((Ah.  I place your knight in the wrong spot on the board I was using to record moves.  Otherwise I would have declared Check, and it's consequences, and I did not... I had the knight next to the King.  I never would have made that mistake otherwise.  But, seeing as I'm not rooting for the count, I'll just pretend he's dazzled, and missed this.))<br/><br/>As the Count says, "Check!" Kasumi's eyes glaze over, she breathes in deeply, and she shudders.  She shakes herself somewhat, and slides her hands down her sides, then she steadies herself, her eyes focusing on Ithi'ka's own once more, her breathing steady again.  There is a faint musky smell now coming from her.<br/><br/>Then, when Ithi'ka takes the rook, the Count frowns, his eyes hard, but he does take a moment to<br/>enjoy June's suddenly naked chest, her soft breasts bouncing somewhat as the Bodice vanishes.  She tries vainly, to cover them with one hand, the other between her legs, but it only makes her appear nakeder.<br/><br/>He then stares at the board, and after a minute, moves the Knight forward one, and right two, into the queen's 4th, next to Ithi'ka's pawn.<br/><br/>"Well, done." He says, with an air of unconcern.  "I was certainly distracted, something that does not often happen in my business.  It was more your companion's control, than her charms, that distracted me, but all is fair, in war and love, so tis said."