Beauty Is...'The Moons Are New' Scenes 24, 25, 28, and 32
In reply to Nerotes Madigan (msg # 32):
Oscar grins once his comm confirms the transfer. Checking the flap once more, he leans closer.
"Okay. Here's the skinny.
"Our director, Relen, used to work for a security company dealing with camera installation. He was debugging a system at a noble's estate when he found copies of some files someone had tried to erase but did a crap job on.
"He downloaded them and cleaned them up. And found some intersting results.
"He asks around and gets the background on two pieces of footage he found.
"First, Hallie Madigan...that socialite?..She was doing the boppers with Count Mayerston.
"But then for some reason, one night, ol' County boy snaps and chases Hallie out into the hallway and breaks her neck. He apparently got a robotic arm.
"Anyhoo. Turns out Count Mayerston is a card carryin' member of those Sang Real fuckers. You heard of them right?
"So the other footage Relen has shows a meeting between Mayerston, another Sang Real big wig, and...get this...some of the ambassadors from the Zhadoni Consulate. Relen was able to use an AI to rebuild some of the conversation based on the movements of the people's mouths that was visbile.
"The Zhodanis and the Sang Real are in bed together. And Hallie found out an' was gonna tip off the Imperioum."
He checks the flap one last time and then turns back to you, leaning closer.
"The festival Relen wants to premier this at? It's gonna be attended by the Zhodani ambassadors. He's hopin' to score a big publicity jump by creating a controversy during the festival."