Higurashi aftermath

[sharpasafawkes]

[IN OUR LAST EPISODE Shaun and Cesare had a little trip down to the labs, if by "trip" we mean "a magical adventure full of torture-filled antics". Needless to say there's one historian laid up in a hospital bed, more or less asleep and bandaged like you wouldn't believe.]

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[sharpasafawkes]

[so adorable.

not that it keeps him from springing the trap]

[maleborgia]

*doesn't realize at first, then...*

...Oh! How did you do that?

[sharpasafawkes]

Remember when I made that dumb move, that was when I did it. The effects of someone's actions might not hit until much later.

[maleborgia]

*sits up properly, leaning in a bit to look closely at the board, mentally moving the pieces back to their previous places and replaying what happened.

shh, tiny is thinking.*

[sharpasafawkes]

[watching it, head cocked to the side slightly]

[maleborgia]

*Shaun has imparted knowledge! he takes one of his other pieces, not the queen but a rook, and mimics the trap's general idea if not how it worked exactly*

[sharpasafawkes]

[letting the trap go through, so he can see how it's done]

Very good.

[maleborgia]

*starts to smile, but stops.* You let me do it. You didn't try to stop it.

[sharpasafawkes]

I wanted you to see how it worked.

[maleborgia]

But then I won't know what to do when you try to defend yourself against it!

[sharpasafawkes]

[would be grinning if he could]

Allright then, go back a few.

[maleborgia]

*setting them back!*

There!

[sharpasafawkes]

[starting to defend properly now]

[maleborgia]

*concentrating and trying hard to win through

not that he really has many tricks up his sleeve.*

[sharpasafawkes]

[yeah when he's really trying he's actually pretty good]

[maleborgia]

*completely oblivious to the passing of time as they play. once it's finished, expect him to pester Shaun for another round*

[sharpasafawkes]

[Playing to win now, but more than a little happily flopped anto the bed]

[maleborgia]

*reaches over and gives Shaun pettings happily after he takes one of his pieces*

[sharpasafawkes]

[Leaning into that, closing his eyes. Pet me tiny met meee.]

[maleborgia]

*you can get pettings for the entire time it takes me to figure out my next move plus your next go every time you don't do something that puts you at an advantage in this game.*

[sharpasafawkes]

[DONE. ...that doesn't stop me from winning, you know.]

[maleborgia]

*one of his pieces gets taken :(

stops petting to sit back and examine the board more closely*

[sharpasafawkes]

[...my pettings :(]

[maleborgia]

*no, clearly you are too much of a distraction. putting his chin in his hands while he studies the pieces in play*

[sharpasafawkes]

[...but the pettings were distracting me too. I WILL ONLY PLAY HARDER THEN]