The King's Ball

Flying low over Avalon were one Cessena Citation X, 4 Invicta fighters, and a single huge Antonov An-225. It was The Abbess' "Aircade", as she liked to call it. Inside of the Citation were 10 members of the elite Emerald Guard, The Abbess' personal bodyguards. The Fighters were only for air protection, and inside of the An-225 was The Abbess herself. When they were ready to land at Avalon Intl., they were given 1st Priority landing permission. Once all of the members of the Guard were situated on the tarmac, 5 raised Herald Trumpets and began to play the Holy Prominade (Olympic Fanfare) as The Abbess exited her aircraft. She was wearing a not-so-fancy vestment, a mitre, and was carrying a Crosier. On top of all that, she was pushing her beloved Pug, Fiat, in a doggie stroller in front of her. once she exited the airport, she made her way to a waiting limousine and made her way to her hotel, nearby the One King's Tower.

Flying in on his father's corporation private jet, although he preferred the government one his father president Bob used, but he could only use that one when traveling with his dad on official business. The plane was bigger and it had better services. So he had to put up with his own 747 completely loaded with whatever he wanted.

Zack bob accompanied by several members of special activities force. The plane landed at Avalon Intl and with no fanfare he made it quickly to a car sent by the embassy. Zack was looking forward to hanging out with the speaker son who was assigned to the embassy temporarily as part of the special embassy Army unit. Speaker son was doing a review of the unit before heading back to Bob to work on the rest of his duties at the national Armed Forces Council.What he was even more excited about going to The Kings ball because he had become sort of boring of the parties back in Bob that he always went for entertainment.

On a new diplomatic mission for his majesty King Frederick 1st the brother and sister to the king the Duke of Sambor (Arnold Aglen) and the Duchess of Ageno (Samantha Aglen) were on their way to the Avalon on the Royal Jet #2.

The duke had been complaining for the entire trip that he is a military man not a social star. While the duchess (the real social star of the royal family) was trying to get some sleep.

After they had arrived they got into a embassy-car and headed for the embassy.

After a long, deserving sleep from jetlag, The Abbess decied to go out on the town, with 4 bodyguards, of course. Just as Sadira had left the mall, The Abbess entered, cameras flashing and reporters fighting with the Emerald Guard to get a word from her. After about 4 hours of shopping, The Abbess returned to her hotel with a new faux fur coat to keep her warm in the crisp Surdran autumn, a puppie winter outfit for Fiat, and some gifts and things for her guards, like sunglasses for the men and purses for the women. She took a short nap of about 2 hours, and proceeded to one of Surdra's beaches to check out the scene. It was getting close to sunset, so she decided to stay and watch. One little boy slipped by her guards at the beach and asked The Abbess why she'd come to Surdra, obviously aware that she wasn't from around here, but not exactly sure of who she was. She was, after all, wearing her "Business get-up", or her vestment, mitre, and crosier. All she said back to him was,
"It's a secret! Can you keep a secret?" The boy nodded when she said that, intrigued by her outfit. "Alright," she continued. "I'm here because there's gonna be a big party, and I wanted to make some new friends!" She said with a smile. She took out a small hot wheels car from the pocket that she'd found at the hotel room, probably left behind by the last guests. She gave it too the boy, and smiling at his new toy, said, "Thanks a lot!" and ran off. Once the sun had set, she went back to her hotel and fell asleep out on the balcony overlooking the city, and with a view of the One King's Tower, now brightly light in anticipation for the upcoming ball.

The Abbess was in her room, admiring her dress, designed exclusively for her by one of The Ilium's more prominent fashion designers. She set it out on her bed, and went through a checklist, calling people to make sure all preparations were complete for the ball, which was set to start very soon. She made sure the limousine would be waiting at the exact time she was ready to leave, what fanfare would play when she entered, to find out what food was being served, but most importantly... The guest list. She studied that guest list like it was the SAT test. If she didn't know someone there, who they were, what they did... Not only did she think that might be amateur, but she thought it might offend someone, as well. She knew almost everyone on the list, and she was positive that in only a few short hours, she'd have the whole thing memorized. She walked out onto her balcony, Fiat in her arms and her phone to her ear, and stared at the moon over Avalon. Even though she'd never been to the King's Ball before, she could tell that this party would be one of the best yet.

