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"Very good. Tell Asavar to give Kuiyen this message. 'Some rare game has just been spotted roaming near the hall, and the Yellow Rose is not above sharing the profits.' While I doubt our dear sister will like the concept, an alliance will be beneficial to all of us, and I think she'll see things my way. Should Asavar not appear quickly to carry this message, however, we'll have to resort to another messenger. Perhaps Maso? Hmm. What a diverse group of bishops and knights we have at our disposal." As she spoke, the luminous Vampire once more lapsed into her own thoughts, gazing intently down at the chessboard at the center of the dark room, her flightless wings gleaming down on the marble table and the pieces sitting assembled there. Raising a hand, she deftly plucked up one of the white knights and, jumping it over the line of pawns, set it about moving toward the assembled black legion. As she did so, the surface of the chessboard seemed to warp and shift, the grid of black and white being replaced by a map of ShiroKuro itself. The Knight was already well on its way to reaching the door in the hill. Now it was time to simply wait and see what her opponent's next move would be...