AGELESS CAMPAIGN, Episode II, Part VI.

[Queenie]

Neferka says, "Is that all? I would hope that he wanted to do far more than that. There is a 500-seat theater in Cairo that I could purchase and give to you if that is all it would take to make you satisfied."

Ruby laughed. "I'm not even sure what I want. You wouldn't believe how different my life is from just one year ago. I didn't spend a lot of time dreaming of what I wanted. I love to sing and I thought I wanted to act... I'm not sure you have ever even heard me sing yet! It is a gift I do thank the gods for.

George loves my singing, that's why he wants to build the theater for me. And honestly, he wants to give me the world! Anything I want he gives me. But I don't really need... Stuff. I mean, it's nice to have pretty things but I don't NEED them, To be satisfied, I think all I really need is love. Real, true love. And George? He's truly loved me forever, since we were children, he's loved me.

So after that... Love... I think really, what I really want is to travel and see the world and have adventures. With George, with my grandmother, with my friends. The world is so wonderful and so vast, I think it would be marvelously fun to explore all of it. Most especially with George, it would be so romantic."

She laughed at herself. " I know, it sounds silly and stupid."

 

[Silver Moon]

"A little understated, wouldn't you say?"

"For Jules Hardouin Mansart, this actually IS understatement. He was the architect for this area, known as the Vendome. But he is better known for another project he did for King Louis XIV, known as the Palace of Versailles. Yes, I know that Versailles pre-dated Louix XIV, but it was Masaart who substantially expanded it into what it is today

He gestures to the building closest to them and says, "This is the Hotel de Vendome, a five-star facility. It was originally built as a massive townhouse for the French nobility, but was later converted into a hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Duruy are staying in the penthouse." He turns toward the driver and says, "Driver, please accompany Miss Marsters inside. Once she is safely in the care of the Empress of France you may return and we will run some errands."

 

[Silver Moon]

.....So after that... Love... I think really, what I really want is to travel and see the world and have adventures. With George, with my grandmother, with my friends. The world is so wonderful and so vast, I think it would be marvelously fun to explore all of it. Most especially with George, it would be so romantic." She laughed at herself. " I know, it sounds silly and stupid."

Neferka replies, "Not at all. A few years ago I did some travelling, around Europe, Asia and Africa, but I prefer to be home here in Egypt. And as for travelling the world, both of you will always be welcomed here."

 

[Queenie]

Neferka replies, "Not at all. A few years ago I did some travelling, around Europe, Asia and Africa, but I prefer to be home here in Egypt. And as for travelling the world, both of you will always be welcomed here."

"Well, thank you so much Your Highness, I am certain we'll be back. I do love it here, it's one of the first places I wanted to see and I am not disappointed. I'm sure if James sets up here, we'll have someplace to stay.

Is there somewhere from your travels you'd recommend me seeing? I'd love some advice."

 

[orchid blossom]

He gestures to the building closest to them and says, "This is the Hotel de Vendome, a five-star facility. It was originally built as a massive townhouse for the French nobility, but was later converted into a hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Duruy are staying in the penthouse." He turns toward the driver and says, "Driver, please accompany Miss Marsters inside. Once she is safely in the care of the Empress of France you may return and we will run some errands."

"Cal, be careful," she said and took his hand for a moment. "Don't leave me stranded here."

"Alright driver, let's go," she said, and began to stride confidently into the hotel.

 

[Silver Moon]

"Cal, be careful," she said and took his hand for a moment. "Don't leave me stranded here." "Alright driver, let's go," she said, and began to stride confidently into the hotel.

A doorman opens the door for Abby and her driver. The interior lobby is spectacular and has large amounts of open space. There appears to be a fancy dining room on the far end of the lobby. There are elevators to bring patrons up to the higher floors. She sees a long wooden desk area with three employees behind it. "May I help you?" one of the men asks in French.

 

[orchid blossom]

A doorman opens the door for Abby and her driver. The interior lobby is spectacular and has large amounts of open space. There appears to be a fancy dining room on the far end of the lobby. There are elevators to bring patrons up to the higher floors. She sees a long wooden desk area with three employees behind it. "May I help you?" one of the men asks in French.

Abigail answered him in her own perfect French, with the air of every confidence that she belonged there. "Good evening. My name is Miss Abigail Marsters, and I have important information for the Empress and Mr. Duruy. Please inform them that I am here and request their gracious indulgence and an audience."

 

[Silver Moon]

Abigail answered him in her own perfect French, with the air of every confidence that she belonged there. "Good evening. My name is Miss Abigail Marsters, and I have important information for the Empress and Mr. Duruy. Please inform them that I am here and request their gracious indulgence and an audience."

He replies, "Miss Marsters, you are but one of dozens of individuals who has wished to see them since the newspapers wrote of their arrival here. The couple happens to be on their honeymoon and we are not inclined to interrupt them. If you wish to return tomorrow morning you may meet with their appointment secretary, Mr. Richaeleau, and he will schedule for to meet with them at some time in the future."

 

[Silver Moon]

"Is there somewhere from your travels you'd recommend me seeing? I'd love some advice."

She says, "Well now, that would depend upon your individual interests. If music, singing and dancing are your principle past times, then I would suggest Paris. If historical castles are your fancy, then Germany and rural France would be my top suggestion, if warm sunny exotic places are more to your inclinations then I would suggest Morocco, Bombay or possibly the islands of Greece."

 

[orchid blossom]

He replies, "Miss Marsters, you are but one of dozens of individuals who has wished to see them since the newspapers wrote of their arrival here. The couple happens to be on their honeymoon and we are not inclined to interrupt them. If you wish to return tomorrow morning you may meet with their appointment secretary, Mr. Richaeleau, and he will schedule for to meet with them at some time in the future."

"I am quite aware they are on their honeymoon, sir. I attended their wedding in Egypt, performed by the Priestess Sabah, within an hour or two after Bast departed, and I accompanied her back to Paris in the dirigible which returned the happy couple. And as I'm sure you doubt me, I have also been in the papers, in Britan, in Mr. Stevenson's story of his rescue in Egypt. The information I being relates to the events in Egypt that preceded their marriage.

I understand your position, it is of course your priority to see to it that the Empress and her new husband are undisturbed. But the information I bring cannot wait. I will be pleased to write a short note to have delivered, and we can let the Empress decide whether or not she wishes to see me."