The Sydney Games 2066 Session 5

Princess Guard - The New Era 2015/02/12 	 Lorelei Titan Meleryniel Lord Elrohir Lady Nienna Surion 5

Backup Incoming
Ghost sends a message to Johnathan asking if he can come to see her at the embassy.

Titan arrives at the embassy a couple of hours later, as quickly as he could manage.

Ghost greets Johnathan with a kiss as usual but quickly becomes more serious, "Thanks for coming Johnathan. I could use your help."

Titan kisses her back. He raises a brow, "Oh? What's the problem?"

Ghost offers Johnathan a glass of wine. "Lorelei and her daughter are at the Olympic games in Sydney, Johnathan. Originally all she was there for, other than watching the games, was to keep an eye on a Fae, Lord Elrohir. He is entered in the games as a fencer for the French team. He's well known for being hot-headed and highly bigoted. But in the last two days the Princess has sent me two email messages asking me to check up on specific people. I'm worried she may have found trouble."

Titan nods. "Elrohir? This was the guy who challenged me to a duel at the yacht club, right? Or am I mistaken?"

Titan blinks. "Oh! No. I'm wrong. That was 'Emerdir'." He takes a sip of his wine. "Took me a minute to remember."

Ghost shakes her head. "Not that I know of. Lord Elrohir is the fool who took offense at Jennifer Markham-Lothven wearing an Eldis flower given to her by Captain Lothven. When Lady Jennifer refused to remove it he drew steel on her. I understand that the result was not unexpected."

Titan nods again. "So, who are the two people she wanted you to check on?"

You say, "The first is named Carlos Rojas. He is widely known to be a major South American drug baron. However digging harder I discovered that he is a deep cover DEA agent. The second message asked me to see if I could find out the whereabouts of someone named Morlock. There are three possible matches but one stands out as having questionable connections and business contacts."

Titan furrows his brow. "So, are both of these people in Sydney? Are you thinking of heading there?"

Ghost sighs unhappily, "Carlos Rojas is. I don't know about Morlock, Johnathan. The Princess didn't provide much information on why she wanted these people checked out. However Morlock has a business address in Bogota, Colombia. A company named Security Services Ltd, located on the seventh floor of a building named Conceptioni Tower.

Titan says, "So both likely have a connection to each other in South America."

Ghost adds, "I'd be traveling there right now if I was allowed. But the Ambassador wants me here to deal with another matter."

Titan says, "To Sydney, you mean?"

Ghost nods, "Yes, Johnathan. Will you go? See what's happening and if you think it would be wise I'll activate the rest of the Princess Guard." she says. Then slams a clenched fist into the palm of her other hand. "I'm the leader of the guard. I should be going with you."

Titan nods. "Sure, I can head there. I'm not exactly the most investigative sort, but I'll do what I can."

Ghost nods and hugs Johnathan. "Here's a TransMat ticket to Sydney. The Firebird carriage is already there waiting for you. This data chip holds everything I've been able to find out about this Morlock. Not much. His data security is first rate."

Titan shows up at the hotel with a simple duffel bag. He has only a couple of changes of clothing with him.

It's the Park Hyatt Hotel. The best in the city. Although the lobby shows definite signs of a recent firefight.

Lorelei is at dinner with her small entourage. Princess Meleryniel is sitting next to her new friends.

Titan checks in, and then heads into the restaurant to look for Lorelei.

The dining group is visible. Seated at a table are Lorelei, the young Princess Meleryniel, Lord Elrohir, who is speaking of his successes in the qualifying round of the fencing competition, two children about the same age as the young princess, and the healer Lady Nienna Surion.

Titan is dressed as he often is, in just regular civilian clothing. He makes his way over to the table, waving as he gets close enough to be seen.

Lorelei smiles to see Titan approaching. "Johnathan!" she almost stands, but catches herself remembering how many other people that would cause to stand. "Please, have a seat!" Catching a waiter's eye is not a problem she has, and a chair has appeared in short order.

There's a mixture of reactions. The two unknown kids, a slim pale blond girl and a stocky boy with near purple dark skin, sit up straighter and keep their eyes on Johnathan. Lord Elrohir glances in Titan's direction and scowls. Lady Nienna smiles in recognition.

Lorelei thinks. o O (Uh-oh. Does Elrohir recognize Johnathan?)

Titan takes a seat at the table. "Greetings, everyone." He nods his head to the royalty. "Lord. Lady. Princess. Princess." He ends with Lorelei and says to her, "Ghost asked me to act as backup here."

Lord Elrohir scowls even more at the mention of Ghost's name.

Lorelei says, "I'm glad you're here. Well - actually, it's possible that any immediate danger has passed. But I've stumbled on something very troubling indeed."

Lorelei decides to try to calm Elrohir down before his temper builds. "Is something amiss, my lord?"

Titan starts to respond to Lorelei, when she speaks to Elrohir. He just smiles and waits to see if the lord has anything to say.

Lord Elrohir turns his face to Lorelei, "Not if you say there is not, Princess. I'm aware of this person's reputation however. And as to Ghost, she is someone with a extremely irritating habit of knowing everything that is happening. She foiled an attempt by my house to import working pistols to Undermoon."

