Vote JBD vs HSE Vote GG vs AdM SA vs GG (no vote - cause) DdlV vs GG (no vote - cause) SdW vs GG (no vote - cause) SdS applies Fencing Instructor, Le Chat DdC ARR npc_GdN DdC ARR npc_JdC JLB ARR ncp_EdP JdL ARA npc_CdS JdL Apply CKE JdL ARR npc_JdN HdB ARR npc_GdN ZZ applies for MwoP BJ applies for the position of aide to the FM BO Apply Aide_Gen npc KT BO Apply Aide_Gen npc OC BO Apply Aide_Gen npc SJS BO Apply Aide_Gen npc AlL BO Apply Aide_Gen npc AT DdlV applies to KM Maj BdD asks npc_DT to volunteer 4th Foot and/or Gascon Regiment Ah, good. You are awake then, sir? A happy month, now that the summer campaigning is finally over - Paris can rid itself of all the ill-feeling, political scandal and boorish, ruffianly behaviour that has built up over the last three months. We can at last see a resolution, I trust, of this terrible situation between Senior and de Mylcandonai, as well as enjoying the no-doubt inflated gossip of what will happen at the meeting of the various parties who feel that their honour has been impugned. There is the matter between Serf-Edly and Doutron, then there is the standard end-of-campaign Grosscanard affair, this time with de Mylcandonai, and finally de la Vega and de Wich have challenged Grosscanard publically on the grounds of flirting with their respective ladies while they were at the front, despite the fact that Diego is due to be married this month. That should be a wedding worth attending, if only to see how many bandages the groom has to have on show... De Lacey has returned from his opening campaign with the Royal Foot Guards after switching regiments, and apparently has his eyes on the command of the King's Escort, if my sources are anything to go by: he has asked de Sevigny to resign from the position, although not from the regiment, and is angling to get the Paris Governor to appoint him in the man's place. Plus, he has asked de Neuson to resign on the grounds of incompetency. Also in the Foot Guards, Subaltern Tiffbiskitt has asked Captain Noreis to resign. All in all, it looks as though there may well be quite a shakeup in the country's premier regiment this month. Major Zilvain, having acheived the station required, has applied for a post as Minister Without Portfolio, although rumour has it that his sights are set much higher. He could be stalled, however, as Duc Senior has announced his intention to leave Paris at the end of the month and take up post as the Governor of Hispaniola. The Minister of State is therefore wary of appointing someone just before his retirement, possibly to avoid any later charges of nepotism to add to the treason charge which he is already facing. Oh, and Lt. Gen. d'Eau is stepping down as commander of the Frontier Division, so that he can spend some time at home in Paris. Although why he couldn't just spend the time here anyway and volunteer the rest of his command for the front is a mystery - the last sixteen divisional commanders have done it that way, so why not him? Still, I only report the news; how it comes about is almost irrelevant. Ah yes, talking of irrelevancies...Bijoux de l'Or - he has sent out letters to every single General without an aide, applying for the position. That's what comes of artillery training, I suppose: he seems to think that if he shoots at enough targets, he is bound to hit one of them. What made it worse was the fact that he got his manservant to write them all! Bonneface is not the neatest of writers, but copying out the same letter five times was a little too much like work for de l'Or; he is going to have to write a lot more than that if he manages to gain acceptance from one of the Generals... Our Favourite Spaniard (it says here) is not only getting married this month, but joining the King's Musketeers as well. Heh, even if he manages not to get his throat slit by Grosscanard, I can almost guarantee that de la Vega will look like a hospital patient by the time of his wedding if the Cardinal's Guard are on form. Still, I suppose it takes all kinds. And...yes, finally: Lt. Colonel de Boop has requested that the 4th Regiment of Foot be retained at the front to avoid the Spanish taking back everything they lost over the summer. Failing that, he has asked for the Gascon Regiment be left at the front, and has expressed his intention to hold his Battalion there if his request is completely ignored. So, the short version of the news is that we can look forward to fights, weddings, more fights, a High Court trial for the Minister of State on treason charges and resignations from several of the high-ranking regiments. If I hear of anything else, I will of course let you know over dinner, sir. Good morning. _________________________________________ Ahem. Apologies for interrupting your bath, sir, but I have just been informed that Monsieur Adelique...yes, that Sique fellow...yes, well he also apparently is on the lookout for Grosscanard. Looks as though his appointment calendar is filling up rather rapidly - it should be entertaining to see who guesses correctly as to which party he is going to crash...
