NationStates Jolt Archive

Cardinal Hughes walked out of his palace, and into his gardens. He stopped, and smelled a white rose, and picked it. He was walking to his cathedral, when an explosion ripped through the Palace Gates. 6 men ran in, and emptied their uzies into his stomach. One hit his heart, killing him instantly. Cardinalatial Guards ran over to him and lightly tried to revive him.

"Hes..hes..dead sir." said a young Corporal to his captain.

Two shots rang out, and the Squad turned and fired. The 6 men were all hit. Two surveved, and they shot themselves. The Captain ran over and check their pockets.

"God damn it. There Uber-Calvinist terrorists."

Cardinal Hughes body lay, his crimson robes even darker, soaked by his own red blood. The White Rose lay in his pool of blood, a symbol of what was to come.

OOC: tag

Tag: Death and dispair in the state of Cherry Ridge, and we'll be watching every step of it from orbit.... as usual.

EDIAT- The WHITE ROSE CAPTAINS NAME

Outside the Cardinalatial Palace
A large crowd was growing in front of the gates of the Cardinalatial Palace. They were chanting,
"Blood Blood Blood! AVENGE CARDINAL HUGHES!"
Over and over. They turned down the street, and charged into the United Calvinist Church of Carmel, the homebase for the uber-calvinists. They smashed the windows, and dragged the pastor out into the streets.

A young man, Captain Michael Julio, stepped forward.

"Pastor Jim Norris has ordered the attack on Cardinal Hughes. WHAT SHALL WE DO TO HIM?"

"BURN HIM, BURN HIM, BURN HIM!"

Captain Julio tossed him roughly to the ground. The crowd picked him up, and hoisted him to a street light. They threw gasoline on him, and lit him on fire.

"May God Have Mercy on his Soul" yelled Julio.

Outside Christ the King Catholic Church

Down the street from the Calvinist Church, a group of Calvinist rioters were attacking a Catholic church. Then, marching was heard. Federal Ridgian Troops marched to the Calvinists.
"Disperse at once!" screamed a sergeant. They stood still for 5 minutes.
"FIRE" yelled the sergeant.

Blood ran down the street as the Calvinists were slaughtered.
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The Federal Troops began to march towards the Catholic rioters.
"Disperse" The scene began to look like the one dow the street had 2 hours earlier.

"By what authority?" yelled Captain De Vito


"The Kings!"

"Thats riducluous. You march only with a flag. Where is your crucifix?"

"Up my ass" screamed the Sergeant, "Im sure my company agrees with me, dont ya" They screamed his approval.

"Then you are not true Ridgian soldiers."

The sergeant became angry,
"Fire"

Hundreds of Catholics dropped dead. However, after the silence...
CRACK! Men began firing from there apartmets on the Federal "soldiers".

After a few hours, all Federal troops lay dead. The King remained silent on the issue. Let the militias handle it, unless I order otherwise. Any Ridgian soldier that gets ivolved does so by his own foolishness. Was what he thought.

Francis Marlet, the Grand-Chancellor and acting head of state rang the Jeruselem embassy in Cherry Ridge.

"Can you find out what is going on down there?" he demanded.

The embassador said "I've been here 10 years and still don't know what these maniacs in Cherry Rudge get up too. Apparently Cardinal Hughes got assassinated by Calvinists and the Catholics start up beating on the Calvinists. So far anyway."

"So Jeruselem has more Cardinals than Cherry Ridge now?" the Chancellor asked.

"Err, yes. 1-0" he replied.

ooc- Not anymore, Jeruselem ;)

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FOX NEWS
"Today in a breaking news report, Pope Benedict XVI has named a new Ridgian Cardinal. His Eminence Theodore Cardinal McCarrick will be moving from Washington D.C, USA, to Cherry Ridge. In other news there has been more violence in C.R. between the Calvinists and the Catholics...."
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"You go in the side, and I will some around to the back."

"Shit"

"What"

"itss"

"WHO THE HELL IS THAT" yelled a guard said, firing killing one of the men. The other one ran and grabbed his bomb, and threw them both inside the Calvinst Church of Lake Ariel, just as he was gunned down. The violence was heating up.
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Outside the Jeruselem embassy
A man walked up to the gate of the Jeruselem embassy. he looked in, with a camera.
"LONG LIVE THE CALVINISTS!"
As he pressed the button, it exploded, ripping open the gate. Ridgian soldiers rushed in, and made sure no one got in until the Jeruselem guards could respond.

Castle Wittenburg, Derscon

It was cold in Derscon, which, with their location, wasn't that abnormal. With a subarctic climate, the all-time high in this place was seventy-five degrees, which was not matched within fifteen degrees for the past fifty years.

The Command Council of the Knights of Luther, the largest private militia in the country, were meeting in Wittenburg, their headquarters. No one knew who any of the Command Council was (actually, MSS had bios on just about all of them, but that was classified), and they met in privacy.

"These developments in Cherry Ridge are not pleasing to us," the Chancellor, as it were, of the Kights announced to the Council.

"I agree," another said. "These could bring about changes for the worse for our Protestant brothers in Cherry Ridge."

"So are these bastards pretending to be Calvanist," another, stonger voice stated. The Chancellor nodded.

"I agree," the Chancellor responded. "Erich," he said, motioning to a person at the other end of the round table. "Send in a few people to observe. No direct contacts, though -- we cannot risk exposing them or our AIPs."

"Of course, Chancellor." He nodded.

"Excellent. Juergen, I want you to start assembling a team to head into CR."

