"So I guessed right, the loss of the queen piece, means your defeat." Kouse said as Victoria explained the importance of the piece. He had expected the King piece to be the most important, but surprisingly, it turned out to be the queen.
Kouse adjusted his glasses as he kept on listening intently to what Victoria had to say, but instead of her talking on, she made her move, moving her pawn from D2 to D4.

He kept on looking at the board, looking at each piece, identifying each one and taking note of how they could each move. Making a mental map on the countless possibilities that could be played on the board.

Then Victoria began finally explaining on how to capture a piece. 
Apparently, the game represents a war, Kouse had thought of that previously with the names of some of the pieces but hadn't thought much about it, and how she could 'capture' his C5 pawn with her D4 pawn.

Kouse adjusted his glasses as he moved his C5 pawn, to the D4 square, knocking over Victoria's pawn and replacing hers with his, taking her pawn off of the board and placing it to the side.

"I believe, that's how to do it?" Kouse asked as he looked straight at Victoria.

He couldn't have developed the ability to see two-four moves ahead in his first time playing chess. So he couldn't have known, that in fact by taking down her pawn, he was falling into a trap.

Kouse smirked at Victoria's compliment. He'd just completed his first 'capture' in this game, and he felt good about it.
'Young grasshopper though?' Kouse thought to himself, strange.


Kouse's smugness died down quickly when his pawn also got taken down by Victoria's Knight piece, which caused Kouse to adjust his glasses and take a closer look at the board. 


Then Victoria kept on talking, but the ever increasing noise in the bar distracted him. It was getting late, and the heavy drinkers were finally getting stupid drunk. Kouse hated noise,he hated drunks but most of all, he hated bar fights.
He took his eyes off the board without moving his head and looked at the table opposite theirs, there were two completely drunk pirates gripping each other by the neck, with a dozen others cheering them on, ready to jump in.
Kouse knew what would happen soon,and he'd not be a part of such pointless act.
The bar was noisy, their table was the closest to the exit. Just a mere 5meters.


"I think we should continue this at my place Victoria. It's not that far away." Kouse would say. "A bar fight will break out here soon enough."


Kouse would wait for Victoria's response. If she agreed, he would quickly and quietly step outside with her after packing up the game. His eyes would remain at alert, scanning his surroundings for any drunk pirate who wanted some trouble. On Jaya, there was nothing more destructive than a drunk pirate. 
As they slowly walked to his place, Kouse would keep a close eye behind and around him, being too cautious was never a bad idea on Jaya.

Kouse never did like drunks.


He saw nothing bad in taking a few drinks here and there to help relieve the stress of the day even a bit, but when one lost themselves and gets immersed in it and intoxicated, then they became a burden to the surroundings, and there is nothing more potentially destructive than a bar full of drunk pirates.


Kouse nodded at Victoria's move with the board, it was impressive.
"Yeah, it is."


It was a good call from Kouse to leave the bar when he did, cause the moment they left, a fight broke out inside the bar.


Outside the bar was quite crowded, and also noisy, so easy for a drunken and confused fellow's shout to go unheard,unnoticed or simply ignored due to it being totally nugatory.
But Kouse saw him leave the bar and walk after them, it was the same drunken creep that had watched them play chess in the bar.
He also heard him shout. 'Aldy waits.' But Kouse didn't so much as turn back as he kept on walking, like nothing happened.
Jaya was filled with lowlifes that went about looking for trouble, and Kouse had been living here long enough to be extremely cautious, so he kept himself at full alert as the intoxicated one staggered and stumbled after them, 35meters behind.


He would then reply Victoria's question whilst adjusting his glasses.
"Well, I was thinking of taking down your Knight on D4, would it have work?" Kouse said as he turned to look at Victoria, "And what would have been your move after that?. I know you think of 3-5 moves ahead Victoria."

