on a few leaves of paper. Another stack sits beside the chair, slightly uneven as if someone has already gone through those papers. Luca rests curled but awake on the middle of his chest, her tail twitching rhythmically. Although Lelouch's attention is solely on the reports in his right hand, the left moves routinely over the cat's back, the probable cause for the movements of her tail.]

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[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

[Kitty cats are escaping as one failemp lunges at them, leaving him to pick up the rest of the obliterated chess game. :(]

Those simple-minded -- We would have fared better with the wind outside!

[ascendthethorns]

[I will... idk, collect the pieces on the table. Haha, floorbitch.]

Personally, I can think of no more appropriate an end than a forced draw.

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

[Looks up.]

Appropriate?

[ascendthethorns]

Far be it from any one of us to settle a score by the rules.

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

[Okay, that gets an actual laugh.]

[ascendthethorns]

[Holds out her hand for the pieces he's collected.]

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

[Drops them into her palm.]

Rules or not, it seems I shall have to find another opportunity to explore the limits of elder sister's skills. Though today gave me a better idea of what to prepare for in the future. I will have to come equipped with more efficient responses.

[ascendthethorns]

[Puts them away... however. Whether there's a fancypants bag or drawers in the board, they're being put away.]

Then I shall cautiously anticipate whatever it is you come up with.

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

Cautiously?

[ascendthethorns]

Yes. Cautiously.

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

Ah, now I will have to live up to your expectations.

[ascendthethorns]

First, however...

[Gestures to the cookbook she brought.]

...I want you to choose a recipe to learn with Nunnally. Something you've never made before.

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

Ah?

[ascendthethorns]

You are to seek her assitance in creating a dessert for her friends. The more unfamiliar you are with the project, the more natural your request will be.

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

When did you come up with this?

[Holds out hand for the book.]

[ascendthethorns]

[Gives book. Why did I just use my book icon for a non-book comment? :(]

This afternoon, at the library.

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

[Takes and starts flipping through, the notion improving his mood just a tad.]

It is a reasonable scenario. It should help her regain some of her independence as well. Though perhaps you should do the same. You know how much she has always wished to cook.

[ascendthethorns]

I have other skills to share. She should learn to improve her cooking with someone who has more experience in the kitchen.

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

[Feigns an affronted tone.]

I have not had that much. We still had Sayoko.

Still, your point is well taken.

[ascendthethorns]

[<-- doesn't actually know Sayoko. Or that she was Schneizel's captive. Or that she was almost killed trying to escape the Cambodia base. So just gives him a quizzical look before lightly shrugging.]

The boy doth protest too much.

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

I would not want to leave a false impression.

[ascendthethorns]

Never.