"Will do, sir."

"Good. Keep me posted. This meeting is ajourned."

Dersconi Embassy, Carmel, CR

The Commercial Attache -- the MSS chief in CR -- was getting a few faxes over the STU from RAMC. Most of it was telling him to watch his arse.

"Great, for once the Kremlin is concerned for us grunts," he said through sips of coffee. Ambassador Medicavelli entered the Attache's office.

"I see you got the same stuff I did." He looked up and nodded.

"Yeah, Leo, I know. All this crap goin' on. Now I know why I'm here."

You better, MSS grunt, Leonardo Medicavelli thought. "Well, you better stick around. I have a feeling that we might take interest." The Attache nodded.

"Yeah, I think so, too."

Captain Julio was assumed to be dead. Shot and killed in one of the skirmishes, and buried in a ditch in some God-forsaken hell hole in North west CR. Only a few people knew he was alaive. It was better this way.


ooc-
Only 3 Ridgians know he is alive

The Only nonRidgians that know he is alive is:
The Command Council of the Knights of Luther

Five agents, five seperate flights, five different departure airports, five different arrival airports. One departure nation, one arrival nation.

Cherry Ridge is one of three other nations who shares relaxed travel laws with Derscon, so people didn't have so much of a hassle getting in or out. Unfortunately, that became a security risk for both countries, but isolationism is not a good international relations package in today's world.

At each of their respective airports, the Knights of Luther recon guys all had false papers and passports, but they were Dersconi. It listed them all as Catholic. The recon guys of the Knights were well trained in doctrine of all the world's major religions. They've been sent to put down a Hindu revolt in eastern Derscon before. That was covered up well.

It was a Monday, so they had a day to check in, and five days to head back to Derscon, so they wouldn't have to participate in the herecy of the Church.

It was going to be an interesting week.

Customs in all airports let the kinghts through. They were Dersconi citizens. Non-Dersconi's coming in from Derscon could be told apart. Customs agents could tell the various Dersconi accents, and the fake ones apart.

ooc- Not anymore, Jeruselem ;)

Outside the Jeruselem embassy
A man walked up to the gate of the Jeruselem embassy. he looked in, with a camera.
"LONG LIVE THE CALVINISTS!"
As he pressed the button, it exploded, ripping open the gate. Ridgian soldiers rushed in, and made sure no one got in until the Jeruselem guards could respond.

Later ...

The Jeruselem ambassador was coordinating the cleanup of what was left of their embassy gate. Guards stood watch as workers removed bits of terrorists and buildings from the scene. Grand Inquisitor Lucius III turned up to the embassy and complained to the ambassador "I decide to have a holiday in Cherry Ridge and then !@#$%^&* Calvinists decide to go crazy. Mind you the locals are just as crazy, so I'm not surprised. I might as well goto Derscon, it's safer over there."

The Jeruselem ambassador nodded in total agreement as he picked up someone's finger and put in the plastic bag for the Ridgian CSI. Lucius said "There's a ring on that finger" and had a closer look. The ambassador looked but couldn't work out what kind of ring it was.

He walked over to the Ridgian senior army official "Your Inquisition might want to look at this ring."

...

Archbishop Augustus Cardinal Brown of Jerusalem (Old City) walked into the Grand-Chancellor's office. "Francis, having fun?" he joked.

Francis looked up "Augustus, back from the Conclave? Pope John Paul II is dead, Pope Benedict XVI is installed and Cardinal Hughes is dead. And the usual problems with Cherry Ridge"

The Cardinal sat down "I heard about Hughes, well after the De Vito fiasco as well. Cherry Ridge is self-destructing again? Might as well make a black comedy called The Funerals of Two Kings and Two Cardinals".

Francis looked at the Cardinal "I've placed the Cathedral under Inquisition control until things calm down. Only authorised Catholic clergy and heads of state can enter for the moment. You shouldn't have problems with access though. Inquisitor Janus is heading up a team to combat potential Calvinist threats too."

The Ridgian Officer grabbed the ring, and studied it carefully. He then went into his black car, with blacked out windows. He got on his cell phone and called the Dersconi embassy, then dialed the Commercial Attache, directly.

"This is a member of the Ridgian Trade Department. I need to discuss economics with you. Im sure we do the same kind of work. When can I come by?" he said

The Ridgian Officer grabbed the ring, and studied it carefully. He then went into his black car, with blacked out windows. He got on his cell phone and called the Dersconi embassy, then dialed the Commercial Attache, directly.

"This is a member of the Ridgian Trade Department. I need to discuss economics with you. Im sure we do the same kind of work. When can I come by?" he said

The Commercial Attache/MSS Agent listened to the man speak. Ridgian Trade Department, eh? he thought. Thanks for the key. He spoke impassively.

"Sorry, the Embassy is a bit tied down. How about Carmel Cafe in fifteen minutes?"
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The Five Knights, ironically, were meeting in the same Cafe, but fifteen minutes earler. A waiter came, and they all ordered their drinks, but no food, please, we're not hungry right now. The owner came out and sat down with the large group, which wasn't unusual, as it didn't get large groups all too much, so he usually came out and chatted with them.

"I'm glad to see you all made it safely here," the owner started. "Your welcome packages are in this building. I will leave the back door in the alley unlocked for you to pick it up." One nodded.

"Excellent. I'm glad to hear that." The Owner nodded as the waiter came by again for refills.

"Indeed. How's the weather in Derscon?" One of them started speaking.

"Oh, warm as usual, in my part. Not too bad, though. Just perfect for hunting. My wife loves the roses she can grow in her garden."