(OOC: To get an idea of what Adam’s penthouse is like look here.)

Prince Adam downed the last of his beer as he watched the sun set over Avalon. He had been drinking the same beer for the past hour as he go ready for the Ball. In front of him Kings Tower rose like a glowing ivory spire towards the stars. There were at least six high powered search lights surrounding the base of the tower and another three about two thirds of the way up, all of them raking the sky with their white beams.

Stepping away from the railing the Prince walked across the terrace and entered his penthouse apartment. Located on the top of the Millennium Tower, Adam’s penthouse occupied the top three floors of the building. The 79th floor was reserved for the Prince’s security and support teams slept and worked, it was also as far as anyone could get before they had to take the private elevator to the Prince’s penthouse proper. The floor also had the Prince’s private helicopter pad. The 80th floor had the penthouse’s main living and dining rooms, the gourmet kitchen, the study and library, a wine room, indoor pool and spa, a gym and an outdoor sports area where the Prince could play tennis, soccer, or basketball, and a terrace that wraps around the whole floor. The 81st floor was where the Prince’s master bedroom was located along with his master bathroom. It also had two more bedrooms that the Prince used when he had guest and his personal office.

As he walked through the penthouse’s kitchen he sent down the empty beer bottle on the counter and then made his way towards the entrance foyer. As he passed by the main living room he picked up his tailored suit jacket, he had decide on wearing a grey suit with a dark granite grey shirt plus a black tie instead of the more traditional tuxedo for the ball this year. As he walked towards the elevator he buttoned up his jacket and paused briefly at a mirror to give himself one last look over. Seeing that everything was fine he entered the private elevator and hit the button to take him down one floor.

When he finally reached the floor below he was greeted by Regina Kenai and the rest of his personal guards. Regina was very close to the prince, she had been one of his personal guards since the prince was seven. She had helped raise Adam in her own special way; the Prince viewed her as a big sister of sorts.

“Good Evening your Highness,” Regina said with her normal warm smile.

“Evening Regina,” Adam replied.

Adam then exited the elevator and walked directly across the hallway to another elevator. After he entered the elevator his personal guards entered after him. The last guard then hit the button for the basement parking garage. As part of the agreement when the King bought the penthouse the building’s owner installed a special device on the elevators so that when someone left or head up to the top floor the elevators did not stop at any other floor. Also in order to get to the penthouse you need to give your fingerprint, if the fingerprint was not in the system it sent a message to the Prince’s security detail.

When they reached the garage the Prince’s ride for the night was waiting for him, a brand new fresh from the factory, black Moretti Hunter (Lamborghini Aventador) sports car. Because of the short notice and the rush order Adam had paid 30% more than the car was normally worth, but in his opinion the car was worth it. Also waiting for the Prince were four blacked out SUVs that would carry his personal guards and also his police escort made up by SMW R1200RT motorcycles. Walking over to the Hunter a guard held open the driver’s side door for him. Sitting in the driver’s seat Adam then inserted the key and started the engine. Not waiting for his escorts Adam put the car into gear and drove out of the parking garage. As he turned onto the street the police motorcycles accelerated past the Prince and drove ahead of him. Two of the SUVs then also passed the Prince and took their place in front of him as the other two SUVs followed closely behind.

The drive to Kings Tower was largely uneventful, as he drove the Prince passed the time by going over the guest list one last time. Most of those on the list were at the Ball last year or were fairly well known to the Prince. The only few names got his attention as they had never been to one of the Balls before. As they neared Kings Tower and One Kings Plaza the Prince’s security kept driving straight ahead as the Prince turned to the right and headed towards where the red carpet was. As the Prince waited for the limos in front of him to off load there passengers his security detailed rushed to park in the underground parking garage where they would leave their vehicles.

