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

[in_praetego]

Right. The basics are easy enough to pick up. It's the strategy behind it that's the challenge.

[ There's a small sheepish smile though. ]

If you'd like, I could teach you sometime. It's been a while though and I am a little rusty...

[paishodown]

I'm always up for a teacher. It's something to do around here, other than Pokémon battles.

[in_praetego]

Just tell me whenever you're up for it and I'll be happy to help. If it's possible, I'd like to know about Pai Sho in turn.

[ He might be a bit red in the ears though. ]

Ah, my name's Yukio Okumura by the way... and your name is...?

[paishodown]

Asami Sato. And I'd be happy to teach you about Pai Sho! Hopefully someday I'll be able to have a board and the proper pieces commissioned so I can play.

[in_praetego]

Pleased to meet you, Miss Sato. I'll look forward to it.

[ And pardon the small shy smile he's got. ]

It's kind of fascinating to think despite all the different worlds people come from, there's some sort of thing that seems kind of the same.

[paishodown]

I've noticed that, too. Even though everything is completely different in a lot of ways,

[Those ledges?? wtf is up with that?]

there's still a common thread. People play boardgames, go out traveling, write each other letters...

[in_praetego]

I think the biggest factor of all is how everyone looks remotely human. No matter how different everything seems to be... we all kind of look the same.

[paishodown]

I never even considered that, actually. That the people here might be fundamentally different in some way.

[in_praetego]

It's one of the first things I noticed, actually. Even the natives of this world look similar to the typical human look.

For a different world, it's kind of surprising.