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Our heroes learn from [[Philip du Paix]] that Colonel Jean-Louis Moran, in Paix with his regiment in a reserve rotation, is a traitor who intends to give battle plans to a Castillian spy known as "El Chacal" - the Jackal. They are asked to discover where and when Moran is handing off the plans so that they can catch the Colonel and stop El Chacal. | Our heroes learn from [[Philip du Paix]] that Colonel Jean-Louis Moran, in Paix with his regiment in a reserve rotation, is a traitor who intends to give battle plans to a Castillian spy known as "El Chacal" - the Jackal. They are asked to discover where and when Moran is handing off the plans so that they can catch the Colonel and stop El Chacal. | ||
== | ==At the Sign of the Lucky Mule== | ||
[[Sebastien]] learns from some brother Musketeers that many of Colonel Moran's men drink at the Mule Fortuna, a tavern in the cage, and the heroes go to the tavern in hopes of finding Colonel Moran's batman, a Corporal Reine - the corporal, keeper of the colonel's schedule, might know when the meeting with El Chacal is to occur. | [[Sebastien]] learns from some brother Musketeers that many of Colonel Moran's men drink at the Mule Fortuna, a tavern in the cage, and the heroes go to the tavern in hopes of finding Colonel Moran's batman, a Corporal Reine - the corporal, keeper of the colonel's schedule, might know when the meeting with El Chacal is to occur. | ||
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At the tavern, [[Julien]] convinces a private named Pierre that he is in fact a long-lost friend, and secures a promise that he can join Moran's regiment the next day. Meanwhile, [[Aleksei]] makes an appointment with Corporal Reine to have dinner with the colonel the next night - and in doing so, discovers that Corporal Reine keeps a coded schedule-book for the colonel. The heroes notice that the entry for the Naval Ball - to take place the next evening - is heavily marked up, suggesting that perhaps the meeting with El Chacal will take place there. | At the tavern, [[Julien]] convinces a private named Pierre that he is in fact a long-lost friend, and secures a promise that he can join Moran's regiment the next day. Meanwhile, [[Aleksei]] makes an appointment with Corporal Reine to have dinner with the colonel the next night - and in doing so, discovers that Corporal Reine keeps a coded schedule-book for the colonel. The heroes notice that the entry for the Naval Ball - to take place the next evening - is heavily marked up, suggesting that perhaps the meeting with El Chacal will take place there. | ||
== | ==Le Merde, Le Gourmand== | ||
Julien reports to Fort Paix the next morning, where after some chicanery he is sworn into the rolls of Moran's regiment and immediately put to work mucking out the jakes. During dinner, he sneaks into Corporal Reine's office and ransacks the corporal's desk, finding the little black book - but he is interrupted by Colonel Moran. Thinking quickly, he tells the Colonel he found the desk that way and Moran orders a search of the compound. During the search, Julien hides the book in the latrines. | Julien reports to Fort Paix the next morning, where after some chicanery he is sworn into the rolls of Moran's regiment and immediately put to work mucking out the jakes. During dinner, he sneaks into Corporal Reine's office and ransacks the corporal's desk, finding the little black book - but he is interrupted by Colonel Moran. Thinking quickly, he tells the Colonel he found the desk that way and Moran orders a search of the compound. During the search, Julien hides the book in the latrines. | ||
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Meanwhile, Aleksei is having dinner with Colonel Moran, where he discovers that the colonel is a man of faith - a rare thing in modern Montaigne. | Meanwhile, Aleksei is having dinner with Colonel Moran, where he discovers that the colonel is a man of faith - a rare thing in modern Montaigne. | ||
== | ==The Naval Ball== | ||
Aleksei and Sebastien descend on the Naval Ball, where they attempt to keep up a two-man surveillance of Colonel Moran. The Colonel is quite popular with the ladies, but between the two noblemen they keep a careful eye on him until Aleksei is cornered by Lady Adelaide Moncrieff, a man-eater and the grand dame of Le Labyrinthe's decadent social circle. She convinces Aleksei to retire with her, where despite his best efforts the young man becomes lost in Lady Moncrieff's prodigious bosom. | Aleksei and Sebastien descend on the Naval Ball, where they attempt to keep up a two-man surveillance of Colonel Moran. The Colonel is quite popular with the ladies, but between the two noblemen they keep a careful eye on him until Aleksei is cornered by Lady Adelaide Moncrieff, a man-eater and the grand dame of Le Labyrinthe's decadent social circle. She convinces Aleksei to retire with her, where despite his best efforts the young man becomes lost in Lady Moncrieff's prodigious bosom. | ||
