AGELESS CAMPAIGN, Episode II, Part VI.

[Fenris]

He says, "I assumed you meant the attack on the palace, there was no cease fire between the royals and the rebels, that is why we transported the King and his family from Cairo to Gizah. If you are talking about something else, I am not sure exactly what. Was this something that I was present at?"

"Oh yes, you may yet learn of that, as to the dreadnaught, why was it that Belloq was heard, his voice magically amplified, from the dreadnaught speaking in Egyptian, denouncing the royal family?"

 

[Silver Moon]

"Oh yes, you may yet learn of that, as to the dreadnaught, why was it that Belloq was heard, his voice magically amplified, from the dreadnaught speaking in Egyptian, denouncing the royal family?"

He replies, "I do not know sir. I barely know the man, he is an associate of my colleague Chevruel, not myself." (truth)

 

[Fenris]

"Fair enough. Tell me Louis, what card are you? And to whom to you report?"

 

[Silver Moon]

"Fair enough. Tell me Louis, what card are you? And to whom to you report?"

He replies, "I report to no one. I am the Ace of Hearts, and in theory all of the aces are equal, although each of us here in Egypt have our own area of expertise to which we take the lead.

Mr. Henri Gouraud is the Ace of Spades, the grouping that represents the Inventors and Explorers. He is in charge of the Egyptology services that we are providing, helping to protect and preserve Egypt's treasures that could potentially be damaged by this war. To maintain this he also supervises the use of our airship, to transport the various teams to the archaeological sites.

Mr. Michael Chevruel is the Ace of Clubs, the grouping that represents the scientists and mathematicians. He is in charge of security, ensuring that magical or scientific means are not being used to harm those who we seek to protect as well as members of our own group. Clearly he has not had much success in that area, particularly in our attempts to protect the Egyptian King.

Mr. Victor Duruy is the Ace of Diamonds, the grouping represented by performers and politicians. He is in charge of diplomacy, trying to bring about a peaceful solution to this conflict.

My role as the Ace of Hearts, the grouping comprised of artists, mostly painters and sculptors, and we have the roles of cartography and photography. It is probably the least important of the four main areas of responsibility, but one that as a photographer yourself you can appreciate the need for.

Ruby notes that his responses appear to be primarily half-truths. His biggest untruths are at the beginning and end, where he says all Aces are equal and that his role is the least important, as his thoughts reveal that he is the ringleader of the group.

OOC: Ideally, I would like to get to the point where at some point before or during this Thursday's frenzy you are ready to report findings back to Queen Neferka.

 

[Fenris]

He replies, "Oh no sir, that is exactly what SHE wanted you to see. She did not kidnap the Princess and Orabi, her allies did, while she was with you. She held them not on our ship but on the Egyptian Royal Yacht. She brought you there only AFTER we had rescued them from the yacht and transferred them over to our ship."

"Tell me then Louis, why if Freya's allies had kidnapped the princess, were French wizards spotted carrying her away and moreover, why once you had rescued her from the royal yacht, she and Orabi were still shackled?"

 

[Silver Moon]

"Tell me then Louis, why if Freya's allies had kidnapped the princess, were French wizards spotted carrying her away and moreover, why once you had rescued her from the royal yacht, she and Orabi were still shackled?"

He says, "There had not been time yet, you arrived within ten minutes of when we did the rescue. Since they were unconscious at the time, removing the shackles that the Asgardians had put on them did not appear to be the top priority. As to who carried her away, that was more misdirection, them using the charmed and disguised Sarah Bernhardt to incriminate us."

 

[Fenris]

He says, "There had not been time yet, you arrived within ten minutes of when we did the rescue. Since they were unconscious at the time, removing the shackles that the Asgardians had put on them did not appear to be the top priority. As to who carried her away, that was more misdirection, them using the charmed and disguised Sarah Bernhardt to incriminate us."

"Well, Sarah was in our custody at that point and was not released."

 

[Silver Moon]

"Well, Sarah was in our custody at that point and was not released."

He says, "I think you are confused about the timeline Mr. Eastman. The Asgardians made her removal from Zakazik very visible with us to blame BEFORE they took her to Gizah. But I am not here to debate you sir, I am merely trying to point out to you that things are not what they appear to be."

[Note - Ruby's spell has not run out]

 

[Fenris]

"Ok, we will leave this to Ma'at." says George stuffing the gag back into his mouth. George signals for Louis to be returned to the cell. Once away he turns to a soldier "Go and fetch the high priest and Freya. We are getting to the bottom of this now."

 

[Silver Moon]

""Go and fetch the high priest and Freya. We are getting to the bottom of this now."

The two women are quickly brought to George's location.