When the Prince finally got to the point where he could exit his Hunter he was hit by a barrage of camera flashes, even before he got out of the car. A Guardsman disguised as one of the parking valets opened for him and the Prince exited his sports car. Walking around the car the Prince walked onto the red carpet and made his way to where the nearest group of reporters where.

Zack rolled up in a black SUV with tinted windows that had been stripped of all, it's official markings. He got out with this two special tasks group guards who were dressed appropriate for the occasion as to not stand out.
They proceeded towards the entrance Zack attempted to turn towards the media , but hit not hard and discreetly in the shoulder by the guard behind him . As a reminder that first rule on the list was no talking to foreign media. Zack did stop for any media that wanted a shot then proceeded into the ball.

Sadira was freaking out. Katie and Sadira had been snuck in by Derrick the security guard and were changing their clothes in one of the employee restrooms. Sadira was adding the finishing touches on her makeup and her red crepe front wrap dress as Katie worked to squeeze into her black dress. Both had gotten their hair done the day before and they looked fabulous.

“You ready Sadira,” asked Katie as she put on her lipstick.

“Ready as I’ll ever be,” replied Sadira.

“Oh come on, cheer up,” Katie said pulling her friend close to her, “Look at us. We are going to be the two hottest girls in that party. Who knows, we may meet some Prince or something.”

Laughing Sadira said, “Ya right Katie. We’re more likely going to get kicked out or arrested.”

“Well we won’t know until we get in there, let’s go,” and with that Katie took off dragging Sadira behind her, heading towards the sounds of the music.

“So Prince Adam what do you think of this year’s Ball this year,” asked Wendi Gates, Entertainment Tonight field reporter.

“I think that this year’s Ball is going to our best one yet,” answered the Prince, “When my father started the first ball eighteen years ago we could never imagine how it would grow. We have a great charity to support this year, last year we raised over 12 million dollars and we hope to raise even more.”

“Well thank you for your time you Highness,” Wendi Gates said giving a slight curtsy.

“Any time Wendi,” Prince Adam said giving a wave to the crowd behind her.

The Prince then made his way down the red carpet stopping every few meters as he stopped to do interviews, talk with celebrities, and generally have a good time as he made his way inside. Halfway down the red carpet everyone stooped what they were doing when the Plaza was filled with the roar of rotor blades. A blue and gold S-76 then appeared above the plaza as it flew in between two buildings flying in from the west. After stopping its forward movement the S-76 rotated 270 degrees clockwise before finally settling down on an especially made platform.

As soon as the rotor blades had slowed down enough a Royal Guardsman ran up to the helicopter and opened the passenger compartment door. As soon as Queen Heather was seen exiting the S-76 the crowd began cheering so loud that many microphones that the cameras and reporters were using were over powered. When King Michael was seen exiting the helicopter the cheering crowd grew even louder. Standing on the edge of the platform the King wrapped his arm around the Queen and waved to the crowd. After of few minutes the King and Queen walked down from the platform and entered the Tower at a side entrance. Seeing a chance to slip inside the building the Prince made his way down the red carpet while everyone was focused on his parents. As soon as the King and Queen were out of sight the cheering from the crowd slowly died down until it was back at a normal level.

Inside the main lobby of the tower the Prince walked by the front desk were every guest, except for the Royal family, had to check in and show there tickets to the Ball. Also there they could pick their guest bags filled with over $ 5,000 worth of personalized items, a gift from the Royal family as their thanks for coming to the Ball. Just behind the front desk was a large water feature with a large 50 foot tall statue in the center of a large 100 foot wide fish pond. The statue, carved from one single chunk of granite, showed King Marcas, the first King of Surdra, dressed in armor and armed with a shield on his left arm and a spear in his right hand. At his feet was the evil Emperor Diocletian, lying on his back just above the water, with both of his hands up trying to block the Surdran King’s coming spear thrust. The whole scene of course was fictional, the two men never even met in real life, but it gave a striking image of the birth of the Kingdom. Behind the statue was the world’s largest indoor waterfall, it was over five stories tall and nearly 70 feet wide. For this event they were projecting a montage of photographs to wounded service members that the Wounded Guardian Project had helped.