"15 minutes" he said.
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10 Min. Later....

The man went in and had a seat at a table. He wanted to make sure that he didn't miss the operative. He ordered a glass of wine, removed his hat, and straightened out his uniform, and waited for the man to come in.

The Jeruselem ambassador and Grand Inquisitor Lucius III finished cleaning up the gate and were looking at a big hole in the ground left by the suicide bomber.

"Well, back to the good old days when terrorists reduced their own numbers by self-destruction." Lucius commented. The ambassador moaned "There goes the budget for the year. Mostly spent on fixing holes in the ground and replacing gates. Happens everytime a Cardinal gets killed."

Lucius who was normally a very unpleasant person, but he was on holidays, sympathised "Well, how about going somewhere else. I think you've done enough work for the day. My shout". The ambassador didn't disagree and they took the embassy car and headed for the trendier part of town.

The Commercial Attache from the Dersconi Embassy arrived in the Carmel Cafe two minutes late. When he walked in, he noticed the large group in the one corner, and scanned the faces. He averted his eyes quickly after identifying one of the people. Knights of Luther. I know one of them. He continued walking to the Ridgian, maintaining an impassive face. When he sat down, he placed his briefcase to the side, and his hands on the table, looking at the menu. An MSS agent was on the bench across the street, reading a newspaper, sunglasses on. The Attache looked the man in the eyes.

"I'm going to assume you're OSS," he said, after ordering his drinks and waiting for the waiter to leave. "Your organization that you said you belong to doesn't exist.

"Why are you here?" The Commercial Attache/Station Chief asked.

"Yeah, I am from the Office of Strategic Services, why else would I call MSS?" he said, with sarcasim. He put his hands on the table, and folded them.
"We managed to convince the White Rose to settle down. Unfortunatly, and not surprisingly, the John Calvin Protestant Militia (CPM), isn't." he took a sip from his drink, and cupped his hands,
"This is where we need your help. OSS is involved because it threatens national security, greatly. We can't have them running around CR AND discrace our Prussia-Protestant brothers. I was hoping you could get me in contact with the Knights of Luther. We need their help to break up their morale. Show them that CPM isn't protestant Can you help us?" he asked.

Jeruselem Government News

Jeruselem's Cherry Ridge embassy to get upgrades

Acting Foreign Minister Lord Goldsmith, who is presiding while the Foreign minister is in Derscon, announced money would be spent upgrading the security arrangements in it's embassy in Cherry Ridge.

After a suicide bomber, a suspected Calvinist, effectively destroyed the gates to the embassy - the security will be upgraded to much higher level. A Jeruselem firm called "Life on the edge" will be contracted to totally revamp the perimeter security and guard levels increased. Also, visitor and staff parking will be seperated with visitor parking a further distance away.

Some locals Ridgians said the Jeruselem embassy looked like a medieval fortress, but now suspect it will be one soon.

"We must silence the so-called 'Calvinist' heretics -- they are a blemish on True Protestantism," one Knight of Luther said to the pack across the room.

"I agree," another said. "Both the heretic groups need eliminated." The Shop owner nodded.

"Of course. Another Crusader here -- " Crusader was the KoL term for sleeper cell -- "has addresses of known members, and potential places where their hierarchs meet. Your job will be to recon those places for the strike team, I assume?" One nodded.

"Yes, that is our job."


"I don't think I can help," the MSS Station Chief responded to the OSS officer. "The only people that can decide that is the Command Council of the Knights, and we can't contact them. Your best bet is to hope they do something.

"Knowing them, though, they probably already sent an advance team out to recon places and people to 'purify,' and are meeting with a sleeper in CR."

ooc- 10 guys total
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Five men came got out of a black van and walked in. They walked to the counter, but before they got there one turned around, aimed a gi=un at the Dersconi "commerical attache" and then.....


ooc-
Take it from here Derscon

ooc- 10 guys total
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Five men came got out of a black van and walked in. They walked to the counter, but before they got there one turned around, aimed a gi=un at the Dersconi "commerical attache" and then.....


ooc-
Take it from here Derscon

OOC: gi=un? What's a gi=un? :p :D
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Across the street, the MSS agent looked up at the passing black van, and suddenly became suspicious. He placed the paper down and walked across the road just in time to see one of the people draw their weapon.

"Crap!" He immediately drew his pistol and fired through the glass at him, but at that point, it was too late. The gunman got a round off before his brains splattered across the countertop from the Colt 45. This blast from the pistol was sufficent enough in volume to make heads of the other gunman turn. He managed to pop off three gunman with a doubletap before being shot in the wrist and falling to the ground, bleeding. Dang, that was my gun hand!

Inside, the Commercial Attache lay bleeding after a bullet entered his chest, narrowly missing his lung, he found after he coughed and found no blood. When the gunmen were distracted by the MSS agent across the street and started heading towards him, the shop owner dove behind the counter and rose up with a Binelli M1 with .00 Buckshot ammo and came up behind a few of them and fired, effectively ripping a hole through their torso. The Commercial Attache was on the floor bleeding. Evidentally, two bullets hit him, one in the chest and one in the shoulder. A Knight of Luther already called 911, so an ambulance and possibly Ridgian police were on the way.

ooc- :(
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The OSS agent dove under the table. He drew his Beretta, and watched the MSS agent across the street take out a few, and then the shopowner. Five more men ran in, and the OSS agent aimed at ones head, and shot him, killing him instantly. He shot another one twice int he chest, and he lay bleeding. The third fired off a shot gun at him, and he rolled across the floor, knocked a table over, and took cover. He aimed, and hit him in the neck. He colapsed in a pool of blood. The two remaining ones fired at him, with their Uzis. The OSS agent roled, fired a shot into one's heart, and shot the other one in the stomach. he ran up to him and said,
"You son of a bit**", and threw hima cross the room, "Who are you"
The man replied,
"LONG LIVE JOHN CALVIN AND THE CALVINISTS CHURCH" he said, shooting himself in the head. The OSS agent searched and made sure it was safe.

