Breakfast as usual will be served between 8am and 9am. Cordelia will appear just after 8:25, she seems very upbeat this morning.

Cathal arrives 10 minutes before breakfast starts.

"Good morning. The trip to Elysium was interesting. And opened another can of question." He smiles. "I guess the more we learn the more question we have. Well at last me. And I'm sure I do not even realize how many I have."

"We got some information about the Serpent. And meeting Agnetha was interesting."

"There was also the Abyss or part of the Abyss."

"If you have time, doe not need to be now,  I try to sort some of the information about the family you already gave us and I realized that I have some names I could not place."

"Family genealogy is not my forte. Siobhan is the current family archivist, however I'll answer if I can."

"You mention 5 relatives."

"Wyatt, Liena, Imleshe. Can you tell me which of them are cousin and which of them are Oberon's children?" Cathal asks.

GM Note:

You obviously didn't read my responses in the appropriate thread, specifically the one where you asked Zou Yan the same question.

[edit note: removed two names.]
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"Of the 3 only one could be considered a relative. Liena I know nothing save that she is Scott's mother. You're probably going to ask Scott if you want to know anymore about her. Imleshe, well, aside from the fact that he died trying to restore the Pattern, is sort of Madison's son, in that she gave birth to him. I'm not going to discuss the circumstances of his conception, I distinctly suggest you don't bring the matter up with Madison herself."

"That just leaves Wyatt, who's both a cousin and not a cousin at the same time, and more closely related to my half brother than possibly anyone else, although that distinction is open to debate."
"Now to understand Wyatt's heritage, I'm going to need to explain something else first."
"Having walked the Pattern you're now aware it leaves an imprint of itself on you. There is however another side to that coin. You also leave an imprint on the Pattern, or rather a memory image of yourself."

"Now the Pattern can, an I believe the Logrus has a similar ability, manifest any image it posses. Once manifested that image is sort of real, at least in close proximity to the Pattern. The further away that image or ghost moves from the Pattern the faster it will decay, until it just vanishes."
"Now shapeshifters, assuming they're good enough can manifest either clones of themselves or other creatures, by drawing their own blood, and using it as the basis of the clone or creature. Don't ask me about how this is done or anything else about it as I have no idea, other than it can be done. "
"Now Wyatt was created as a ghost by the Pattern in an attempt to win a little fracas with the Logrus which involved my half-brother, except things didn't work out quite as planned and my half brother turned the tables by giving Wyatt a blood transfusion and making him real, well mostly as real or you and I."
"To make things more interesting he was then adopted by my father's Pattern."

Having spent the morning focused on her studies, Rhiannon arrived at breakfast quite late. It wasn't that she didn't know what time it was. It was more that she was on the verge of a breakthrough and didn't want to stop. It was well after eight when she finally made it to the dining hall, where she grabbed whatever was easiest on a plate and found a seat.

"Good morning, cousins. Sorry I'm late, but I was making good progress on my practice with trump sources and I wanted to keep going until I hit the next difficult spot. I hope I didn't miss too much."

"A ghost interesting, created by the Pattern and now real."

"Good to know. Who's ghost was he in the beginning so I have a chance not to mix them up."

"Your half brother is Merlin, now King of Chaos right?"

Cathal asks just the moment Rhiannon walks in.

Cathal turns to Rhiannon smiles at her. "Good morning cousin. You should try the fruit mix with some fresh yogurt. I'm no completely sure it is yogurt but it is good."

"Wyatt is Wardro's ghost, although you don't need to worry about running into Wardro as Raif, or at least Raif's forces killed him. It's going to make any foray into Kashfa, assuming we can ever get there, far more interesting than normal."

"Hmm.. Merlin, I've told you not to rely on the books. His name is Zander. As to whether he's still ruler at the Courts is a very interesting question. It's been 50 odd years since the end of the War, whether he's managed to survive that long is a question we'll only be able to answer in time."

Rhiannon enjoyed her fruit mix and yogurt as Cordelia and Cathal discussed family. It was interesting and disturbing how the potential regicide of a close relative could be so matter-of-fact. There was one relative though, that she was interested in hearing about.

"Cordelia, if I may interrupt... at the Expo there was this young woman who appeared regularly in your videos. She looked familiar. I was wondering if she was your daughter?"

Cordelia smiles.
"Yes she is. Her English name is Charlotte, although she prefers Charlie."

"Oh lovely." Rhiannon chirped. "I want to meet her. Madison suggested she would be good to go clubbing with. I'm told you have a club of your own."

Cordelia bursts out laughing.
"Clubbing. Yes, well I think you'll have to go some to keep up with Charlie and her friends. And  yes I do own a club after a fashion."
"As to meeting her. She's due back from school on the morning of the 15th, although I'm not sure what state she's going to be in. There's an end of term party this week, although she's leaving before it really gets going Friday night."

Cordelia appears a little confused over this development.

"So many question." Cathals starts." For a software company, Mizzurian has a strong company security, more like an army."

"And?"

Cassandra entered the hall later than planned "Morning," she said with a nod, once sat she found Rhiannon and said "Let me know when you plan to have another Pattern discussion, so I can join you this time."

"I think the question is why you have an army on Mizzurian Earth and the other Earth. You might have one because you can or you want to be prepare and I mean perpared for an actual thread."

Cathal asks Cordelia.

"Good morning Cassandra, not yet at any pattern topic." He greets Cassandra with a smile. "The fruit mix with some fresh yogurt is good."

"You're making assumptions as to where the majority of Mizzurian Security's operations are. Whilst there are a number of places on Mizzurian Earth where they are deployed, it is not where the majority of their personell are deployed. The majority are in fact on True Earth and the majority of those in the Nisenan Valley Republic, what was once Northern California."
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"So they guard your efforts in rebuilding parts of True Earth." Cathal repleis.

"For the most part, they provide security services where they're needed."

"I'm eager for that introduction, and I look forward to keeping up with her and her friends. Hopefully she won't mind having her Aunt around."

Rhiannon was still thinking about clubbing when the conversation drifted to Charlie's visit and her security outfit. That led to a discussion about armies about the various Earths. Even Cassandras entrance and prompt about the Pattern didn't change the course of the conversation, but it did raise a big question in Rhiannon's mind.

"Good Morning Cassandra" She slipped that in before moving right on to the topic of her curiosity "Cordelia, why do you bother keeping an army on Real Earth? I guess I understand that it had some significance to your father, but it's just one Shadow among so many. Is there something still there that you have to protect, or maybe acquire?"

"Because Mizzurian started there, I lived there until my condo was destroyed at the beginning of the war. Did you think I would just abandon everyone? Leave them to their fate somewhat caused by the family's involvement on the Shadow? I also had and still have friends there."
"Then there is the small matter that Mizzurian is effectively the Government for the Nisenan Valley Republic. We also provide security for the native Pauite and Walker River Republics."
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Rhiannon raised her eyebrows at the ferocity of her cousin's response. Clearly, Cordelia still felt some responsibility to Real Earth, for reasons that were both personal and moral. "I didn't think anything. That's why I asked." She sipped some juice.