Just to rub salt in your wounds, here's another one
(OOC JBD asks npc_EdP to resign for the 100th time, for good measure JBD
also asks him to resign his post as Cavalry_Division_Adjutant)
----- Original Message -----
From: John Tria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 2:15 PM
Subject: Re: Banana: L'Arbe En Feu, September 1672
> DdC has ask for the following.
> DdC ARR npc_GdN
> DdC ARR npc_JdC
>
>
> >From: "Mike Pope" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: "Banana Press" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: Banana: L'Arbe En Feu, September 1672
> >Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 07:13:01 +0100
> >
> >[OOC: Anything I have missed - sorry, but I _did_ ask everyone to repost
a
> >copy to me...]
> >
> >Vote JBD vs HSE
> >Vote GG vs AdM
> >DdlV vs GG (no vote - cause)
> >SdW vs GG (no vote - cause)
> >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.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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