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Post by Admin on Nov 16, 2022 4:26:10 GMT
Derek is gone, and Lorelei is in a grotto holding the shreds of his once fine shirt.
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Post by Lorelei on Nov 21, 2022 21:12:23 GMT
Lorelei does not have a Trump of Derek, nor does she know of anyone who might. With her being a virtual unknown in Amber, and the lockdown on mirrors in general, she has no way to report his disappearance... unless the Corridor of Mirrors is currently active in Castle Amber.
Duty to family and to her home realm briefly war within her. She is in Ghera and will deliver the Mirror to the embassy as planned, but first she brings up her Broken Pattern and sends the immaterial tendrils out. She tries to follow the rapidly fading traces of the Trump to their destination.
With success or failure she then proceeds to the embassy to deliver the mirror...
[OOC: Were the pieces of the broken mirrors brought to her in Rebma while they waited?] .
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Post by Admin on Nov 22, 2022 7:58:04 GMT
The broken pattern is not strong enough or quick enough to trace the trump and spell through shadow.
The mirror parts were delivered, and they just showed a glimpse of a short man and a flash of movement and colour from the monster attacking the guards.
Ghera is a busy place, but the small street which houses the Rebman embassy is deserted. She smells the rotting corpses before she opens the door.
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Post by Lorelei on Nov 23, 2022 21:11:38 GMT
Being able to smell the death inside before the doors are opened prompts Lorelei to craft a bit of magic while still outside. She know the scene inside is going to be bad, but if she is going to lose her lunch it won't be due to the scent. The spell she casts effectively eliminates the smell and the vast majority of the micro-organisms that generate it; with a little time the 'meat' will begin to smell again, but for now it is 'fresh' kill...
Keeping her sword at the ready, she ventures inside. .
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Post by Admin on Nov 26, 2022 5:02:08 GMT
It is much as she suspected: dead bodies, gore, broken mirrors. What may be less expected is the writing on the wall. In blood, it reads 'YOU WILL NEVER BE QUEEN"
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Post by Lorelei on Nov 26, 2022 17:09:34 GMT
The grooved guide on the bottom and swiveling latches at the top make mounting the replacement mirror easy.
Lorelei bags the bodies. Knowing basic embassy layout, because each is a bit different, she tries to locate the local personnel files. With a little luck she will be able to use them to place names to faces... and their preferred method of post-mortem handling, be it local burial, cremation, or a return Rebma for those from there... and tags them accordingly.
She also collects the mirror shards to learn as much as she can from them about what happened here...
Assuming she is not interrupted up to this point, Lorelei uses her compact mirror to make contact with one of the small mirrors in Castle Rebma. New guards and staff will be needed here... .
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Post by Admin on Nov 30, 2022 5:42:50 GMT
Whoever smashed the mirrors knew their stuff. They are broken into tiny shards too small to be of any use except one. After some time of study, it reveals the face of a friendly seeming middle-aged man that Lorelei does not recognize at all. There might be a hint of green in his dark hair, which might indicate he is from Rebma or from some other of the closer undersea realms.
A servant notices Lorelei's face in one of the small mirrors. She runs to grab a higher authority servant who peers into the glass; she calls to a guard who - so on and so on - until the Master Wright arrives.
"Princess, what has happened there? You have been gone so long we had thought you were lost to us."
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Post by Lorelei on Nov 30, 2022 8:46:51 GMT
"It took some time to reach Ghera and the time ratios were not particularly helpful," Lorelei begins. "The situation at the embassy is as grim as expected - a total loss of all who were present. I have wrapped the bodies in shrouds and tagged them by name and final handling instruction according to the local records. I will need guards and new staff to get the embassy operational again. Additional temporary cleaning staff might also be a good idea."
"I have found two items of note... See that those who need to know are shown this..." Lorelei sends images of the message and the man's image from the fragments.
"I will keep this link active until I am informed that our people are ready, then I will uncover the new mirror so they can come through and reclaim the bodies or take up their new positions as appropriate. After that, I still have a few things that need doing. Please also send a message to Princess Llewella asking her to discover who has a Trump of Lord Derek as quickly as possible and to have them use it. Beyond that my plans are subject to change depending on circumstance..." .
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Post by Admin on Dec 4, 2022 20:12:36 GMT
"Would it be wise to restaff the place so soon? This is certainly a diplomatic incident and the Queen may want to put pressure on the Gherans first. Then we have to consider the nature of the attack and if your restoring the embassy will just cause this killing to happen all over again."
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Post by Lorelei on Dec 5, 2022 3:56:23 GMT
"The Queen may pursue any course of action she wishes upon her return," Lorelei says calmly. "Right now there are bodies to be retrieved and a foothold to be held or lost. If we do not at least post guards here, it becomes my responsibility to put the replacement mirror out of commission before leaving. Besides, having guards here does not constitute a functioning embassy. Other staffing can await the Queen's decision." .
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Post by Admin on Dec 7, 2022 5:53:54 GMT
The man seems to be about to say something, then thinks better of it.
"It will be done as you request, Princess. Give us time to assemble the necessary soldiers and equipment. I will contact you through the great mirror when they are ready."
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Post by Lorelei on Dec 7, 2022 16:32:45 GMT
There is little Lorelei can do but wait. While waiting she selects a spot not viewable from the new mirror and begins scrying for the man she saw in the mirror fragments found here. Her sword is at the ready should any attack, through the mirror or otherwise, happen. .
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Post by Admin on Dec 13, 2022 21:00:45 GMT
The scrying does not turn up anything of use. In time contact is made through the mirror, and a group of guards followed by custodial staff come through.
"Princess, we will secure this building," the guard captain tells her.
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Post by Lorelei on Dec 16, 2022 21:08:35 GMT
Lorelei offers assistance wherever sheer muscle is needed until the location is defendable. She also comments that she didn't find anything useful recorded in the mirror fragment, but it wouldn't hurt for others to go over them again... with more eyes and time there may have been something she missed.
With that settled, she starts travelling through Shadow as carefully as she can. Originally she had thought to go directly after Derek, but upon further reflection decides to first seek out Dio... Having someone to watch her back in a potentially dangerous situation would be a good thing... .
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Post by Admin on Dec 17, 2022 17:36:42 GMT
Lorelei begins to travel among the dark, twisted, foul ways of the breaks in the Pattern...
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