[Considers very carefully. Very carefully indeed.]
I've heard of Mr. Rose's pamphlet, but not yet received or read it. I look forward to the chance.
Regarding what was happening at the time I was kidnapped?
[Tarvek is truthful -- often surprisingly so from the POV of his enemies. He's not always complete, but he tends to be highly accurate. He's honorable, even if it is frustrating to tell the truth only to watch his enemies assume the worst and go haring off after herds of mad assumptions based on their belief that he merely lies. Here he feels he should do his very best to be even more honest than usual.]
I'm a bit hazy on the date myself, sir. The past few days in my time-frame include the destruction of my town, my capture by your troops, my escape from your troops, and my arrival in Castle Heterodyne. I've been sick, allied with Agatha Heterodyne, the true descendant of Bill and Lucrezia Heterodyne. I've put up with far too much extensive exposure to an impostor "Lady Heterodyne" fielded by yet another verdammt faction of my father's verdammt allies. I've been locked to your rather un-expected son, Gilgamesh, and between us we and Lady Heterodyne had saved each other's lives enough times that I am rather losing count.
Insofar as I know, you're injured but recovering from wounds received attempting to capture Agatha Heterodyne during the sacking of my town. As it happens the persona you encountered wasn't Agatha, it was her annoying mother, Lucrezia, who got dumped in her head by fanatical Geisterdamen. You might be interested to know Agatha's currently back in control, and almost certain to end up entirely free of her mother if I can get an hour or two free to work on machinery left in Castle Heterodyne that should comb the downloaded personality out of her system.
Beyond that? [shrugs, not that you can see the gesture. You may hear the frustration in his voice, though.] I remain as ever: highly suspect. When have I ever been anything else, Herr Baron? Perhaps it will be sufficient for me to say that I consider Agatha Heterodyne my friend, my ally, the woman I admire and court -- and consider Gil a valued associate, a possible friend, but a definite rival. On more counts than one.
As for the rest of reality: I am given to understand that in my world Lucrezia implanted you with a slaver wasp designed by yet another verdammt mad ally of my father's, which works on sparks. Having always believed it to be intended for me if I proved intractable to my father and his allies, I'm afraid my primary feeling is of relief. But knowing there is such a device may allow you to develop a counteracting agent. The wasps are sensitive to Lucrezia's spoken voice frequencies.
If it's of interest to you, I happen to know the frequencies in question.
Not that I have my spark at the moment. But I do have the information.
[There. He's told the truth, if not every single detail. And at least he's playing fair from the position of their containment in Mayfield. He's not sure where tracking all the additional and extraneous side-plots would take the two of them. Frankly he's got no reason to trust the Baron with his deepest and most personal agenda, nor can the Baron help him with that agenda here in any case. Discussing the many things still in play in Europa that were set in play for that one personal goal would only muddy the waters. There's no reason for the Baron to know what Anevka's fate was, or the true aim of her current avatar: it's irrelevant here.]
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I've heard of Mr. Rose's pamphlet, but not yet received or read it. I look forward to the chance.
Regarding what was happening at the time I was kidnapped?
[Tarvek is truthful -- often surprisingly so from the POV of his enemies. He's not always complete, but he tends to be highly accurate. He's honorable, even if it is frustrating to tell the truth only to watch his enemies assume the worst and go haring off after herds of mad assumptions based on their belief that he merely lies. Here he feels he should do his very best to be even more honest than usual.]
I'm a bit hazy on the date myself, sir. The past few days in my time-frame include the destruction of my town, my capture by your troops, my escape from your troops, and my arrival in Castle Heterodyne. I've been sick, allied with Agatha Heterodyne, the true descendant of Bill and Lucrezia Heterodyne. I've put up with far too much extensive exposure to an impostor "Lady Heterodyne" fielded by yet another verdammt faction of my father's verdammt allies. I've been locked to your rather un-expected son, Gilgamesh, and between us we and Lady Heterodyne had saved each other's lives enough times that I am rather losing count.
Insofar as I know, you're injured but recovering from wounds received attempting to capture Agatha Heterodyne during the sacking of my town. As it happens the persona you encountered wasn't Agatha, it was her annoying mother, Lucrezia, who got dumped in her head by fanatical Geisterdamen. You might be interested to know Agatha's currently back in control, and almost certain to end up entirely free of her mother if I can get an hour or two free to work on machinery left in Castle Heterodyne that should comb the downloaded personality out of her system.
Beyond that? [shrugs, not that you can see the gesture. You may hear the frustration in his voice, though.] I remain as ever: highly suspect. When have I ever been anything else, Herr Baron? Perhaps it will be sufficient for me to say that I consider Agatha Heterodyne my friend, my ally, the woman I admire and court -- and consider Gil a valued associate, a possible friend, but a definite rival. On more counts than one.
As for the rest of reality: I am given to understand that in my world Lucrezia implanted you with a slaver wasp designed by yet another verdammt mad ally of my father's, which works on sparks. Having always believed it to be intended for me if I proved intractable to my father and his allies, I'm afraid my primary feeling is of relief. But knowing there is such a device may allow you to develop a counteracting agent. The wasps are sensitive to Lucrezia's spoken voice frequencies.
If it's of interest to you, I happen to know the frequencies in question.
Not that I have my spark at the moment. But I do have the information.
[There. He's told the truth, if not every single detail. And at least he's playing fair from the position of their containment in Mayfield. He's not sure where tracking all the additional and extraneous side-plots would take the two of them. Frankly he's got no reason to trust the Baron with his deepest and most personal agenda, nor can the Baron help him with that agenda here in any case. Discussing the many things still in play in Europa that were set in play for that one personal goal would only muddy the waters. There's no reason for the Baron to know what Anevka's fate was, or the true aim of her current avatar: it's irrelevant here.]