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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 2298407" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p><strong>Chapter 39, “The City of New Orleans”, Tuesday, March 14th, 1882:</strong></p><p></p><p>In her room, Kate dug through her trunk for one of the few fancy dresses she'd brought from Boston. She pulled out an emerald green gown with beading along the cap sleeves and bodice. The neckline itself was low, with black lace bringing it up higher. Ruby helped her into the gown, and Kate was pleased that Ruby had to actually pull her corset a bit. She had been too thin before, the corset had hung on her like a stiff shirt. After the dress was on and settled correctly, Kate swept her hair up and pinned it elaborately behind her head in loose, twisted curls. </p><p></p><p>"I don't have any jewelry like yours," Kate said, admiring Ruby's necklace, "But I have a few things." She pulled out a gold, diamond shaped brooch set with a single green stone, long black gloves, and three slim gold bangles. Kate turned her head this way and that. "That'll have to do. Let's go overwhelm Mr. Gonzales with our splendor." Ruby and Kate arrived at Mr. Gonzales door and instead of walking right in they knock.</p><p></p><p>He doesn't answer and they get tired of waiting and go inside. Kate and Ruby state the incantation to open up the secret Mansion. They see Manuel Gonzales waiting inside, attired in the nice suit that Simon Bolivar had purchased for him. Gonzales says "There you are. We're almost ready to go." "We?" Kate asks. Gonzales says, "Yes, Sonoma will be joining us." He calls into the Mansion's main bedroom "Sonoma, they're here. Are you changed yet?"</p><p></p><p>Sonoma sweeps out of the other room. The upper section of her hair pulled up in a bun and sewn with freshwater pearls. A tall silver comb anchors a delicate black veil that cascades down her back dotted here and there with more fresh water pearls that have a violet hue to them. The deep violet the silk gown fits tightly around her upper body ending in yards and yards of a very full silk skirt. More fresh water pearls close the selves as buttons and the bottom of the gown is encircled with black lace that matches the veil. "I'm ready whenever you are" she says smiling "It's nice not to be covered with mud for a change.”</p><p></p><p>Ruby exclaims, "Oh I'm so excited!" Ruby smiled. "Where are we going?" He replies, "New Orleans". Ruby eyes grow large and she grabs Kate's arm. "I always wanted to go to New Orleans!" Ruby jumps up and down a few times. "You know they accept magic there..." She says to Sonoma and says, "I've never seen you all dressed up! You look beautiful! This is going to be fun... wait..." She turns to Gonzales and asks curiously, "Why are we going to New Orleans?"</p><p></p><p>"For dinner," he replies. She replies, "All the way there just for dinner?" Ruby furrows her brow but only for a moment, "Oh, who cares. Let's go!" Kate gave her teacher an inquiring look but didn't ask any more questions. They would find out what he was up to when he was ready. </p><p>"Sonoma, you're lovely," Kate complemented her. "I'm ready whenever you are." </p><p></p><p>He leads them into his workroom where a fire is already burning in his brazier. He says, "You all know the routine." He makes the incantation, tosses in the pink powder and thrusts out his hands. The three women are already holding hands and the two free hands grasp his. The room around them disappears........and they find themselves standing inside of a dark mausoleum filled with caskets, a faint amount of light shining through stained glass windows. </p><p></p><p>Gonzales quickly puts out the fire in the brazier before the entire crypt fills up with smoke. Kate covered her mouth and coughed, shrinking back from the nearest casket. "Well, it's private enough, I suppose." Ruby looks around at her new surroundings. "Um.. ewww..." She looks at Manuel. "I know, I know... Can we get out of here please? It's creepy." Sonoma comments, “There is nothing to be worried about. Any dead that would walk would be from elsewhere. We are safe here. Ruby says, "Dead that would walk? You mean like Storm?"</p><p></p><p>He says, "Well yes, we can depart.” The head outside and find themselves surrounded by more crypts. He comments "One thing about New Orleans is that it is so low, below sea level in fact, that they can't bury their dead. So all cemeteries consist of crypts. That greatly assists us wizards in traveling here, providing multiple private places right inside the city. Plus so many people visit these crypts to pay their respects that nobody thinks anything of seeing a group of people exiting from one." </p><p></p><p>They pass through some iron gates and find themselves on a busy city street, with gas street lamps illuminating the roadway. Dozens of horse drawn carriages pass going both directions. Elegant mansions line both side of the roadway. Sonoma asks, “So where are we going to dine?”