Closed The beautiful game of gobstones

[Jasper Beese]

It had only taken, what nearly a year? But Jasper was finally almost nearly definitely over Tori leaving Hogwarts. She was gone, and he just had to accept it. He hadn’t heard from her either although he hadn’t exactly written either, but neither had she, so that was basically a mutual thing. Sometimes Jasper wondered if Susie had heard from her, but the thought usually got forgotten somewhere in his thoughts.

The Unofficial Gobstones Club had collapsed without Tori as well, which made Jasper wonder if she’d actually been the one running it all along. Not that it mattered, he still loved thinking about gobstones, talking about gobstones, making gobstones related purchases, and most of all playing gobstones. And he had friends to play gobstones with, they weren't Tori but they were at least still his friends. He grinned across at his opponent as he finished setting up, then when ready he gestured to the board. “Ladies first,” he offered to Susie.

Rolled 20 (lol)

@Susie Lagowski

 

[Susie Lagowski]

Susie sat cross-legged on the rug, eyes narrowed at the shiny little gobstones. Pondering. She had never been very good at the game. Even Uncle Nathaniel, who had apparently once managed to squirt himself in the face with gobstone juice, could beat her easy. But she had to say yes to Jasper every once in a while. He had the kind of face you just couldn't bear to disappoint - or at least could only bear to disappoint five or six times in a row.

"Ladies first..." she repeated slowly. Leaning down, she flicked a stone at the central cluster. It sailed right past, missing them all by miles and almost hitting Jasper in the foot. She tipped dramatically to the floor. There was a lot more cat hair on the rug than she'd noticed. "I'm a beater. I don't know how to hit stuff gently."
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Rolled 11
@Jasper Beese

 

[Jasper Beese]

Jasper leaned forward excitedly for Susie’s shot which missed everything and hit his foot instead. He burst into giggles, shaking his head but it was all well meaning. He wasn't laughing at Susie, just her terrible shot. “Okay beater, see a master at work." He angled his shot perfectly with his tongue poking out of his mouth as he concentrated. But just as he threw he felt a tickle in his nose that made him sneeze loudly and unexpectedly. The gobstone launched into the air, arced then plopped down about three foot behind him. Jasper looked behind himself for the gobstones, his eyes looking red and puffy when he turned back to Susie. "Cat fur." He explained, there must be one nearby because his eyes were streaming, "I'm allergic." And then he proceeded to sneeze again, And again. Five times in fact in rapid succession, all over their game of gobstones.

Rolled 4

 

[Susie Lagowski]

Susie propped herself up on one elbow. A ‘master’? Okay - Susie was watching. Ready for a display of unparalleled skill, she jumped when instead she received a spray of unrestrained snot. Gross. And again? And again? AND AGAIN?! She shuffled backwards, out of the danger zone, an expression of pure horror locked on her face. It seemed to go on forever. If she hadn’t been sitting so close, she might even have been impressed.

“You don't say,” she said at last, once it was safe to open her mouth. She inspected her arms gingerly. “I think I’m the one who needs to be blessed after that.” Exams were just around the corner. If she had to do hers with tissues shoved up her nose and steam coming out her ears, she was going to kill him. “Okay… my turn?” The gobstones were probably all snotty now too. Trying not to think too hard about that, she leaned forward and pinged one into the pile. This time, she struck them right in the middle, sending them scattering in all directions. “Master at work.”

(Rolled 15, then 3)​