by Dafne Spencer » Sun Nov 07, 2021 1:24 am
Dafne knew very little about Board intricacies, but she'd heard (or read) rumours of the organization in the past.
But because she didn't know much and what little she knew wasn't that different than her own knowledge, she said little else on the matter.
" The island you mentioned had been in familial hands for some time, but had been documented as having been sold to an undocumented purchaser. I had presumed that some Japanese citizen with enough cash and who had preferred to keep it confidential had purchased it, but it makes sense that I couldn't find him because he had just be hiding 'in plain sight' all this time. " She replies, sounding a bit bitter about it.
"Edmond had two siblings, our father, Dinis, and their sister, Beanina, who was frequently referred to by the pet name Bean or sometimes Beanie. Then there are five us of. Gus and I, as well as Kitty and Birdy, and lastly our bother Emil.
Our father is the familial patriarch, which makes him a baronet, a sort of inherited title that puts him in a weird 'middle management' position in terms of nobility. He ranks either at the bottom of nobiles majores or at the top of the nobiles minores, depending on whom you ask, what week it is, and which variety of Waitrose sandwich they had for lunch that day. Nonetheless, certain people still take titles incredibly seriously in this country, including our father.
Presuming he knew about the genetic connection between Ed and Basil, there's a potential he would want Basil gone to ensure our brother Emil inherits in the event of his own demise. And if our father had anything to do with Edmond's exile on a private island, then it seems reasonable he would spirit-away-but-not-kill Basil as well, as it continues on with the concept of locking your undesirables in the attic, a common tactic for our kind.
Emil too could be involved in that, as he certainly has the temperament for it. He definitely gives off top vibes, though I doubt he's clever enough to figure out how to make a grown man disappear, so if he's somehow involved he's working with someone else.
And of course there's our cousin Zoe, Bean's girl. She's an only child, like Basil.
Zoe is quiet. I don't like it."