</p><p></p><p>He says, "We are going to dine at a restaurant known as the Commander's Palace. Emile Commander established the restaurant two years ago and it already has a reputation as being the finest in the city. It is patronized by all of the most distinguished families. It is at the corner of Washington Avenue and Coliseum Street, around a quarter mile from here. We are a bit early so I thought you might enjoy a short walk around this fine city."</p><p></p><p>"A walk would be lovely," Kate smiled. "How are we early? Are we expected by someone, or is the restaurant not open yet?" He says, "We're dining with somebody but we have a little over an hour until our reservation. Come along, I'll show you this city. I know it well, I even lived here for almost a year, but that was a long time ago." Ruby raised her eyebrow at Kate, then took Mr. Gonzales arm. "When did you live here?" she asks as they start walking.</p><p></p><p>He states, "Well over a century ago, a short while before you were born Sonoma. I was here from summer 1766 until late spring 1767. The City was a bit of a 'no-man's land' at that point. At the end of Europe's Seven-Year-War in the 1763 Treaty of Paris France ceding the city to Spain. But Spain was too preoccupied with their holdings in Central and South America to be bothered with it. They didn't even send an occupying army until 1769. It was nice to be here then, as it was about the only place in the Americas that the European powers left alone."</p><p></p><p>Ruby says, "You know, it must be nice to live so long, you get to see so many amazing things, see the times change, travel all over. Have a full exciting life. I'm a bit jealous." She is quiet for a moment as they continue to walk. "So, who are we meeting for dinner?" He replies, "We are dining with a French wizard, the Grand Arch Mage Marc Andre Guillieaut. He is one of the more powerful mages in the entire world, probably not the most powerful, but one of the top dozen or so.” </p><p></p><p>Ruby exclaims, "Well, that certainly is exciting. But I wonder, Mr. Gonzales, are you on that list?" He replies, "Hardly, my skills may appear great to the three of you, but despite my long life I've actually had very little time to advance my skills. That was mostly due to being impoverished for much of my life, as learning wizard magic generally requires monetary resources. Most of what I know I learned only during the half-century of so that I was active in the Mexican Military.” </p><p></p><p>Gonzales warns, “He's also a bit of a ladies man, which is part of why I wanted to bring three of you along instead of two. With two he might have misinterpreted one of you as being brought for him as a date. And Ruby, I would advise against excessive flirting with him, he might reciprocate and I haven't trained you yet on how to shield your mind against mind control spells." Ruby answers, "But what if he tries it anyway? I mean even if I don't act like my normal self, men can be... well... men. Should I be nervous?"</p><p></p><p>He says, "Well, that is part of why I insisted that we meet in the fanciest restaurant in town. He wants to remain a citizen here, so I doubt he would cause a scene. He's also got other things on his mind right now, so unless you make him focus on you he probably won't." Sonoma comments, I wouldn't worry too much there are unwritten rules on poaching apprentices I'd just avoid umm... advertising availability.” </p><p></p><p>She says, "Alright, I understand. I'll try to behave myself. Besides, I'm not available." Gonzales laughs and says, "I should say so, you have your hands full at the moment with both your boyfriend and your fiancée, there's no need to add a third man to the picture." "He's not my fiancée!" Ruby says forcefully. "And it's not funny." Pouting she says, "Why don't you just show us around?"</p><p></p><p>"He's a ladies man, hmm? Are you sure you just brought us along to keep his fancy from fixing on one lady, or were you thinking he might be impressed by your good fortune in apprentices?" Kate teased. "You said this man wants to remain a citizen here? I understood magic was acceptable in New Orleans, are there any restrictions of some kind? Or just against mind control?" </p><p></p><p>"Kate, how can you even ask that?" Ruby looked at her friend questioningly. "Would you think that someone controlling your mind would be looked on in a positive way? Just think of what someone could make you do..." Kate says, "Of course they wouldn't be. I only meant to ask if there were other restrictions we needed to be aware of. I don't even want to think of what one could be made to do. I think we should