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DuskyPrincess
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- Joined
- Oct 25, 2018
Lady Jane Reddington had a reputation.
Not concerning her personal life, of course. There she was considered virtuous bordering on priggish. Not only did she refuse the new bathing suits that revealed the calf along with a modest amount of cleavage, she did not participate in mixed gender bathing on the beaches. She did not go to music clubs or dancing halls or any such things, and had never gone on a carriage ride under the moon or stars, with or without the benefit of a chaperone.
Still, Lady Jane Reddington had a reputation.
For one thing, when her father died, leaving her invalid and mentally challenged younger brother the Margrave of Telleth, the then eighteen year old Jane refused to let the vultures dismantle Telleth, leaving her family in ruin. She fought back. By the age of 24, Telleth was secure, her younger brother was resting comfortably in a respectable institution, and the second cousin once removed who was the heir to Telleth was securely under her thumb.
During the interim, Lady Jane was promoting CAUSES. And had decided to pursue HOBBIES and PASTIMES.
For one thing, with the English abolishment of the Slave Trade, and the rest of the Civilized World following suit, Lady Jane had taken it upon herself to bring a negress into her household. One whom she was making sure followed in her own educated, virtuous and steel willed footsteps.
For another, Lady Jane was an accomplished sportswoman, though not restricting herself to badminton and such. She was...GASP...accomplished with such things as FIREARMS and FISTICUFFS.
But perhaps the most alarming thing about Lady Jane was that she wanted to go to AMERICA!
On April 1, 1865, on the occasion of Lady Jane's birthday, the Americas were largely unsettled and unexplored. The Spanish had a few settlements in the Caribbean, bu their attempts to gain a foothold on the continent had been repulsed by the indigenous empires. Further north, the English had the colony of New England, which had attempted to secede, but said revolt had been duly squashed, and the English in New England were strictly forbidden from expanding westward. The French had trading colonies along the great river that divided the North America continent, and the Chinese and Russians were rumored to have settlements along the western coast, but nobody had more than a toe in the great unexplored Americas.
The advent of steam technology was going to change all that. And Lady Jane wanted to be on the forefront. And to that end, she had acquired an airship with automation that would allow for just a single person to fly the ship. And Lady Jane had q map. A treasure map.
Now she just needed an airship captain. A man of confidence, but not overbearing confidence.
She had interviewed a few prospects in her sitting room at Telleth Hall, but none so far had met her standards. Perhaps the one she would meet today would. She certainly hoped so.
Not concerning her personal life, of course. There she was considered virtuous bordering on priggish. Not only did she refuse the new bathing suits that revealed the calf along with a modest amount of cleavage, she did not participate in mixed gender bathing on the beaches. She did not go to music clubs or dancing halls or any such things, and had never gone on a carriage ride under the moon or stars, with or without the benefit of a chaperone.
Still, Lady Jane Reddington had a reputation.
For one thing, when her father died, leaving her invalid and mentally challenged younger brother the Margrave of Telleth, the then eighteen year old Jane refused to let the vultures dismantle Telleth, leaving her family in ruin. She fought back. By the age of 24, Telleth was secure, her younger brother was resting comfortably in a respectable institution, and the second cousin once removed who was the heir to Telleth was securely under her thumb.
During the interim, Lady Jane was promoting CAUSES. And had decided to pursue HOBBIES and PASTIMES.
For one thing, with the English abolishment of the Slave Trade, and the rest of the Civilized World following suit, Lady Jane had taken it upon herself to bring a negress into her household. One whom she was making sure followed in her own educated, virtuous and steel willed footsteps.
For another, Lady Jane was an accomplished sportswoman, though not restricting herself to badminton and such. She was...GASP...accomplished with such things as FIREARMS and FISTICUFFS.
But perhaps the most alarming thing about Lady Jane was that she wanted to go to AMERICA!
On April 1, 1865, on the occasion of Lady Jane's birthday, the Americas were largely unsettled and unexplored. The Spanish had a few settlements in the Caribbean, bu their attempts to gain a foothold on the continent had been repulsed by the indigenous empires. Further north, the English had the colony of New England, which had attempted to secede, but said revolt had been duly squashed, and the English in New England were strictly forbidden from expanding westward. The French had trading colonies along the great river that divided the North America continent, and the Chinese and Russians were rumored to have settlements along the western coast, but nobody had more than a toe in the great unexplored Americas.
The advent of steam technology was going to change all that. And Lady Jane wanted to be on the forefront. And to that end, she had acquired an airship with automation that would allow for just a single person to fly the ship. And Lady Jane had q map. A treasure map.
Now she just needed an airship captain. A man of confidence, but not overbearing confidence.
She had interviewed a few prospects in her sitting room at Telleth Hall, but none so far had met her standards. Perhaps the one she would meet today would. She certainly hoped so.