After passing the large pond and statue the Prince climbed a large set of stairs up to the next floor and headed to the main hall where the ball was being held. At the main entrance the hall the Prince paused briefly as trumpets played and the herald announced his arrival.

“His Highness, Prince Adam of the House of Eduard, Duke of Avalon.”

Giving a quick wave to those already in the hall the Prince then made his way over towards he saw that his platoon and their spouses had gathered, but not before grabbing a glass of champagne from a waiter's tray and dropping a 100 dollar tip.

Zack says "I too am honored to meet someone as brilliant as you. My father is much busier the normal right now. he's preparing for his favorite time of the year in a couple months campaigning season. I may not see him for weeks at a time, but he does love interacting with the people and the events that go along with it."

A young girl around 16 years of age marveled at inside of the building in wonder. She stood at the far corner of the entire structure, where there was practically nobody but her and her brother. She spun around gracefully like a ballerina, whipping her long, black hair around. The sounds of music and rather loud chatter filled her ears, reminding her of good times. The last time she had seen so many people in one room was when she was still back at the Imperial Palace. "This is just amazing!" she exclaimed in Kannexian.

"I don't know why we're even here," a voice said behind her. Her brother emerged from the shadows, walking towards her. He seemed to give off a much darker, mature atmosphere. "We should leave immediately."

"Oh, Tae, you should enjoy yourself for once. You said you wanted to gather some intelligence, remember? And now we're here," the girl replied cheerfully, spinning around some more.

The young man rolled his eyes. "Stop spinning, you'll make yourself dizzy. And I still don't see what attending the King's Ball has anything to do with intelligence." He bent over until his mouth was close to his sister's ear. "Listen," he whispered. "Chances are, some Kannexian officials may have been invited to the Ball. In that case, we will have to leave immediately. We can't risk being recognized. Lady Adelheid cautioned us about being too reckless. We can't get caught."

“Nice party Lieutenant,” Sergeant Hood said as he slapped the Prince’s back.

“Glad you’re enjoying yourself Hood,” Adam responded.

“Hey Sir it’s an open bar, what’s there not to enjoy, hahaha.”

Adam could only laugh at his already sauced NCO. He was glad his platoon was here; it kept all the political hawks away from him and let him enjoy the party. Being heir to the throne he had no illusions that people would seek his favor but it didn’t mean he had to like it.

The prince was interrupted by the shouting of the Herald at the entrance of the main hall, “Her Highness, Princess Jennifer of the House of Eduard, Duchess of Covington and Her Majesty, Queen Mahal of Sariah!”

Seeing his sister the Prince excused himself from Hood and made his way through the crowd. He could see that that his sister had decided to put her long brown hair up in a bun and wore a long sleeveless white gown with a single pearl necklace. The young Queen beside her wore a style of dress the Prince wasn’t familiar with but he assumed it was Sariahian. It was a lovely mix of shades of blue and purple and seemed to flow around her like water.

Seeing her older brother approaching Jennifer face brightened, “Adam!” She then wrapped her arms around him and gave him a hug.

He responded, “Hey little sister, you look beautiful.”

Smiling she answered, “Thank you.” She also gave her brother a twirl so he could see the full outfit.

Looking over at the Queen standing next to his sister the Prince asked, “And who is this lovely young lady?” The Prince of course knew who she was, but he thought it would be more proper for his sister to formally introduce him to her.

“Queen Mahal, may I introduce you to my older brother Adam. Adam this is Queen Mahal of Sariah.”

After giving Mahal two quick pecks on both of her cheeks the Prince said, “I’m happy you could join us your Majesty.”

Smiling the Queen said, “Thank you your Highness, I am so happy to be here in Avalon. It’s such a beautiful and it’s so large. I have never seen so many people in one place before. I’m so glad your sister invited me. My last few days here have been wonderful; your sister has been the greatest host and tour guide to me. She took me to see so of the sites and yesterday she took shopping in the, what is it called again? The large marketplace near the park?”

