>>2745913[Ashore – Part 9]
However Ami had gotten into this situation, it seemed she only had one way out of it... to play along. She saw no immediate means of escape, and given that she had nothing and less to offer, trying to bargain with the unseen forms seemed foolish to say the least. With her decision made, Ami began to check the board, and immediately recognized the pieces adjacent to her. A king and a bishop, which meant... she was assigned the role of a queen. At a glance, her side's pieces had already begun to move. It appeared the player was using a simple enough offensive, pawns moving gradually forward, testing the defense of the other player.
Ami rubbed her chin in thought as she glanced ahead. “If... I go forward here...”
“Yes, a good move.” Ami stared up, and her eyes widened as two fingers reached for her tiny form, clearly about to take hold of her! Ami was about to move, when... she felt a sudden force pin her in place as the individual simply lifted her up and brought her away from the board, her resulting panicked shriek falling on deaf ears. Before she knew it, she was resting in the palm of a towering, impossibly handsome man, wearing elegant robes and a regal, multi-jeweled crown. “My, what have we here? Another plaything, my dear?”