Breakfast as usual will be served between 8am and 9am. Cordelia will not be at breakfast.

Rhiannon woke up at dawn. In her mind this was a free day where could get ahead on her Trump training. Her plan was to go to Elysium to maximize the time available, but she didn't want to go unannounced. Madison's Trump was at her disposal, but with the time differential, she needed to know that she wasn't waking her cousin from a sound sleep. She knew time there flowed twice as quickly but that wasn't the same as knowing the time. She maybe could figure it out, but the math was too hard and she had a super computer at her disposal.

"Zou Yan. I want to contact Madison in Elysium. Please calculate for me when I can call there by trump and not wake her up."

As she did every morning, she summoned the pattern and practiced keeping it up as she tried to move about. She would do that a few times, starting over every time it dispelled from her divided concentration.

Cassandra woke around 6 am, as she stretched she considered her plans for today. Before breakfast, she would run the pattern at least once so she could practice what Rhiannon covered yesterday. Then she had plans for Trump practice, but she would ask about that at breakfast. There was of course dance practice, and theoretically after that some more pattern work.

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Cassandra appeared for breakfast just after 8.

Assuming you do mean 'dawn'..

Perfect.

Taking out Madison's Trump, Rhiannon held it in front of her gaze and concentrated on making contact. The card was cold to the touch and soon her image simmered, unflattening and taking on lifelike dimensions.

"Good morning, Madison." She smiled. "It's Rhiannon. I hope you are well. I was hoping to visit there this morning to take advantage of the time differential. I wanted to give you the heads up"

It will take you well over an hour local time, and several attempts before Madison accepts the Trump call..
"Hello Rhiannon. What can I do for you?"
When you explain our reason for calling she says
"I'll warn the Guards to expect you when I get back. It'll take me about half an hour."

Cathal joins breakfast, listens to Rhiannon' side of her trum conversation.

He will go to the Expo later on.
This message was last edited by the GM at 12:03, Thu 07 Sept 2023.

In reply to Madison (msg # 6):

In the half hour or so, Rhiannon freshened up, and packed a day bag. At 6:35, she tried to contact Madison again. It felt like Madison was busy with something when she called earlier and she wanted to make sure that she wasn't sidetracked or delayed.

"Hello, Madison. I'm ready to come across. I just wanted to check to make sure we're all set."

If everything was as planned, Rhiannon would use the Elysium trump and step through

It takes Madison nearly a minute to answer.
"Rhiannon, wasn't expecting you to call again. Yes I've notified the Guard Captain to expect you, just make sure you identify yourself properly when you arrive. How long are you planning on staying? You may want to go talk to the kitchens in regards to food."

"I'm so s sorry. I didn't want to be rude by assuming everything could be done perfectly on schedule. I'll be sure to tell the guard who I am. Is there some protocol? Rhiannon, Princess of Amber, or something like that, or can I just say Rhiannon?"

"Until they get to know you and recognise you, you'll need to use your full title, so your full name with Princess of Amber added, and say it clearly and confidently like your life depends on it."

Blake will arrive for breakfast at about 8:20. Winter, Cormac, Kenneth, and Natalie will all arrive around 25past with Alana arriving a few of minutes later.

"Okay, got it. Thank you, Madison" Rhiannon closed the connection then took out the Elysium Trump. She could have just asked Madison to pull her through, but she already made these arrangements and didn't want to be an imposition. Beside, it was just more practice

With a day bag gathered, she stared at the card until the Elysium image grew three dimension then expanded to appear as real. It was just like her own trumps, except this time, she was traversing shadow. It was actually her first time doing so without help. When the scene was real enough, she stepped through.

Once she oriented herself, Rhiannon announced to the guards in a proud voice, "I am Rhiannon Kerrigan, Princess of Amber. I believe I'm expected."

As you step through and take in your surroundings approximately a dozen guards, in lamellar over chainmail armour, about 20ft away, are all pointing their weapons in your direction. Half have what look to be high power modern carbon fibre crossbows, and the other half have some form of stubby rifle. All have sabres hung from baldrics at their side.
As you enunciate your title one will say "Halt and be recognised!".
He appears to be holding some form of booklet.
As you finish speaking he can be seen turning pages.
He then asks you two more questions, place of Birth, and current University and year.
Assuming you answer both he will say
"You may proceed your highness." followed by "Guard stand down!" at which point the stubby rifles get re-slung over shoulders and the crossbow men remove the quarrels and then relax the strings on their crossbows.

He will leave after breakfast when Cordelia leaves for the Expo.

This message was last edited by the player at 11:29, Sun 17 Sept 2023.

In reply to GameMaster (msg # 14):

"Thank you" Rhiannon thought it was so interesting that they had a reference book for Amber royalty. Once she was given the all clear, she proceeded to her old room. She didn't need much. Just the time differential. When she got to the room, she waster no time practicing her lessons.




[OOC]They don't. They have a lookup for the 'new' additions, as they're not going to be familiar with who you all are
[OOC] Yes, I get that, but it's still interesting that they even have the concept
This message was last edited by the player at 20:07, Fri 15 Sept 2023.

Time ticks by..
By 8:50 Kenneth is somewhat agitated.

There's a general muttering that nobody has seen her.

Breakfast over people depart to do what ever it is they were planning on doing.

At 9:30 Kenneth, Winter, and Edward arrive at Natsuki's room and are admitted for her Pattern Class.
In the absence of any actual Trump users in the Class, they have to rely on the abundant Trump signatures in the immediate vicinity.
As there are no 'Magic' using characters present, Kenneth, Winter, and Edward only get the identifying auras for Human, Pattern, Amberite, Chaosite, Shapeshifter, and Trump.

Lunch will be taken as usual between 12:30pm approx and 1:30pm approx.
Afternoon dance class will commence at 2:30pm.

Cathal asks Zou Yan  Who he can get to the Expo.

In reply to Cathal O'Donoghue (msg # 19):

"Exactly as you did on the morning of the Opening Ceremony, via the portal in the foyer. The badges you were given will activate the portal if you're within 6 feet of the front of the portal."

Cathal will use the portal to attend the Expo and will return for Dinner.

For those attending the afternoon dance class, commencing at 2:30pm, the first hour, reminiscent of the previous class, starts with the Bolero.
The next two hours are far more energetic, the jive intermixed with more traditional and slower forms to allow people to recover their breath (mostly your personal assistants).
The last hour is a remix of all six dance forms.

Dinner will be at 19:30 as usual, nominally with pre-dinner drinks from 19:15 or there about.
Cordelia will not be back for dinner.

Rhiannon almost got in a full day of practice and study while in Elysium. She skipped meals in favor of progress, but she returned to Carnelian for the dance class. She stayed for the entire three hour class, but that left four hours of Elysium time she could make use of before dinner. It was a long day, but satisfying for all she accomplished. Her ability to always know the time came in handy as it allowed her to be where she wanted on time. She arrived for cordials before 9:15, so anyone joining would find her there with a head start.