02.Dec.20, 10:02 PM
Gangleri waited until Quilriana had set everything down and taken her own seat before he joined her at the table, slouching back comfortably. "I have played a few games since the last time you thrashed me. Whether I've gotten any better remains to be seen, but I'm willing to give this another try. If you're going to keep insisting on beating me though, I might as well tell you my safe word. It's numbweed."
He shrugged off his jacket to hang off the back of the chair as he stretched and cracked his knuckles, eyeing the chess pieces almost suspiciously. He picked up a pawn, sliding it forward two paces then, before he pulled his hand off of it, pulled it back so that he could pick a different pawn to move instead. Hopefully freeing his bishop to move sooner would pay off.
Maybe he could distract her with conversation about her children. Besides, without any children of his own, Gangleri could only feel vicariously father-like through hearing stories from other people or by teaching. "How are your children doing? Any updates? Has your boy become a dragonman yet? I hear some of the most delightful stories about dragonmen. They're fun to play cards with on occasion too."
He shrugged off his jacket to hang off the back of the chair as he stretched and cracked his knuckles, eyeing the chess pieces almost suspiciously. He picked up a pawn, sliding it forward two paces then, before he pulled his hand off of it, pulled it back so that he could pick a different pawn to move instead. Hopefully freeing his bishop to move sooner would pay off.
Maybe he could distract her with conversation about her children. Besides, without any children of his own, Gangleri could only feel vicariously father-like through hearing stories from other people or by teaching. "How are your children doing? Any updates? Has your boy become a dragonman yet? I hear some of the most delightful stories about dragonmen. They're fun to play cards with on occasion too."