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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cerebral Paladin" data-source="post: 3686946" data-attributes="member: 3448">We're back from vacation, so I'm going to resume posting.  I may not have access over the weekend-- we'll see.  But other than that, it should be back to daily updates for the foreseeable future.-----[Session 23]Later that afternoon, Dame Brionna set forth from the palace to discuss various matters with her family.  She set out to speak with her sister first about taking a role in the court.  The Council had agreed that she could be useful for gathering information, especially with regards to the refugees from the Southlands and the process of vetting Princess Kaitlyn.  Lady Elaine received Dame Brionna in her salon.“It is good to see you again, Brionna.  I trust that Abigail is behaving herself?” she asked, a little tentatively-- Abigail had been a trying child at times.“Indeed.  Dame Katherine has mentioned no complaints about her service as a page.”“Excellent.  I remain grateful to you for finding a place for her-- it would have been difficult to arrange for her to meet the right people without your sponsorship.  I’m afraid that the rest of the family has little place in these lands.”“That was what I wished to discuss, Elaine.  His Grace would like to ask you to provide some assistance to the crown.  We don’t have as many sources of information about the talk among the nobles, and among the nobles of the old Kingdoms, as we would like.  We thought that you might be able to develop some useful sources of information.”Lady Elaine nodded, a shrewd smile on her face.  “I think I could, at that.  But of course I would be unable to hear much of interest while a mere refugee… would the Archduke be willing to give me a more established place within proper society?”“He would.  He will be holding open court next week and would be happy to formally receive you.  He would even receive you according to our family’s old title, rather than just with the courtesy of ‘Lady Elaine.’  I think that would provide you with the entry to polite society that you would need?”“Indeed.  And in return for that, and for the service of giving my daughter a place of honor in the court, I will be happy to listen carefully and to ask a few of my friends to listen as well.”  Lady Elaine lifted an eyebrow to be certain that her sister understood that she was in effect promising to build a small intelligence network, although of course she would never be so gauche as to directly speak of it that way, and continued after Dame Brionna gave a short nod of understanding.  “Are there specific topics His Grace would be particularly interested in?”“There are.  We would like to hear of the talk among Princess Kaitlyn’s retinue.  As you may know, she is among His Grace’s suitors, and we wish to know more about her companions and whether they pose any dangers.”Lady Elaine nodded.  “It should be a simple enough matter to arrange for a friend from the Confederation to join at least the outskirts of Princess Kaitlyn’s court, such as it is.  I’ll make certain that it is a friend with no familial connection to us, so that an investigation of your kin and allies will not turn up any ties.  I also know some of the people in her retinue and should be able to get the public gossip of the court in exile directly.”</blockquote>

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