Mission 9: He Who Is Without Sin

Client:' Internal
Target: The White Veil Society
Type: Espionage
Target Background: Nothing known. A note left by Atlas to the Grass Spiders, found by Anton in Gyoki's library, suggests that Atlas's death was an indirect result of his trying to establish a collaboration between the Grass-Spiders and the White-Veil Society. In his lifetime, none of the Grass-Spiders knew of Atlas's connection to the White-Veil Society. Only Makoto Seta was aware of it, and when prompted by Rustung for more information, only conceded that Atlas had "spoken with people in contact with both organizations." Deeper investigation revealed that the man who hired the Grass-Spiders for Atlas's final hit had several allies in a particular bloodline of House Ledaal. This bloodline was traced to Jean-Altair Marquis D'La Croix, the young patriach of Ledaal Altair's descendants. Other sources (Jonas Hare) have also mentioned Altair's name in connection with the White Veil Society.

((I'll post more fluff tomorrow. I must apologize - This week has been terrible for posting. I haven't been home until 10 or 11, at which point I'm in a small room with two other guys drinking beer and playing video games, and it's usually after midnight by the time I get settled in. It's been hectic.))

Evidence has emerged suggested that the Circle With No Name was recruited at Atlas's urging to be a basis for a joint operation between the White Veil Society and the Hallowed Order of the Grass Spiders. Concerns have arisen that relations grew sour, and this was ultimately the reason Atlas was killed. The Three Elite Fiends believe that at least one, and possibly more members of the Circle With No Name were or are presently being watched for eventual recruitment by the White Veil Society. They are ultimately concerned about the impact this will have on operations - the Fiends aren't comfortable with such an elusive organization keeping such a close watch on their affairs, and they tired of idly waiting for the White Veil to be lifted. Your mission, simply (or not so simply), is to uncover the agenda of the White Veil Society.

Altair has invited a prominent Realm politician to give a seminar at the Spiral Academy over the course of three days. The White Veil Society always meets in secret, and always under the guise of some other event - rumor has it they rarely bother hiding at all; their secret codes are so subtly embedded in everyday speech that even sorcerous ears cannot discern their true meeting. It is thought by Anton that this seminar is a cover for a meeting of the White-Veil Society, and this is likely the organization's only chance at deciphering the Society's intentions. Gyoki agrees, and feels strongly enough on the issue that he has agreed to attend the mission personally. Contacts and spies in the Realm have provided details of the event's security, but given the widespread and pervasive nature of the White Veil Society's suspected influence, particularly in the Realm, this information may be inaccurate or intentionally misleading.

Loosely, the plan is broken down as such:

Mercurial Carp Courier will steal the Spiral Academy's legendary chandelier and leave behind evidence suggesting a rogue faction of the All-Seeing Eye is responsible.
Knowing they can't turn to their own intelligence wing, the administrator's will look elsewhere. In the guise of an administrative assistant who claims to "know somebody", Gyoki will subtly suggest the Grass-Spiders.
Gyoki will sit down to a meeting with the Spiral Academy's leaders and arrange a deal for the recovery.
While security is focused on the meeting, team A will secure the guest-list via physical infiltration and exit before Gyoki has left.

((I will post more details of the plan unrelated to you guys tomorrow. Again, apologies. I had not intended to wait until Wednesday to have the mission up)).

The night before the first day of the seminar, Zealot and Opal are dropped onto the roof of the Spiral Academy and covered by a fake roof while they cut a hole in the real one with jade-cutting tools provided by Oak.
Once inside the attic, they will scour the top floors of the Academy and take note of the meeting chambers, then retreat to the attic for the night.
The day of the seminar, Ash and Fay are to enter the seminar in a position where they can socialize with the attendees. They will be responsible for picking out members of the WVS and attempting to get information from them. Leviticus will be on standby via Wind-Carried Words to assist in linguistic analysis and codebreaking.
It is expected that when the day's festivities end, certain members of the organization will retire to the meeting rooms on the academy's top floors. It is known that one meeting room in particular is often guarded by a high-ranking Immaculate Monk who does enforcement work for the propaganda wing of the Immaculate Order's less-savory leadership, named The Hand of War. Anton expects that deals which have a significant impact on the future of Creation are made in this room. Team A will quietly draw the Hand of War away from the conference room and kill him. When Zealot and Opal (in the attic) get the signal from Team A, they must get to a position where they can eavesdrop on the conference taking place inside.
At the end of the day, the team will meet in a safe house and discuss the next steps, depending on what they have pieced together.
Team D is responsible for keeping Realm military and spy forces from examining the Spiral Academy too closely during the seminar - no small task, as the Grass-Spiders are not the only covert organization interested in the White Veil Society.

Team A: Ruk, Anton
Team B: The Circle With No Name
Team C: The Red Hoods
Team D: The Fifth Mixolydian Ruby, Naru, Ravenous Moon, Waning Heart
Team E: Gyoki, Mercurial Carp Courier