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Tiglath wrote: ↑Fri Jul 02, 2021 4:20 pm Foix duly attends inviting any of his entourage with an interest to attend (non compulsory). He hopes Vee will attend if she is able. Grimaud will be there representing Foix's personal staff.

(OOC: Oddly enough I had an action planned to meet the "locals").

Great minds...

Tiglath wrote: ↑Fri Jul 02, 2021 9:21 pm Foix takes the Baroness' hand and replies "Baroness, we are grateful for your generous hospitality, may I introduce my companion Lady Anevay Becker, Knight of House Foix". He pauses to let that one register and then adds "And Captain Anne Dubois a close travelling companion who is as dear to me as family and my man - Grimaud". Foix smiles having hopefully negotiated the required etiquette* while Grimaud bows to the Baroness.

He continues "Baroness I hope to reaffirm our mutual commitment to those owing duties and honour to the House while visiting Birach. I will, of course, meet everyone personally but I feel something of a function may serve to... celebrate our alliances in the finest traditions of House Foix. I would value your thoughts on this matter and wait on news of any local interest".

(OOC: * Hopefully Foix's "noble code" got the two message(s) across. He obviously avoided any nudges or winks - so passé! ).

joertexas wrote: ↑Thu Jun 24, 2021 2:33 am

The Bindoner wrote: ↑Fri Jun 18, 2021 3:22 pm Zhenya takes a hasty breakfast of strong coffee and croissants and goes shopping. From separate stores she buys a notebook computer and two comms. One of the comm units she registers under the name Tatyana Sergeevna Yesenina, her current identity.

Taking the notebook to a mass-transit station she starts to do orientation research on the local situation. Scanning through headlines she starts with the society pages, moves to the political and glances over crime and culture. Anything that looks interesting or useful she opens in a new tab read later.

It will probably help to register a media office, say Nikolsky House, and get credentials to work as an off-world journalist. The bureau will need to be established in a physical office, using cash to avoid connection to House Foix.

Using the unregistered comm she establishes a social-media account under the name Kuerzu (the nom de guerre of her dead lover, a mercenary and sometime pirate), as a tourist looking forward to some R&R.

Zhenya is able to accomplish all of the above without drawing attention, at least as far as she can determine.

The media sites detail the usual goings-on; the burglary crime rate is rising in the downtown area, the shipfitters union is threatening to strike, and Vee's video is still trending on the social sites. House Foix is mentioned in several business-related articles, as they are prominent players in the local economy.

The Bindoner wrote: ↑Mon Oct 04, 2021 9:00 pm Using her new identity, the related comm and her new bureaux she requests an interview with the Comte.

Closing her new devices and placing them in her mesh-lined attaché case (to block signal) she takes out her old comm, moves location and sends a message to Grimaud: I believe my compatriot Tatyana will approach you asking for an interview. I recommend giving her access.

The Bindoner wrote: ↑Mon Oct 04, 2021 9:00 pm
Closing down that comm she slips it into a foil-lined pouch in her pocket and moves again to a her newly rented office space, where she takes out her new notebook and Tatyana's comm to resume her investigation of the local media and prepare her approach to becoming part of it.

Edited with more "actions".

Tiglath wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 8:58 pm Foix replies to baroness Fouche with his winning smile "By helping me to serve the House!"

He instinctively searches his memory to ensure he and the Baroness haven't "met socially" in a boudoir (or somewhere else more risqué) before and is then mildly concerned that they may have done so and the jaded mind of his previous self may have damned the poor woman with faint praise and promptly filed her under "less memorable"...

Damning his rakish prior self once more he catches himself in an automatic and instinctive secondary search for any memory of outraged family members that he may have to watch out for. This just as his, now thrice damned, earlier self bids any that are coming to make sure they bring their blades...

Schooling himself back to his much more responsible current state Foix continues "Baroness, my thanks for your hospitality. I am engaged on a diplomatic mission reaffirming the House's diplomacy amongst our holdings and dealing with local issues as they arise. My retinue most recently rescued a number of folk from a doomed starship and are challenged by the local media for not having known what we could not, having not achieved what was impossible and, according to some, not having died enough in the process. The House must counter these baseless claims and promote our care for those that were rescued. However, I need an intelligence assessment from your local House intelligence assets to identify those owning the media outlets responsible for this attack for they have besmirched the honour of a Lady of House Foix. To serve our greater strategy we will host a grand masked ball in the finest traditions of the House* which will stun Birach society with its grandeur and thereby facilitate our diplomacy".

He delegates "My own Knight's office will oversee matters. Commander Taheri will liaise with your security. Grimaud and Zhenya of my retinue will deal with the media issue but the matter will be scheduled for my personal attention".

(OOC: * Yeppers, there will be a pinch put on the very top end of the recreational pharma market and no one will be able to hire a courtesan for love nor money!)

joertexas wrote: ↑Sat Oct 09, 2021 1:10 am The Baroness nods and smiles. "You certainly don't do things halfway, if I may say so. When would you like to host this grand event?"

Tiglath wrote: ↑Sun Oct 10, 2021 5:57 pm

joertexas wrote: ↑Sat Oct 09, 2021 1:10 am The Baroness nods and smiles. "You certainly don't do things halfway, if I may say so. When would you like to host this grand event?"

Foix applies some logistical science to what he is sure is actually art and ventures "I believe we should allow time for preparations to be made and calendars to clear. Perhaps a couple of weeks hence?" As Grimaud makes a small and involuntary strangled noise Foix deftly amends "Or maybe three or four would allow suitable time?"