Lord Elrohir hastily adds, "There was no law against doing so at the time, Princess." Lorelei says, "She is good at her duties, my lord: surely that you cannot hold against her. As for the policy on firearms that is surely a matter for the king - and now for parliament, which has now supported the king in the matter. But as you say, it was not illegal, and no dishonour fell up your house for the importation. As for Jonathan's reputation - his ways are not Fae ways, but then he is not Fae. He is honourable and brave in that human way you spoke so highly of this morning. Perhaps you should keep your judgment open in this matter too. He has come all this way because of the concern I expressed over these children."

Titan takes a long deep breath through his nose, but maintains his smile. "Thank you, Princess. And my Lord, if you would like to take up your grievances with me after the competition is over, I would be happy to oblige. I suggest you wait until then, though."

Lorelei thinks. o O (Stay calm, Johnathan. One hothead is enough....)

Lord Elrohir takes note of the reprimand and visibly struggles for a moment to cool his temper. Rising from his chair he gives Titan a slight bow, "I spoke in haste, Ableman Johnathan." he says, which is probably as close to an apology he's ever given in his life.

Titan nods his head to Elrohir, "Thank you, my Lord."

Lorelei leans forward a bit, not wanting her voice to carry beyond the immediate company. "Johnathan - you won't believe what this is all about. These children - they were slaves!"

Lord Elrohir sits again and nods.

Titan raises a brow, "Oh? I'm afraid Ghost didn't mention any details like that."

Lorelei says, "I'm afraid I didn't have much of a chance to tell her any details - things were rather hectic. Did she mention Carlos Rojas? They were acting as bodyguards to him and his son when the shooting happened this morning. He took his son and left, showing no concern for these two. And then they told me that they weren't 'real people' - they were clones! Someone is cloning metas and selling them. I think there's some sort of Wolfguard connection - not least because they mentioned Morlock, whom I've seen with the Baron. Though they don't seem to be Wolfguard per se. Whoever is behind this they know only as the doctor. I didn't recognize the description."

Titan nods and looks to the kids, "Can you describe the doctor again? I might recognize who it is."

The kids describe the Doctor again. A very old man with a military air to him, speaks with a German accent, grey sparse hair, winkled skin. It doesn't ring any bells with Titan.

Titan listens to the description. "I'm afraid I'm not sure. It sounds like someone in the intelligence community would be a better source to recognize him. Maybe the twins?"

Lorelei nods. "What time is it in Colonial Bay now? I can't remember Earth time zones like I used to... Perhaps I'll just email to be on the safe side." She promptly emails Jenn, saying what it's about.

It's not long after than Lorelei's PDA beeps and the caller ID shows up as Jennifer.

Lorelei answers promptly. "Hey, Jenn! Thanks for getting back to me so quickly." The informality probably raises a few eyebrows amongst the Fae.

Titan smiles and just listens for the time being.

Jenn's voice has a hint of curiosity to it, "Interesting email, Lorelei. It rings a bit of a bell but if you stay on the line I'm going to get the Baron in on a conference call." There's a beep or two and then a sleepy sounding cultured male voice with just a hint of German accent speaks, "Jennifer. It's always a delight to hear from you. But since it's 5 AM here I assume this is not a social call?"

Lorelei thinks. o O (I wonder if there's room on my watch to add Earth time zones....)

Jenn's voice says, "I'm sorry to call so early but I have Lorelei on a conference call. If you can help answer her inquiries I'll be very grateful. "

The Baron's voice, "Ah, Ms Lorelei. If I can help a friend of my favorite twins I shall do so. In what way can I be of assistance?"

Lorelei says, "Good morning, Baron, I'm sorry to disturb you. I'm calling about the matter of someone selling cloned metas into slavery. An old man with sparse grey hair, a military air and a German accent, known as the doctor. He's been seen in the company of Morlock. I wondered if you might know who he is."

The Baron asks, "Ah. Cloned metas. I understand you have considerable familiarity with Gemini. Would these cloned metas exhibit similar physical abilities but without the shared consciousness?"

Lorelei says, "Yes - well, I can't say I can speak as to their exact abilities. But my first though was of Wolfguard - but that they aren't twins, nor, as you say, do they seem to have the shared consciousness."

The Baron speaks again. "You understand I cannot be certain... But I believe the person you are seeking is Dr Hans Lehmann." He sighs, "It's quite ironic really. Dr Lehmann was a co-worker with me after the war. I threw him out of the Wolfguard project because he lost dedication to the Nazi cause. When he left he stole early genotypes from the Wolfguard lines and a early version of my anti-aging serum. It wasn't until many years later I realised he was right."

Lorelei says, "I see. Thank you. I don't suppose you have any idea where he might be now?"

The Baron says, "I would suspect South American. Probably Brazil. I also recall Dr Lehmann and Morlock were on good terms. Morlock and I have parted company. I may be a criminal but these days I try to be an ethical one. Morlock has no such inhibitions. However if you can find Morlock he may well know where Hans is."

Lorelei says, "Right. How hard is Morlock to find?"

The Baron says, "Morlock arranges things. He puts people in touch with people. Which requires him to be contactable. I would not expect him to be hard to track down."

Lorelei says, "That was what I though. Very good. Thank you for your time! And sorry for the hour once again."

The Baron says, "I'm delighted to be able to help. And can I extend an invitation to visit me in my castle? And Jennifer, it would be wonderful to see you again."

Jennifer replies, "I'll visit before too long, Baron. That's a promise."

Lorelei says, "I'm afraid I can't make any promises. I'm so busy these days...."

The Baron says, "I understand, Ms Lorelei. I'll leave the invitation open."