"Odds are very good I'd be the one eating the popcorn and throwing fuel on the fight. For the record," in case you ever wanted to know where he would land on that score.
"Well if you want to engage in the age old traditions of courtship, I could be quite serious about it," the words sound serious enough, but the solemn nod was just overplaying his hand a bit and still seemed ridiculous, "the least likely diner to be drugged it is, but if it is a little drugged I won't let you get into trouble."
As Loki played he almost presented himself as a novice, showing just enough skill not to be obvious, but not too much skill that he would put Damian on a strong offensive. He wanted to give the appearance of losing. He's lost quite a few of his pieces, his pawns, a knight, a bishop, and a queen are all that's standing between Damien's pieces and his king.
"Words have energy and power. They can hurt, heal, turn you on, sow chaos, inspire, enrage and the list goes on and on. I can't think of a more versatile tool than words...and there's an endless supply," if you run out of words in one language you have another language.
It's at this point that Loki nobly sacrifices his queen with a perturbed look on his face until Damian offers him a name. He thought about lying for a moment, but there were people here who knew him so that would not endear him to someone he wanted to have call him beautiful in the future, "I'm Loki."
"Well now I have a new goal...aside from this one..." Loki's side of the board was a barrier of strategically placed pawns, one knight, and one bishop. The sacrifice of his queen, his most powerful piece, did allow him to position his remaining bishop and his knight into an impossible position, "...checkmate..."
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"Well if you want to engage in the age old traditions of courtship, I could be quite serious about it," the words sound serious enough, but the solemn nod was just overplaying his hand a bit and still seemed ridiculous, "the least likely diner to be drugged it is, but if it is a little drugged I won't let you get into trouble."
As Loki played he almost presented himself as a novice, showing just enough skill not to be obvious, but not too much skill that he would put Damian on a strong offensive. He wanted to give the appearance of losing. He's lost quite a few of his pieces, his pawns, a knight, a bishop, and a queen are all that's standing between Damien's pieces and his king.
"Words have energy and power. They can hurt, heal, turn you on, sow chaos, inspire, enrage and the list goes on and on. I can't think of a more versatile tool than words...and there's an endless supply," if you run out of words in one language you have another language.
It's at this point that Loki nobly sacrifices his queen with a perturbed look on his face until Damian offers him a name. He thought about lying for a moment, but there were people here who knew him so that would not endear him to someone he wanted to have call him beautiful in the future, "I'm Loki."
"Well now I have a new goal...aside from this one..." Loki's side of the board was a barrier of strategically placed pawns, one knight, and one bishop. The sacrifice of his queen, his most powerful piece, did allow him to position his remaining bishop and his knight into an impossible position, "...checkmate..."