Cassandra 23: To Play The King

January 21, 2000 - South West England

Mr Johnson

Our briefing officer awaited us in the bar, where drinks were purchased by those with a mood to partake. Mr Johnson (or Mr J as he would otherwise be known) cut an imposing figure, tall and lean with a neatly trimmed beard and metal–rimmed glasses. He awaited our arrival at a small corner table and sat with his back to the wall, a habit gained from years in the field I have no doubt. As we sat down and arranged ourselves he introduced himself as Mr Johnson (or Mr. J) and handed out our identity cards. After a brief exchange of pleasantries he then provided us with a brief summary of the mission.

We had been summoned to Cheltenham to clear up discrepancies which had arisen in the routine security vetting of one Alec West, a high-ranking scientist at the Gilman Foundation, a local research institute which did a good deal of classified research. In the course of the vetting a possible link was established between West and the mysterious leader of a local religious cult, the Church of the Inner Light, one Sebastian Lux. Two operatives from another agency, Agents Scott and Baines, were assigned to carry out a routine surveillance on Lux. This routine operation became anything but when Baines died in unusual circumstances while following the cult head. Our task was to discover what happened to Baines, what the link between West and Lux was and if Lux had compromised the security of the Gilman Foundation. Mr J warned us that the work carried out at the Foundation was of a highly sensitive nature, so sensitive that we were to make no inquiries about it and were to report anything we learnt to him immediately. The rest of the briefing would have to wait until we reached a more secure location.

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Last Updated:26th March 2000