The wayward queen

In the commentating booth, Daria continued to fixate on Mimoko's game. With a rookie opponent with no formal rating, the match was naturally a one-sided victory for Mimoko. Her opponent was a young woman with long white hair, who garbed herself in a regal white dress and was adorned with various gold and silver jewelry on her arms, neck, and left ankle. Her white slip-on sneakers appeared to be the odd thing out about her outfit, until one was to learn the price of said sneakers was a six-figure amount.

Her name was literally listed as Ojou Sama, and she had opened with e4, inviting e5 from Mimoko. Then true to her name, she launched her queen to h5.

"BEHOLD! THE POWER OF THE QUEEN! YOU SHALL BE THE FIRST TO FALL!" Ojou laughed aloud.

Mimoko shook her head in silence and moved her pawn to d6.

"AHEM! YOUR QUEEN UNLEASHES A DECREE UPON THEE! RESPOND! Or has your tongue already been severed?" Ojou scoffed as she moved her bishop to c4.

"Talking is forbidden outside of giving checks," Mimoko sighed as she moved her pawn to g6.

"THE ATTACK ON THE KING!? THEN KILL IT SAYS I!" Ojou shouted as she captured the pawn at f7 with her bishop.

Mimoko rolled her eyes and captured said bishop with her king.

"DEATH TO THE KING!" Ojou shouted as she moved her queen to f3.

Mimoko blocked effortlessly by moving her knight to f6, but Ojou was not done throwing punches. She rapidly slid her queen to b3, sending Mimoko's king to g7. Then came a break in the checks as Ojou opted to move her pawn to d4, allowing Mimoko to capture said pawn with her e-pawn. Of course, this was all so Ojou could deliver another bishop suicide check via bishop h6. Just like before, Mimoko captured the bishop with her king.

"MY PAWNS HAVE LURUED YOUR KING TO DEATH! CHECK, WAS IT! DIE BEFORE YOUR QUEEN!" Ojou shouted as she moved her queen to h3.

"No, now you get your comeuppance for haphazardly sacrificing your bishops," Mimoko thought as she captured the queen at h3 with her bishop.

Ojou's face suddenly contorted with horror as sweat began to pour down it. "My queen... My soul... H- How dare you," she trembled as she meekly captured the bishop at h3 with her g-pawn.

At this point, it was simply a matter of cleanup as Mimoko captured the pawn at e4 with her knight. Ojou, still too dejected by the loss of her queen, meekly moved her pawn to c4. Now in a mating sequence, Mimoko moved her queen to h4, with Ojou refusing to yield, perhaps due to pride, and dejectedly moving her pawn to a4.

Yet after Mimoko moved her pawn to d3, she noticed something odd as Ojou moved her rook to a3. "Check. Why have you not moved the knights at all?" Mimoko asked as she captured the pawn at f2 with her queen.

"I- I... I despise horses. They are vile creatures," Ojou trembled as she moved her king to d1.

"Pettiness like that will do you no favors here. Checkmate," Mimoko sighed as she moved her queen to f1, winning the game.

"I have lost, my head... is yours to mount upon your walls," Ojou trembled as she took to a knee and bowed her head.

"Uh, I don't want to kill you."

"I MUST BE PUNISHED! I, the queen have fallen on the battlefield. I am now no more than your property."

"Um, that's not-"

"MIMOKO-SAMA! I BEG YOU, GRANT ME THE MERCY OF LIFE! I'LL SERVE YOU TO DEATH, DO WHATEVER YOU WISH, EVEN IF IT MAY BE A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY!"

Mimoko sighed and covered her face with her hand. "In that case, shave your head. Eyebrows, and eyelashes too."

"Humiliation... Very well. My execution will be in 4 days time on the 12th of the month."

All Mimoko could do was let out another heavy sigh. "It's always the weirdos that end up before me," she thought.

The full game:

White: Ojou Sama (N/A) Black: Mimoko Inoue (2858)

1. e4 e5

2. Qh5 d6

3. Bc4 g6

4. Bxf7+ Kxf7

5. Qf3+ Nf6

6. Qb3+ Kg7

7. d4 exd4

8. Bh6+ Kxh6

9. Qh3+ Bxh3

10. gxh3 Nxe4

11. c4 Qh4

12. a4 d3

13. Ra3 Qxf2+

14. Kd1 Qf1#