Challenges and Counters

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Age 15: Zoë enters the Hearts as a Two. Five months later, she challenges Dominik Wortham (3♥) to Go and wins with a score of 213. Dominik counter-challenges in mancala, and Zoe wins handily. Three months later, Zoë challenges Yasmine Sevčik (4♥) in darts and wins with a ton 80 (180). Yasmine does not counter.

Age 16: Zoë challenges Konstantin Skora (5♥) to steeplechase and wins by two lengths. Konstantin counters in tennis and loses to Zoë by two matches. Final score is 7-5.

Age 17: Zoë challenges Tatiana Warszawski (6♥) to chess and wins. Tatiana counters in Trivial Pursuit, which Zoë also wins. After this challenge ends successfully, Zoë informs her mother she will not be challenging to Seven this year and moves out of the family home.

Age 19: Zoë challenges Michael Berardi (7♥) to flatracing and wins by a length. Michael does not counter.

Age 20: Zoë decides to switch Suits to Spades and challenges Emerson Hunter (4♠) to archery and wins with a near perfect score of 29. Emerson does not counter.

Age 20 (September 2012): Zoë challanges Lily Antonov (5♠) to a sword fight to third blood and wins. Lily counters in chess and Zoë defeats her with use of the Latvian Gambit.

Age 21 (March 2012 - projected): Zoë challenges Edison O'Brien (6♠) to a mathematics competition and wins. Edison counters in concert piano recital during the annual spring chamber orchestra concert series; Zoë's rendition of Felix Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto op. 25 is judged superior to Edison's performance of Beethoven's Emperor Concerto and she retains the rank of Six.