Juneau Where She's Going?

[doitrockapella]

Who: Carmen Sandiego (doitrockapella) and a bunch of other people!
Where: Various locations in Johto, over the course of the week!
When: The week of January 26th
Summary: This week, her itinerary's loaded with more than just moving violations.
Rating: PG as a default; deviations from that will be marked!
Log:

⛵ WHERE IN THE WORLD IS CARMEN SANDIEGO? ⛽
MONDAY January 27th	Goldenrod City — ALL DAY
TUESDAY January 28th	Goldenrod City — ALL DAY
WEDNESDAY January 29th	Goldenrod City — MORNING through 5:00 PM En Route to Ecruteak City — 5:00 PM ONWARD
THURSDAY January 30th	En Route to Ecruteak City — PRIOR to 11:00 AM Ecruteak City — 11:00 AM ONWARD
FRIDAY January 31st	Ecruteak City — ALL DAY
SATURDAY February 1st	Ecruteak City — ALL DAY

People interested in interacting with Carmen or having her pay your character a visit at some point during this week, feel free to throw in a starter with a date and location for the thread! You can either write the starter yourself and I'll have her tag into it, or you can drop a top-level just with date and time and I'll come up with a reason for their paths to cross, either way. o/

Comments

[superordinary]

...You know a lot of things, don't you...

[ He retrieves a white rook from under the couch. ]

Do you travel a lot, Carmen-san? You mentioned visiting Japan.

[doitrockapella]

Oh, I've always been a traveler. It's usually for work reasons; the first time I went to Japan, it was because I was working on a case. My partner and I spent a few days there — we had the opportunity to go to a tea ceremony and see a few of the sights, in between tracking down an antiquities thief.

[A memory that makes her smile, unbidden. Those were good times, weren't they.]

[superordinary]

A thief? Are you a detective?

[doitrockapella]

And not a particularly modest one, either. I'm the best in the world, where I'm from.

[...Technically true, even if it's not her precise career path at this specific moment.]

[superordinary]

[ ...Now Naegi's probably wondering if Carmen could beat Kirigiri at crimebusting. ]

What's it like? Chasing criminals is a dangerous business.

[doitrockapella]

[Fun fact: her version of crimebusting involved a lot more swinging around like Indiana Jones and also kicking people with gratuitous martial arts. So maybe, maybe not.]

Dangerous is a good word for it. But it's rewarding enough. I like the challenge.

[superordinary]

[ Kirigiri, your crimebusting game is weak. :|b ]

So you like the challenge, huh... Is that why you became a detective?

[ Beat. ]

...Ah, um, sorry for asking you so many questions! I'm just really curious.

[doitrockapella]

[Hey, man, at least Carmen never dumped booze on her legs and threatened to actively set herself on fire in order to solve a case.]

It's fine; it's been a while since I talked about it with anyone, anyway, so I don't mind telling you about it.

[She picks up the black queen to play with as she talks, turning it over and over in her fingers.]

I started when I was about half your age. It was something to do and something I was good at; I'd always admired Sherlock Holmes as a child, so when the opportunity arose to join a local detective agency, I jumped for it.

[Beat.]

Also, I was better at solving mysteries than I was at making friends, so having something to keep myself occupied with was a bit of a relief.

[superordinary]

[ That is a good point. What the hell were you thinking, Tinygiri. ]

You must've been some kind of child prodigy... That's amazing. I wish I had talent like that.

[doitrockapella]

You could say that.

[Mostly because yeah, that's...basically it, yup.]

My agency...was a little something like your school, I think. They have a particular interest in exceptional children.

[superordinary]

In general, or children who'd make good detectives? Hope's Peak Academy didn't discriminate when it came to talent. They even recruited the best yakuza member.

[doitrockapella]

In children of high intellect in general. A fair number of them train as detectives, but there's a reasonably large research division, also. Science, history, foreign language. They look for the brightest and best, really.

[superordinary]

Detective agencies have research divisions? I wasn't aware of that. It does sound a bit like the school, though... It had research labs and everything the students needed to cultivate their talents.

[doitrockapella]

My first partner was an AI who'd been given a fully functional robotic skeleton to walk around in. I'm told that's not precisely the norm for most worlds, either.

[superordinary]

Chief, right? You mentioned naming your starter after your AI partner.

[doitrockapella]

That's right.

[DON'T MIND THE AFOREMENTIONED KADABRA JUST KIND OF POKING HIS HEAD IN AT THAT, EITHER, BECAUSE OH HEY DID YOU WANT SOMETHING — oh, no, evidently not.]

But those were the old days. Things are more advanced now.

[superordinary]

[ SORRY, CHIEF, YOU'RE NOT NEEDED. GO CHILL WITH THE EEVEES. ]

Um, can you show me how to play now? I think we got a little off-topic there. [ He just. Motions to the chess board sitting all alone and unused on the table. ]

[doitrockapella]

Of course.

[With a friendly smile, she doesn't hesitate to turn her attention to the board.]

Are you familiar with how the pieces move, or should we go over that to start with?

[superordinary]

All I know are their names and how to set up the board, so let's start with that.

[doitrockapella]

All right.

[She gestures to the pieces one by one as she explains.]

The pawns can only move directly forward a single space, save for the very first time they move from their starting position, when they can move either one or two spaces. They can only threaten pieces located on a diagonal to their position.

The rooks move in straight lines; the bishops move along the diagonals of the color space they started on. Knights move in an L shape — two spaces ahead, and one to the side. They're also the only piece that can jump others when moving. The queen can move in any direction as many spaces as she wants, and the king can only move one space at a time. Does that make sense so far?

[superordinary]

[ Naegi listens intently to every word she says, taking in and processing all the information. ]

I think so.

[doitrockapella]

You'll get used to it.

[She gestures lightly to the rows of pieces in front of him.]

The first move is yours. Of your sixteen white pieces, ten can make valid first moves — your eight pawns, and your two knights.

[superordinary]

Okay. Let's see...

[ He takes a moment to think it over before moving the pawn from d2 to d4. ]

[doitrockapella]

Not bad.

[Without hesitation, she shifts a pawn of her own, the near mirror-image of his opening.]

Don't worry too much about what happens in the beginning; this stage of the game is usually about feeling your opponent out, setting up your later strategies, and vying for advantageous board positions. Since you're still just getting started, trial and error might be the best way to go; make moves, see what works and what doesn't, and develop a strategy as you see how the pieces are moving in relation to each other.

[superordinary]

Chess sure is complicated, isn't it... Wasn't there a famous chess player who lost to a computer?

[ He takes another moment to think before he shifts a knight to c3. This is an accurate picture of how Naegi feels right now, btw. ]