“I’m wondering how far you can stretch this chess analogy, Trickster,” Ballistic commented.
And I’m wondering what came first, the chicken or the chess analogy.
Trickster ignored him. “Shatterbird and Burnscar are like bishops. They’ve got mobility, reach, and they can bury you damn fast if you don’t have the right kind of cover.”
Yeah, that’s pretty much my logic too, though I put Shatterbird as the queen because of her incredible versatility and range even beyond what Burnscar can do. Mannequin was more uncertain, but if he’s not here and Siberian isn’t a rook, I guess he can be one of those instead, alongside Crawler.
“What about Mannequin? Another rook?” I asked.
“I’d peg him a knight. He’s more close range, but he’ll catch you from an oblique angle, maybe slip past whatever defences you think you have.”
Alright, fair enough. That means either Bonesaw or Cherish is the other rook. I’d put Cherish there, then, but it seems like Trickster is using slightly more practical criteria than I am.
But while I think either of them would fit the description he’s giving for a knight here, it does seem to me that Bonesaw fits slightly better, whereas Cherish is a heavy hitter like Crawler – though mentally rather than physically.
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