learn those shielding spells." </p><p></p><p>Gonzales states, "To understand the role of magic here Katherine you first need to know something about this city. This land is at the delta of the Mississippi River, but unlike other great rivers, the land within 200 miles of the river's end was marsh like and low, with no obvious high ground for a port city to be built. You have to travel nearly a hundred miles up river, to Baton Rouge, to find high ground. But the river is too shallow for ships and that location was deemed to far to portage goods to. Add to that the low areas were subject to floods, heavy rains, high humidity, hurricanes and home to large quantities of mosquitoes, snakes and alligators. </p><p></p><p>The obvious answer was to change the geology and geography of the area, and that was done through a combination of wizard magics and druidic magics. Of course, now that it is part of the United States you will never find mention of that in any school text. They credit all of the changes to marvels of engineering and natural levees that have essentially created a large bowl-shape protective boundary surrounding the city. But the truth was that without magic this city would not be here. </p><p></p><p>So magic is no longer allowed, but the locals who have been here for multiple generations all know the truth, and most of them practice magic while behind closed doors. Mages in the city don't flaunt their skills. To do so could bring them trouble from the tens of thousands of recent Irish and German immigrants to the city who worship the Roman and Norse gods, but it's safe to say that nobody in this city will be hanged for being a witch."</p><p></p><p>"I wonder how much of what I learned as a child is wrong. It's a shame, even here people have to hide. I wonder how much longer before it's the same in New Orleans as it is in the rest of the country," Kate said sadly.</p><p></p><p>Gonzales says, "Probably never, the Aristocracy in the city would never allow that. Today New Orleans is the tenth largest city in the United States, with a population of over 225,000. One fifth of those are native born humans , one-fifth half-elven Creole, one-fifth of ogrish blood and the remaining two-fifths recent immigrants mostly from Germany and Ireland. The Aristocracy of this city are the Creole, do you know much about them?"</p><p></p><p>Kate replies, "I've heard the term, but I really don't know much about this part of the country. And what I do know I'm not sure I trust. When you say Aristocracy, you mean society, don't you? We don't have Aristocracy in the United States." As they continued their walk towards the restaurant he replies, "Ah, but this is New Orleans, a town of both Spanish and French background. That is but one of many European aspects that has been carried forward. </p><p></p><p>To understand the Creole you need to again first understand the history of this city. The Frenchman La Salle first scouted out this land exactly 200 years ago this very year. For the three dozen years thereafter the French used the river, but encountered all of the difficulties of not having a port city at the end of it that I had described. </p><p></p><p>In 1718 Frenchmen Jean Baptiste La Moyne and Sieur de Bienville chose this site for the future city of the "Isle d'Orleans." A French engineer named Adrien de Pauger designed the gridiron pattern of streets and alleyways and laid out what was to be. The mages and druids then came in to reshape the land to make this place possible. </p><p></p><p>But once that was accomplished there was still a need to populate this place, and the French had a difficult if not near impossible task in trying to convince people to come here. Those who came were the most desperate, the poor, pardoned prisoners, those without hope. The dregs of France but with them they brought new hope. </p><p></p><p>In other parts of America the high elves were displaced by the Europeans, not here, as manpower was needed to establish the city regardless of race. So the Choctaws, Chetimaches and Houmas tribes remained and worked alongside the French. They were then joined by wood elves from Texas, Mexico and Latin America that were fleeing from the Spanish. Escaped ogre slaves from the Caribbean also came and were welcomed. With the equality between the races intermarriage soon began and a new race was born calling themselves the Creole. And since this race built the city they became its rulers and leaders. </p><p></p><p>When the Spanish attempted to move in they found that the Creole would not be ruled, so they compromised and mingled in, soon intermarrying as well. So now we have this half-elvan race comprised of the blood of French humans, Spanish humans, high elves, wood elves with just enough ogrish blood mixed in to add an inner strength and determination. And all five