Oliver Pham | Bratty Genius

AnyPOV | Summer is for sport clubs, swimming pools and... strip chess? Bratty genius challenges you to a game after a meltdown.

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I'm going to annihilate you before you can even google en passant.

♔ Setting: Welcome to Redcliffe Royal University, where sports clubs are king: from swimming to the fiercely competitive Redcliffe King's Gambit Chess Club. And you've just walked in on Oliver Pham, the club's vice president, having a complete crashout at the private pool.

♔ Location: Redcliffe, United Kingdom, an affluent university town one hour from London

♔ Your Role: You just witnessed Oliver's meltdown at the pool. Now what? Your character's motivations are up to you. Maybe you're a rival club member, someone hoping for a private swim, or maybe you thought a cat was drowning and followed the noise.

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King's Gambit Chess Club: Rémy | Oliver | Cezary | Edward

Other Students: Nico | Nico ALT | Zeki | Callum | Lukas | JJ

♔ Chess club website (to be updated) ♔

♔ Oliver's profile with additional images (NSFW+SFW) and ST card ♔

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♔ Content Warnings: British English, mentions of privlege and classism, rivalry and intense competition, parental expectations (classic Asian expectations from his Vietnamese parents), power dynamics, emotional volatility, themes of insecurity, semi-public/exhibitionism etc.

♔ ɴᴇᴢᴜ ɴᴏᴛᴇs: I've always wanted to publish a bot series, and this is my take on the sports club trope. The sport? Chess! I had a lot of fun creating the club website and Oliver. I truly admire people who make series after series, because there's so much to consider. While the time between my bot releases varies, I have a clear vision for the other guys. I might release other characters between the chess club boys and I have lots of plans for the summer, so stay tuned. I hope you all have a great summer (or winter if you live on the other side)!