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  1. Carmen

    Archived Blue Moon Masquerade

    Seeing both Sarah and Patty properly ready, VILE's leader felt more secure. "Be careful," she advised without instructing, "I'm sure you've seen the back? Remember, once you reset the sensors, move on to objective two. There is a sixty-second timer before all units function. We're using the...
  2. Carmen

    Archived Blue Moon Masquerade

    Morgan Kent's strategy depended on knowing how much time to spend, and with whom. Near the hour of the museum's closing, she meandered through faces and light conversations, informing many of them in minor ways that she would be joining William Blake for the countdown. More importantly, she...
  3. Carmen

    Archived Blue Moon Masquerade

    This short gathering was a necessity only to confirm attendance. All members of her team understood what to do hours before the party began. The target, however, was a variable. No picture or depiction of this 'Mask of Helen' ever made it to the media until after the gallery opened, and...
  4. Carmen

    Archived Blue Moon Masquerade

    Patty's accented American English received a proud expression from Carmen, whose mind still fluttered about the Grecian funerary mask. Coincidentally, as she let herself consider the topic, Dragon's sardonic voice recited a greeting with a modified line from an Emily Dickinson poem. At the...
  5. Carmen

    Archived Blue Moon Masquerade

    Once her eyes fell upon the coveted 'Mask of Helen', Carmen was transfixed. Its blank, placid gaze beckoned with a characteristic appeal unrivalled among the work of so many great talents. She had researched the mask of Agamemnon extensively in the past, and among the tendrils of information...
  6. Carmen

    Archived Blue Moon Masquerade

    Slowly handing the watch to Sarah, Carmen paused just before letting it go. A critical thought appeared... this was Chase Devineaux, ACME's Director of Special Operations, he would recognise a woman dressed as a man and then identify Sarah without much trouble. Not that she enjoyed giving the...
  7. Carmen

    Archived Blue Moon Masquerade

    "Thank you for coming," she said as she rolled the watch she had stolen from Chase in her left hand, "I know you were looking forward to another round of that Celtic punk this year... but if I may make it up to you when the Stones go on tour next year?" Lifting the object to the light of a...
  8. Carmen

    Archived Blue Moon Masquerade

    If 'William Blake' had not stopped, Carmen may have overlooked the shorter man with a peculiar temperament. He referred to her by 'name' while failing to give his own, and then made an impossible request. Pertaining to her role as the elegant Morgan Kent, she had little choice but to ignore...
  9. Carmen

    Archived Blue Moon Masquerade

    Walking with Giulio Sarno into the crowd, Carmen became aware of a small incident involving a 'Phantom of the Opera' and a garcon. In a party of hundreds, such things rarely affect the mood. As she scanned the floor, she saw Patty's blond confidence off to mischief, leading two newer VILE...
  10. Carmen

    Baroque Brother

    Alors, c'est comme ça que tu m'imagines ?
  11. Carmen

    Archived Blue Moon Masquerade

    Lights glazed the basilica in stark bluish white, giving the men standing in front of it an aura of righteousness. They seemed almost impossible to touch, but for a certain pseudonymous guest, one above all others appeared particularly vindictive. As his hand extended to hers, Carmen took it...
  12. Carmen

    Archived Blue Moon Masquerade

    Carmen Sandiego, still as Morgan Kent, allowed herself some time to adjust to the weight of her dress. Walking back and forth in a swinging gait before a large mirror, she judged how well her wardrobe had been fastened, and how her steps would look to the casual observer. Finding a natural...
  13. Carmen

    Archived Blue Moon Masquerade

    Hyatt Regency London - The Churchill Carmen, under the alias of Morgan Kent, was spending a few nights in London after a planned trip near Minsk, Belarus ended with satisfaction. An Italian tour group, presumably of dignitaries, resided at the same hotel. From them, Carmen had been hearing...
  14. Carmen

    Baroque Brother

    I'm sure you needn't 'nudge', of course.
  15. Carmen

    Baroque Brother

    In the mid-1600s, when funding ran out, a Roman church commissioned one of its brothers to create an illusion. His masterpiece remains one of the Baroque world's most prominent creations. Who was he?
  16. Carmen

    Delighted to meet you

    On my last passage through Aix-en-Provence, I briefly 'visited' Paul Cézanne at Saint-Pierre. Some disagree, but I've always thought the unique perspectives he plotted of the paysages provençaux were among his most moving works. After Camille Pissaro's influence, of course and before the height...
  17. Carmen

    Writing Detainee Racket Bionic Luxury Doomsday

    Laconic, as always. I do aim to beat that... Bionic detainees made luxurious rackets on doomsday.
  18. Carmen

    East of the setting sun... and west of the rising moon.

    East of the setting sun... and west of the rising moon.
  19. Carmen

    At times, when we're so focused on 'who' we are, we forget 'where' we are.

    At times, when we're so focused on 'who' we are, we forget 'where' we are.
  20. Carmen

    Everything, is truly nothing.

    Everything, is truly nothing.
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