LJ Idol Week 14 entry

[missbinary]

The box was quite intimidating. It had a metal head with open eyes which stared motionless at some unknown point in the corner. The arms, to the left and the right side of the box (or rather the body), were metal joints covered in skin-colored rubber

Comments

[ragnarok_08]

This is a very good read :)

[missbinary]

Thank you very much!

[anyonesghost]

I enjoyed this one a lot. (Of course, I played a lot of chess as a child, so I could have used a box like this.)

[missbinary]

Thank you, I am happy you enjoyed reading my entry. I also attempted to play when I was a child, but without proper guidance I soon left it to start only at 25 :).

[halfshellvenus]

A really neat entry, and this last line was a killer:

but it was the result of hours and hours of playing, being the heart of the machine, a small, but steadily accelerating nucleus of chess power and an increased faith in my own abilities.

[missbinary]

Thank you so much. I must admit, it was not easy to find an ending and not to make the piece extend over a hundred pages ;).

[karmasoup]

Well, it's kinda sweet that something good resulted out of the swindling of Mr. Havensworth.

[missbinary]

Thank you :). I kind of felt I had to build in the positive aspect of it.

[waltzmatildah]

This was a really enjoyable read :)

[missbinary]

Thank you very much :)