( if he had known, makoto would not be offended to think of dextera using him as a substitute for having this experience of playing chess with another given person. he had, after all, extensively used that same tactic to keep himself entertained while working for datenshou — he had fantasized about J, either by way of mental substitution or (barring that as a possibility) had focused instead on how he thought being with J might be different, might be far better and more exciting.
so, no, he doesn't mind being a stand-in, even unknowingly. he sits in the other chair with a silent, sly smile, thoroughly amused by this new, confident dextera that sat across the table from him.
he raises an eyebrow at the proffered white piece; were it someone else, he might have thought of this gesture as a slight, like it was being assumed that he would need whatever tiny handicaps the game could give him. but this is dextera, and he can read from his laugh and his smile that he means this more as a continuation of his own self-assuredness in this regard. in that case... more so than anything regarding himself, makoto wants to reward his gumption. and he wants to see just how justified it is. he reaches out to take the white piece, helping to arrange it and all of its brethren on his side of the board. )
I'm enjoying this new side to you. So, please. Don't hold back.
( to someone who has spent enough time with makoto as dextera, the way that he plays might come across as perfectly characteristic.
there's something to the first few moves that seems unpracticed; as if he feigns being a novice in order to entrench someone into the mistake of underestimating him. but he has awareness to the game and what future moves might come as others are committed that someone new to the game certainly wouldn't be able to manage. much as he does personally, he seems to be trying to provoke him into something daring or risky, regardless of whether or not he might be equipped to deal with it in kind.
perhaps he just wants to see dextera do something daring and risky. )
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so, no, he doesn't mind being a stand-in, even unknowingly. he sits in the other chair with a silent, sly smile, thoroughly amused by this new, confident dextera that sat across the table from him.
he raises an eyebrow at the proffered white piece; were it someone else, he might have thought of this gesture as a slight, like it was being assumed that he would need whatever tiny handicaps the game could give him. but this is dextera, and he can read from his laugh and his smile that he means this more as a continuation of his own self-assuredness in this regard. in that case... more so than anything regarding himself, makoto wants to reward his gumption. and he wants to see just how justified it is. he reaches out to take the white piece, helping to arrange it and all of its brethren on his side of the board. )
I'm enjoying this new side to you. So, please. Don't hold back.
( to someone who has spent enough time with makoto as dextera, the way that he plays might come across as perfectly characteristic.
there's something to the first few moves that seems unpracticed; as if he feigns being a novice in order to entrench someone into the mistake of underestimating him. but he has awareness to the game and what future moves might come as others are committed that someone new to the game certainly wouldn't be able to manage. much as he does personally, he seems to be trying to provoke him into something daring or risky, regardless of whether or not he might be equipped to deal with it in kind.
perhaps he just wants to see dextera do something daring and risky. )