"Check, mate" for A Little Drabble Do Ya!

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

“Tick-Tock-Tick-Tock...”

“Napoleon, please be quiet while I’m thinking.”

Solo grinned as he knew he was getting under his opponent’s skin.

“What, can’t take a little pressure?”

“Oh I can take the pressure mate, just not your sound effects.”

Solo chuckled, but stopped.

“That’s checkmate...mate,” Mark Slate smiled.

Napoleon studied the board in disbelief. It was a rare occasion that anyone beat him at chess; not even Illya had the skill.

“No, something’s wrong.” He looked at the board again, seeing his pieces had been moved. “You cheated. How?”

“Just a little sleight of hand. I needed to practice.”

Comments

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

Very neat! And very believable.

Nice idea to give Mark a go, too.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Mark was a nice change, and he strikes me (in the fan fiction world) that he'd be the slight of hand/pick pocket type.