of those races used wizard magics! They not only rule here, but the Creole have gone on to establish themselves as leaders of other Caribbean and Latin American nations. Our mutual friend Simon Bolivar was born to Creole parents. "</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 2298407, member: 8530"] [B]Chapter 39, “The City of New Orleans”, Tuesday, March 14th, 1882:[/B] In her room, Kate dug through her trunk for one of the few fancy dresses she'd brought from Boston. She pulled out an emerald green gown with beading along the cap sleeves and bodice. The neckline itself was low, with black lace bringing it up higher. Ruby helped her into the gown, and Kate was pleased that Ruby had to actually pull her corset a bit. She had been too thin before, the corset had hung on her like a stiff shirt. After the dress was on and settled correctly, Kate swept her hair up and pinned it elaborately behind her head in loose, twisted curls. "I don't have any jewelry like yours," Kate said, admiring Ruby's necklace, "But I have a few things." She pulled out a gold, diamond shaped brooch set with a single green stone, long black gloves, and three slim gold bangles. Kate turned her head this way and that. "That'll have to do. Let's go overwhelm Mr. Gonzales with our splendor." Ruby and Kate arrived at Mr. Gonzales door and instead of walking right in they knock. He doesn't answer and they get tired of waiting and go inside. Kate and Ruby state the incantation to open up the secret Mansion. They see Manuel Gonzales waiting inside, attired in the nice suit that Simon Bolivar had purchased for him. Gonzales says "There you are. We're almost ready to go." "We?" Kate asks. Gonzales says, "Yes, Sonoma will be joining us." He calls into the Mansion's main bedroom "Sonoma, they're here. Are you changed yet?" Sonoma sweeps out of the other room. The upper section of her hair pulled up in a bun and sewn with freshwater pearls. A tall silver comb anchors a delicate black veil that cascades down her back dotted here and there with more fresh water pearls that have a violet hue to them. The deep violet the silk gown fits tightly around her upper body ending in yards and yards of a very full silk skirt. More fresh water pearls close the selves as buttons and the bottom of the gown is encircled with black lace that matches the veil. "I'm ready whenever you are" she says smiling "It's nice not to be covered with mud for a change.” Ruby exclaims, "Oh I'm so excited!" Ruby smiled. "Where are we going?" He replies, "New Orleans". Ruby eyes grow large and she grabs Kate's arm. "I always wanted to go to New Orleans!" Ruby jumps up and down a few times. "You know they accept magic there..." She says to Sonoma and says, "I've never seen you all dressed up! You look beautiful! This is going to be fun... wait..." She turns to Gonzales and asks curiously, "Why are we going to New Orleans?" "For dinner," he replies. She replies, "All the way there just for dinner?" Ruby furrows her brow but only for a moment, "Oh, who cares. Let's go!" Kate gave her teacher an inquiring look but didn't ask any more questions. They would find out what he was up to when he was ready. "Sonoma, you're lovely," Kate complemented her. "I'm ready whenever you are." He leads them into his workroom where a fire is already burning in his brazier. He says, "You all know the routine." He makes the incantation, tosses in the pink powder and thrusts out his hands. The three women are already holding hands and the two free hands grasp his. The room around them disappears........and they find themselves standing inside of a dark mausoleum filled with caskets, a faint amount of light shining through stained glass windows. Gonzales quickly puts out the fire in the brazier before the entire crypt fills up with smoke. Kate covered her mouth and coughed, shrinking back from the nearest casket. "Well, it's private enough, I suppose." Ruby looks around at her new surroundings. "Um.. ewww..." She looks at Manuel. "I know, I know... Can we get out of here please? It's creepy." Sonoma comments, “There is nothing to be worried about. Any dead that would walk would be from elsewhere. We are safe here. Ruby says, "Dead that would walk? You mean like Storm?" He says, "Well yes, we can depart.” The head outside and find themselves surrounded by more crypts. He comments "One thing about New Orleans is that it is so low, below sea level in fact, that they can't bury their dead. So all cemeteries consist of crypts. That greatly assists us wizards in traveling here, providing multiple private places right inside the city. Plus so many people visit these crypts to pay their respects that nobody thinks anything of seeing a group of people exiting from one." They pass through some iron gates and find themselves on a busy city street, with gas street lamps