Daria vs the Fairies

Daria scowled as she found herself up against three new opponents. It wasn't the fact that she now had to face 4 opponents at once that had her agitated, rather, it was the fact that three of these new opponents were supposedly regular old WWCF employees seemingly unaffiliated with the Fairy league.

"Why are you all here? I thought you weren't-"

"No, we weren't part of the league while Scharlachrot was still alive, or at least, some of us weren't. I'm more of a new recruit," Myfanwy stated.

"And how about you, Buffy? I thought you were one of the league's staunchest opponents."

"Ever here of a psy-op, maestro?"

Daria was unable to tell if this was truth, or simple brainwashing like what had happened with her SPCMs. But the answer to that could potentially lie in Azalea.

"The other two hail from UK nations, but why are you here?"

"Heather's the queen of Australia. We Aussies heed our queen's words."

With that statement, Daria's fears were confirmed. "Dammit, the Fairies took advantage of Heather's royal blood and status as queen of England to sway other nations within the UK and commonwealth to them. This is going to bring nothing but headaches all around," she thought.

As for the games, they took off at a rapid pace. While the goal of the Fairies was to wear Daria down, it was easier said than done. In Medeucesa's case, following Daria's move of pawn to e5, it went knight c3, knight f6, knight f3, knight c6, e3, bishop b4, queen c2, bishop captures c3, queen captures c3, queen e7, d4, e4, knight d2, d5, c captures d5, knight captures d5, and finally queen c5, until Daria gained the upper hand.

Daria also managed to quickly gain winning positions against the others as well, instantly souring their moods. Scowls plastered their faces as they began to drag their feet when deciding their next move. This worked out somewhat decently for the more skilled players like Medeucesa, but the less skilled ones soon found themselves in panic land as their clocks ticked down to under 3 minutes. It wasn't long before the three reinforcements had all lost on time.

Medeucesa meanwhile was struggling to hold out until reinforcements arrived, for if she lost now, Daria and Ina would walk free.

"Did thou call for thine aide of the fair elven chieftess? We hath arrived with entourage," Leah sang as she, Ethelreda, Ermengarde, and Kymber all stormed in.

Medeucesa breathed a sigh of relief as the four all got to the table in time to challenge Daria, and lasted a few more minutes before being mated. Shortly after, Sorcha left the room and returned a moment later with an unconscious and tied-up Mimoko.

Daria's eyes narrowed, but she didn't let the new hostage situation effect her gameplay.

"My, nerves of steel. Though I guess if you win, she goes free too. Perhaps another hostage will shake you up?" Sorcha mused.

"And who would that be?"

"How about a teammate! Managed to dupe her like the idiot she is!" Francie snickered as she arrived with her teammates and an unconscious and tied-up Iori in tow.

Other members of the Welsh women's team such as a girl with multi-colored shoulder length hair named, Jasna Ifans, a girl with blonde hair with brunette highlights named Olwen Powys, a green-haired woman named Non Lush, and a woman with curly auburn hair named, Fflur Naegle, were the next wave to stroll in along with the four other members of the Northern Ireland women's team, just as Daria finished routing all the New Zealanders and had almost cleared out all the Australians but Francie.

"And that is how we got here. So absorb all that?" Sorcha asked.

Mimoko and Iori blinked, but subtly nodded. Mimoko turned her gaze to Daria, who despite now facing 10 opponents at once, didn't look to be showing any signs of fatigue.

"Daria Inahara, a monster said to turn into a cold calculated killing machine when seated at the chessboard. She never lost, and at worst drew against high-level opponents, but it was that very strength that invoked calls for her to be banned from play, as she'd constantly compete in any tournament happening and dominate every one of them, leaving others in the dust and causing some to even quit chess due to never being able to surpass her. I never knew Okaa-chan had such a past, or that she could be so cold at the chessboard, but I guess, I got a taste of that back when I first played her," Mimoko thought.

Iori meanwhile had set her sights solely on Francie. "When I get out of this, your ass is fucked," she thought.

A few seconds later, Francie let out a groan as Daria mated her, meaning Australia's women's team had now completely been wiped by Daria. Wales fell quickly as well as did three of the four Northern Irish women. Now, all but the 2777-rated Lí Ban Glas remained.

"Just hold on tight, love. The main fleet should be coming soon," Sorcha cheered.

"Shouldn't be taking them this long. Thought they were all gonna go for draws while Queen Heather played for the win," Lí Ban scowled.

Lí Ban was a skilled player, but against Daria, she was being shredded like hot butter. While she was holding her ground, not having increments was really hurting as Daria would often make her moves within a second, meaning all her opponents had to have already predicted her next move in order to avoid losing too much time, which was easier said than done.

"Hmm... Seems Belgium's being uncooperative... Guess that means we unleash wave m1," Sorcha giggled as she sent a text on her phone.

Almost immediately after, the door to the room swung open as Sir Grobhand galloped in on his toy horse.

"Hail! I've come to your aide, fair princess!"

Daria let out a groan, but there was no real reason to be upset. Sir Grobhand was easy fodder. However, it was the folks that strolled in after him that really justified her groan. Dr. Jack Howard Hyde, a grey-haired man wearing the same mask and attire that Col Baskerville Moran had, a knight in gold armor, and a man with slicked up grey hair.

Daria recognized them all. "Jack Howard Hyde, Marshall Baskerville, Baron von Borg, and Jake Moriarty all in addition to Sir Grobhand. It's England's men's team, the very team the WWCF first approved for play primarily due to their heavy Desperado presence. So did Heather sway them to her cause as well?"

The full game:

White: Medeucesa Indikó (2406) Black: Maestro Himitsu (Daria Inoue) (3200)

1. c4 e5

2. Nc3 Nf6

3. Nf3 Nc6

4. e3 Bb4

5. Qc2 Bxc3

6. Qxc3 Qe7

7. d4 e4

8. Nd2 d5

9. cxd5 Nxd5

10. Qc5 Qxc5

11. dxc5 Ndb4

12. Rb1 Nxa2

13. Bc4 Nab4

14. O-O Bf5

15. h3 a5

16. g4 Bg6

17. Rd1 O-O-O

18. Ra1 h5

19. Kg2 Kb8

20. Ra4 hxg4

21. hxg4 f5

22. Be6 fxg4

23. Bxg4 Bh5

24. Bxh5 Rxh5

25. Ra1 Rg5+

26. Kf1 Rxc5

27. Ke2 Rc2

28. Kf1 b6

29. Kg2 Kb7

30. b3 Na2

31. Rxa2 Rxa2

32. Kh2 Ne5

33. Kg3 Rc2

34. Rh1 Rxc1

35. Rxc1 Rxd2

36. Rh1 Nd3

37. f3 Re2

38. fxe4 Rxe3+

39. Kh4 Rxe4+

40. Kg5 Ka6

41. Rf1 Re7

42. Rf3 Nc5

43. Kh5 Kb5

44. Kg5 Ne6+

45. Kg6 Nd4

46. Rf7 Rxf7

47. Kxf7 Nxb3

48. Kxg7 a4

49. Kf6 a3

50. Ke5 a2

51. Ke6 a1=Q

52. Kd7 Nc5+

53. Kxc7 Qd1

54. Kb8 Qd7

55. Ka8 Qb7#