#wylie endal

headcanon that sophie really likes to play chess and solitaire (depending on if she has a partner of course) because it gives her something to focus on other than the thoughts penetrating her brain. for some reason, whenever she’s playing her own thoughts become louder and it’s easier to drown out the others. of course, when she was playing chess with a human it was hard not to cheat by hearing their thoughts, but it was always kinda fun to cheat anyway and strategize her way around their moves and throw them off.

after coming to the lost cities, she often plays solitaire when she needs to keep her mind off of something because it takes her entire amount of concentration. sometimes she’ll be in study hall or at the dinner table and she’ll pull out a deck of cards nobody knew she had, and she’ll just start playing. nobody understands the rules, but dex and keefe picked up on some of the patterns, and constantly study her playing.

she taught dex how to play chess one day in study hall (which was much easier because she could just show him the gameplay rules by transmitting images to him) and soon enough they began playing all the time. so often that their friends would just watch them play. often times sophie would manage to bring the board to school so they could play during study hall or when she was recovering in the healing center and it’s just about the one thing sophie looks forward to in her day. she’d never played against someone who matched her level of strategy, and it was nice to finally have a challege. eventually, the rest of the group wanted to learn as well, which lead to a whole tournament to see who the best chess player was among them. (wylie pretended not to be interested but he couldnt pass up a chance to play against sophie, which meant stina wanted to play so she wouldnt be the only member of team valiant not included, then marella joined in so she could beat stina, and marica joined so she could beat wylie - can you see how far this cycle reaches?)

anyway yeah theyre all nerds and sophie likes solitaire thats it thats the whole headcanon

it’s about time i drew everyone together again