Princess Jennifer answered, “The Forum.”

“Yes that’s it,” the Queen said excitably, “We don’t have anything that impressive back in Sariah. I bet I could have found anything I wished there.”

“I wouldn’t doubt that,” Prince Adam said as he offered his right arm to Queen, “May I have the honor your Majesty?”

Smiling as she wrapped her left arm around the Prince’s, “Thank you your Highness.”

Princess Jennifer then took her brother’s left arm as he offered his arm to her. Leaning forward so she could see past Adam’s chest Jennifer said to the Queen, “Aren’t we lucky? We have this charming Prince to escort us into the ball.”

Laughing at what his sister said Adam replied, “What can say, it’s my honor get to have two of the loveliest ladies here on my arms.”

Speaking to the Queen again Jennifer said, “Like I said, charming.”

Prince Adam escorted both women into the main hall while maneuvering them around small groups of people. Just as they neared the center of the hall the whole room vibrated from a blast from a ram’s horn. When the Prince turned to see where it came from another long blast from a different horn could be heard. As everyone looked over to where it came from the main side doors on that side where thrown open and three men leaped into the room. As soon as they had moved three paces they held up the torches they carried to their faces and blew three large fireballs into the air. They repeated the act two more times as they moved further into the hall. Behind them followed six Laylian belly dancers and behind them followed several Aprican tribal men banging on animal skin drums. One by one more performers entered the hall; Capoeira fighters in mock combat, men performing a Kaka, four Ajian women performing Taepyeongmu, and several other performers. Each set of performers represented a part of the Kingdom and its territories. At the same time over twenty aerial silk performers descend from the ceiling and began to swing around on their colorful ribbons.

When the performers were done two columns of Royal Guardsmen entered the hall, armed with spears and dressed in traditional dress and armor. They lined both sides of the pathway created by the performers just moments before, only about a third of the way into the hall, and turned to face inwards. The lead Royal Guardsman then entered the hall and walked to the end of the columns before announcing, “His Majesty King Michael of the House of Eduard and her Majesty Queen Heather.”

Even before the King and Queen could be seen the room erupted in clapping and cheering. While not as loud or intense as the reaction outside but it was no less impressive. Prince Adam let go of both his sister and the Queen so he could join in with the clapping, as did Princess Jennifer and Queen Mahal. With their arms entwined the King and Queen walked into the hall, the King with his trademark smile and the Queen with her usual elegance. King Michael wore a hand crafted slate colored suit and the Queen a cream colored dress that stopped at her ankles. They both walked to the center of the hall were a four foot high platform had been erected. As they moved through the crowd the men respectfully bowed and the women curtsied. Once on the platform the King let go of the Queen and began to try to quiet the crowd.

When he could finally do so the King addressed the crowd, “Thank you, thank you. My friends, you honor both the Queen and I with your presence.” After giving the crowd a second to finish their clapping he continued, “Tonight we give thanks to those that served for us to give us the freedoms we enjoy.
Tonight we’re here to honor all four branches and mostly to say thank you … This is our way of making good on our pledge to honor the veterans who have sacrificed so much.

Our veterans have sacrificed so much to protect our freedoms and allow us to live the way we do. Freedom is not free. It’s paid for dearly by our service men and women and the veterans who carry the scars of their sacrifice

But we do not only honor those who have worn the blue, black and gold, we honor all those who have answered the call of service. We are all citizens of humanity and they stand as our guardians.

It’s an honor for me to stand here and to say thank you to all these men and women, as we all should every day. I have served in the military and I have lost several members who chose to fight for my freedoms. Both of my sons have decided to also serve. My youngest, Prince Travis, is in his final year at the Kingdom of Surdra Military Academy and after he graduates he hopes to fly helicopters in the Army. My oldest, Prince Adam, he decided after he graduated from the Academy that he wanted to join the Rangers and I am proud to say that he finished Ranger school as top of his class.”

