08-04-2025, 08:36 PM
"Crown Street approved." he simply said, taking a slip from his boiling coffee, his eyes looking towards the Evening Standard of last night. "Approved what?", the even more intriguing female individual sitting on his front said with a interrogative tone. "They approved of the Kundrati thing.", he stated with his plane voice.
"Nice. Seems that our worries were less than founded about the new government.", she said, a chuckle escaping from her voice. "So, what are we doing, then?"
"We'll need to talk to Bekenial, as they are the closest to Davostag in terms of both geography and...historically.", he said, a sigh escaping from his lips.
"The HSIS? Nice people, I've met some friends up there. Nonetheless, having a talk with Bekenial about the situation will be a neat positive about this. Continental Kundrati's try at breaking its carefully prepared diplomatic isolation isn't going to work, at least, if we get involved.", she drank a slip of her coffee, Egelian coffee, good quality, although Lourennais coffee is still better in her opinion, she thought, one day she'll actually need to go to both these nations to have a long-awaited vacation.
Unfortunately, these days were not the one where a vacation is due. Quite the contrary, in fact.
"Is Kalistan going to get involved.", she asked, quite puzzled about Kalistan's overall role in this...shitty endeavour. "No.", he answered, "not of my knowledge, that is.", he continued with his plain tone, "while Kalistan has been steadfast in their opposition towards fascism, contacts in the nations and the state media's tone about the question seems to hint towards a Kalistani absence from our machinations, although, Hutori's presence may encourage Kaliburg to re-engage in a more assertive way."
"I see. I quite like Kalistan, their music, their way of life, their women...", she said the last part with a tone that left no one different, maybe one of her charm, who knows, he thought. Agent Ruby was always like this, when women were involved, more importantly, charming women, she just couldn't keep her lesbian thoughts to herself. "Remember that we are in a serious conversation, Agent Ruby." was all he could muster when facing his agent's weird takes.
"Oh, I'm perfectly aware, Mr. Director-General, please, excuse me for having dirtied your mind with the thoughts of lovely Kalistani women or men", she teasingly said.
"Shut up. Just shut up.", an increasingly flustered Crampton could only say that his employee was openly teasing him, and he had a wife for heavens' sake! Taking back his composure and his voice, he said with a calm voice while posing his cup of coffee on the table, "Agent Ruby, you haven't been summoned to my office to indulge in your usual teasing. You've been summoned here with a mission.", he continued, now the Agent's ears were all focused on the elderly man, quite ecstatic at the mere thought of going into a mission.
Taking back her usual cold-hearted serious attitude, she looked at the Director-General with expectations coming out of her eyes. "I'm listening."
"We need someone to run the whole operation and I am confident that you will be the right individual for the task.", he said bluntly. "Agent, you've shown yourself to be quite capable of managing small teams in the past and now is another opportunity to prove your worth.", he added with a hint of a challenge on the Agent's pride on the end note.
"I know my reputation, Director-General. What does that mission entails, exactly?"
Clearing up his throat, he then said "Your mission, at least, yours, will be, alongside a team of spies to go in Kundrati and Davostag to torpedo any form of mutual assistance plan that they might plan in the future, the first location of your mission will be in Davostag, since it's the least dangerous country out of the two. There you'll be helped by the Luthorian Foreign Office and the Embassy of Luthori in Davostag. But.", taking a deep breath followed by a long silence, he took a moment to choose the right words.
"If you accept, the very moment you step into Legionnaire territory, there will be no help, no back-up, nothing. Fort William will expect information and intel about Kundrati, of course, but, still."
"I accept."
"What?"
"I said, I accept. Isn't that answer clear enough for you?"
"Agent Ruby, I must just ask. Why?", worry was clear in the man's voice, he just couldn't understand how a woman, with that much prestige and that much power within the IFIA could just decide to throw it and decide to risk it all on the mission.
"I'm a patriot, and well, I have some grievances with the Kundratis that I need to end."
Staying silent, he listened.
"My father was in Etxea. He was killed, at least that's what the Luthorian Government is saying, but me and my mom never saw the glimpse of his body. My intent is saying to me that the fascists captured him and God knows how, he is Kundrati. Either dead and in a six-foot tomb or...alive..."
"If he was alive, they would have use him as propaganda."
"Yes, indeed. But my dad was pretty stubborn at times and is deeply loyal to that nation, he wouldn't break that easily to people he despises."
"No man is invincible, he surely had a breaking point."
"Maybe. But I'll not be that sure except if I know the truth myself."
"I see. Here is your mission. Godspeed, Agent.", and with that, the imposing and elderly figure of the Director-General faded in the darkness of the Facility, leaving Agent Ruby to her thoughts.
