knight's move (iris message)

[masterofmystery]

[In his time at camp, Ron's probably used iris messages less than half a dozen times. He's not really interested in them, so for any older campers it might come as a surprise when he appears through the rainbow being made in front of Cabin 6. He makes a face before considering.]

Seeing as there's loads of summer campers, I've a question for you. Normally, I don't go home, but I decided it might be alright. [A beat. It's been nearly three years, but it still prompts the question.] Any of you found ways to get back that are--er-- not just walking thousands of miles? [Cause he has to get to Nebraska and no.]

[Letting that settle in he continues.]

And since summer's letting out soon-- No offense, but most of you are dead awful at chess. Aside from Capture the Flag it's about the best game there is-- so I was sort of thinking, Fred and George told me about it once. Two people play the moves on a board and then they get enough people to be actual pieces. The pieces act out knocking each other it. S'a bit weird in a brilliant sort of way, so I was thinking it might make for some fun and practice. If anyone's interested.

[Then he smirks and shrugs.] Or you can just come get beat in a regular game. Doesn't bother me any.

Comments

[lastplaceigo]

I'm sure there's something. If anything, go talk to the kids over at Hecate's cabin; one of 'em has got to be working on a teleportation spell. [And if not, get on it, geez.]

Get it together, then, and I'll be there. Capture the Flag is getting kind of stale, anyway.

[masterofmystery]

[HAHA. Well normally he'd talk to a certain one of them, but not this time.] I'd be going thousands of miles away, not too certain I'd want to find out what happens if it goes wrong.

You're joking. Capture the Flag's still brilliant where I'm from. Just thought it'd be interesting to mix it up.

[lastplaceigo]

You could end up on the top of Mount Everest. It might be fun. [Griiiiiiiin.]

And no, I'm totally fine with Capture the Flag, but after three years of it, something else is nice.

[masterofmystery]

Yeah, no thanks. I'm wanting to go home not freeze at the top of a mountain. If you wanna go though 'm sure someone will help you out.

I know what you mean. Bit boring when it's the same activities day-after-day. You can only nearly die from lava so many times before the excitement goes away. [...Well, not really, but sort of.]

[lastplaceigo]

You have no sense of adventure, you know that?

If it's going to be death by rook or death by lava, I'm gonna go with the rook. It's like, a lot more creative than falling into a molten pit of burning stuff.