12-27-2019, 08:44 AM
IAF Golden Eagle 1 - Empress Yauhmi's personal transport
En route to Legionas from Kerlile, December 13th
A small piece of paper.
It sat on the desk, a tantalizing mystery.
Empress Yauhmi eyed the piece of paper, wondering what awaited her once she unfolded it. When she had gifted Jennifer Hale with a mācuahuitl, she had not expected a gift in return. But the Kerlian Councillor had seen fit to give her a note, and the Empress rather suspected that it wasn't your typical thank-you note.
The Empress finally picked up the piece of paper that Hale had delivered to her with such secrecy. Unfolding it, she began reading what at first seemed like random information. A list of numbers, matched to Xiomeran names. At first, she thought that Hale had played a strange joke on her.
When she realized that the note was not, in fact, just random information, she rose upright in her chair in amazement. Numbers. Kerlian citizen ID numbers. Next to Xiomeran names.
Yauhmi chuckled softly to herself. Your prowess definitely deserved a mācuahuitl, Jennifer Hale. Perhaps an even better gift, someday. The Empress found herself quite admiring the Kerlian Councillor for managing to get this information to her. We may be able to give our Auroras the desired outcome after all, no matter what Pauline Pierre says about it.
The Empress quickly picked up her secure phone line and ordered her attendant, Tlalli, to connect her to the Secretary of Security. When Zalpalatli answered, the Empress cut off his greetings in her excitement. "Zalpalatli, I am sending you some information via secure link. It is a list. A very valuable list." The Empress quickly keyed the names and numbers into her secure terminal, her fingers flying with a speed and skill quite unexpected for a person in their seventies.
At the Cauhloc, the Secretary of Security reviewed the information. "Is this what I think it is?" he finally asked, his voice quite excited.
"It is. Begin cross-referencing the names listed. Search for high-performing or noteworthy individuals first by those names, focusing specifically on professions or positions that an Aurora might find appealing," Yauhmi ordered. "Just out of curiosity, where did we get this information, if I may ask, your Majesty?" Zalpalatli asked, his professional curiosity overcoming his deference to the Empress.
"A friend. And that is all anyone ever need know," Yauhmi said flatly.
"Of course, your Majesty," Zalpalatli replied, swallowing his curiosity. "We will begin searching right away."
"Inform me immediately of any results," the Empress ordered, ending the call. When it was done, she picked up the lighter she normally used to light cigarettes, on the rare occasion she indulged in them. With a soft whoosh, the note from Hale was lit and tossed into a nearby steel trash can. The Empress calmly placed a lid over the container once the note was burned, to keep the smoke from setting off the plane's security systems.
The Empress leaned back in her seat again, quite pleased. Her trip was proving more beneficial already than she had even imagined.
En route to Legionas from Kerlile, December 13th
A small piece of paper.
It sat on the desk, a tantalizing mystery.
Empress Yauhmi eyed the piece of paper, wondering what awaited her once she unfolded it. When she had gifted Jennifer Hale with a mācuahuitl, she had not expected a gift in return. But the Kerlian Councillor had seen fit to give her a note, and the Empress rather suspected that it wasn't your typical thank-you note.
The Empress finally picked up the piece of paper that Hale had delivered to her with such secrecy. Unfolding it, she began reading what at first seemed like random information. A list of numbers, matched to Xiomeran names. At first, she thought that Hale had played a strange joke on her.
When she realized that the note was not, in fact, just random information, she rose upright in her chair in amazement. Numbers. Kerlian citizen ID numbers. Next to Xiomeran names.
Yauhmi chuckled softly to herself. Your prowess definitely deserved a mācuahuitl, Jennifer Hale. Perhaps an even better gift, someday. The Empress found herself quite admiring the Kerlian Councillor for managing to get this information to her. We may be able to give our Auroras the desired outcome after all, no matter what Pauline Pierre says about it.
The Empress quickly picked up her secure phone line and ordered her attendant, Tlalli, to connect her to the Secretary of Security. When Zalpalatli answered, the Empress cut off his greetings in her excitement. "Zalpalatli, I am sending you some information via secure link. It is a list. A very valuable list." The Empress quickly keyed the names and numbers into her secure terminal, her fingers flying with a speed and skill quite unexpected for a person in their seventies.
At the Cauhloc, the Secretary of Security reviewed the information. "Is this what I think it is?" he finally asked, his voice quite excited.
"It is. Begin cross-referencing the names listed. Search for high-performing or noteworthy individuals first by those names, focusing specifically on professions or positions that an Aurora might find appealing," Yauhmi ordered. "Just out of curiosity, where did we get this information, if I may ask, your Majesty?" Zalpalatli asked, his professional curiosity overcoming his deference to the Empress.
"A friend. And that is all anyone ever need know," Yauhmi said flatly.
"Of course, your Majesty," Zalpalatli replied, swallowing his curiosity. "We will begin searching right away."
"Inform me immediately of any results," the Empress ordered, ending the call. When it was done, she picked up the lighter she normally used to light cigarettes, on the rare occasion she indulged in them. With a soft whoosh, the note from Hale was lit and tossed into a nearby steel trash can. The Empress calmly placed a lid over the container once the note was burned, to keep the smoke from setting off the plane's security systems.
The Empress leaned back in her seat again, quite pleased. Her trip was proving more beneficial already than she had even imagined.
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