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HelpAri's Murder Mystery CAF #7
Welcome to THE NIGHTINGALE'S NEST cher529s, esteemed guest. Enjoy your stay. Try not to get killed.
THE HOST Lord August Wulfstan Hastings, 7th Earl of Ashbourne Amoret
THE HOSTESS Lady Xanthe Rosmunda Hastings ishild
THE DUCHESS Her Grace Agnes Lucrezia Grenville, Duchess of Somerset WillowBelle
THE DUKE His Grace Hadrian Antinous Grenville, Duke of Somerset Wordsmith
THE SOCIALITE Zahra bint Ismaael al Su'ud aPerson
When she first came to England, Zahra al Su'ud was largely apolitical. She did not understanding her brother's fervour for the national cause. That is, until she met Miss _______ _______ at a literary salon.
Zahra attended the salon, hosted in a smoke-filled café, out of a genuine interest in literature. She was very well-read, yes - in Horace, Virgil, and Homer - but not in contemporary literature. So she did not expect readings of radical literature, including Das Kapital.
There, Zahra - who was feeling rather out of her depth - met _______ : an avowed Irish nationalist and proud member of the Irish Women's Suffrage Society, currently residing in London. While engaged in vigorous debate and biting remarks towards her opponents, coming off as - shall we say - aloof, _______ was nothing but kind to Zahra, recognising her as not only a member of a fellow representative of an occupied nation and thus a potential comrade, but also as a friend.
Exposition to _______ 's nationalist and suffragist thought made Zahra more sympathetic to her brother's aspirations, and under _______ 's persuasion, she recommended correspondence with her brother, finding, to her surprise, that they agreed on many issues.
_______ is not the kind of woman who is usually invited to The Nightingale's Nest, but when Zahra asked if she could bring a female friend to the gathering, Lord and Lady Hastings readily acquiesced, thinking it must be difficult for a young woman in a foreign land to travel alone.
They were rather taken aback when Miss _______ , their guest, not only stayed with the men after dinner to smoke and play cards, after the other ladies retired following the shocking revelation of Lord August's past as an opium merchant, but that, during the preceding hunt, she rode in breeches.
Miss _______ _______ is a persuasive conversationist with a habit of asking questions her opponents - for she has a habit of treating every conversation as a debate - find considerable difficulty answering. I wonder if, over a game of cards with gentlemen too baffled to refuse her, she asked some pointed questions too...
Miss _______ _______ _______
First name: chosen by her mother (an avowed member of the Temperance movement) - an English virtue name.
Middle name: chosen by her father (an avowed alcoholic) - a location famed for its production of wine.
Surname: Irish, borne by a famous writer.
BONUS (optional, just for fun - I may or may not take inspiration): What probing question was it that _______ posed during the card game, so disquieting the gentlemen present?
masculine list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124079
feminine list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124080
THE HOST Lord August Wulfstan Hastings, 7th Earl of Ashbourne Amoret
THE HOSTESS Lady Xanthe Rosmunda Hastings ishild
THE DUCHESS Her Grace Agnes Lucrezia Grenville, Duchess of Somerset WillowBelle
THE DUKE His Grace Hadrian Antinous Grenville, Duke of Somerset Wordsmith
THE SOCIALITE Zahra bint Ismaael al Su'ud aPerson
When she first came to England, Zahra al Su'ud was largely apolitical. She did not understanding her brother's fervour for the national cause. That is, until she met Miss _______ _______ at a literary salon.
Zahra attended the salon, hosted in a smoke-filled café, out of a genuine interest in literature. She was very well-read, yes - in Horace, Virgil, and Homer - but not in contemporary literature. So she did not expect readings of radical literature, including Das Kapital.
There, Zahra - who was feeling rather out of her depth - met _______ : an avowed Irish nationalist and proud member of the Irish Women's Suffrage Society, currently residing in London. While engaged in vigorous debate and biting remarks towards her opponents, coming off as - shall we say - aloof, _______ was nothing but kind to Zahra, recognising her as not only a member of a fellow representative of an occupied nation and thus a potential comrade, but also as a friend.
Exposition to _______ 's nationalist and suffragist thought made Zahra more sympathetic to her brother's aspirations, and under _______ 's persuasion, she recommended correspondence with her brother, finding, to her surprise, that they agreed on many issues.
_______ is not the kind of woman who is usually invited to The Nightingale's Nest, but when Zahra asked if she could bring a female friend to the gathering, Lord and Lady Hastings readily acquiesced, thinking it must be difficult for a young woman in a foreign land to travel alone.
They were rather taken aback when Miss _______ , their guest, not only stayed with the men after dinner to smoke and play cards, after the other ladies retired following the shocking revelation of Lord August's past as an opium merchant, but that, during the preceding hunt, she rode in breeches.
Miss _______ _______ is a persuasive conversationist with a habit of asking questions her opponents - for she has a habit of treating every conversation as a debate - find considerable difficulty answering. I wonder if, over a game of cards with gentlemen too baffled to refuse her, she asked some pointed questions too...
Miss _______ _______ _______
First name: chosen by her mother (an avowed member of the Temperance movement) - an English virtue name.
Middle name: chosen by her father (an avowed alcoholic) - a location famed for its production of wine.
Surname: Irish, borne by a famous writer.
BONUS (optional, just for fun - I may or may not take inspiration): What probing question was it that _______ posed during the card game, so disquieting the gentlemen present?
masculine list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124079
feminine list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124080
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