The agent rushed out to the fallen MSS outside, and pulled him in. He put him close to the other MSS and said to both of them,
"Your going to live, the ambulance is on the way." he said, applying prussure to the one MSS agents wrist, with a cloth napkin in between the blood and his hand. He said to the other man,
"Don't worry, its ok. You'll make it."
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5 minutes later....
The ambulance came and picked up the two MSS. They were heading to the Carmel Naval Hospital, where they would get the best care possible. Military Police cars drive in front of them, and cleared the way, and protected against any further attacks.
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Back in the Carmel Cafe....
The OSS agent walked over to the shop owner and said,
"Where the hell did you get that. Who the hell are you anyway?"

Grand Chancellor Francis Marlet was talking the Archbishop of Jerusalem (Old City), Augustus Cardinal Brown.

"Well, we should go screening visitors from Cherry Ridge much more thoroughly. Most do say they are Catholic, but people lie all the time. I'm sure some Calvinists have entered our nation. However, we must do this discretely? We don't want to upset everyone either." he asked.

The Cardinal said "Well, there's an easy solution. Raise the alert level - it gives us more discretion and catches more travellers from other nations who shouldn't be here."

The Chancellor pondered "You sure? We haven't been attacked yet, apart from the embassy bombing in Cherry Ridge. I can't justify raising the alert level yet. What about the local terrorists?"

The Cardinal said "How about we find some Calvinists first. Then we have justification."

The Chancellor said "That's the plan. Now we got find these terrorists".

The Cardinal laughed "We have a Roman Inquisition you know, they never sleep. We'll offer help to the CR too. It's only appropiate."

The Chancellor asked "So this is why you are Queen's advisor. You always seem to have answers for everything"

"God does, not me. He guides me" the Cardinal replied.

<Later>

Grand Inquisitor Lucius III (in Cherry Ridge) gets a phone call. He knew what it was about before he answered it.

"Hello Cardinal, let me guess. My holiday is cancelled and I happen to be one assigned to help the Ridgians find some terrorists in Cherry Ridge right?" he said straight away.

The voice on the phone said "You know me too well, Lucius. Rather convienient you were in Cherry Ridge." and call ended.

Bump

Grand Inquisitor Lucius III dialled the offices of MSS on his mobile with "God-like encryption" enabled

"Good afternoon, my name is Lucius Campbell Gwayne from Jeruselem or otherwise known as Grand Inquisitor Lucius III of Jeruselem. I would like an audience with one your officers please. I have been instructed to provide assistance to your mission to catch some terrorists by my government." he told the officer.

Grand Inquisitor Lucius III dialled the offices of MSS on his mobile with "God-like encryption" enabled

"Good afternoon, my name is Lucius Campbell Gwayne from Jeruselem or otherwise known as Grand Inquisitor Lucius III of Jeruselem. I would like an audience with one your officers please. I have been instructed to provide assistance to your mission to catch some terrorists by my government." he told the officer.

OOC: You realize, you being the Grand Inquisitor, you would probably have a line to Sergey Nickolyavich Golovko, the Minister of State Security. So we'll pretend you called him. For your mistake, though, I am disregarding your message. :D
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Golovko was reading over some documents from the Second Chief Diretorate when his phone rang.

"Yes, Antoniy?"Antoniy Borissovich Petrov was Golovko's chief security officer and secretary.

"Sir, it's Inquisitor Gwayne."

"Ah, put him on."

"Yessir." The regular lines in the MSS were obviously bugged. The STU-9 in his office, though, was not. The call, though, was not coming through the STU.

"Ah, Lucius! Good evening. How is the weather in Jeruselem?"

OOC: You realize, you being the Grand Inquisitor, you would probably have a line to Sergey Nickolyavich Golovko, the Minister of State Security. So we'll pretend you called him. For your mistake, though, I am disregarding your message. :D
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Golovko was reading over some documents from the Second Chief Diretorate when his phone rang.

"Yes, Antoniy?"Antoniy Borissovich Petrov was Golovko's chief security officer and secretary.

"Sir, it's Inquisitor Gwayne."

"Ah, put him on."

"Yessir." The regular lines in the MSS were obviously bugged. The STU-9 in his office, though, was not. The call, though, was not coming through the STU.

"Ah, Lucius! Good evening. How is the weather in Jeruselem?"

Lucius said "Well, I was in Cherry Ridge for a holiday so I'm actually in your fine nation now, 15 minutes away.".

OOC I meant the OSS then but never mind :confused:

ooc- MSS IS DERSCONI! OSS IS RIDGIAN.

The OSS Agent asked the shop owner again, this time louder,
"WHO ARE YOU!"

OOC: Yob tvoyu mat! I didn't realize it ate my post.
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Ministry of State Security

"Ah, I see," Golovko said into the phone. "I will have a car come and pick you up." The call was traced and the location of Lucius was confirmed, so they could send it. The point of Golovko saying that was mostly gloating. Ha, I can hack and trace your signal! kinda thing.

