2nd gear | video + action to goldenrod city

[paishodown]

[It's around midday, and Asami's 'Gear is propped up to record her sitting at a small table in the park. Her Riolu sits quietly beside her. The worn table is inlaid with a chess board, and the seat across from her is empty for now.]

Where I'm from, we have a game called Pai Sho.

[She speaks while she reaches into her bag to pull out a newly purchased chess set- mainly, the directions.]

It's a game of careful thinking and ruthless strategy. There doesn't seem to be a real equivalent here, but someone did point me toward this. Chess.

[Asami begins taking out the pieces and laying them out on the board.]

Anyone know anything about it?

[She'll be here for a while, reading over the rules and trying to teach Teruko how to play with her.]

Comments

[ video ]

[paishodown]

They're actually not too tricky to remember, now that I'm getting a feel for them. The strategy itself looks like it's the tough part.

[ video ]

[teammother]

That's the part that always got me, yeah. I always tended to overlook something important and lose because of something that seemed really obvious in hindsight.

[ video ]

[paishodown]

It's kind of like anything else, in that way. Even just getting too focused on one thing can have you missing something in the corner of your eye.

[ video ]

[teammother]

Oh, when you say it like that, you're right! I guess the idea is to make you become more observant, or something?

[ video ]

[paishodown]

More like broadening your vision, I'd say.

[She taps her chin.]

Taking all the variables into account.

[ video ]

[teammother]

Hmm, that's not really a bad skill to develop, when you think about it... maybe I should give playing chess another try sometime.

[ video ]

[paishodown]

Exercising your mind can't hurt!