Hello everyone! Today, an Auggie-centric episode arrives on our TV screens! HUZZAH FOR SHIRTLESS AUGGIE! Because you all know we love that. ;D So anyway, sorry about yesterday's delay but I got pulled away from my computer to hang out at a friend's house who I haven't seen in ages.

So today's word doesn 't even sound like a word… or it's pronunciation… wtf? Lol.

Oh, and before we start, I admit to being one of the biggest geeks I know… yay for geekdom!

So onward, my Auggie-loving friends.


Zugzwang- (n) A situation in which a player is limited to moves that have a damaging effect


Annie's jaw fell open in surprise at the sight before her. Auggie sat cross-legged on the floor with a languid smile on his face as his nephew stared at the stacks of cards on the floor.

Russell's eyes were wide in admiration, fingers tracing over the edges of the tops of the cards in awe. "Where … how… holy crapola…" The thirteen year old couldn't even complete a sentence.

Auggie's smile grew. "I'm a pure-bred dork, Russ. What do you expect?"

Russ couldn't even work up the words to reply. Annie took the liberty for him. "All of those are yours?"

Auggie glanced wildly in the direction of Annie's voice. "Yu-Gi-Oh is…"

"Geeky?" Annie threw out.

He shot her a minor glare, contradicting her. "Awesome."

She laughed, a small smile on her face and in her voice. "Right."

Russ piped up in the moment of silence that followed. "Hey Uncle Auggie?"

"Mmm?" Auggie's eyes fell back in that direction.

"What does this card do?" He stuck it in his uncle's direction, then retracted it as he remembered Auggie's disability. "Uh, sorry. I mean…"

Auggie laughed and stuck his hand out. "I got Braille descriptions put on the backs of the slips. Hand it over."

Russ gently dropped it in his hand. Auggie's fingers ran over the back of the card, a small smile coming to his face. By the time he was done reading, the languid smile had returned to his face. "This is one of my favorites. It limits your opponent to using cards with attack points under a level of your choosing for four turns. Basically you're forcing them to press the self-destruct button."

Annie's eyebrows rose. "Somehow you manage not to sound like a sadist when you explain that."

He laughed. "Maybe because it's a card game?"

"No." She replied. "Card players can be sadistic."

He snorted. "I just don't see how that's possible."

Russ's eyes bounced back and forth like he was watching a tennis match, eventually clearing his throat to end their banter. They both glanced at him apologetically.

"Sorry Russ." Auggie amended, turning back to his nephew. "Any other questions?"

Russ's eyes lit up and he started flipping through the cards. Auggie laughed and prepared himself for an onslaught of questions, while Annie seated himself on Auggie's couch, a small giggle escaping her mouth.

"By boyfriend's such a dork…"

"I heard that." He replied with a smirk. "And you know you love me for it."

Russ made gagging noises and that was the end of that.


Bwahahaha! That was fun! Auggie's a Yu-Gi-Oh dork! Huzzah! And his nephew is uncomfortable with their romance… lol.

Well, R&R please and thanks for reading!

Until tomorrow,

Cali