AGELESS CAMPAIGN, Episode II, Part VI.

[Silver Moon]

"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."

He gives her a pen and paper to write the note.

OOC: Write out what is in the note.

 

[orchid blossom]

He gives her a pen and paper to write the note.

OOC: Abby will use whatever the correct, formal title is for the Empress. Lori doesn't know what that would be.

Abby took the pen and wrote swiftly.

To her Majesty, the Empress of France,

My name is Miss Abigail Marsters. I had the honor of being present as your marriage and accompanying you back to France. I offer my humble apologies for the necessity of disturbing you at this time.

I have recently learned of your actions in disbanding the Weekly Wizard's group. However, I have just had an encounter with two members of the now defunct group of which I think you should be aware. Their plans continue in defiance of your edict, even if the group does not.

I beg your indulgence and a few moments of your time.

Miss Abigail Marsters

 

[Fenris]

OOC: Sorry, yes super busy

George thinks for a moment. "Actually, yes, I think so. But give me 15 minutes with the British first. Then I will call you and Orabi in." replies George.

 

[Silver Moon]

OOC: Abby will use whatever the correct, formal title is for the Empress. Lori doesn't know what that would be.

OOC: Empress of France always works

Abby took the pen and wrote swiftly....I beg your indulgence and a few moments of your time.
Miss Abigail Marsters

It only takes six minutes for an affirmative reply and the man's supervisor, the night manager, escorts her and the driver to the elevator and to the penthouse. The new Mrs. Duruy answers the door herself and appears to not have any servants present. She is attired in a maroon gown with a white silk shawl. The driver nods to Abby and then departs, as does the manager. "Come in, come in," she states, adding "I am surprised to see you still in Paris." Her new husband emerges from a side room, fastening his tie, having apparently just formally dressed.

"Now what is this about?" she asks.

OOC: Take your time on the reply post. I'm away at a Boy Scout campout the next two nights so it will be Sunday late morning/early afternoon until I post next.

 

[Silver Moon]

OOC: Sorry, yes super busy

OOC: I fully understand, spent most of the last three weeks on my 1st Year Review in addition to my classes, including a new one. Spring Break can't come soon enough.

George thinks for a moment. "Actually, yes, I think so. But give me 15 minutes with the British first. Then I will call you and Orabi in." replies George.

George, Col. Hassan, the Princess, the guards and the translators head off to meet with the British.

 

[orchid blossom]

OOC: Take your time on the reply post. I'm away at a Boy Scout campout the next two nights so it will be Sunday late morning/early afternoon until I post next.

OOC: I'll probably pack a lot into it. Usually I'd leave some spots for you to jump in, but since I have plenty of time to write the explanation I might as well do all the explaining.

 

[Fenris]

George heads alone to the garden while the rest head back. There he spies General Drury-Lowe waiting for him. "Ah General I am glad to find you out here. How did your talk with Woolsey go?" Asks George.

 

[Silver Moon]

OOC: Temporarily home to check on the daughter.

George heads alone to the garden while the rest head back. There he spies General Drury-Lowe waiting for him. "Ah General I am glad to find you out here. How did your talk with Woolsey go?" Asks George.

"Very well sir, provided that the Option A is what is decided on. While I am not at liberty to discuss the details, he has contingency plans if you force Option C. That would lead to what would very much be as a lose-lose situation, so I would strongly suggest we do our utmost to avoid that option."

 

[orchid blossom]

It only takes six minutes for an affirmative reply and the man's supervisor, the night manager, escorts her and the driver to the elevator and to the penthouse. The new Mrs. Duruy answers the door herself and appears to not have any servants present. She is attired in a maroon gown with a white silk shawl. The driver nods to Abby and then departs, as does the manager. "Come in, come in," she states, adding "I am surprised to see you still in Paris." Her new husband emerges from a side room, fastening his tie, having apparently just formally dressed.

"Now what is this about?" she asks.

Abby offered a low curtsey, despite the fact that she got the feeling the Empress wouldn't have been offended had she not.

"Thank you for your time, I apologize for disturbing you. I returned to Paris to attend the Jacques Offenbach concert with my dear friend Callum Stuart, the Landholder of the Lands of Queen Mary. We were students together," Abby began.

"To keep it very short, Mr. Stuart and I were abducted at gunpoint from outside the concert hall by Monsieur Daguerre's apprentice Foccault, Jean-Leon Gerome, and two of Daguerre's grandsons named Marcel and Andre.

We were approached by Andre and told there we gunmen ready to end our lives if we refused to go with them. We had little option but to comply. We were searched and then questioned about the whereabouts of the artifact the Weekly Wizard's used to extend their lives. They also wanted to know how to get into the vault where they believe Queen Neferka will eventually place it. Monsieur Foccault assured us we would come to no physical harm, but it was obvious that Marcel and Gerome desired otherwise. It was made clear that we would not be freed until they had reclaimed the artifact. We made it clear they would get no help from us.

Mr. Stuart had a potion hidden on him in the form of a cigar. When Foccault allowed him to smoke it, we used it to turn Ethereal and escape. Mr. Stuart's driver was giving chase by then and the men were distracted. Unfortunately not for quite long enough," she said, and indicated the holes in her gown. "Thankfully, I was almost completely ethereal by the time Marcel shot me. It was only the surface of the entrance and exit wounds that were actually damaged, and Mr. Stuart had a healing salve in the carriage."

She paused for a moment. "I feel a bit like a tattling child. Monsieur Foccault I believe did mean to leave us unharmed, if you can call the loss of your freedom for the rest of your life unharmed. But the fact is they continue to consider their own interests to be greater than those of France, and are willing to damage France's relations with Egypt for their own ends. They were also willing to publicly murder myself and Mr. Stuart outside the concert hall, or abduct us permanently."

 

[Silver Moon]

.....She paused for a moment. "I feel a bit like a tattling child. Monsieur Foccault I believe did mean to leave us unharmed, if you can call the loss of your freedom for the rest of your life unharmed. But the fact is they continue to consider their own interests to be greater than those of France, and are willing to damage France's relations with Egypt for their own ends. They were also willing to publicly murder myself and Mr. Stuart outside the concert hall, or abduct us permanently."

"Oh, that is terrible. You are fortunate to have escaped," the Empress states. Victor Duruy then speaks up and says, "Indeed. Although I fail to see what either of us can do about it. We have disbanded the wizard society so no longer have any authority over them. None of us can even get near our former residence, it has been returned to the previous owner and the French Military will not even allow us access to the building to retrieve personal belongings."