"Is that okay with you?"
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Carmel Cafe

The shop owner nodded. "Well, I got this gun at the local shop in Carmel. And the shooting skills? I enlisted in the Ridgian Army for awhile -- Captain. I was a double-specialized person, sniper and demolitions." What he DIDN'T say was before he came over, he was an Army Ranger in the Dersconi Army.

"That doesn't answer what your name is. What is it?"

OOC: Yob tvoyu mat! I didn't realize it ate my post.
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Ministry of State Security

"Ah, I see," Golovko said into the phone. "I will have a car come and pick you up." The call was traced and the location of Lucius was confirmed, so they could send it. The point of Golovko saying that was mostly gloating. Ha, I can hack and trace your signal! kinda thing.

"Is that okay with you?"
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Lucius replied "That's fine, but you'll have to move your trace by 15 metres to the South if you're using anything to track me.". He was using an experimental new phone technology called "Deceiver" which altered the "virtual" location of the user.

Lucius replied "That's fine, but you'll have to move your trace by 15 metres to to South if you're using anything to track me.". He was using an experimental new phone technology called "Decepter" which altered the "virtual" location of the user.

Lucius could almost hear the smile. "Tracking? Who said anything about tracking?" Golovko motioned to his secretary.

"Sir, we've already identified this type of tech. We developed it ourselves awhile ago, so our guys know the signal, and incorporated it into the locale of Lucius Public Survaillance confirms the location, as do some of the shadows." Golovko gave Antoniy a thumbs up for a good job.

"Well, Lucius, I shall send a car over. Good day." He hung up and laughed. "The Papist thinks he's just so smart, doesn't he?" Antoniy smirked.

"Well, let him have that illusion. The PS is showing the SUV preparing to intercept Lucius in five minutes."
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Carmel Cafe

"Oh! Sorry. I am Francisco Corleonado. My friends call me Frank."
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OOC: Jeruselem, just assume that the SUV picks you up and takes you to the gates of the MSS headquarters at Dzerzhinskiy Square in Moscow. No further than the gates, though -- MSS is pretty tight on security.

OOC

Don't worry, CR. I'll just play along with MSS, it'll be interesting.
My Foobar.

IC

Lucius looked at the gates of MSS and expected the usual security for this kind of organisation. He spoke to the driver "Well, what happens now? he asked.

...

Inquisitor Janus was temporary head of Inquisition while Lucius was away. One of his guards dragged in Count James who was all chained and sat him down.

"Good morning James, how is the prison?" Janus asked. James shrugged "You know, depressing".

"I have to ask you, there's rumours you're a really a member of extreme Calvinist church or linked to a VoteEarly related church and not a Mason. Is that true?" Janus jovially asked. James said "No, I'm a Mason and proud of it."

"Are you sure? What do think about Fred Phelps then?" he asked. James shrugged "Another Protestant idiot. Ranting old man with things up where things don't shine". James liked being rude.

"That's OK, just asking. You can go now. I'll spare you the torture for today. Enjoying being depressed, it's on the house" Janus smiled. And the guard removed James.

Janus thought "Not him, have to find someone who was Terrorist Calvinist in our prisons who could help us. James was a real Mason."

Meanwhile Arakarian government ordered one man to slip into Cherry Ridge territory. His task was simple: contact with Calvinist extremists and get information on what really happened and what their agenda is.

This same day Arakarian News Network (ANN) had announced:
Blessed Elect Jan Kras is setting up a charity fund for innocent Protestants that where hurt during Catholic riots. "We won't help those accused for terrorist acts but we will help the mothers and children of those innocent people. We call to His Highness John Antonette the King of Cherry Ridge and the King of Burgundy to help us in organisation of that fund. We also would like to recive any documentation about Cardinal's death for our own inspection. Our aim is simple: bringing justice for all. This also means starting official relationship with Cherry Ridge. We politely ask for an exchange of ambassadors."

OCC: I hope that I can join your game? Otherwise ignore my post.

Ministry of State Security: Dzerzhinskiy Square, Moscow

The massive walls of the old Kremlin Fortress, the former capital of Derscon, before moving to Andropovsgrad by the Rekjyavich-Andropov dynasty, and renaming it to Rekjyavich Andropov Military City, stood tall three blocks down from Dzerzhinskiy Square. Lefortovo Prison, the MSS official prison, was two blocks down from Dzerzhinskiy Square, connected to the Ministry campus by a tunnel.

The massive iron gates opened and the SUV was allowed into the Campus. They were not seen, but statues in the courtyard of the Ministry were actually survaillence towers, while some were actually hidden miniguns. Snipers were on top of the building, scanning the area, along with a few people with TOW launchers. the fountain in the center of the courtyard, though, was five stories high and at it's widest point was five meters across.

The SUV drove to the parking garage and did what it was supposed to do -- park. Three SS officers came up to the SUV and took Lucius to the tunnel connecting the Garage to the Executive Building, and then took the elevator to the seventh floor (there were actually eight floors, not including the matenence stuff, but the elevator couldn't go that far). They led him down the secure passageways, and up a flight of stairs guarded by two SS officers with XM29s, through three security checkpoints, and finally made it to the secretary's office. Antoniy Borissovich Petrov, Golovko's Chief of Security, Secretary, and former Delta Force operative, was there to greet him.

"Good afternoon, Comrade Inquisitor. Minister Golovko is expecting you." He led him through his office and through the oak/titanium doors to Minister Sergey Nikolayevich Golovko's office.