"Godspeed to me, I guess." She sighed one last time before leaving the room where her cup of coffee.
"Nice. Seems that our worries were less than founded about the new government.", she said, a chuckle escaping from her voice. "So, what are we doing, then?"
"We'll need to talk to Bekenial, as they are the closest to Davostag in terms of both geography and...historically.", he said, a sigh escaping from his lips.
"The HSIS? Nice people, I've met some friends up there. Nonetheless, having a talk with Bekenial about the situation will be a neat positive about this. Continental Kundrati's try at breaking its carefully prepared diplomatic isolation isn't going to work, at least, if we get involved.", she drank a slip of her coffee, Egelian coffee, good quality, although Lourennais coffee is still better in her opinion, she thought, one day she'll actually need to go to both these nations to have a long-awaited vacation.
Unfortunately, these days were not the one where a vacation is due. Quite the contrary, in fact.
"Is Kalistan going to get involved.", she asked, quite puzzled about Kalistan's overall role in this...shitty endeavour. "No.", he answered, "not of my knowledge, that is.", he continued with his plain tone, "while Kalistan has been steadfast in their opposition towards fascism, contacts in the nations and the state media's tone about the question seems to hint towards a Kalistani absence from our machinations, although, Hutori's presence may encourage Kaliburg to re-engage in a more assertive way."
"I see. I quite like Kalistan, their music, their way of life, their women...", she said the last part with a tone that left no one different, maybe one of her charm, who knows, he thought. Agent Ruby was always like this, when women were involved, more importantly, charming women, she just couldn't keep her lesbian thoughts to herself. "Remember that we are in a serious conversation, Agent Ruby." was all he could muster when facing his agent's weird takes.
"Oh, I'm perfectly aware, Mr. Director-General, please, excuse me for having dirtied your mind with the thoughts of lovely Kalistani women or men", she teasingly said.
"Shut up. Just shut up.", an increasingly flustered Crampton could only say that his employee was openly teasing him, and he had a wife for heavens' sake! Taking back his composure and his voice, he said with a calm voice while posing his cup of coffee on the table, "Agent Ruby, you haven't been summoned to my office to indulge in your usual teasing. You've been summoned here with a mission.", he continued, now the Agent's ears were all focused on the elderly man, quite ecstatic at the mere thought of going into a mission.
Taking back her usual cold-hearted serious attitude, she looked at the Director-General with expectations coming out of her eyes. "I'm listening."
"We need someone to run the whole operation and I am confident that you will be the right individual for the task.", he said bluntly. "Agent, you've shown yourself to be quite capable of managing small teams in the past and now is another opportunity to prove your worth.", he added with a hint of a challenge on the Agent's pride on the end note.
"I know my reputation, Director-General. What does that mission entails, exactly?"
Clearing up his throat, he then said "Your mission, at least, yours, will be, alongside a team of spies to go in Kundrati and Davostag to torpedo any form of mutual assistance plan that they might plan in the future, the first location of your mission will be in Davostag, since it's the least dangerous country out of the two. There you'll be helped by the Luthorian Foreign Office and the Embassy of Luthori in Davostag. But.", taking a deep breath followed by a long silence, he took a moment to choose the right words.
"If you accept, the very moment you step into Legionnaire territory, there will be no help, no back-up, nothing. Fort William will expect information and intel about Kundrati, of course, but, still."
"I accept."
"What?"
"I said, I accept. Isn't that answer clear enough for you?"
"Agent Ruby, I must just ask. Why?", worry was clear in the man's voice, he just couldn't understand how a woman, with that much prestige and that much power within the IFIA could just decide to throw it and decide to risk it all on the mission.
"I'm a patriot, and well, I have some grievances with the Kundratis that I need to end."
Staying silent, he listened.
"My father was in Etxea. He was killed, at least that's what the Luthorian Government is saying, but me and my mom never saw the glimpse of his body. My intent is saying to me that the fascists captured him and God knows how, he is Kundrati. Either dead and in a six-foot tomb or...alive..."
"If he was alive, they would have use him as propaganda."
"Yes, indeed. But my dad was pretty stubborn at times and is deeply loyal to that nation, he wouldn't break that easily to people he despises."
"No man is invincible, he surely had a breaking point."
"Maybe. But I'll not be that sure except if I know the truth myself."
"I see. Here is your mission. Godspeed, Agent.", and with that, the imposing and elderly figure of the Director-General faded in the darkness of the Facility, leaving Agent Ruby to her thoughts.
"Godspeed to me, I guess." She sighed one last time before leaving the room where her cup of coffee.