illuminating the roadway. Dozens of horse drawn carriages pass going both directions. Elegant mansions line both side of the roadway. Sonoma asks, “So where are we going to dine?” He says, "We are going to dine at a restaurant known as the Commander's Palace. Emile Commander established the restaurant two years ago and it already has a reputation as being the finest in the city. It is patronized by all of the most distinguished families. It is at the corner of Washington Avenue and Coliseum Street, around a quarter mile from here. We are a bit early so I thought you might enjoy a short walk around this fine city." "A walk would be lovely," Kate smiled. "How are we early? Are we expected by someone, or is the restaurant not open yet?" He says, "We're dining with somebody but we have a little over an hour until our reservation. Come along, I'll show you this city. I know it well, I even lived here for almost a year, but that was a long time ago." Ruby raised her eyebrow at Kate, then took Mr. Gonzales arm. "When did you live here?" she asks as they start walking. He states, "Well over a century ago, a short while before you were born Sonoma. I was here from summer 1766 until late spring 1767. The City was a bit of a 'no-man's land' at that point. At the end of Europe's Seven-Year-War in the 1763 Treaty of Paris France ceding the city to Spain. But Spain was too preoccupied with their holdings in Central and South America to be bothered with it. They didn't even send an occupying army until 1769. It was nice to be here then, as it was about the only place in the Americas that the European powers left alone." Ruby says, "You know, it must be nice to live so long, you get to see so many amazing things, see the times change, travel all over. Have a full exciting life. I'm a bit jealous." She is quiet for a moment as they continue to walk. "So, who are we meeting for dinner?" He replies, "We are dining with a French wizard, the Grand Arch Mage Marc Andre Guillieaut. He is one of the more powerful mages in the entire world, probably not the most powerful, but one of the top dozen or so.” Ruby exclaims, "Well, that certainly is exciting. But I wonder, Mr. Gonzales, are you on that list?" He replies, "Hardly, my skills may appear great to the three of you, but despite my long life I've actually had very little time to advance my skills. That was mostly due to being impoverished for much of my life, as learning wizard magic generally requires monetary resources. Most of what I know I learned only during the half-century of so that I was active in the Mexican Military.” Gonzales warns, “He's also a bit of a ladies man, which is part of why I wanted to bring three of you along instead of two. With two he might have misinterpreted one of you as being brought for him as a date. And Ruby, I would advise against excessive flirting with him, he might reciprocate and I haven't trained you yet on how to shield your mind against mind control spells." Ruby answers, "But what if he tries it anyway? I mean even if I don't act like my normal self, men can be... well... men. Should I be nervous?" He says, "Well, that is part of why I insisted that we meet in the fanciest restaurant in town. He wants to remain a citizen here, so I doubt he would cause a scene. He's also got other things on his mind right now, so unless you make him focus on you he probably won't." Sonoma comments, I wouldn't worry too much there are unwritten rules on poaching apprentices I'd just avoid umm... advertising availability.” She says, "Alright, I understand. I'll try to behave myself. Besides, I'm not available." Gonzales laughs and says, "I should say so, you have your hands full at the moment with both your boyfriend and your fiancée, there's no need to add a third man to the picture." "He's not my fiancée!" Ruby says forcefully. "And it's not funny." Pouting she says, "Why don't you just show us around?" "He's a ladies man, hmm? Are you sure you just brought us along to keep his fancy from fixing on one lady, or were you thinking he might be impressed by your good fortune in apprentices?" Kate teased. "You said this man wants to remain a citizen here? I understood magic was acceptable in New Orleans, are there any restrictions of some kind? Or just against mind control?" "Kate, how can you even ask that?" Ruby looked at her friend questioningly. "Would you think that someone controlling your mind would be looked on in a positive way? Just think of what someone could make you do..." Kate says, "Of course they wouldn't be. I only meant to ask if there were other restrictions we needed to be aware of. I don't even want to think of what one could be made to do. I think we should learn those shielding spells." Gonzales states, "To understand the role of magic here Katherine you first need to know something about this