Bruce Johnson wrote:
> On May 17, 2004, at 9:04 AM, Smith, Greg G. non Unisys wrote:
>
> > "Jac, I think... Well, I think he's honest. I don't think a bribe
> > would work, unless it were coming from someone rich or famous. I
> > mean, a gift, given from a noble, would probably open a door. He
> > enjoys having met and mixing with nobles. So if we go that route,
> > it has to be able to stand being spun out as a story over a brew.
> >
> > "He might do it if he could meet the noble that needed the
> > assistance. But the story would have to be good."
>
> Ricardo rubs his chin..."How good would he be at keeping his mouth
> shut, Woof?
OOC: Woof thinks he would keep his mouth shut, if he thought it was
something very important. But Woof also knows that his friend like to brag.
> "I'm thinking that letting him on a *little* of the truth might be
> the story he'd look for. Best way to tell a lie, is to not actually
> lie all that much.
>
> "That it is, in fact, something secret, patriotic and important to
> Mark that he'd be involved with, but it absolutely cannot be
> generally known.
>
> "Perhaps if he thinks we're investigating a kidnap for ransom deal,
> with overtones of foreign powers, and it's got do be done an the
> *total* QT because we think the kidnappers have high-level contacts
> in the police and security forces, let along in the Port to get a
> kidnapped child out through under their noses.
>
> "But Countess Chaiselounge is frantic to get her daughter back alive,
> and has enlisted the services of her old school chum Sir Jac to
> negotiate the ransom and retrieve the kid."
>
> He looks at Jac. "You could be the old friend with the requisite,
> erm, varied background to be helping her, and we're just the hired
> help. Play up that Jac's done some 'Oh, I'm not allowed to talk about
> that, with a few juicy hints about missions in His Majesty's Secret
> Service or something...' do it quietly, discreetly, in a place we
> know is safe, like Pasco Carl's, The Plugged Nozzle."
"I could do that." Jac agrees, "He might have heard of me, but I'm
*sure* he would have heard of my family."
Eris
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