"Ah, welcome to the MSS, Lucius. PLease, sit down," he said, motioning to a chair and starting off the mandatory meeting opener -- a glass of vodka.

"So, what can I do for you today?"

Meanwhile Arakarian government ordered one man to slip into Cherry Ridge territory. His task was simple: contact with Calvinist extremists and get information on what really happened and what their agenda is.

This same day Arakarian News Network (ANN) had announced:
Blessed Elect Jan Kras is setting up a charity fund for innocent Protestants that where hurt during Catholic riots. "We won't help those accused for terrorist acts but we will help the mothers and children of those innocent people. We call to His Highness John Antonette the King of Cherry Ridge and the King of Burgundy to help us in organisation of that fund. We also would like to recive any documentation about Cardinal's death for our own inspection. Our aim is simple: bringing justice for all. This also means starting official relationship with Cherry Ridge. We politely ask for an exchange of ambassadors."

OCC: I hope that I can join your game? Otherwise ignore my post.
ooc-You can join, but that spy slipping into CR would never happen. So that ANN thing is ok, but not the spy.

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King John released this statement,
"We will not support this organization. This is entirley a Prussian matter."

General Donovan was furious. He was head of the OSS and pissed off.
"I WANT TO MEET WITH THE HEAD OF MSS!" he screamed to an aid,
"GET ME MY PHONE!"
"Yes Sir"

He called the Minister of State Security and waited for Comrade Minister Golovko to answer.

OOC: About that "spy" thing - he's not a spy... Let me show you what I'm talking about...
IC:
A reporter that would like to get in with Arakarian Red Cross aid wants to interview members of Calvinist Church and Catholics. His plead was attached with Arakarian Red Cross papers that asks a permission to cooperate on Cherry Ridge territory. This organisation also sended papers directly to any Red Cross organisation in the region asking for help on this case.
"This is very important issue" - said Blessed Elect Jan Kras in speech that was transmited by ANN - "We only want to protect those innocent that didn't commited any acts of terror and didn't support it. We only ask Cherry Ridge government for the green light on actions of Arakarian Red Cross. We promise to cooperate at any level!"
"And in other news Arakarian Poll Center reports:
68% of Arakarians agrees with Blessed Elect on Cherry Ridge case. "For the Blood of Jesus Christ - we are their brothers, not enemies!" - said Merry Blackberry, cleaner.
24% disagrees. Ristofan Smallwood, the taxi-driver, says: "Calvinists are to blame. Stop to interfere!"
If you want to help our brothers, please, send money on Arakarian Red Cross account XXX-YYY-ZZZ with a note: CHERRY RIDGE.
And remember - FOR THE GREATER GOOD!" - national anthem starts.
OOC: I hope that I didn't rushed too much with that post...

Official Government Responce
We do not need help. It is an internal greater Prussian matter. We thank you anyway, but the Ridgian Red Cross can handle it. Your reporter is not allowed, as it would be a dangernto him.

Golovko's private line lit up after he greeted Lucius, and the display said it was OSS. "Goddamnit." He put him on speaker.

"General DeVito, good afternoon. With me today is Grand Inquisitor Lucius. So, what can I do for you today?"

Golovko's private line lit up after he greeted Lucius, and the display said it was OSS. "Goddamnit." He put him on speaker.

"General DeVito, good afternoon. With me today is Grand Inquisitor Lucius. So, what can I do for you today?"

Lucius smiled "You can talk to General DeVito of the OSS first. I'm sure he's more important than me in this situation." while guessing some agro at the other end of the phone call since it's coming from Cherry Ridge.

OOC: Well... you just cutted me off this case...

"At least accept money that our fund raised. But promise to help all Christians in need" - said Blessed Elect on telephone.

Arakaria-
Wire the money
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Derscon-
"I am sick of this bullshit with the Calvinists. Leave me on speaker phone, we can all talk about this."

ooc- Changed Generals name to general Dobnovan, want Daniel De Vito for new archbishops name.

"That's fine," Golovko said, angry that this OSS General has the gall to call and start a conversation with an angry tone, especially with HIM. Such Nekulturny, Golovko thought. "Now, you called, so speak."

"The MSS, Jeruselem Inquisition," he said, and then continued with an air of superiority, "the OSS all form a task force, and crack down on these terrorists. They are now SOS, shhot onb sight, for these three angencies"

"The MSS, Jeruselem Inquisition," he said, and then continued with an air of superiority, "the OSS all form a task force, and crack down on these terrorists. They are now SOS, shoot on sight, for these three angencies."

"Three agencies?" Golovko asked. "When did a third one come into play? I thought it was just a war between the so-called 'calvinists' and the Catholic militants?"

"The White Rose agreeed to stop operations, after the churches request."

"The White Rose agreeed to stop operations, after the churches request."

"OKay, then. That means there are two organizations involved that my people have not told me about. They probably think that it is not important enough for me to be involved." Which was actually true, in this case.

"Do be kind enough to fill me in, as my own people have not."

"OKay, then. That means there are two organizations involved that my people have not told me about. They probably think that it is not important enough for me to be involved." Which was actually true, in this case.

"Do be kind enough to fill me in, as my own people have not."

Lucius said "Well, it looks the Calvinist attack is more complicated than we thought. If our Inquisition, MSS and OSS can cooperate to fight the threat, so be it".