city. This land is at the delta of the Mississippi River, but unlike other great rivers, the land within 200 miles of the river's end was marsh like and low, with no obvious high ground for a port city to be built. You have to travel nearly a hundred miles up river, to Baton Rouge, to find high ground. But the river is too shallow for ships and that location was deemed to far to portage goods to. Add to that the low areas were subject to floods, heavy rains, high humidity, hurricanes and home to large quantities of mosquitoes, snakes and alligators. The obvious answer was to change the geology and geography of the area, and that was done through a combination of wizard magics and druidic magics. Of course, now that it is part of the United States you will never find mention of that in any school text. They credit all of the changes to marvels of engineering and natural levees that have essentially created a large bowl-shape protective boundary surrounding the city. But the truth was that without magic this city would not be here. So magic is no longer allowed, but the locals who have been here for multiple generations all know the truth, and most of them practice magic while behind closed doors. Mages in the city don't flaunt their skills. To do so could bring them trouble from the tens of thousands of recent Irish and German immigrants to the city who worship the Roman and Norse gods, but it's safe to say that nobody in this city will be hanged for being a witch." "I wonder how much of what I learned as a child is wrong. It's a shame, even here people have to hide. I wonder how much longer before it's the same in New Orleans as it is in the rest of the country," Kate said sadly. Gonzales says, "Probably never, the Aristocracy in the city would never allow that. Today New Orleans is the tenth largest city in the United States, with a population of over 225,000. One fifth of those are native born humans , one-fifth half-elven Creole, one-fifth of ogrish blood and the remaining two-fifths recent immigrants mostly from Germany and Ireland. The Aristocracy of this city are the Creole, do you know much about them?" Kate replies, "I've heard the term, but I really don't know much about this part of the country. And what I do know I'm not sure I trust. When you say Aristocracy, you mean society, don't you? We don't have Aristocracy in the United States." As they continued their walk towards the restaurant he replies, "Ah, but this is New Orleans, a town of both Spanish and French background. That is but one of many European aspects that has been carried forward. To understand the Creole you need to again first understand the history of this city. The Frenchman La Salle first scouted out this land exactly 200 years ago this very year. For the three dozen years thereafter the French used the river, but encountered all of the difficulties of not having a port city at the end of it that I had described. In 1718 Frenchmen Jean Baptiste La Moyne and Sieur de Bienville chose this site for the future city of the "Isle d'Orleans." A French engineer named Adrien de Pauger designed the gridiron pattern of streets and alleyways and laid out what was to be. The mages and druids then came in to reshape the land to make this place possible. But once that was accomplished there was still a need to populate this place, and the French had a difficult if not near impossible task in trying to convince people to come here. Those who came were the most desperate, the poor, pardoned prisoners, those without hope. The dregs of France but with them they brought new hope. In other parts of America the high elves were displaced by the Europeans, not here, as manpower was needed to establish the city regardless of race. So the Choctaws, Chetimaches and Houmas tribes remained and worked alongside the French. They were then joined by wood elves from Texas, Mexico and Latin America that were fleeing from the Spanish. Escaped ogre slaves from the Caribbean also came and were welcomed. With the equality between the races intermarriage soon began and a new race was born calling themselves the Creole. And since this race built the city they became its rulers and leaders. When the Spanish attempted to move in they found that the Creole would not be ruled, so they compromised and mingled in, soon intermarrying as well. So now we have this half-elvan race comprised of the blood of French humans, Spanish humans, high elves, wood elves with just enough ogrish blood mixed in to add an inner strength and determination. And all five of those races used wizard magics! They not only rule here, but the Creole have gone on to establish themselves as leaders of other Caribbean and Latin American nations. Our mutual friend Simon Bolivar was born to Creole parents. " [/QUOTE]
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