AGELESS CAMPAIGN, Episode II, Part VI.

[Queenie]

"I am certain that our new monarch is far too busy with the affairs of state and stopping a war to go shopping with the pair of us."

"Then you would be incorrect," Neferka states as she enters the room.

She iis far from alone as four female attendants accompany her, two like the Queen also attired only in a plush towell, but the other two dressed in dark silk belted tunics. One has a scimitar and pistol attached to her belt, the other has three daggers of varying sizes on her belt and a rifle slung along her back.

OOC: As Ruby is a few hours ahead of George, I am assuming that the Queen's encounter with the negotiators will wrap up at some point.

OOC: I'm sure George doesn't want it to go all day. It's hard work! lol!

"Your Highness! I'm so excited you're here! How did the business stuff go?"

 

[Silver Moon]

"Your Highness! I'm so excited you're here! How did the business stuff go?"

Neferka says, "So far, very well. Your fiance is very skilled at this type of negotiation. I believe that I made an excellent choice in picking him.

When I heard that you had gone off with Ela I suspected where I might find you two. So, tell me, what have you been talking about?"

As she talks the two servant girls remove Neferka's towel and help her into the pool with Ruby and Ela. The two women with the swords each take up a position near the room exits.

 

[Queenie]

Neferka says, "So far, very well. Your fiance is very skilled at this type of negotiation. I believe that I made an excellent choice in picking him.

When I heard that you had gone off with Ela I suspected where I might find you two. So, tell me, what have you been talking about?"

As she talks the two servant girls remove Neferka's towel and help her into the pool with Ruby and Ela. The two women with the swords each take up a position near the room exits.

"Yes, George is good at that business stuff. He's clever and imaginative which I suppose helps him with all his successful business ventures. And he's persistent, he gets what he wants." She giggled, "Remind me to tell you about 'the ring' story sometime. It's how he won me.

Anyway, Ela was just telling me that she's met you a few times, and was hoping that some of old sexist views of people around here might change now that you are Queen. I was suggesting she's very good at her job but she was told there was no where else to go because of of the old men's views of things."

 

[Silver Moon]

"Yes, George is good at that business stuff. He's clever and imaginative which I suppose helps him with all his successful business ventures. And he's persistent, he gets what he wants." She giggled, "Remind me to tell you about 'the ring' story sometime. It's how he won me.

"I will. I am in a particularly good mood. These negotiations may very well end with my remaining married to Ahmed. If Barrister Sefu were conducting them instead it would have probably ended with Ahmed hanging from a rope."

Anyway, Ela was just telling me that she's met you a few times, and was hoping that some of old sexist views of people around here might change now that you are Queen. I was suggesting she's very good at her job but she was told there was no where else to go because of of the old men's views of things."

The Princess smiles and says, "Oh, I may be speaking prematurely, but I believe that she may be facing a very attractive job offer to ponder in the near future."

 

[Queenie]

"Oh my, now that would not be acceptable! Have you even gotten to see him yet, since you've become Queen??"

Ruby shot Ela a look about the job offer, but said nothing else. Obviously Nerfeka already knew of the girls strengths.

 

[Silver Moon]

"Oh my, now that would not be acceptable! Have you even gotten to see him yet, since you've become Queen??"

OOC: I will have to back-fill the response to this one, as I believe that Neferka and George talking together to the factions is next on the agenda, but we haven't played that out yet.

Ruby shot Ela a look about the job offer, but said nothing else. Obviously Nerfeka already knew of the girls strengths.

Ela says, "A position working for you?" Neferka replies, "No, for an American businessman. He has requested an appointment with me for either tonight or tomorrow to discuss establishing a branch of his business here in Egypt. His corporation believes in local management and control so he wants to know my recommendation for a business manager.

One other incentive that you might like, the job will involve work in both Cairo and Alexandria, but he would like to have the main headquarters to be here in Zakazik. That is because he has offered to fund the restoration of the Bubastis ruins. He apparently visited them a half-centry ago, before the French stole everything, and wants to make sure everything is put back in its proper place."

 

[orchid blossom]

Callum says, "Mr. Fauccault. I believe that you are sincere in your desire to keep your word, and hold us until you obtain the item. However, you might never obtain in, in which case you are proposing a lifetime sentence. Furthermore, you have not seen all of the facial reactions and body language from your companions during this conversation. Mr. Gerome has absolute hatred towards my companion for inflicting his injury, and Mr. Marcel blames us both for the death of his grandfather. Neither of these men have any intention of ever letting us go."

"Then, there is of course the fact that there are people who would miss both of us, some of whom have extraordinary resources, and all of whom know where we went. Mr. Stuart's picture was just taken tonight with Russia's Grand Duke at the concert. And this carriage is hardly unremarkable.

Whether you choose to kill us or hold us, you will bring other consequences down on yourselves."

OOC: I don't remember Gerome at all. But I didn't want to be that insulting and actually say that to him.

 

[Silver Moon]

OOC: I don't remember Gerome at all. But I didn't want to be that insulting and actually say that to him.

OOC: Ah, that explains it. I was wondering why Abby hadn't said much to him. Please reread Chapter #69 "Ambush" of the posted ENWorld Story Hour for this module. It should all come back to you.

 

[Silver Moon]

"Then, there is of course the fact that there are people who would miss both of us, some of whom have extraordinary resources, and all of whom know where we went. Mr. Stuart's picture was just taken tonight with Russia's Grand Duke at the concert. And this carriage is hardly unremarkable. Whether you choose to kill us or hold us, you will bring other consequences down on yourselves."

Gerome says, "So now you are begging for your lives."

Callum interjects, "You apparently don't know much about Scotsmen if you think that we are the begging type. I would never do that for my own life. But if it helps now I will beg for the life of another."

He turns directly towards Fouccault and says, "I am not speaking in reference to my dear companion, but of your life sir. Mr. Fouccault, I understand the lure that an extended lifetime brings, Ponce de Leon died searching for his fountain of youth. Whether you obtain this artifact or not, murdering people in the quest to obtain it is too high a cost. I am speaking of your eternal soul sir. How will you ever be able to face yourself in a mirror?

I beg of you sir, do not do this. Be thankful for the extra decades that you have already received and let this object go."

 

[Queenie]

OOC: I will have to back-fill the response to this one, as I believe that Neferka and George talking together to the factions is next on the agenda, but we haven't played that out yet.

Ela says, "A position working for you?" Neferka replies, "No, for an American businessman. He has requested an appointment with me for either tonight or tomorrow to discuss establishing a branch of his business here in Egypt. His corporation believes in local management and control so he wants to know my recommendation for a business manager.

One other incentive that you might like, the job will involve work in both Cairo and Alexandria, but he would like to have the main headquarters to be here in Zakazik. That is because he has offered to fund the restoration of the Bubastis ruins. He apparently visited them a half-centry ago, before the French stole everything, and wants to make sure everything is put back in its proper place."

OOC: Got it. Forgot about that!

"Which American business man are we talking about? Someone well known? What is his actual business?"