Story Telling Part two
Raelle walks into Alder office. She could tell straight away that the meeting had been a long one. There was food around the edge for the biddies to eat. It looks like that have of it had been eating. If this was a different time, she would burst out laughing. Something about that she couldn’t understand was funny.
There was a large table in the centre of the room. It covered in paperwork, the map of the USA, with marks all over the map. ‘looks like she is planning her next attack or preparing for something big’ Raelle thinks to herself.
Laying across the map where a lot of books. She doesn’t thing there new. There spine covered in a layer of dust. ‘might be from Alder collection’.
She moves deeper into the room and pulls out of the many chairs that surround the table. And sat down. Alder mover around find her spot once again and took her own sit. Her biddies forming a circle around the table. All of them standing. Raelle looked at them all.
“there can sit.” Raelle said without looking at Alder. “it wrong for them to just stand. Your people look tried.”
With a small smile that only the biddies could tell it was there Alder order them to take a sit around the table. She quickly moved on to the bussies at hand.
“there are a lot of things we need to discuss, Raelle.”
Raelle sits down, “yes there is. Where should we start.”
“unfortunately, we cannot, we are waiting for Izadora. She as idea that she wished to discuss with you and I. so in the meantime.”
“we can discuss my personal matter if that ok”.
Alder leans forward, “speak freely.”
Raelle sits back a bit nerve. “there two matters of right know. Firstly, I will start with Tally Craven.”
She raised her eyebrow “Is she well”.
“Yes, she is well, but her mother is blackmailing her. Into marriage and to leave to army or be disinherited everything, her family has built.” Her rage coming out in her tone.
“I cannot do anything to stop that from happening, but I have a feeling you already have a solution”.
“yes, but I wanted to go thought the proper channels this time around. From what Tally has told me about her mother. That she will to extreme measures, for her own and her family in whole gain. I wish to bring her into my family as an honourable member of my family name Stone.”
“you know what you are asking right.”
“yes, Tally will be able to be seen as a high Atlantic even have goon follow her around introducing her as Tally Craven the honourable member of the family name Stone. Which will be her title.”
With a little nod from Alder, milling it over. She looks at her biddies all of them quickly agreeing that there couldn’t lose Tally. ‘She is very gift’, one said. Other mention that she always talks to her and the other. She doesn’t treat us as things but people. After a moment, well for them a moment.
“it will be done, Margret can you please get started with the paperwork. I wish to get this done before May has any option to fight it.”
“she can’t fight this Alder, if it come to it I will marriage her, the witches away. Five years that could shut her up.”
“you’re playing with fire” Alder fully leans on her table elbows rest against the hard wood. “I like it, but I do have a question. Does Tally know, this?”
“she will when I tell her, after this. to be fair if Abigail had known she would be talking to you or her mother on the matter. Not me, it so happens that Tally told me first about her issues with her mother.”
With that Margret get up form her chair and exit the room, leaving the door open. As she moved around Alder smaller officer just to the left of this room.
The began to sit in silence when Alder leans back.
“is there other matter you wish to discuss with me. Or what it”.
“Scylla Ramshorn”.
Alder straightens in her chair. “what of Private Ramshorn.”
“I wish to know if you filed her yet or is she still listed as missing. Or dead”.
“she wasn’t arresting the correct away. It would seem, and her file it lists as missing in action.” Alder quickly thanks her biddies with that information.
“that make the next bit a lot easier, I you list her as found. But injured. You can add her list of injures to her file and where she is the Cession.”
“the cession, how did you manage to get her there.”
Raelle looks at her, like really.
“sorry dumb question, I forget you’re the leader of an army as well.”
“it not a dumb question, I have people that travel around. In case of, extraction. It so happens that Batgirl and norm was around.”
“code name, I like. May I even ask what your.”
“goldilocks, I think you could be fossil, but I do not come up with the nickname. That Batgirl.”
“who is that”.
“one day, I will show you around. But right know. I might keep some secrets, General.”
Getting a little chuckle for one of the biddies. Freya, she thinks. The second youngest. Also sitting the closes to Alder. Getting Alder smile at her, this was a rare occurrence.
“Scylla Ramshorn is a part of my army know General. So, with the changes to her file, I would like them to be transferred over to the Cession. I will personally bring them to Council. I would like to have her hear for graduation.”
“I will get that done for you. Which should I do with Anacostia? I could have her remove, dismissed, or does this mean I can’t have Quartermain with the collar on.” Mutter the last little bit to herself.
“what about what Anacostia did.” jumping to her feet only hearing a little of what she said, Her anger hot. Uncontrollably Raelle sends a wave of wind around the room. All the biddies duck under the table. Alder didn’t move understanding she did not mean to explode.
Raelle stands there staring at her hands. Unsure of her action just then. Herself is breaking. She just wants to allow herself to do just that break. Allow herself to really feel her emotions of everything. She doesn’t what to be this bottle, bursting at tip.
Raelle sits back down, her anger slowly fading. As she looks at Alder apologetic. “I sorry, it sounds like you’re dismissing her crimes.”
There both waited until the dust was settled once against before spoke, Raelle going first.
“Alder, your daughter needs you. She made a mistake that seem to be in her eyes the right move. Don’t allow you anger cloud you, like mine. And on that note, My anger not about her but her action. And there might be a consequence.”
“we might put them in a room together. And before you rage again. not alone. So, we can come up with a det.”
“I will speak with Scylla and Libba about that. But thank you for hearing me out.”
There carried on talking in detail on both matters. So that there where on the same table. The biddies had come out at this point and smoothes there clothing.
The all gave there two cent in. With not getting on Raelle bad side. Alder also jokes that she just to stun to move, but that maybe a match was required to see who has the worse side.
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“What do you think that was about.” Libba mention at the end of the lecture, talking about why Raelle had to talk about Alder for.
“I don’t know” Tally says.
Not hearing the first part Abigail look over at Libba. “I you going to tell us what on your mind. And don’t say it nothing. You been acting weird all day. Along with Toot and Grey.”
There all look at each other. Having the conversation. If there should tell them and not Raelle. After some time, Abigail gets impatience.
“look, S**tbird is my friend, if this has anything to do with her. I need to know; we need to protect her. this time around.”
All of them understanding what she was talking about. And agreed.
“I can’t tell, right know. But Toot as working theory. On what going on. She in the middle of writing it down. once that done. We were thinking to gather everyone and discuss it without Raelle.”
“why, without Raelle.”
“because it involves her. and you don’t know how she will react.” Abigail answer Tally question for Libba.
“yea, but to be fair. On her mother anniversary she did punch a wall.” Grey said.
Toot step in front of everyone.
“this shouldn’t be discussed, so openly. There could be spies for the Spree that the Camarilla control.”
That shut everyone up. There quickly agree to act more neutral around Raelle. And that tonight there would talk about want was happening. Tally optioning out. saying she hate lies and that Raelle should have someone with her. which everyone agrees. A distraction. She hates it but she didn’t see why there couldn’t talk with Raelle about this theory.
But it was just a theory, right????????