Agatha and Kana

March 15th, 2015...

At a lab in Wakō, Agatha hummed as she walked through the facility. "So much science. I wonder if there's anything that could give me an edge over mother," she thought.

As she continued her stroll, Agatha noticed something that caught her interest and decided to check it out. She entered a room to find Skaberghast and 3 other people all huddled around a chessboard, watching two people play. Agatha had dabbled in chess a bit and knew a bit about the game, but what intrigued her was the fact that the area around the chessboard was seemingly that of an outdoor meadow.

As the game ended in victory for a violet-haired woman seated at the Black end of the board, the meadow began to vanish, but more intriguing was that the woman's opponent suddenly began doing a loach scooping dance as the other scientists frantically wrote in their notes.

"So is this an experiment in improving chess skills?" Agatha asked.

"Ara, that could be considered so. And you are?" the violet-haired woman smiled.

"Just a sponsor looking to sponsor. So was that meadow just now witchcraft?"

"Witchcraft? Hmm, perhaps in the archaic sense, yes, but the reality is far more rooted in science. How familiar are you with holographic technology?"

"Hollow what now?"

The woman smiled and introduced herself as Kana Tanabe before explaining in detail what she meant. Agatha didn't understand a word, but figured it'd be in her best interests to do so, as it could help her usurp Mother Salem as head of the Broadstone family.

"So, Kana, what's the gist of the experiment?"

"It's a simple task on paper; create a device that can force people into chess games."

"What do you mean by that?"

A playful smirk appeared on Kana's face as nodded to one of her co-workers. "Why don't I show you first-hand. Though you would need to consent first."

After Agatha did so, one of the other scientists activated a small circular device, causing a chessboard to appear.

"Now for our wager, hmm... How about loser gets their hair and eyebrows dyed green."

"Huh? Why not have loser end up bald?" Skaberghast grumbled.

"Because you're the only one here with a perverted fetish for bald women," one of the other scientists glared.

Kana however, began to chuckle. "Very well, but just for me. I wouldn't want this poor woman to end up bald because of me."

"You saying you're good at this game? Like a grandmaster?" Agatha asked.

"Sadly not. International master is the best I've managed to achieve, and the field is only getting younger and more talented, making it far harder to get the GM tile. Now, shall we begin?" Kana smiled as she moved her pawn to e4.

Agatha nodded, and moved her pawn to c6. "So what's so bad about you going bald?"

"Oh nothing much, but Manfred is a bit extreme in his preferences so I'd end up without a single hair anywhere on my head. Hair, eyebrows, eyelashes, none would remain," Kana chuckled as she moved her pawn to d4.

"You're talking like you've experienced it first hand," Agatha smirked as she moved her pawn to d5.

"Ara, ara. Keen perception you've got. Ah, that was quite the humiliating experience. Three rounds of shaving cream, two rounds of wax and depilatory cream, I was afraid I'd never have hair again," Kana sighed as she moved her knight to c3.

"Wow, sounds humiliating," Agatha snickered as she captured the pawn on e4 with her d-pawn.

"Indeed it was. My family didn't even recognize me, but their reactions were priceless. Though I did sport the look quite nicely if I do say so myself," Kana smiled as she captured the pawn on e4 with her knight.

"That's only your subjective opinion though. wouldn't the sciency types need to confirm that first hand," Agatha snickered as she moved her knight to d7.

"Quite the convoluted way of expressing your confidence in victory. Though there is plenty of documentation of my hairless state. I will admit the prospect of going bald didn't phase me much as I did use to buzz my head and eyebrows back in my school days. My, I really was a different person back then. But I had never been shaved so smoothly before, so the experience was an intriguing case study. My head was so tantalizing smooth, I think I awakened a bald fetish within myself. Ah, that was probably the horniest and most embarrassing period of my life. I was constantly having my husband shave me, massage me, it seemed sexual role-play was all we were doing with our time," Kana chuckled as she moved her queen to e2.

"Then maybe you need to go bald again," Agatha snickered as she moved her g-knight to f6.

"No, while the experience was tantalizing and sexually stimulating, life doesn't revolve around that 24/7. I do have a day job, you know. But I think green will look good on you."

"Huh? What do you mean by that?"

"You just lost. Checkmate, silly," Kana giggled as she moved her knight to d6, winning the game.

Agatha stared at the board with her jaw hung open, but greater surprise came to her when metal tentacles suddenly sprouted from the circular device and restrained her before dying her hair and eyebrows green before releasing her and deactivating.

"Whoa, this actually dyed my hair. Hmm, green kind of suits me... Eh, I'll keep it for a few years. What else could that thing force you to do?"

As soon as Kana confirmed that the sky was essentially the limit, a malicious grin spread on Agatha's face. "So it could force someone to cede all their power to you, yes?"

The prompt caused Kana to frown, but confirm it was doable. 

"PERFECT! Then I'll be investing heavily in this!" Agatha grinned as she slammed down a fat stack of cash.

And thus, the seeds for a conspiracy that would occur 4 years later was sown. 

The full game:

White: Kana Tanabe (2430) Black: Agatha Broadstone (166)

1. e4 c6

2. d4 d5

3. Nc3 dxe4

4. Nxe4 Nd7

5. Qe2 Ngf6

6. Nd6#