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Léon Belmont (ex_the_ambas216) wrote in toujoursliberer,
@ 2008-03-28 07:54:00

Entry tags:

ambassadors_ball, leon_belmont

An Invitation to the French Ambassador's Ball
Subject: The Ambassadors Ball
Where: The French Embassy
Who: Léon Belmont, the French Ambassador to the English court
Warnings: none as yet
Open to: All (all players may attend either as invited guests of the ambassador, as servants or guests of those invited, as staff, or as gate-crashers.)

The ballroom of the Embassy was already growing busy, and when Citizen Belmont paused for a moment besides one of the large windows, he could see yet more carriages pulling up outside, wreathed in the mist blowing in from the river.

The quartet had been playing now for a good half an hour, new French tunes as well as those the English favoured. His staff was busy handing out good French wine, and then refilling those glasses when they were drained.

It was going to be a good evening, and not only in the eyes of the party-goers. With some of England’s most prominent aristos on the guest list, and some than some newly arrived French nationals, tonight would be a night of information gathering, of sizing up the opposition, and perhaps even ensuring some of those French escapees were returned to face justice.

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ex_little_st99
2008-04-19 10:08 pm UTC (link)

Nell had, perhaps, had too many glasses of champagne already this evening and he regarded the other young man from across the room jealously. True, the young man had done nothing but look around but it did not stop Nell from feeling ill at ease.
After all, every new young man at social parties was a threat – not only to his livelihood, but, also, to his relationship with Léon. The ambassador could surely find a boy who’s feelings on subject of spying where not so ambivalent as Nell’s.

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	jamie_daykin 2008-04-20 05:00 pm UTC (link)
	Jamie made his way to the crowd, a charming smile on his lips that didn't reach his eyes as he scanned the gentlemen for possible clients. He really didn't want to mess this up. At the other end of the room his eyes fell ont he boy Harry had pointed out to him earlier and Jamie approched him, his smile a little more honest this time. "You're Nell, right?" (Replies frozen) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_little_st99 2008-04-20 05:38 pm UTC (link)
	Nell crossed his arms across his chest, smiling back - although his was anything but honest. "Yes, I am and if you've come here to try and charm your way into some Lords bed you've made a mistake." He sniffed. "Harry doesn't take kindly to new people on his patch." (Replies frozen) (Parent) (Thread)

	jamie_daykin 2008-04-20 05:48 pm UTC (link)
	Jamie raised an eyebrow before he started to laugh. This was certainly amusing. "Now don't fret little one. Harry...knows about me and I guess we are work colleagues now. Or whatever you'd like to call it." (Replies frozen) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_little_st99 2008-04-20 05:59 pm UTC (link)
	Nell's whole attitude changed instantly, now there was nothing to protect. "You are? Harry has been busy tonight!" He chirped, grabbing two glasses of champagne from a passing tray and handing one to Jamie. "I'm Nell, but you already know that. Who are you?" (Replies frozen) (Parent) (Thread)

	jamie_daykin 2008-04-20 06:03 pm UTC (link)
	Jamie accepted the glass with a chuckle. Maybe all of this wasn't going to be that bad. So far he had lived alone and worked alone, having someone who was sharing it at least to a certain degree might be nice. "I'm Jamie. It's nice to meet you." (Replies frozen) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_little_st99 2008-04-20 06:20 pm UTC (link)
	Nell grins, sipping at his glass. "I'm not really suppose to have anymore of these. Léon told me, but I did the job he asked me to so there really isn't any reason not to have one for celebration of a new colleague, is there?" He looked around the ballroom and then back at Jamie. "Do you have your eye on anyone?" (Replies frozen) (Parent) (Thread)

	jamie_daykin 2008-04-20 06:32 pm UTC (link)
	"Hm..." Jamie once again watched the crowd before he turned to Nell with a smile. "Actually, no. At the moment they are all too busy with dancing. You?" (Replies frozen) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_little_st99 2008-04-20 06:36 pm UTC (link)
	Nell looks from one end of the room to the other. "No, I think I am the Ambassador's for the rest of the evening." (Replies frozen) (Parent) (Thread)

