AGELESS CAMPAIGN, Episode II, Part VI.

[Silver Moon]

"I admit that would frustrate me, too. In fact, I'd get frustrated even without the 30 year wait."

He says, "Yes, be thankful that they granted you an audience. If I were in his position I doubt that I would have."

 

[Silver Moon]

"Which is why the army needs to take lessons from business. But we will let them know presently. Now, let's get this treaty written."

The scribes sit for the next hour while George and Col. Hassan dictate to them exactly what is to be written out. Six copies are prepared, three in English and three in Arabic, so that each party will have them in both languages.

 

[Silver Moon]

"Oh Cal, this is lovely." She sat down close to the table, leaving plenty of room for Cal to join her. "You've been busy while you were gone. I take it you got your telegram sent."

He replies, "Yes, and the carrier pigeon message as well, letting my cousin Charles know that we will be staying elsewhere this evening."

 

[orchid blossom]

He says, "Yes, be thankful that they granted you an audience. If I were in his position I doubt that I would have."

"So impatient," she said, and held out her hand to help him take a seat next to her. She leaned over and kissed him. "I suppose it's lucky for me he wasn't the only one deciding."

He replies, "Yes, and the carrier pigeon message as well, letting my cousin Charles know that we will be staying elsewhere this evening."

"Good, I wouldn't want anyone back at the estate to be worried. Where will we be staying tonight, do you have an idea about that already?"

 

[Silver Moon]

"Good, I wouldn't want anyone back at the estate to be worried. Where will we be staying tonight, do you have an idea about that already?"

He says, "I did not before but I do now, based upon your conversation with the Duruys. We will spend the night at the mansion that formerly belonged to the Weekly Wizards. They stole the building from the Beaujoulais family, so if it has been returned to that family it means that my colleague Maurice now own. He has wanted that for decades, and would not have hesitated to return there once notified by the French Council, meaning that he is there right now.

You also mentioned that the Council has barred the wizards from returning there, meaning that both soldiers and magic-using French officers are guarding it from them, so it would actually be the safest place for us to go to."

 

[orchid blossom]

He says, "I did not before but I do now, based upon your conversation with the Duruys. We will spend the night at the mansion that formerly belonged to the Weekly Wizards. They stole the building from the Beaujoulais family, so if it has been returned to that family it means that my colleague Maurice now own. He has wanted that for decades, and would not have hesitated to return there once notified by the French Council, meaning that he is there right now.

You also mentioned that the Council has barred the wizards from returning there, meaning that both soldiers and magic-using French officers are guarding it from them, so it would actually be the safest place for us to go to."

"Could he have been notified and returned so quickly? It's only been a few hours.

You're right though, that probably is the safest place for us to go. I hope he won't mind too much."

 

[Silver Moon]

"Could he have been notified and returned so quickly? It's only been a few hours.

He laughs "Did you forget what Maurice does for a living?"

"You're right though, that probably is the safest place for us to go. I hope he won't mind too much."

He says, "I hosted him in France for months, the least he can do is return the favor for a night. And I have been anxious to see what Meren and her crew did to the place,"

 

[orchid blossom]

He says, "I hosted him in France for months, the least he can do is return the favor for a night. And I have been anxious to see what Meren and her crew did to the place,"

"Oh, I haven't forgotten. But even with magic information can only move so fast, and I don't know where he was when the decision was made.

Meren and the others didn't have much time, so I'm sure they left a bit of a mess behind them looking for that artifact. The Weekly Wizards would have made a lot of changes to the place.

How did they take it from people who didn't want to give it up in the first place? With that kind of start, I can't say I'm surprised where that group ended up. An inflated sense of what you're entitled to never leads anywhere good."

 

[Silver Moon]

"How did they take it from people who didn't want to give it up in the first place? With that kind of start, I can't say I'm surprised where that group ended up. An inflated sense of what you're entitled to never leads anywhere good."

He replies, "It occurred during that four-year political mess known as France's Second Republic before things stabilized under Napoleon III. The Beaujolais family had backed the wrong people and found themselves not only outcasts but imprisoned. The wizards stole their manor house and all of their possessions at that time. Maurice's parents died in that prison and upon his release he sought vengeance, which is how the British were able to recruit him."

 

[orchid blossom]

He replies, "It occurred during that four-year political mess known as France's Second Republic before things stabilized under Napoleon III. The Beaujolais family had backed the wrong people and found themselves not only outcasts but imprisoned. The wizards stole their manor house and all of their possessions at that time. Maurice's parents died in that prison and upon his release he sought vengeance, which is how the British were able to recruit him."

"Gods I hate politics. No wonder he wanted vengeance. But now that it's achieved, I hope he has something else in his life to move on to. Getting what you want can you leave you wondering what's next."