Searching the crowd the King asked, “Where is the Prince?” After seeing his son standing not too far from him next to his daughter and Queen Mahal he said, “Ahh, Adam. Several months ago I asked him to represent me at a summit in Malecia. During that time his unit was placed on alert and was preparing for deployment. Hearing that they would be deploying without him he had a conflict of interests; he could stay and do what his father and King asked him to do or he could leave the summit and join his men. It fills me with pride to say that he decided to join his men.”

As the King spoke no one noticed as Katie and Sadira sneaked in from one of the side doors and made their way along the outside of the hall until they reached where the bar was.

Continuing the King said, “But I digress, tonight we celebrate the sacrifice of men like Second Lieutenant Lewis J. Shaffer, who in March of this year deployed to eastern Malecia as part of the Surdran Army EOD Group one. While he and his men were clearing a road a mine prematurely detonated and killed four other members of his unit. The incident has left him scared and with difficulties moving around, but it has not stopped him from living his life. Ladies and gentlemen, please put your hands together for Lieutenant Lewis Shaffer!”

The King then waved his hand to the far side of the room to where a group of injured service members were grouped. After a spot light was tuned on everyone could clearly see Lewis Shaffer in his uniform. His face was horrible scared, the right side of his mouth was fused together and he wore an eye patch over his right eye. It was clear that he was having trouble standing and if it wasn’t for his crutch under his right arm and the soldier helping him stand, the Lieutenant most likely would have never been able to attend the Ball.

Turning back to look at his father Prince Adam was momentarily distracted by a woman in a red dress over by the Bar. Even though his view was somewhat blocked by the crowd and by the silk ribbons hanging from the ceiling, he could tell that she was extremely beautiful. His curiosity was peaked as he did not recognize her and he had studied everyone on the guest list.

The King went on and introduced five more wounded service members; a Surdran soldier injured in Robloxica, Malecian soldier injured in the defense of Shiloh, a Malecian naval pilot shot down over the northern mountains of Malecia, a Takaramian tanker wounded when is tank was destroyed in Malecia, and a Boltorian Marine also wounded in Malecia. After introducing each one and describing how they got wounded and their current injuries, the King then finished his speech, “So tonight let us celebrate these men and women and everything that they do for us. Thank You.”

The King and Queen then stepped down from the platform as the crowd around them clapped and cheered. Adam then excused himself from his sister and the Queen and began to work his way through the crowd towards the bar. As he got closer he could see the woman in the red dress was sitting at the bar. She was clearly Laylian, her black hair was tied up with a few strands falling back down and her dress show plenty of her honey brown skin on her back. To say she was attractive was clearly an understatement. That was most likely the reason the Prince didn’t inform one of the guards, that and his own curiosity about her. She had been talking to another woman in a black dress that was just beginning to lead none other than Sergeant Hood out onto the dance floor.

As they passed each other Hood gave the Prince a wide grin as he tried not to spill his drink. Adam couldn’t help but laugh little as he passed the sergeant and his hook up. Walking up to the bar the Prince took the spot to the woman’s right, almost all the way to the edge of the bar. As he looked down the bar at the bartender and got his attention, he could see that she was clutching her soda nervously. After ordering his drink the Prince decided to have some fun with her.

As she was taking a drink from her soda the prince brought his drink up to his lips and said, “For someone who snuck in here you really don’t seem to want to be here.” The Prince then took a sip from his drink as she nearly dropped hers and started coughing. When she was able to speak she looked over at the Prince wide eyed, “How did you know?”

Smiling as he turned to face her, “First, I have seen everyone’s picture that is on the guest list. And second, someone that is hiding the price tag to her dress so she can return it couldn’t afford the price of a ticket. Just saying”

She started to panic as she stood up, “I’m sorry I shouldn’t have come here in the first place. I’ll go please just don’t tell anyone.”

Trying to calm her Adam said, “Relax, I’m not going to tell anyone. You can stay if you want.”

Somewhat confused and slightly suspicious she asked, “Why?”

Adam answered, “Anyone that not only has the guts to try to sneak in here but can, deserves to get to stay.”

