Part 16
Emissary au
(This time, let´s see a bit of the other characters)
The Braddock´s summer mansion is a gift from Queen Gloriana´s daughter for having complete such complex mission/task with such diligence to every single detail that the daughter and her tentacles are more than pleased and ward the Braddocks with this summer mansion. Brain, bless her gullible twin, often put a polite smile on his face and says to his wife and too his sister, that what Queen Gloriana gives, she can take easily.
Elisabeth only rolls her eyes at such silly words and Meggan did the same as she kissed his cheek. Brian is one of the few people who aren´t ready to embrace the beauty of Queen Gloriana. Betsy wonders about her name. The primordial name of such a magnificent creature.
However, today, her musings about such divinity because her mind and heart are taken by the ever enigmatic Count Darkholme. “Oh Betsy, is so good to see you fall in love” Meggan states still ‘’high’’ (in many senses) thanks to Queen Gloriana´s presence from earlier. “But I´m afraid this will be unrequited love as Count D has a fiance now”
And Betsy frowns at this and let her sister-in-law fly away with her eyes glowing green and her hair is growing in size. Brian, for being her husband, shares some pain as well and his hair is grown considerably. And normally, Betsy would laugh, but, she has other matters in her head.
“Prepare me a carriage right now” Betsy demands in a foul mood. She knows the name of the so-called fiance and knows where to get more information, and surely, Kwannon, the owner of the tea shop (where men and women from all walks of life go to have a nice affair in peace) is the best source of information in all London.
The carriage was fast. It was another present from Queen Gloriana who is happy with their services and granted them a carriage that is faster than Quicksilver and Northstar.
Finally, Elisabeth Braddock steps down from her carriage and finds Kwannon with her arms crossed and blank expression. “Is Tuesday, you always come to annoy me every Tuesday, Braddock. So, still thinking you´re a Japanese woman or you´ll confess you´re fetishizing me like everyone else?”
“I´ve no time to waste here. Your friend, Ariel” she utters the word as if is a bad word to say and that didn´t go unnoticed by Kwannon. “Is she the bride of Count D or is this one of her schemes?”
Kwannon didn´t flinch as she replies with a somewhat bored tone in her voice and eyes. “If Count Darkholme wants to marry Ariel, well, it hardly matters what you or me think and frankly, Betsy,” she said this word full of irony and yellow pleasantries that is fully noticed by the other “you look like a desperate woman and I know, for a fact, that Queen Gloriana would not be happy to such sight” and concludes with her eyes growing purple. “Now, this is the best moment to leave...Unless you want to fight me and risk her wrath” and it works, or so, Kwannon hopes so.
Inside the carriage, Betsy gave a new location. “Take me to the house of Colonel Rory Michael, I want to have a word with his concubine Amanda Szardos we have something to speak” she then stops and thinks of her position. She needs allies, but, Elisabeth comes from a prestige household and Amanda...no, she won´t spoil her image. “Change of plans, take me back home, I need to deliver a letter to a few individuals”