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How many women would drive themselves crazy arguing over a game of chess?

Aug 24, 2009 21:45

WHO: Florence Vassy
WHERE: A park near building 36 (strip mall)
TIME OF DAY: Afternoon
POST SUMMARY: Florence has needs. Needs only a chess board can fulfill.

( But when I show you a move you can't fathom... )

36, florence vassy, bernard black, lex luthor, *open

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wankerrecluse August 26 2009, 07:47:01 UTC

Bernard is still largely in the exploration stage still, and he hasn't found the library (which there must be one of here) yet, so he doesn't have that much to do. The bar he's commandeered has plenty of alcohol, but it the food department it mostly has... well, some snacks, that's it, really ( ... )

hungarianheart August 27 2009, 02:12:44 UTC

Unlike certain grandmasters of her acquaintance, Florence was quite willing and able to tear her attention away from the board when other people were around. She looked up at the sound of Bernard's voice and turned her head, smiling happily.

"I did," she answered brightly, turning around so she could face him properly. "Just in the nick of time, too, or I would have been forced to go completely and utterly mad. How are you?"

wankerrecluse August 27 2009, 03:28:13 UTC

"Fetching supplies," Bernard answers, pointing his thumb back at the cart, and shrugs, smiling back. "Crisps and alcohol, however wonderful, isn't all that filling."

"Yourself?" he asks, sitting down at the opposite side, looking down at the chess board. He expects Florence would beat him easily, all those books on chess and all that.

hungarianheart August 29 2009, 01:52:24 UTC

"No, but it sounds better then endless cans of ravioli," Florence said, wistfully thinking of beef and broccoli. "I really hope Scotty's garden takes off so I can remember what real food tastes like."

She swung back around to face the board, idly fidgeting with a pawn. "I'm doing fine. More than fine, actually, now that I found the chess."

wankerrecluse August 29 2009, 03:06:15 UTC

"Ah, I dunno, I can live fine on canned food. Although I'm glad I've found plenty of wine and cigarettes, at least," Bernard answers, smiling a bit. "I have both here, if you want some," he offers.

"Or perhaps you would rather just have an opponent. I'm not much of a player, but at least I know the rules," he adds, picking up a knight and playing with it a bit.

hungarianheart September 1 2009, 01:07:03 UTC

"I might take you up on the wine," Florence said, smiling. "We can think of it as a celebration." She leaned over to peer into the cart, curious to see what kind he'd found. "What goes with chess player, I wonder. What do you recommend?"

wankerrecluse September 3 2009, 02:00:00 UTC

"Well.." Bernard considers, getting up to look at the bottles in the cart. "Personally, I'm tempted to try the 1972 Merlot, or the 1965 Pinot Noir," he says, pulling them both out and setting them on the table. He digs a bit and finds a box of wine glasses he took because they were pretty, pulling out two and setting them on the table.

"I'm liking this money-less state. I'm used to drinking corner-shop piss, so believe me, I'm liking this a lot." He pulls out a box of tasty crackers as well, opening it and eating one, before setting it on the table with the rest. "Which one would you prefer first?"

hungarianheart September 6 2009, 18:09:25 UTC

"Merlot first," Florence says promptly. "Please. I don't know why, but it seems like the perfect thing to start with."

She took a glass and smiled, feeling very pleased and content. She might be trapped in a bizarre city with people from all over the timeline, but by god, she had chess and someone who wasn't a narcissistic genius to talk to. "I have to agree, it's refreshing not to hear someone going on about money. It brings things back to a - pure state, you know?"

wankerrecluse September 7 2009, 01:56:27 UTC

"Alright then," Bernard answers, pulling a corkscrew out of his pocket (it's one of those things he likes to keep with him) and opening the bottle, pouring Florence then himself a glass each.

"Well, there's no one here using the things anyway. And for now, a dozen people with a whole city to choose from, I don't suppose people's going to squabble about who owns what," he argues, sitting down and raising his glass. "To a pure state?" he suggests as a toast.

hungarianheart September 9 2009, 00:22:14 UTC

"Hopefully not too much squabbling at any rate," Florence said thoughtfully as she watched Bernard pour the wine. "We've got at least three or four teenagers here. Fighting and tears are bound to happen sooner or later."

She lifted her glass and winked. "How about to a pure, peaceful state?"

wankerrecluse September 9 2009, 06:47:41 UTC

"I like the sound of that," Bernard answered with a smile. "They can have their fighting, as long as they keep me out of it." Bernard has yet to actually meet any of these teenagers. True, he hasn't exactly gone out of his way to find people, but anyway.

"To a pure, peaceful state," he echoes, and takes a drink. That is delicious.

hungarianheart September 12 2009, 02:44:04 UTC

Florence took a sip of the Merlot and murmured approvingly at the taste. The food might be boring and tasting faintly of tin but at least the wine more than made up for it.

"I wonder if grapes could grow here," Florence said, thoughts of Scotty's garden running through her head. The appalling canned food couldn't last forever, but neither could the bottles. "It'll be a dark day when the wine runs out."

wankerrecluse September 13 2009, 21:59:43 UTC

"Oh God, don't even mention it..." Bernard answers, screwing up his eyes for a second. The thought is too horrific. "I knew there was a reason I should've learned to make wine..." he adds with regret. "It's just one of those skills you need should you happen to get stranded in an almost empty city with no way out."

He sighs, taking another drink. This is good wine.

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