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After Julien and Sebastien have gone, Aleksei finally emerges from his tete-a-tete with Lady Moncrieff to find his friends gone and Colonel Moran unwatched. The colonel leaves the party not long after, and Aleksei follows after him, though this proves a dead end. | After Julien and Sebastien have gone, Aleksei finally emerges from his tete-a-tete with Lady Moncrieff to find his friends gone and Colonel Moran unwatched. The colonel leaves the party not long after, and Aleksei follows after him, though this proves a dead end. | ||
== | ==Cathedral Capers== | ||
== | ==The Maid of Dionna== | ||
== | ==The Streets of Paix== | ||
Revision as of 17:28, 24 October 2009
Our heroes learn from Philip du Paix that Colonel Jean-Louis Moran, in Paix with his regiment in a reserve rotation, is a traitor who intends to give battle plans to a Castillian spy known as "El Chacal" - the Jackal. They are asked to discover where and when Moran is handing off the plans so that they can catch the Colonel and stop El Chacal.
At the Sign of the Lucky Mule
Sebastien learns from some brother Musketeers that many of Colonel Moran's men drink at the Mule Fortuna, a tavern in the cage, and the heroes go to the tavern in hopes of finding Colonel Moran's batman, a Corporal Reine - the corporal, keeper of the colonel's schedule, might know when the meeting with El Chacal is to occur.
At the tavern, Julien convinces a private named Pierre that he is in fact a long-lost friend, and secures a promise that he can join Moran's regiment the next day. Meanwhile, Aleksei makes an appointment with Corporal Reine to have dinner with the colonel the next night - and in doing so, discovers that Corporal Reine keeps a coded schedule-book for the colonel. The heroes notice that the entry for the Naval Ball - to take place the next evening - is heavily marked up, suggesting that perhaps the meeting with El Chacal will take place there.
Le Merde, Le Gourmand
Julien reports to Fort Paix the next morning, where after some chicanery he is sworn into the rolls of Moran's regiment and immediately put to work mucking out the jakes. During dinner, he sneaks into Corporal Reine's office and ransacks the corporal's desk, finding the little black book - but he is interrupted by Colonel Moran. Thinking quickly, he tells the Colonel he found the desk that way and Moran orders a search of the compound. During the search, Julien hides the book in the latrines.
Meanwhile, Aleksei is having dinner with Colonel Moran, where he discovers that the colonel is a man of faith - a rare thing in modern Montaigne.
Aleksei and Sebastien descend on the Naval Ball, where they attempt to keep up a two-man surveillance of Colonel Moran. The Colonel is quite popular with the ladies, but between the two noblemen they keep a careful eye on him until Aleksei is cornered by Lady Adelaide Moncrieff, a man-eater and the grand dame of Le Labyrinthe's decadent social circle. She convinces Aleksei to retire with her, where despite his best efforts the young man becomes lost in Lady Moncrieff's prodigious bosom.
While Aleksei is otherwise engaged, Julien - having deciphered the black book and learned that it is a lady who is supposed to tell Colonel Moran where the final meet is to take place - rushes to the palace, where he tries to summon Aleksei. He smells of the latrines he has been rooting around in, however, and is denied entry. After Julien makes sufficient fuss, Sebastien is summoned, who after a brief altercation with Julien over the latter's stench learns that it is a lady who will be giving Colonel Moran the meet's location.
Sebastien returns to the ball just in time to see a lady whisper something in Moran's ear and then immediately make to leave; he decides to follow her, collecting Julien as he goes, and the pair shadow the lady to the Cathedral du Sainte-Michelle.
After Julien and Sebastien have gone, Aleksei finally emerges from his tete-a-tete with Lady Moncrieff to find his friends gone and Colonel Moran unwatched. The colonel leaves the party not long after, and Aleksei follows after him, though this proves a dead end.