SUBJECT: An attempt to remove Cedric Marquette from play
PARTICIPANTS: Ellie, Lalla, Yseult, John, Evelyn, Bastien, Nina, Gela, Julius (supervisory only)
CLASSIFICATION: Private to Division Heads, with need-to-know privileges for personnel it might affect in Scouting and/or Diplomacy
DATE FILED: Backdated to the end of Justinian
STATUS: Ongoing
SUMMARY: A few teams went out to try to find pressure points to get Cedric Marquette to stop helping the Venatori. While this effort was not successful, it did point to a few possible leads to that end. Julius intends to try again when staffing allows for another pass.


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NEXT STEPS: Julius has refined a list of names of people who might be able to pressure or persuade Marquette. He still believes this is a worthy and achievable project, and is keen to try again once personnel frees up.

NOTES & LINKS: OOC post; IC post

[The (remaining) division heads have already been alerted privately, he knows. Julius didn't ask Yseult what, specifically, she said, but he assumes he's not going to say anything she hadn't included.

His voice is quiet and grave, and if he had to practice this a few times before actively sending it, only four people in Riftwatch will ever know for sure.]

This is Julius. I regret to inform you all that Granitefell was hit with a secondary attack, which has all the earmarks of a planned ambush. We were badly outnumbered, and we took. [A pause, though when he resumes, his voice is still even.] We took incredibly heavy causalities. The few of us who survived will require assistance as quickly as you can manage, as will the few local survivors.

I know you will have questions, and I will try to answer what I can. The others can answer too if they are up to it, of course, but I ask your understanding if they don't as we've all had. [Pause.] A very long night.