Strategy Game; Period Five; Friday 07.10.09

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"Um, hello," Reid said, once his students were assembled. "I'm Dr. Spencer Reid, and if you're here, you... signed up for my class on strategic board games. If you didn't sign up, but you want to be part of the class anyway, stick around, and talk to me after class." He swallowed, and looked around the class again.

"We're... Not going to do much today, ah, just. Introduce yourself, and tell the class about your favourite game. After that, feel free to um, have fun," he said, gesturing to the board games that sat on each table.

"Ah, also, I'm looking for a TA. If you're interested, please see me after class."

((ooc: TA has already been decided, but you're welcome to talk to Reid about it anyway.))

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((OCD up!))

Comments

Re: Talk to Reid

[cutsthestrings.livejournal.com]

"I know all the information. I've just never actually played them."

Which, yes, frustrating and stupid, but she couldn't really help it.

Re: Talk to Reid

[bau-woobie.livejournal.com]

"Well, you want to... give it a try right now, before we pick the rest of this up?" he asked.

Re: Talk to Reid

[cutsthestrings.livejournal.com]

She looked around the room, wondering which one he'd want to test her on.

"Sure. You pick."

Re: Talk to Reid

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"Let's start with checkers," Reid said. He pulled out one of the boards. "Do you-- Do you know how to set it up?"

Re: Talk to Reid

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She nodded and started pulling out the little discs to place them on the appropriate squares.

"Books. Most of what I know, I learned from books," she explained, her head down over the board as she placed the pieces.

Re: Talk to Reid

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"That's a perfectly acceptable way to learn things," Reid replied. "That's the way I learned most of what I know, as well. Though, I think I've had a few more years than you out of-- out of school, and my mother's home."

Re: Talk to Reid

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"It blew up," she noted absently as she placed the last piece. Then she looked up at him with a little smile.

Her smiles were fake, but oddly enough, there was no attempt at deception. They were just... routine. What she was supposed to do. She just wasn't feeling anything at the moment.

Re: Talk to Reid

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He tilted his head very slightly.

"Your mother's house?" he asked. "Is that what blew up?"

That was somewhat disturbing, but it would explain the artificial nature of her smile.

Re: Talk to Reid

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"The town. Mostly. And we had an apartment. Well, an apartment building."

She looked up.

"Did you want black?"

Re: Talk to Reid

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Reid made a note to mention it to Morgan - and have Garcia look into it. He was supposed to be on vacation, but something like that bore looking into.

"Take whichever colour you'd like," he said.

Re: Talk to Reid

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She gave him a bit of a Look.

"Black or red?"

Re: Talk to Reid

[bau-woobie.livejournal.com]

"Red," he finally said.

Re: Talk to Reid

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He was being easy on her.

"All right," she said as she turned the board and considered her first move. She made it after about a minute.

Re: Talk to Reid

[bau-woobie.livejournal.com]

Reid took his move more quickly, and waited for Fiona to make hers.

Re: Talk to Reid

[cutsthestrings.livejournal.com]

"So you learned a lot from books too?"

Re: Talk to Reid

[bau-woobie.livejournal.com]

"I wouldn't be where I am if I hadn't," Reid replied.

Re: Talk to Reid

[cutsthestrings.livejournal.com]

She nodded, letting that sit for a moment as she made her move.

"Did you ever read Marcellus Masters’s Practical First Aid and Surgical Guide?"

Maybe they knew some of the same books?

Re: Talk to Reid

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Blink.

Blink.

Blink.

"I've heard of it, but I've never found a copy. It's-- You've read it? Really?"

Re: Talk to Reid

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She nodded absently.

"I have it in my room. My brother and I had to read it when we were little so we'd know what to do if something came up."

Re: Talk to Reid

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"Could I... Is there an chance I could take a look at it?" he asked.

Re: Talk to Reid

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That made her look up.

"Sure. It's kind of old, though, so you have to be careful with it."

Re: Talk to Reid

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"Of course," he said automatically. "Um... Should I ask, uh, why a girl your age has such a rare and-- valuable volume? I mean, besides the obvious, that it was around growing up?"

Re: Talk to Reid

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She looked up.

"My mother gave it to me. Me and Eliot. Our whole apartment was always full of books. Most of them are older than fifty years old and we learned how to take care of them when we were little."

And Cee had told her to take it, just in case.

Re: Talk to Reid

[bau-woobie.livejournal.com]

"...Wow."

Re: Talk to Reid

[cutsthestrings.livejournal.com]

One dark eyebrow arched.

"I told you. It was kind of weird."