MCA #7 - After noon

[light_a_spark]

Having the day off, Roy was reading through a book on Earth weapons. His chess board was on the dining room table, set up already for a game that he intended to win. He would need his uniform to get cleaned after it got cake on it after all. For now, he was actually wearing slacks and a white shirt. He could do casual.

((Open for a certain delivery for now. Will open up for people to gawk later if they want. Open if you want to check out what all the moving around was!))

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[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

"Well, now I'm interested in finding out if you can do it," she replied with grin.

[light-a-spark.livejournal.com]

"I wouldn't refuse a challenge like that," he assured her, looking way too confident about it.

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

Aly grinned more. "Then I look forward to the results."

[light-a-spark.livejournal.com]

"As do I," Roy smirked and moved his queen into the game.

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

She raised an eyebrow as the queen came in then smirked at the board as she captured his rook. "Are you or do you plan to plot revenge on me for that note?"

[light-a-spark.livejournal.com]

"Do you really want an answer to that?" Roy asked.

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

"Just curious," she said, playing with her glass of orange juice. "It won't affect my actions at all."

[light-a-spark.livejournal.com]

"I haven't make up my mind yet," he said honestly.

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

She grinned. "Hmmm."

[light-a-spark.livejournal.com]

"You seem to have enough pranks to deal with as it is," he added with a laugh.

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

"So you'll act the gentleman and wait until my hands are less full?" she asked, smiling at him.

[light-a-spark.livejournal.com]

"Possibly," he smiled back at her. "Or maybe I'd just like your full attention."

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

She raised an eyebrow, still looking amused. "Think you could capture it?"

[light-a-spark.livejournal.com]

"Oh, I know I can," he told her smugly.

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

Aly studied him for a long moment. "Perhaps you can."

Looking back at the chessboard, she finally moved her queen into play.

[light-a-spark.livejournal.com]

The smug look stayed in place a moment longer, until he realised just how much trouble that last move brought him in. The smile faded a little, his eyes moving over the board as he calculated the best move. Finally he moved his other knight forward.

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

She smirked at the length of time it took for him to decide on a move and quickly slid her bishop across.

[light-a-spark.livejournal.com]

Still not good. He moved his castle to block the bishop.

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

The castle moving out of the way was apparently what Aly was hoping for as she jumped her knight into a spot that used to be threatened by the rook.

[light-a-spark.livejournal.com]

Roy glanced up at her, not completely oblivious to what she was doing. "You really don't want to clean my uniform, do you?"

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

"I'm not a laundry maid," she pointed out with a smirk.

[light-a-spark.livejournal.com]

"Nor are you a bath servant," Roy shot back and moved his second bishop to try to do some damage control to his right flank.

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

"At least I have the outfit for that," Aly replied, moving a pawn into a false attack at the bishop.

[light-a-spark.livejournal.com]

That remark definitely made his mind wander down a direction it shouldn't and instead of looking further into the move, he captured the pawn with his knight.

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

And she slid the bishop into the opening left by his knight.

"Or perhaps I left it at home," she said thoughtfully. "Either way."