[quote="Poopy Face"]

齊天大聖 Ignored. Ignored. IGNORED. Simply words could've been the easiest way to avoid what was avoidable. But overly orchestrating crap seemed to be someone's past time. When thing were just a ends to a means and nothing more. Making astute observations about someone's well being a big stretch. Regardless it'd be ignored just as he was. His Hawk- type vision was something that could rival ugh a hawk! Yeah, yeah a hawk. Free birds just liek he was free person. Able to go and do what they wanted unless someone had some overly orchestrating crap to change that. I can't read this. I can't read that. Yell. Yell. Curse. Cry. That was something Calico did a lot when he was a retard who couldn't read or act like they thought they acted. He knew about this part of his life and well didn't care like most did. Unlike other he did this due to a character flaw placed by his creator. Other just were like that from just being who they were. Attacking others when they can't handle retaliation was crazy. He walked as he normally would, as he doesn't stagger when drunk. He could stumble going down stairs, but that was about it. He did this shit on the daily. So the other drunks that wobbled out of the bar and in this direction, since they took a main road, would end his journey soon. While Calcio kept his going. Unlike many he was a hunter. That practiced going after people for a living. He moved and swayed through the crowd without trouble, even whilst intoxicated. Being attacked for no reason would be fun. It might cause something so simply to be made bigger. Twenty five times this has happen to him in his life. And with the nature of this topic making that longer was in his ability. Pussy. Boy. Doriki: 12 to Speed

Kouse would listen as Victoria explained just how she would have played her next move. Listening to her talk about the game made Kouse realise just how much he still had to learn, or how much more interesting and fun the game would be once you could see 3-5 moves ahead and could play against an opponent with similar abilities. Teaching him would have really dulled the game for Victoria, but he was intrigued by it, and looked forward to learning more. It was his first time playing a board game, and he knew he wouldn't stop, he was hooked and happily so.


Then Victoria asked a question he wasn't expecting. 
"How long, does it take to get from your place to the port"


It tool Kouse by surprise, but he didn't hesitate to give a response.
"Its quite some distance from it." Kouse would look up to take a quick look at the sun, it was already late afternoon. Then he looked at her face, she seemed in thought, also a bit worried. "If your ship is leaving before dark, I suggest you move straight to the docks, completing our game would almost be impossible without it getting dark already."


Kouse would wait for her response, if she indeed had to get to her ship before dark he would adjust his glass and turn right, following the new road which was also fairly busy to the docks. Kouse would decide to escort her, she'd been a very nice companion so far.


"Well, although we couldn't finish up the game, I'm grateful for you introducing me to it, and I'll make sure to continue playing it from now on, who knows, if we ever meet again, we could have another go at it." Kouse flashed her a quick smile as they arrived at the docks. 


"This is goodbye Victoria." Kouse said as he stretched out his arm for a handshake. "If you ever visit Jaya again, you can find me at my hospital, just ask for Dr K, and they'll show you where."


With that, Kouse would watch as she boarded her ship, then with a quick nod at her, would turn and retrace his steps, heading straight for home, to get a good nights sleep.
He could just tell that he would end up meeting Victoria again, he just hoped that it would be in a similarly peaceful setting.


(Exit)

"Wait? Don't go? Assholes?" He did try and that should be noted. But one person can only do so much. He was left for no reason and instead of speaking he was given silence. It was fine he'd catch someone later. Walking away he began to sober up. He would not the Marine vessels and that the person he was following was just that a marine. And with that he would be a bit concerned and would follow the other person that thought he got away. He wouldn't stop him in anyway or cause him to have any reason to turn around. He would follow this Man home. Remembering the route he would take as he would head her sometime in the future, when he wasn't home.

It was beautiful. It needed work but that was like most homes in Mock town. Checking it out here and there through the night. He didn't plan on making improvements but he could if need be. After taking in this building he go around and look at the others. This entire neighbourhood was decent. He wouldn't live around here though. Because these people were probably smug. And did horrible things and ignored those things. Just like a lot of horrible people. Horrible recognized horrible though. So Calico might've been a good fit here. He didn't have something that was different from them though. Since he actually knew how to fight. Whether that be against multiple people, sneak attacks, or just one person.

He come back to the Man who he had followed house. He was going to knock on the door but something wasn't sitting right with him. And he would end up throwing up his guts on the Man's front door. Embarrassed he'd retreat home.


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