	jamie_daykin 2008-04-20 06:47 pm UTC (link)
	"Well, lucky you then. I have to wait until they are tired of dancing and ready for company," Jamie sipped his champagne and all of a sudden his face lit up. "Although at least now I don't have to worry about the rent anymore, which takes away a lot of pressure." (Replies frozen) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_little_st99 2008-04-20 06:50 pm UTC (link)
	"A few more glasses and a fast waltz and I'm sure you will find yourself fending them off with a stick." Nell laughed. He glanced over at Harry, hesitating for a second before relying. "Oh, yes. You'll never have to worry about the rent. The pressure of what?" (Replies frozen) (Parent) (Thread)

	jamie_daykin 2008-04-20 06:54 pm UTC (link)
	Jamie smiled at Nell after finishing his glass of champagne. "It shouldn't be too hard, no. And the pressure of 'If I don't get at least four clients tonight I will have to beg my landlady to give me a few more days to get the money together'." He explained with a wonky grin. "Well, I guess those times are over now." Jamie added, his smile returning. (Replies frozen) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_little_st99 2008-04-20 06:57 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh no, you'll have no landladies to worry about." Nell agreed. He bit his tounge, it would not do to tell the young man what he had swapped his landlady for was a much harder task master who wouldn't wait for his money. (Replies frozen) (Parent) (Thread)

	jamie_daykin 2008-04-20 07:02 pm UTC (link)
	"So...how is it to work for Harry then?" Jamie asked curiously. The whole deal had sounded too good and he was fairly sure that there were some things hidden in the dark. (Replies frozen) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_little_st99 2008-04-20 07:06 pm UTC (link)
	"It's the best work I've ever known." Nell said, truthfully - helped in that fact by it being the only work he'd ever known. "Harry takes very good care of us, no-ones ever allowed to hurt us and he finds us rich clients." (Replies frozen) (Parent) (Thread)

	jamie_daykin 2008-04-20 07:19 pm UTC (link)
	"That definitely sounds good. Although...I guess everything would sound good compared to what I was doing before." (Replies frozen) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_little_st99 2008-04-20 07:23 pm UTC (link)
	"And what was that?" Nell asked curiously. (Replies frozen) (Parent) (Thread)

	jamie_daykin 2008-04-20 07:39 pm UTC (link)
	Jamie shrugged lightly. "Pretty much living in a shabby room that still cost more than I could afford and desperately trying to find enough clients to get the money together. I was pretty much on my own so far so I guess I find it nice now that I don't need to take care of everything..." (Replies frozen) (Parent) (Thread)

ex_little_st99
2008-04-21 08:00 am UTC (link)

"No, you'll not have to worry about finding clients. Harry is very good at that, he has a little book of all the men and he's very good at finding more. He makes friends easily." Nell said with a wide smile, forgetting to mention how easily he made enemies too. There would be time for Jamie to discover that later. As long as he worked hard and didn't answer back Harry would deliver all he promised.

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	jamie_daykin 2008-04-21 03:05 pm UTC (link)
	"Somehow all of this sounds too good to be true," Jamie chuckled, more to himself. "Then again, why shouldn't I be lucky for once," He shrugged, getting two full glasses of champagne and handing Nell one of them with a grin. (Replies frozen) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_little_st99 2008-04-21 04:03 pm UTC (link)
	Nell accepted happily, after all, no-one could blame him for being friendly. "It's not," He promised, glancing across at Harry. "He's...wonderful." (Replies frozen) (Parent) (Thread)

	jamie_daykin 2008-04-22 06:56 am UTC (link)
	Jamie followed Nell's gaze, smirking lightly. "Is there something going on between the two of you?" (Replies frozen) (Parent) (Thread)

ex_little_st99
2008-04-22 07:07 am UTC (link)

Nell giggles, a blush rising in his cheeks.

"I...I'm special to him." He explains, rather a little worse for the champagne. He gestures with his glass, not noticing that he spills half of it on the floor. "I mean Harry isn't...he's looking for a wife and I understand that but he treats me differently. I've been to his townhouse. No-one else goes to his townhouse."

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	jamie_daykin 2008-04-22 08:22 am UTC (link)
	Jamie took the glass from Nell with an amused smile so that the boy couldn't spill all of it. "It's nice when you are special to someone," He commented, trying to keep his own feelings at bay. Tonight was not a night for sadness. (Replies frozen) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_little_st99 2008-04-22 01:03 pm UTC (link)
	Nell didn't even seem to notice the glass disappearing. "We'll, in this line of work you end up special to lots of people." He laughed. (Replies frozen) (Parent) (Thread)

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