AGELESS CAMPAIGN, Episode II, Part VI.

[orchid blossom]

She turns and heads over towards Callum with a smile. He cheerfully smiles and says, "Cousin Meagan, may I introduce you to Abigail Marsters." She smiles and says with a Scottish accent "You found her Callum!" He replies, "We bumped into each other in Zakazik Egypt of all places."

"I don't know why it's so surprising to him to find an archeologist in Egypt. It's our unofficial clubhouse. How do you do?"

 

[Silver Moon]

"I don't know why it's so surprising to him to find an archeologist in Egypt. It's our unofficial clubhouse. How do you do?"

She replies, "A true pleasure to meet you. She gestures to the carriage and says, "Are you planning to show here the Castle?" As they enter the fancy carriage he replies, "Eventually, but it is still early enough for a night in the city. Abby is wondering if you might have something that she can borrow to wear." Meagan says, "I should be able to come up with something. What is your favorite color?"

 

[orchid blossom]

She replies, "A true pleasure to meet you. She gestures to the carriage and says, "Are you planning to show here the Castle?" As they enter the fancy carriage he replies, "Eventually, but it is still early enough for a night in the city. Abby is wondering if you might have something that she can borrow to wear." Meagan says, "I should be able to come up with something. What is your favorite color?"

"I don't have a particular favorite, but I've always felt a nice, icy blue was quite flattering for me."

 

[Silver Moon]

"I don't have a particular favorite, but I've always felt a nice, icy blue was quite flattering for me."

As the carriage driver above turns the vehicle back in the direction of the castle and sets off Meghan says to the two seated across from her "I should have something in my closet in that color that will fit with a few minor incantations. I hope that you enjoy your visit with us here in France."

 

[orchid blossom]

As the carriage driver above turns the vehicle back in the direction of the castle and sets off Meghan says to the two seated across from her "I should have something in my closet in that color that will fit with a few minor incantations. I hope that you enjoy your visit with us here in France."

"It's unexpected, and it won't be very long I'm afraid, but I intend to enjoy every moment of it.

I'll be grateful for anything you can loan me. I didn't come into Egypt with evening gowns; there's usually not much call for them.

Do you enjoy living here near Paris?"

 

[Silver Moon]

"It's unexpected, and it won't be very long I'm afraid, but I intend to enjoy every moment of it. I'll be grateful for anything you can loan me. I didn't come into Egypt with evening gowns; there's usually not much call for them. Do you enjoy living here near Paris?"

She says, "Yes, very much so. I was born here, but grew up with the Stuarts in Scotland. Cousin Callum and I are both the Great-Grandchildren of Charles Stuart but while his Great Grandmother was Stuart's legitimate wife, I descend from his French mistress Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne. It was Callum who invited me to come live here."

 

[orchid blossom]

She says, "Yes, very much so. I was born here, but grew up with the Stuarts in Scotland. Cousin Callum and I are both the Great-Grandchildren of Charles Stuart but while his Great Grandmother was Stuart's legitimate wife, I descend from his French mistress Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne. It was Callum who invited me to come live here."

"And for someone with talents like yours, and mine, France is a much friendlier place. I had thought, years ago, that some day when it came time for me to settle, France would be the place if I didn't go back to New Orleans.

OOC: Off to do family stuff for a while.

OOC: I was surprised how much you were around today. I was just cleaning and refreshing when I went past the laptop. Enjoy!

 

[Silver Moon]

"And for someone with talents like yours, and mine, France is a much friendlier place. I had thought, years ago, that some day when it came time for me to settle, France would be the place if I didn't go back to New Orleans.

She says, "I very much enjoy it here."

They soon arrive at the Castle, driving through the open gate on the outer wall and up to the stairs before the main entrance. "Come on in," Meagan says. Abigail has seen much larger castles and keeps, the main housing structure being a mere sixty-by-ninety feet in size and only two stories in height. They climb up the stairs and through the main doors.

The central foyer is impressive, measuring forty-feet wide and running the full sixty-feet to the far wall. Doors are on both the left and right leading to other first-floor rooms and there is an elaborate stone staircase up to the second floor. In the center of the room is a life-sized statue in white marble of Mary Stuart. Colorful tapestries line the walls. Along the far wall is a huge painting, thirty-feet wide and twelve feet high, depicting a massive storybook-style castle, somewhat resembling the Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, although the dozen-or-so round spires and upper walls are pink with blue roofing.

Meghan heads up the stairs saying "Wait here, I will get the dress."

OOC: I was surprised how much you were around today. I was just cleaning and refreshing when I went past the laptop. Enjoy!

OOC: Well, I am off from work for the next three weeks! A lot like the old "Wild West" days, huh? I had fun.

 

[orchid blossom]

The central foyer is impressive, measuring forty-feet wide and running the full sixty-feet to the far wall. Doors are on both the left and right leading to other first-floor rooms and there is an elaborate stone staircase up to the second floor. In the center of the room is a life-sized statue in white marble of Mary Stuart. Colorful tapestries line the walls. Along the far wall is a huge painting, thirty-feet wide and twelve feet high, depicting a massive storybook-style castle, somewhat resembling the Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, although the dozen-or-so round spires and upper walls are pink with blue roofing.

Meghan heads up the stairs saying "Wait here, I will get the dress."

"Of course, thank you," Abby said. As Meagan disappeared up the stairs, Abby amused herself by examining first the large painting, and then the tapestries on the walls.

 

[Silver Moon]

"Of course, thank you," Abby said. As Meagan disappeared up the stairs, Abby amused herself by examining first the large painting, and then the tapestries on the walls.

While looking at the painting Callum says, "Mary Stuart had that painted, it was her vision. She saw the division between wizard and clerical magic as a temporary one, feeling that in a short while it would end and all magic would be accepted by all nations. She wanted to create a special place here, twenty miles east of Paris, where all magic would be studied and celebrated. She called it her Magic Kingdom. That castle was to be the centerpiece, created from the description of the castle in the classic fairy tale Sleeping Beauty."