A captain, a consul and a red cloak

[Keymonus]

Spoiler

Old memories

The travel from Astrapi to Eltina was quite smooth, but strong headwinds delayed the arrival of a couple of days. Tristan Rimbaud was late, and knew that soon someone would have jokingly reproached his poor punctuality, unless the situation was even worse than expected... he drove away the thought: Eltina was a quite large city, but Alexander was an high-ranking Varcoastan officer, and anything too serious would have been noticed.

Anyway, seeing his friend at the end of the driveaway of the luxurious house, Tristan breathed a sigh of relief. At least, he was still alive and out of jail.

"You are late, my friend!" said Alexander Braun with a slight Varcoastan accent.

"And you are a damned thankless Varcoastan... and by the way, nice house! You made a fast career in the King's guards... did you corrupt someone?" Replied Tristan relieved: there was surely a serious problem, but his friend was in good humour...at least the Great Raider wasn't going to retaliate aganist them. 

The friends exchanged a few words: Alexander was recently named Varcoastan Consul in Eltina and so, as he told with some measure of pride, the Government provided him a house "appropriate to his rank". 

The august Varcoastan consul (Tristan would have made fun of him for a long while) became serious again: "Thank you for coming without asking anything more: as you probably imagine I have a very thorny problem, and the last thing I wanted was a leak. Moreover since yesterday I had to accomodate one of your stake-organizing compatriots... somehow he discovered about our meeting"

Tristan was a little shocked: "Wait, wait... the Order? I wish you don't have troubes with them!"

"No, as you see I'm still alive! And I think that the help of Father Costantinus will be useful, since he is here as Oleander intelligence agent rather than as inquisitor. Please, follow me in my library: I'll finally tell you my problems." 

"Welcome, monsieur Rimbaud. Interesting library, Herr Braun. The books that a man reads tell a lot about his mind, at least to the ones able to understand."

"Nice to meet you, Father. But, since you are here, I can guess that our country itself is endangered... What's happening?"

Spoiler

Additional photos of the house...

...and of the library

 

[Ayrlego]

Lovely building Keymonus! A lot of nice detailing and an interesting shape. I especially like the blue patterns in the tiles at the front door. It would be nice to see a photo showing the whole building if you have one, I'd be interested to see the complete shape of the façade. The interior looks really nice as well, the bookcase definitely caught my eye! Great job and I look forward to the next instalment.

 

[Keymonus]

Thank you Ayrlego!  In the spoiler you can find a photo of the whole façade and of the park, but actually nothing more exists... the interior actually is a different building!  

[Ayrlego]

Oh very nice, I must of somehow missed the spoiler - thanks!

[Mesabi]

Gorgeous build Keymonus. I really like what you did with the library. Story is pretty good too. 

[SilentWolf]

There is a lot to love about this build. I really like the building and the design you have given it. The white and tan color of the pathway are a great choice. The furniture on the inside is also exceptional, with the bookshelf being the largest highlight. I am also enjoying reading the story as it progresses and look forward to the next portion. 

[Keymonus]

Thank you SilentWolf, I'll build the next part as soon as possible!

On 5/9/2017 at 1:50 AM, Mesabi said:

Gorgeous build Keymonus. I really like what you did with the library. Story is pretty good too. 

Thank you Mesabi! With the next part I'll join your mini challenge, but I'm still waiting the black triangular hats I ordered! 

[Bodi]

Very nice garden and mansion, I find your cobbled path and mosaic floor are eye-catching and I like the furnished bibliotheque too.