Hi! It is Sarvesh.
I will begin this story and then Hansini will be taking over from me.
I will begin this story and then Hansini will be taking over from me.
First off thank you for your great story, Shanti. We are enjoying this sudden revival of our letters. It makes it easy when we have some good stories to tell.
On the third day we were at the island beach resort Hansini told us about a giant chess board she and Katrina had found. She had asked one of the staff and he had told her that the idea was for people to take the place of chessmen. He also told her to ask the bar manager for further information on organising such a game.
She had then approached the manager who told her that if she could find a team of sixteen people to be her chess “men” he would make an announcement that night during the show to see if there were any other groups who would like to challenge us.
Now she came to the more interesting part where the manager said they usually play Grand Strip Chess. In this game, each player who was ‘removed’ from the board must immediately strip naked. At the end, the losing team must strip completely too, including the person directing the game.
We were discussing whether we wanted to play this way when Hansini added more to the conversation, “I have already decided for you since we have seventeen people, sixteen 'chess men' plus me I have already entered us as the first team. If they can get another team together tonight, we will play tomorrow.”
Well, that was an interesting surprise.
“You didn’t even give us a chance to agree?” asked Lizamoa.
“No,” she replied with a grin. “Is that a problem Lizamoa? I’m sure you don’t have any problem taking your clothes off in front of everyone.”
“Well not really. You can count me in. But what about some others who might?” said Lizamoa.
"Oh, I forgot," Hansini replied. “What about you Katrina?”
“I’m Ok with it Hansini. It might be some fun too,” replied Katrina.
That surprised me she agreed so quickly to join in, but then I notice since we had been at the Resort, Katrina had become a lot bolder.