Dearest Madame Sherlock;
You have no idea how much it pleased me to see that the princess is in good hands with you by her side. It turned my mood right around to see the two of you together. Watching your devotion to her warms an old man's heart. I know she could not ask for a better caretaker at this point in time. You shall help her through this danger, I am sure.
You must assure me as to her state. Not to toot my own horn, but word that I have saved the Princess would be a major coup for my career. I can only imagine the funding I might get after word gets around of an outsider's hand on the princess' visage. You may have been informed us sculptors only are in art for the sake of art. While I admit, beauty is my first master, all except the most hardheaded among us would have to admit that to do what we love, we require our patrons to be generous.
I do hope the new gold is infiltrating the Princess' body smoothly Foreign impurities are to be avoided at all costs. Without careful attention, the influence of non-Symkarian gold would surely cause the Princess to erode over time. Be careful and attentive in keeping her clean and vital; remember that the average Symkarian places their faith in our Golden Girl. She is the physical embodiment of our virtues. It would be improper if she was not fit to once again stand above her people, waving, allowing even the most common folk to gander at our finest work of art. While the Princess prefers terrycloth, may I recommend a fine wire brush to ensure polish transfers to even the hardest-to-reach location?
It's come to my attention that no one had managed to spell out to you Symkaria's skills in jewelry making. From long ago, we have been working our magic on gold of all shapes and sizes. While the House of Fabarge may get the press, they would never dream to impinge upon our efforts. From the highest mountain to the deepest bay, be assured that you will not find works of higher quality.
This enclosed piece is sure to be all the rage among Symkaria's inner circles come the Spring time. I am sure there will be plenty of our finest maidens looking to see who can best play the role of princess! The subtlety of the craftsmanship is matched only by it's elegance of design. Something like this will be on the finger of every eligible maiden, I am certain. I shall have to create an appropriate counterpart for the aspiring prince, as well.
I send this letter to you directly; I know you would not want to draw undue attention to yourself at this point. The princess is missing her homeland, I'm sure. Perhaps you can inform her that the entire nation is praying for her. Perhaps she can find some comfort in the fact that, even in her secluesion, the thoughts of her country are with her.
Know that you have allies in your corner, and friends where you may least expect them.
Faithfully yours in all things,
Jacques Ciseleur
PS: This may be hard to believe but: doughnuts.. The princess adores them. Trust me, I know they sound particularly plebian for a snack for royalty, but a finely-made cream donut is fit for the king, or at least the next best thing.
Sherlock - turned my mood right around - watching - danger - state coup - funding, outsider - informed - all ex - love -
Infiltrating foreign influence - erode over time - faith, virtues,proper-ganderpropaganda - wire transfers -
Attention - spell - long ago - magic dreambay bybaby ???
Play the role of princess - subtlety -finger princefingerprints
Missing information, find cluesDoughnutsDo not trust the king.
Jezabelle Sherlock wrote:Jez almost immediately went to her laptop, and gave pause. Curiously, one of the others went back to the piece of jewelry and examined it more closely, looking to the index finger portion. Jacques had a great deal of time and access of Katarina's body while she was unconscious, perhaps the sculpture of her head hadn't been the only thing he'd made a cast of....
Jezabelle Sherlock wrote:Another kept working on the note's code. Yes, Alex, of course. It was starting to make a lot more sense to her now. Some foreign influence had been spying on them, tipped Alex off, Nika was just an unnecessary pawn who had inadvertently contributed, and taken the fall. There were just two things that did not make sense to her, the part about a magic dream baby was one of them. Maybe Katarina might know, some sort of folklore? As for the other, turned my mood right around...." Her mind puzzled over it before it struck her.
"Doom...."
It was so obvious! Hell, she'd spent so long thinking that it was the case, why had she ever stopped? But that just reminded her of how the metal monarch's gaze was everywhere, all the time.
"I haven't played Doom in years, I really should do another run." The one at the laptop muttered. Flawless, no one eavesdropping would ever suspect a thing. Not.
Jezabelle Sherlock wrote:Meanwhile, the third Jez turned to the other package, the larger one. The arrival of two at the same time couldn't be a coincidence, could it? She worked on opening it while her other selves focused on the big mystery.
Jezabelle Sherlock wrote:One of the Jez took the thumb drive and put it in her laptop while another carefully put on the piece of jewelry. She half-suspected that this wasn't actually the key, but sending something that covered her finger, and a thumb drive that had a fingerprint scanner... well she had to try it.
Jezabelle Sherlock wrote: Still, she had to sit down as she read the letter, another of her sorting through the things and ascertaining what was meant for her, and what she was to impart onto the Princess herself.
Jezabelle Sherlock wrote:Jez bit the bullet and clicked the flashing red box, curious to see what might unfold.
Jezabelle Sherlock wrote:In the meantime however she made herself busy. And as she had the tools at her disposal, she might as well utilize them. It was immoral to delve into people's privacy this way, but that was a guilt she'd have to carry, as the alternative put people's lives at stake, both on campus and in Symkaria. So, closing her own file, she began running the names of various students she thought might make good "handmaidens".
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