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"0" /./././ WELCOME TO THE CHESSBOARD ! /./././

Greetings, You !

So yeah, indeed : welcome (to the Chessboard) !

This is actually a FOREWORD, in which I will explain a few things and make a dedication for this story, so if you're one of those eager / impatient teenagers (or adults, coz I know that there are some "old farts" on here… even got to know a fifty-year-old, figure out !), then ya can skip this and jump directly to next chappy, which is the real start of the story plot.

For those who are patient enough to stay… a great THANXXXX first, for helping me avoid to insult ya like I did wz the impatient ones… nah, scratch that, I didN'T insult anybody here, promised ( * cross fingers behind my back * )… and then, after thanking ya, here comes a not-so-lil' bit of explanation about this story here !

So uh… where to begin wz ? Ah yes, HERE : I've tried my hand at different genres up to now : lemons (one mixing sex wz love, the other blending sex wz friendship), adventures (containing lotta drama and suspense each time, one also including love), lesbian love stories (involving drama, one of them also containing a bit of action), suspenseful drama (wz a human-alien love plot), and finally horror story (first attempt at this genre… and first one-shot).

Ya know, I'm like a supermarket : ya can find a bit of everything at "Dixxy's", eh eh !

But there is a genre I never wrote about, and which I had been considering giving a try at : COMEDY ! :D

My favourite type of films and readings is drama, and that somehow rubbed off on my writing : my plotlines are indeed almost always based on drama (except for the lemons). But I still like good comic stuff, not silly one, cheesy one, "easy" one, but something that's either clever / subtle humor or something quirky. The main idea is to avoid making it "cheap", too basic… I'm not one for "easy laughs", y'know !

And its kind of a challenge for me, coz I'm so used to tragic or suspenseful or dark plots (I feel almost depressed as I write those words, duh !) that now suddenly choosing to make laugh definitely doesn't go wzout saying. I'm in unfamiliar territory here… but hey, why not a tall order every now and then, instead of remaining in the same clear and calm waters of WellKnownLand ! (never heard of it ? sure ? ya will, ya will…)

So I'm on my way to craft what I hope will be a good comedy, but rather faltering about the outcome. Yet I'm still slowly climbing up the stairs leading to the Chessboard, my fingers crossed hard for an achievement of sort.

As always, I'll be dedicating this story to someone in particular. I always do that (OCD much ?) : I just like my efforts to be notably made for a precise person, or sometimes two or three precise persons. And given that this is a comedy, the dedicatee is quite easy to name :

SKYCHILD101

This Serbian-Canadian authoress (yes, I know, Ana : I DID spill the beans about your ID… sue me ! XD) is much of an oddball… and a goofball together ! (you're welcome, Ana !) And we've had so many crazy laughs together that it seems only fair that I dedicate this entertaining fic' to her. Which is the second story in a row that I address to her specifically ! Hope ya like this one, Ana, ya nutty teen who always manage to pull at least a smile off me ! :D

So yeah, that was it for the FOREWORD. Ah, and please be merciful wz me glossary- wise and grammar-wise : English is not my mother tongue (it's French, I come from the French part of Switzerland, one of Europa's tiniest countries ! * V-sign * ), so I have to look up many words to make sure I don't use them improperly, but even like that, I'm aware that my writing will sound awkward sometimes so… thanxxxx for bearing wz Imperfect Old Me and not crucifying me for every single language imprecision or clumsiness ! Your indulgence will be way appreciated ! ( * start preparing gifts for merciful reviewers * )

Alright, there I am, standing wz ya all, dear Folxxxx, right on the side of the Chessboard. It's time to start the game, isn't it ? Hopefully it'll be amusing enough to ya all… and therefore postpone a bit more my first FFailure ! ^^

Okay, time for the first move ! And so, just like that, it's time to…

N'JOY !

/./././ Léo /./././