Fifth Unused Utility Belt | Video and Spam, backdated to late last night

[hellofist]

[It's late, it's been dark for hours and she's pretty sure everyone else is sleeping, but Cass can't. It's not really a new thing, since generally crime fighters are out all night anyway, but the events of the port haven't helped much.

She's in her room when she turns the feed on, dressed in her Batgirl costume except for the cowl and gloves. She feels more like herself, dressed this way.]

What are... tips, for sleeping? Or... to do, to make tired? Don't say reading.

Is anyone else... even up?



[He said she could visit when she wanted. She even told him it might be at night and he said it was okay. That's why Cass is at Merlin's door in the middle of the night, not knocking before she just goes right in. The door was unlocked, so maybe he remembered she said she'd visit. She doesn't look around before she closes the door behind her because she's not really sneaking, so getting caught isn't exactly on her mind.

It's dark inside, which is good. It means he's sleeping instead of staying up all night doing magic things, or whatever it is Merlins do in their spare time. She makes her way to his bed, then climbs onto it to sit beside him and poke him in the shoulder.]

Hi, Merlin.

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[takeyouapart]

[He laughs softly and heads back to the steps. Honestly his feet are freezing too.]

Alright. I'll have to work out a way to hold the board straight, though.

Spam

[hellofist]

[She follows after him, close enough that she can take the bag from his hand and replace it with hers instead.]

Next time, will bring socks.

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[takeyouapart]

Definitely.

[He sits down cross-legged at one end of his bed, gesturing for Cass to take the other end, and tugs enough of the blanket over to cover his lap and feet. Regarding the lumpy mattress and draughts board for a second, he holds it flat about eight inches over the bed and focuses.]

Gestillan.

[A moment passes, and he withdraws his hands. The board remains where it is, hovering in place.]

Spam

[hellofist]

[She's sitting, comfortable and with part of the blanket pulled over her own lap to keep warm, when he says the spell and the board just... floats there. She glances at him, clearly impressed, before the experimentation starts.

First she pokes at the side, but it stays. Pushing on one of the corners doesn't do anything either, so finally she drops the bag of pieces on top and grins when it's still there, steady and evenly balanced.]

I like magic.

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[takeyouapart]

[He smiles. If only life were always so easy.]

Thank you. I like it too.

[He empties out the pieces onto the board and starts to set them out.]

Alright, so. The object of this game is to move these pieces around the board and capture your opponent's pieces by jumping over them.

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[hellofist]

[And of course she has to make his job more difficult by picking up some of the pieces after he's put them in their places so nicely. She gets one of each color so she can inspect them, looks at how he puts one color on his side and one on hers.]

Jump? Does... the magic do that?

[Is this a magician game? That'd be kind of awesome, really. Plus, she can't really see where jumping fits in. He's sitting and his body is showing no signs of getting up or jumping any time soon, so it can't be them that does the jumping, right?]

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[takeyouapart]

Nope, you do that yourself. Like this.

[He very unmagically moves one piece forward from his side, then one from Cass' to meet it, then moves his piece over Cass' and takes it from the board.]

The aim is to take all the other person's pieces.

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[hellofist]

[It's about then that Cass realizes there might be a flaw here. This is a game about strategy, she can see that now. But she'll have an advantage, because she'll see the moves Merlin will want to make, his body will tell her what he's planning just as easily if they were fighting. Slowly, a frown starts to form.]

I might... cheat, on accident...

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[takeyouapart]

Because you'll be able to see what moves I'm going to make?

[He considers this a moment, then shrugs it off. If anything, he's kind of impressed that she can read strategy on such a small, nonviolent scale.]

I don't mind if you don't mind. It'll keep me on my toes, and it might make it easier for you to learn, if you can cheat a bit.

[Trying to anticipate his opponent's behaviour was always the tricky part for him. In draughts as in life, honestly.]

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[hellofist]

[She watches him for a moment longer and then nudges his knee lightly under the board with her foot. It's entirely affectionate and now that she's smiling again, she hopes it's clear that his acceptance means more to her than she really knows how to put into words.]

Good friend. Okay. [She puts the pieces she stole from the board back, then sits up a little straighter and gives the game her full attention.] Will try... not to watch you.

[takeyouapart]

[OOC: Fade out here? Merlin kind of sucks at strategy games so it can be safely assumed that he will either lose or very narrowly win on the first try.]

[hellofist]

(ooc: that's fine with me <3)