A group of 5 men walked into St. Mary Magdellan Cathedral, the main Ridgian church. They kneeled down, and began to "pray". One walked out, and came back in with a video camera. What was recorded was sent to computer somewhere in the Ridgian mountains. After the camera stopped recording, it would be atomaticly sent out to all major news stations. the man began to say,
"We are the John Calvin Protestant Militia. Open rebellion against any government that has Catholics in it is good. JOHN ANTONETTE! IAN PAISLEY! QUEEN MARIAH! NAPOLEON! You are all betrayers to Jesus. Youa re not true christians. THIS IS YOUR INSTALLATION PRESENT CARDINAL DE VITO! HAIL JOHN CALVIN!" he screamed, pushing a button. All the men did the same, and detonated at various points around the church. The church walls fell, and outside, a man was recording this. The massive steeple collapssed in on itself, crushing many below. The bell tolled one more time, and then it was brought down by the weight of the rubble. Miraculously, three things stood:
The Tabernacle, with the Eucharist in it, unscathed, a statue of jesus, and a statue of Mary.
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The phone conference...
"Calvinist terrorists are attacking a'l throughout CR and the Jeruselem embassy." An aide ran in, and put a paper down. He turned on the tv.
"Holy Mother of God" prayed the General outlod, crossing himself,
"Turn on the TV now" said the man, quieter.

CRUNN REPORT

"After the destruction of the Mary Magdellan cathedral by Calvinist terrorists, Cardinal De Vio has decreed,
'The new cathdral shall simply be the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, already the biggest church in CR. The three relics that survived have been placed John Paul the Great oratory.'


ooc-
The Shrine is identicle to the RL Shrine in the US, except with a few more chapels added.

The phone conference...
"Calvinist terrorists are attacking a'l throughout CR and the Jeruselem embassy." An aide ran in, and put a paper down. He turned on the tv.
"Holy Mother of God" prayed the General outlod, crossing himself,
"Turn on the TV now" said the man, quieter.

Lucius used his mobile to phone Inquisitor Janus (2nd in charge) with a short message "Raise the Alert Level. Shoot all terrorists on site if encountered."

He looked at his MSS counterpart "Well, the die is cast. It's time we show them what destruction really means.".

"I have recieved word that Cardinal De Vito has just posted guards around that Basilica of the Immaculate Conception -now doubling as the cathedral-. All terrorists are now Shoot on sight for ANYONE."

Golovko looked down at the speaker phone.

"You still have not answered my question."
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OOC: KNights of Luther will be going tomorrow.

General Donovan got nasty.
"What question would that be?" he sneered

Lucius sighed thinking "This business is so much fun. The nice people you meet ... not. No wonder I'm such a grump these days.".

Golovko did his best to keep his voice level. If it were up to me, you'd be dead by now, punk, he thought.

"My people have not told me anything about further groups involved. The White Rose and the so-called Calvinists. You say the Rose is gone, that leaves two groups unaccounted for. What are they?" Hmm, Golovko thought.

If I'm not mistaken he continued thinking. The SS Border Security said that there were known KoL leaving the nation for CR. That STILL leaves another group unacconted for.
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Carmel Cafe

When everyone left except the Knights, they headed into the back room, which was filled with crates. The lead guy opened it up, and his eyes went wide.

"Holy shit, man, where'd you get this stuff?"

"This stuff" he was reffering to was a bunch of brand spankin' new SC3K's, and a few XM29s. While assault rifles and the works were readily available to the Dersconi public, this kinda hi-tech stuff wasn't. The store clerk winked.

"Oh, I manage to get around some." With that, they packed the repackaged guns and ammo into their cars and headed off to either the hotels or the prearranged safehouses.

The OSS agent drove around the block. He scanned his cmputer for the mans name in the CR military ddatabase. It wasn't there. Lying bastard he thought. But I can't have every CR soldier or policeman know about the case. I'll have to get the OSS Counter-Terrorist Force.

ooc- more later

Carmel Cafe

The shop owner was still in the back room. After thirty minutes of labour, all of the crates were disassembled and thrown into the wood-burning oven/furnace that was used to cook food/heat the building. He swept the room and basically removed all evidence that there was anything ever here. He closed up the loading doors, and went to the private restroom to wash up before calling the repairman to fix the shotup windows and walls.

The OSS agent called in the counter terror shop. They drive near the building in a large SUV with tinted windows, which were armored. There were 20 of them. Five had XM29s, 10 had HKSMG2's, and 5 had Sig Stgw 90's. They also had sidearms, and grenades. One went forward, and knocked, and yelled,
"Repairman"
The other 19 drive around abck, as if they were unloading tools. The one agent walked up behind the man in the restroom. He put a gun to his head, and threw him against the wall. The rest ran in, and searched the place.
"CLEAR!"

"well, well, well, the only man in the Ridgian military by your name died 20 years ago! You think I am foolish!" he said, punching him. The men grabbed the man, and threw him in the trunk, and sped away. He was brought to theinterogation room of the OSS, was chained and the same agent walked in.

"WHO ARE YOU!"
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"I thinkt he Knights of Luther are involved comrade" he said, mocking the title.

The store clerk's eyes were filled with confusion, with a hint of fear.

"I said I was in the Ridgian Army?" He sighed and smacked his head on the table, and smirked. "I've been living in this country too long." He shook his head. "I apologize for that misnomer. I meant Dersconi army -- First Corps, First Division, Alpha Company. Army Rangers, I was a captain. I reported directly to and made good friends with Field Marshal Sir Arthur Wellesley, the Commander of the Dersconi First Corps." He sighed again.

"I didn't realize that living here for fifteen years would get me so attached to a nation that I'd forget about my home! Stupid me," he said, shaking his head. "Sorry about that."

