The Magnaura

[ULC]

Veronica seems to grow agitated, and finally stands up.

"You will all have to excuse me, I have children to attend to, and it is getting late. Unless you have questions about the Organization, then I will take my leave.

[00jebus]

*Lisas looks at the woman, and says as though humouring her*

Fine, How many members do you suppose they have?
how do they get funding?
how well equipped are they?
what are their objectives?
What style of attack do they carry out to fufill these objectives?
who is their leader?
what threat do they pose to the empire?

[Andres]

A messenger arrives and gives a scroll to Savvas' scribe.

My master informs the Senate that he deeply grieves for the loss of Senator Ampelas and he sends his condolences to the family and friends of Senator Ampelas as well as to the members of his House.

This is a sad day for the Empire.

The scribe sits down again.

[ULC]

Veronica's eyes narrow at Lisas.

"As many as they want, by any means necessary, better then the Order, what ever they want them to be, whatever is effective, the man who gives the orders, and one that your obviously not finding worth your time. Now, if anyone seriously wants to ask me questions, go ahead."

[Kagemusha]

Kantakouzinos turns into direction of Veronica and asks:

"Can you give us an overall report off the Organization? It would be then lot more easy to ask specific questions of the details."

[Andres]

Or just give us names!

Savvas shouts as he walks into the Senate, an exhausted look on his face. He adresses Veronica again.

Give us the names of the Senators involved, mylady! We have much to worry about: a jihad coming to Constantinople, the loss of one of the finest Senators, the loss of a just recently reconquered city, Catholic crusades coming our way, a Crusade and a war against the Fatamids and an empty treasury.

So, please mylady, I don't want to be rude and I apologise if I come accross like that, but we don't have time to waste, the Empire is in a state of emergency.

Give us the names of the Senators involved. If necessary, House Tagamata will guarantee your safety.

[ULC]

Veronica's gaze remains just as hard, but she sits back down.

"The Organization is a network of cells, each completely independent of any other save orders from the Guardian, the head of the Organization. Just to clarify Senator Savvas, it is only the Guardian who is aware of each of the members identities, no one else save him know who else is a part of the Organization, although I know of two: Markianos and Apionnas. The current Guardian, if you wish to call him that, is a man simply known as Symeon."

"The Organization's current objectives are unknown to me, although I did receive a disturbing letter from the previous Guardian before my capture. I suggest they not be taken lightly, at least for now, because they are currently in volatile and unpredictable hands. I wouldn't put it past them to strike now."

[Andres]

Markiaonos? You mean the late Markiaons Ampelas?

Savvas looks at Apionnas.

Senator, can you elaborate?

[00jebus]

I strongly suspect, ma'm, that you are not telling us everything, if you dont know whose leading them, how then do you know they are in volitile and unpredicatable hands?
If there objectives are unknown, why do you suggest they are not to be taken lightly?

If you are capable of giving an honest answer to questions when they are asked instead of wasting our time with sarcasm, then that would also be helpful, some of us do have more important things to do than worry about whats in the shadows after all.

As well as that, what do you mean by strike now?
at what?
given your past experience, what target or even type of target do you think they would attack