mercy_rule karasu the game was well out of hand her father hemmed and hawed both from embarassment and astonishment he had only the day before begun to explain the rules of the chessboard to his daughter he knew if he made another move she would have him in check and another beyond that would lead to checkmate "It's alright daddy," she said with a smile in her eyes. the porcelain doll on the seven-year-old child's dresser regarded the scene calmly and silently, it's voice ringing in the childs head like a telephone at the end of a tunnel 010619 ... unhinged i made up my own rule when it comes to my brother. if he is trying to mangle my arms/wrists in any way i squeal at the slightest amount of pain so that i can play my violin. it always works if there is no malicious intent. sometimes i wonder. 010619 what's it to you? who go blather from