Grand Inquisitor Lucius opened his suitcase and took out an leather bound which looked 500 years old. It looked like something written by the Roman Inquisition.

"I was in Cherry Ridge for a holiday and some light reading. You know peace and quiet away from home. But no, some extremists decided to go ruin my holiday and I'm working again. I don't like that at all." he said.

He turned to a chapter on Calvinists and showed a specific page to Golovko. It listed a rather long list of Calvinist groups at the time.

Lucius continued "I think the terrorists group in Cherry Ridge belong to long ancient enemy of Roman Church and even the Lutherans at the time who have gone underground like the Masons. These people believed John Calvin to the prophet of the end times." and pointed to one of the entries in the book.

The line read The Warriors of true Prophet John Calvin in Church Latin. He continued "They call themselves another name but they are probably the same Calvinists in Cherry Ridge and have joined up with a similarly minded group for the end of times"

"Thank You, Inquisitor. You got the nail on the head."

Golovko nodded. "Okay then. But General Donovan, you still haven't answered my question, and if you do not, I will terminate this call. I am getting a little annoyed by your disrespect for your elders."

Lucius put back his book into his suitcase and took out another a few books. They looked like new books and was written by a follower of Fred Phelps, the controversial Calvinist US preacher. They were titled "Jeruselem: The New Babylon", "Greater Prussian Heresy: Protestant Betrayal", "The False Archangels" and "The Lost Works of John Calvin"

"Our local Calvinists have been reading these books of late. We haven't banned them like the Da Vinci Code yet, because we can use the possession of these books against them when we start a new sweep. You can keep those books. I suspect some of our Lutherans are closet Calvinists." he said to Golovko.

Lucius put back his book into his suitcase and took out another a few books. They looked like new books and was written by a follower of Fred Phelps, the controversial Calvinist US preacher. They were titled "Jeruselem: The New Babylon", "Greater Prussian Heresy: Protestant Betrayal", "The False Archangels" and "The Lost Works of John Calvin"

"Our local Calvinists have been reading these books of late. We haven't banned them like the Da Vinci Code yet, because we can use the possession of these books against them when we start a new sweep. You can keep those books. I suspect some of our Lutherans are closet Calvinists." he said to Golovko.

Golovko nodded. "Thank you, but I have those books already."

"Elders? I am 58 years old, you may be older than that, but elder, don't give me that bullshit." he said, part joking this time. he then continued,
"The other group I assume would be the Kngihts of Luther, Calvinists, and us."

"Elders? I am 58 years old, you may be older than that, but elder, don't give me that bullshit." he said, part joking this time. he then continued,
"The other group I assume would be the Kngihts of Luther, Calvinists, and us."

Golovko chuckled. "And here you led me to believe that you knew something I didn't. Okay, then. Oh, by the way, I've been in the spy business since you were in the cradle sucking off your mommy's tits, so you don't give me that bullshit," he said, to test the OSS General.

Lucius smiled and put the books back into the "fireplace" reading section.

...

Reverend Rainley got a knock the door in his half-finished Cathedral. It was Inquisitor Janus wearing a rather large helmet and two soldiers were with him.

Rainley asked "I've seen the violence in Cherry Ridge, but it's got nothing to do with me. So am I in trouble?" and looked nerviously at Janus. Janus took off the helmet and smiled "Yes, you are in trouble but it's not us who wants you dead. Oh, the helmet is protection against those idiots building this place. Never trust a construction worker!"

They went inside and sat down. Janus gave Rainley a bottle of wine "Here you'll need this. I've heard rumours Calvinists want you out of the way to replace you with a more sympathetic replacement to their cause. So I'm declaring this Cathedral under Inquisition protection."

Rainley looked at him "You mean you're going to protect me not shoot me? I must be having a good run of luck.". Janus got up "Well, I have things to do and people to arrest or maybe kill" and they left. Reverend George appeared and laughed "Well, Inquisition protection! God does love you". He checked he was carrying his gun as an undercover Inquisitor.

<hours later>

A foreman walked in afterwards. "Reverend, your last window is finished and in place. Can't say much around the roof.". Rainley said "Thanks, hopefully you will finish in time for the opening.".

The foreman pulled out a pistol and pointed it at Rainley, "This Cathedral will be open, but under a Calvinist Reverend. Pray now!", he said a menacing tone. Reverend George's training kicked in as he quickly drew his gun and planted two bullets into the assassin's head. The assassin tried to fire shots but as he fell he missed Rainley. George fired the third to finish off the assassin.

Rainley looked at George "You're Inquisition, aren't you? No one I know could do that". George said "Yes, I'm really a Catholic. I work under the special operations group in the Inquisition." as he put his gun away. Rainley gave George a warm hug "You have deceived me for so long, but I do forgive you. You could have killed me anytime but yet you saved my life as an enemy?" George said "My job is to keep an eye on you. Not kill you. I do my job, so am I dismissed now?". Rainley said "No, you can keep your Protestant job. You make a good Baptist and Catholic. It's not gratitute to sack someone who saves your life. When you retire, maybe you could join us?".

George said "You're a good man, but my calling is to the Pope and Roman Catholic Church. I must report this to my boss now.". He searched the assasin and found a few useful items for further investigation and called HQ about the attempt. George gave Rainley a small pager type device "Press this red button for 10 seconds when you are in trouble. I'll be around, but I can't be everywhere. And Janus did say Never trust a construction worker."

OOC

The assassination attempt will be known to the OSS and MSS through the usual leaks and stuff, but details will be very hazy and the assassin died after a struggle not a direct head shots.