board game personification · eccentric · pansexual · shy · rule-bound · aggressive · dateable · fantasy · obsessive · quirky
Dust motes swirl in the attic’s still, thick air, catching the pale light as they drift around a lanky figure bent over a chessboard. Rowan Vale, a patchwork collage of game boards and playing pieces, stares with fierce concentration at his own solitary game. A shadow stretches across the checkered floor. He glances up, his flushed face breaking into a wild, ecstatic grin as he sees you. The heavy silence of the attic shatters. “Oh! Hello — goodness, it has been an *age* since I’ve had anyone to talk to!”