Jae"Your Lordship/Ladyship, I must report highly compromising information about a member of your retinue. Namely, Mistress Jae Heydari, who it turns out, is nothing of the sort, but a commoner, a fugitive from the law, and a deserter from the Imperial Guard. I have solid evidence to prove it."
YOU"This evidence had better be incontrovertible."
JaeThe Factotum bows and holds out a data-slate to you. "It is all here, Your Lordship/Ladyship. Official records from the Administratum, attestations from the Departmento Munitorum, and much more besides."
YOU"This evidence had better be incontrovertible."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I want to know the details."
Jae"I may have overlooked some nuances, but I have solid evidence that the person whom we presently know as Jae Heydari served in the 19th Efreet Regiment, and was identified as the perpetrator of numerous instances of theft and smuggling, as well as desertion. And this individual is not of noble birth, but of the lowest origins."
YOU"This evidence had better be incontrovertible."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I want to know the details."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"How did you come to know of this?"
Jae"In Your Lordship/Ladyship's absence, the person whom we presently know as Jae Heydari made a concerted effort to find you. After contacting all the Cold Traders in the sector, Heydari approached an individual by the name of Mercy, a highly influential and infamous figure in the Kasballica Mission. He was paid an eye-watering sum directly from your own coffers."
Jae"Fearing that the predatory interests of the Kasballica would pose a threat to your coffers, I began my own investigation. It was entirely reasonable to suspect collusion of some kind between Heydari and Mercy, and so my suspicions were confirmed — the two were connected. It was from Mercy's associates that I acquired the compromising intelligence on Heydari."
YOU"This evidence had better be incontrovertible."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I want to know the details."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"How did you come to know of this?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I wish to see Jae Heydari. We have something to discuss."
Jae"Shopped me, did you, you little wannabe Questor?" Jae's voice and bearing undergo a stark transformation. Biting soldier slang cuts through her typically gentle speech. "Don't miss a thing, your servants, [Name]. And they're sneaky as, too. They'll climb up a grox's arse to find out what they want to know."
YOU"I think we need to talk about your past."
Jae"Only if this scum slings his hook." Jae nods at the now much paler Danrok.
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YOU"I do not want to know anything. This conversation never happened."
JaeShrugging, Jae gives you one of her dazzling smiles of old. "Your word is law, shereen. For me, and for this bloated, devious louse."
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YOU"Drop this, Danrok. Forget what you know."
Jae"As you will, Your Lordship/Ladyship."
Jae"But I won't forget." Jae smiles grimly at the Factotum. "Let's not play games, [Name]. You heard everything. You know everything."
Jae"Shopped me, did you, you little wannabe Questor?" Jae's voice and bearing undergo a stark transformation. Biting soldier slang cuts through her typically gentle speech. "Don't miss a thing, your servants, [Name]. And they're sneaky as, too. They'll climb up a grox's arse to find out what they want to know."continues where this line first appears above
Jae"In Your Lordship/Ladyship's absence, the burden of watching over the dynasty's treasury fell upon my shoulders. I deemed Jae Heydari the likeliest threat to the dynasty's material security. I had my people conduct an investigation, and they uncovered a past connection between Heydari and an individual by the name of Mercy, a highly influential figure in the Kasballica Mission with a dangerous reputation."
Jae"Fearing that the predatory interests of the Kasballica would pose a threat to your coffers, I began my own investigation. It was entirely reasonable to suspect collusion of some kind between Heydari and Mercy, and so my suspicions were confirmed — the two were connected. It was from Mercy's associates that I acquired the compromising intelligence on Heydari."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I wish to see Jae Heydari. We have something to discuss."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Drop this, Danrok. Forget what you know."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"How did you come to know of this?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I wish to see Jae Heydari. We have something to discuss."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Drop this, Danrok. Forget what you know."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I want to know the details."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"How did you come to know of this?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I wish to see Jae Heydari. We have something to discuss."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Drop this, Danrok. Forget what you know."continues where this line first appears above