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<blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 6428954" data-attributes="member: 20323"><p>du Tourbillon nods to the buxom Spanish woman, though his gaze is immediately taken up by the monkey. The priceless wide-eyed expression on his face makes it clear the man has not seen one in person. It is the first chink in his professional demeanor you've seen thus far. <span style="color: DarkOrange">"Katarina du Corazon, if I am not mistaken? The sailors I spoke with spoke highly of you. <em>Sacrebleu!</em> This must be a baboon? I have seen them in texts, but they have not yet come to the Societie Zoologique in Paris. Forgive me, I am something of a naturalist and am fascinated by new specimens."</span></p><p></p><p>Collecting himself, Claude du Tourbillon nods, <span style="color: DarkOrange">"<em>Oui,</em> it is a reasonable inquiry. I became familiar with the value of a successful shipwreck expedition when I financed salvage of the Dutch vessel Reigersberg. True I had my share of failed expeditions, but I am far wiser now than I was in my youth. Lè Gloriosa is another venture altogether. When du Pointis retired after the raid on Cartagena, by some estimates he had over ten million livres tournois (electrum pieces) to his name, and perhaps twice that. If even a portion of such wealth sunk with Lè Gloriosa, well... we will be very rich men and women should we succeed in finding her."</span></p><p></p><p>There is a flicker of emotion in his eyes, and du Tourbillon looks down to collect himself. It is evident money is not his only interest. <span style="color: DarkOrange">"Yet, there is another reason, a personal one. A man dear to me, whom I raised like my own son, was lost at sea aboard a French navy ship and, as I would learn only years later, became a <em>boucanier</em>. He took part in the raid on Cartagena..."</span> The matter is clearly difficult for du Tourbillon to talk about, and he clears his throat. <span style="color: DarkOrange">"His fellow <em>boucaniers</em> reported him taken captive by Javier Hernandez, Captain of Lè Gloriosa during the raid. So, you see, I need to learn what became of my son."</span></p><p></p><p>[SBLOCK=The Rules Box]</p><p>A Wisdom (Insight) check might shed light on one of du Tourbillon's Bonds, Flaws, Ideals, or Personality Traits. You choose which you're trying to ascertain when you make the check.</p><p></p><p>An Intelligence (History) check by Hugo Van Haan, Old Zef, or Gunner Teague might recall pertinent details of the Reigersberg shipwreck.</p><p>[/SBLOCK]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Quickleaf, post: 6428954, member: 20323"] du Tourbillon nods to the buxom Spanish woman, though his gaze is immediately taken up by the monkey. The priceless wide-eyed expression on his face makes it clear the man has not seen one in person. It is the first chink in his professional demeanor you've seen thus far. [color=DarkOrange]"Katarina du Corazon, if I am not mistaken? The sailors I spoke with spoke highly of you. [i]Sacrebleu![/i] This must be a baboon? I have seen them in texts, but they have not yet come to the Societie Zoologique in Paris. Forgive me, I am something of a naturalist and am fascinated by new specimens."[/color] Collecting himself, Claude du Tourbillon nods, [color=DarkOrange]"[i]Oui,[/i] it is a reasonable inquiry. I became familiar with the value of a successful shipwreck expedition when I financed salvage of the Dutch vessel Reigersberg. True I had my share of failed expeditions, but I am far wiser now than I was in my youth. Lè Gloriosa is another venture altogether. When du Pointis retired after the raid on Cartagena, by some estimates he had over ten million livres tournois (electrum pieces) to his name, and perhaps twice that. If even a portion of such wealth sunk with Lè Gloriosa, well... we will be very rich men and women should we succeed in finding her."[/color] There is a flicker of emotion in his eyes, and du Tourbillon looks down to collect himself. It is evident money is not his only interest. [color=DarkOrange]"Yet, there is another reason, a personal one. A man dear to me, whom I raised like my own son, was lost at sea aboard a French navy ship and, as I would learn only years later, became a [i]boucanier[/i]. He took part in the raid on Cartagena..."[/color] The matter is clearly difficult for du Tourbillon to talk about, and he clears his throat. [color=DarkOrange]"His fellow [i]boucaniers[/i] reported him taken captive by Javier Hernandez, Captain of Lè Gloriosa during the raid. So, you see, I need to learn what became of my son."[/color] [SBLOCK=The Rules Box] A Wisdom (Insight) check might shed light on one of du Tourbillon's Bonds, Flaws, Ideals, or Personality Traits. You choose which you're trying to ascertain when you make the check. An Intelligence (History) check by Hugo Van Haan, Old Zef, or Gunner Teague might recall pertinent details of the Reigersberg shipwreck. [/SBLOCK] [/QUOTE]
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