∞ 60: Much-needed practice [written/action]

[chikaidestroyer]

[written]

Genis, please send a message when dinner is ready. I will be out for awhile.

If anyone needs me, I will be in the library.


[action]

[For lack of anything better to do on a nice summer afternoon, Albert has decided to sit in the library with a ... somewhat-odd setup. A map stretched across a table out of sight from the front door, dotted with small wooden figures designed as soldiers, cavalry, archers, mages... The map, upon closer inspection, shows patches color that denote plains, mountains, water bodies, and forests.

In some ways, the setup looks like a game board. It's really a lasting reminder of another strategist's presence in Luceti; he was the one who had introduced Albert to the method of practice, after all.

Nearly two years in Luceti without access to strategy books and news of warfare have dulled his skills. He doesn't look pleased as he makes moves for both armies.]

Comments

...Oh God, is that Mark's game? I love you.

[compos-mentis.livejournal.com]

[Nina seems to hang in the library a lot, because right now she's watching this spectacle with a seemingly appraising eye there. She might be reading into the moves... or she might just be Alber-watching. Both of them sound good]

[Action]

[goggle-syndrome.livejournal.com]

[ignoring all orders to stay home and rest for a while, Taichi's been out wandering and found himself in the library. As he wanders through, he'll pass by Albert at first, thinking nothing of it. However, he'll stop a little ways away, thinking he's out of sight, and he'll be looking over Albert's shoulders at the set up. What exactly is this?]

[inabook]

[Estelle is very curious about your game. But she's not going to be rude and just stare at him.]

Hello, Mr. Silverberg.

[Voice]

[kendama-pro.livejournal.com]

[Since Genis isn't aware that he might be disturbing an Albert-Hard-At-Work, he's going to pipe up over the journal-]

Want anything in particular for dinner, Albert?

[silversnowfall]

[puts down her book and comes over to observe. While being silently polite about it]

[silvergeneral.livejournal.com]

[Sephiroth hasn't been avoiding Albert ever since he first met him--even though really, that minor lovefest was as awkward and embarrassing as all hellfire--or at least, not altogether intentionally. But for right now, he's been lying on top of a bookshelf with a book, and he simply help but lean up on one elbow to watch. It's the general in him.]

[Action]

[wise_maiden]

[Raine is in the library for her own reasons as the evening draws near, which seems to be gathering a few books, some aimed at children. She pauses when she passes by Albert, watching his progress for a moment.]

That game...