“Thank you.”

“Don’t mention it, what’s your name by the way?”

“Sadira, Sadira Zairpoor.”

“Nice to meet you Sadira, I take it the other woman I saw you talking to also snuck in,” Adam said as he offered his hand.

Taking his hand and gently shaking it Sadira answered, “Nice to meet you too. Ya that’s Katie, she’s my roommate.”

Looking out at the dance floor Adam said, “Well it looks like she’s having fun.”

“That’s Katie for you. If it wasn’t for her I wouldn’t have ever thought about coming here.”

Adam laughed as he watched Katie dancing with Hood. From the corner of his eye he noticed two guardsmen watching Katie dance. One had a clipboard and the other was no doubt giving his opinion on whether or not Katie was on the list. After conferring for a moment both guards slowly approached and took Katie and Hood off to the side.

Seeing what was happening Adam said out loud, “Aww shit, looks like your friend is in trouble.”

Panicking once again Sadira turned around to look for Katie and said, “What? Oh no!”

“Stay here, don’t go anywhere,” Adam said as he began walking over to where the guards and Katie was.

Reaching the guards Adam asked, “Do we have a problem here gentlemen?”

Turning around both guards were surprised to see the heir to the throne behind them. The guard without the clipboard said, “No your highness.”

“My ass Sir,” Sgt. Hood said, “We were just dancing and these two assholes came up and started harassing us.”

Annoyed the other guard said, “We believe that the lady isn’t on the guest list your Highness.”

“I believe that’s my fault gentlemen,” Adam said, “I invited her and her friend and I forgot to add them to the list.”

“Yes your Highness,” the same guard replied. Looking over at Katie he said, “I apologize for the trouble ma’am.”

As both guards walked away Adam asked, “You alright Hood?”

“Yes Sir. Thanks for the help.”

Winking Adam said, “Don’t mention it.”

As he walked away he could hear Katie talking to Hood, “You know the Prince?” To which Hood answered, “The Lt? Ya, me and him are tight.”

Adam only got a few feet before he ran into Sadira, who had clearly had not listened to him when he told her to stay at the bar.

“Who are you,” she asked, she was clearly confused.

Trying to contain his amusement Adam answered, “My name is Adam Edwards.”

It took her a few seconds to connect the dots but when she did the look on her face nearly made Adam fall to the ground laughing.

Zack seeing King Michael knowing this, one of the few times will be able to do the handoff and knowing that there be unpleasant consequences should he return home not of fulfilling his duties.

Zack walks over to King Michael and says " good evening your highness I am Zack Bob and I will make it short because I know you want to the enjoy ball." his guard gives him a envelope he hands it King Michael.

Zack says " this is a donation of $4.2 million from the birding family keep it quiet , Don't make a big deal about it, for reasons of domestic politics,have good evening your highness.

Zack walk off towards the bar, thinking that is was good he excluded his dad offer because he gives it to everyone and he probably doesn't even remember who we gave it to. Setting people up with his own business, so he gets a cut of the profits. Even at preferential rates, it is still a matter that he prefers that his dad do with foreign dignitaries as opposed to him.

Then Zack had a flashback to the moral preaching that egos was giving him when he was telling him what he wanted him to do. About how he should learn from it to give money just for the betterment of people without having a strategic goal or hoping to get a benefit from it. Zack found it entertaining that this was supposed a learning experience and yet egos was concerned about the political ramifications of giving money to charity for foreign troops. So egos went through all the steps of hiding it, that's what he did it this way because it's more deniable way.

But he delivered the check and now he was done with his semiofficial official duties which he thought of as a chore, majority of the time.Zack went to the bar had a number of shots got a beer and proceeded to look for Young lady he could hit on.

*when The Abbess heard herself being called, she looked around. She saw a blonde woman with her twin jumping up and down bere her twin silenced her. she set down her champagne, and casually walked over to the two women, cetting them off.*

"I do believe one of you was calling for me back there. May I help you, madames?" she spoke, smiling, obviously not knowing who they were.