House Intrigue

Posted on Fri Mar 29th, 2024 @ 2:18pm by Lieutenant Commander Kevin Lance & Captain Mira Rodale

Mission: Blood wine and vengeance
Location: Qo'nos
Timeline: Current

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{House K'Lar}

"Lady Rasmehlier," Gru'vet addressed Mira, "You have received a message from J'pok Opac. He wishes to parley with you under a flag of truce."

Mira raised an eyebrow as she looked up at Kevin. To see his reaction to all of this.

"A flag of truce?" Kevin asked, "I can't imagine that he is here to surrender. But we might be able to find out exactly what he wants instead of just guessing."

Mira nodded, "Where does the honorless cur want to meet?'

"Here at House K'lar, Lady." Gru'vat answered.

"On our home ground," Kevin pointed out, "Plenty of guards should he decide to try something. An we can make sure he has no weapons."

"He'll be allowed a d'k tahg," Mira replied absently, "As will all the participants. At least we'll see any attack coming."

"Won't honor demand that you allow him to enter and exit unmolested?" Kevin asked, "Will you be able to suppress your maternal instincts to rip him apart?"

"Honor?" Mira shook her head. "The man has no honor. For him to find out this quickly that I am in residence means he has spies here in this very house." Mira frowned, wondering if she was safe here at all. Mira's eyes meet Gru'vet. She picked up her PADD. "Did you hear any of that? she asked the man she had been talking to before Kevin had joined her.

"Another possibility is a spy on Starbase 364," Kevin suggested, "Either on Admiral Proll's staff or among the Klingon contingent stationed there. As to honor, it is more about preserving yours."

Thall K'mparroz was majordomo to Kolar and now Garahl, but he had sworn his loyalty to Mira in front of Garahl and he would do as his lady command over any other. Garahl had laughed and then turned to her, asking what she command of both of them making her grin.

"Your thoughts?" Mira asked with her mind back in the presence and on the problem at hand.

"As I said before. You should have come here to your own house. For him to know before even the high council knows you are here could only mean you have spies at K'lar, and when he returns, he will rip their heads off. J'pok Opac will try to get what he wants before the other houses know you are here. You do not stand alone. We have the heads of five other houses that will follow you now that he has taken your son. It was a bad move on his part. If you must meet with him, do it here. I will have the house heads join us. And I am informing The high council that you are here to handle the kidanpping of your son. With the boy's father by your side."

Kevin cocked an eyebrow. He and Mira had only recently settled on his relationship to Kolar. He hadn't realized their DNA connection was such common knowledge.

Mira bit her lip she was almost sure that Garahl was working with J'pok Opac. The meeting should take place at house Rasmehlier. She had just been unsure if she wanted to be around everything that would remind her of her deceased mate.

"I agree he is all too conformable in this house. But traveling at this time might not be the safest. " Mira's eyes meet Kevin's

"Moving will expose us to more risk," Kevin agreed, "but if you feel safer at House Rasmehlier, it will be worth the risk. J'pok wanting to meet here feels...planned."

Mira nodded, "To planned " she watched Gru'vet feeling like she was making plans in front of the enemy. "Thall send tranport and handle Security. You make all the arrangements keep it close to your chest." Mira nodded. This whole situation had been off since she got here. It was time to shake things up. "J'pok can make his arrangements with you and he had better have either Kolar with him or proof of him safe and unharmed."

Kevin placed a hand on her shoulder "You never answered me about ripping Jpok apart."

She smiled "I am trying not to make planned that far in advance because premeditated gets tossed around. How about you? He has your son?"

"Conflicted," Kevin replied in a troubled tone, "Logically, Kolar is only a means to the end that K'poc wishes to achieve. Kolar is comparatively safe until then. But our window of opportunity is closing,"

After a pause, he added, "If K'poc does harm Kolar, I will kill him in the most disrespectful way possible."

Mira nodded, "I like it. I will have to give it some thought on the most disrespectful. Only thing coming to mind right now is buried alive with Tribbles. OF COURSE after I chop off his hands and anyone else who touched Kolar." She grinned "My crazy is showing again. SO sorry hun I know I promised not to let it out but after being stuck on that planet for so long." She left the rest hanging as she heard Gru'vet leave. "sorry best to leave them thinking I am a little crazy from that stay. I wasn't very civilized when they first brought me home. Got to keep the show up." She chuckled. "Dinner should be ready soon but now I am not so sure it's safe to eat. Gru'vet has lied to many times." She waved a hand to the PADDs "and all of this stinks."

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Lieutenant Commander Kevin Lance
Executive Officer
USS Chuck Norris

and

Captain Mira Rodale
CO
USS Chuck Norris