Les Petites Bêtes Soyeuses

Players' Press for November 1676

Sections: Announcements, Blatant Brown-nosing, Despatches from the Front, Matters of Honour, Military Missives, Ministerial Correspondence, Personal, Poetry Corner, Social

Announcements

The Guards are at the front and I shall be joining them next month.
† Cuckpowder

** Join the QOC **
Gentleman of Paris, if you are new to the city or are looking for a new Regiment, then you can do no better than join the Queen's Own Carabiniers.
Please contact me for more details, and some financial help is available.
† Count Thyme

WANTED: Aide to the Brigadier, 2nd Foot. Must be able to sharpen pencils, fold paper aeroplanes (whatever those are. If not, then boats) and shout "Yes Sir!!" with speed, confidence and appropriate loudness.
Apply (in best handwriting, block capitals preferred) to Hugo Furst - Brig 2F

** Aide Required **
I am looking for a competent aide.
Please contact me with your credentials.
† (Brevet) Bdr-General Count Thyme

Matters of Honour

Second needed by CS. I will reciprocate.

Justin Saad offers himself as a second to Gentlemen of Paris.

What a stroke of good fortune! † Le Roi

Social

I am holding an early Christmas party at my club in week 1 of December.
Anyone of SL 7 or higher is welcome to attend along with their ladies.
Naturally the scum of the ALC are excluded.
† Lt.Colonel Le Chimiste

I like any excuse for a party, but was Guy Fawkes really France's ally? It is true that after blowing up the English establishment, he and his fellow plotters planned to make Princess Elizabeth a puppet Queen and bring England and Scotland back into the true faith. But, do not forget Fawkes also served as an officer in the Spanish army of the Netherlands and fought against the armies of our King Henry IV. † LR

Gentlemen of Paris,
During week one, Miss Nifisent and I will, as usual, attend mass to commemorate the Feast Day of Saint Nicholas of Myra. We cordially invite you to join us in our devotions to this beloved patron saint of children. After the service, we will have a small gathering at my club, where we will serve a delectable array of traditional dishes and drinks to celebrate this occasion. We would be honoured if you and your ladies would join us as our guests.
† Marquis Louis Renault

Personal

I want to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who came to help celebrate the life of my dear friend Captain Yve Stanbul. I had no idea he had so many friends and comrades. The stories, the memories, and, yes, the drinks flowed as we sang those old campaign songs. If only he could have been there, I know he would have appreciated every moment of it.
Dear friend, may you now find eternal rest, your spirit will always be with us.
† Marquis Louis Renault

Monsieur Etrange,
Please accept my humble apologies. I had no idea Madame Tancenjin was spoken for and would never knowingly darken another gentleman's patch.
Yours etc.,
† SdS

A senior Guardsman muses…
I now work for the man I accused of murdering my predecessor and trying to murder me. Awkward. Maybe a nice fruit basket will help patch things up.

Lord Percy Percy says, as Fashion is trending towards the deluded, our CPS is very fashionable.

Count Thyme,
While I will regret my absence from the field for all the time left to me, I must protest the suggestion of complicity. You will note that I was absent from Parisian public life for the entire month, and not just for the day of the duel.
† Count JJ

Overheard in the Fleur de Lys:-So you're telling me if someone says that they don't want the job of Minister of State, what they are really saying is "I do want it, but I don't want to be seen to want it". Why is politics so confusing, why not just say what you want?

Hugo Furst chips in: with regard to 'the Trial', I shall hold to scripture: "Ne jugez point, afin que vous ne soyez point jugés." ("I don't point da finga 'cos I da world don't wanna know my bads" - or something like that.)

Poetry Corner

(All signed poetry submissions gain their author at least 1 SP)

So no one is yet out of the gate
And the people of Paris all sit and wait
To see who can ingratiate
Himself to become Minister of State.
I read somewhere, I seem to remember,
The post will be filled in December
And it is already mid-November.
Have we yet found any candidates?
† FXC

Said Arent, "He's guilty-and clean!"
A stance quite obscure and unseen.
But Toothpick, the Crown,
With a most puzzled frown,
Asked, "Wait... is that what treason means?"
† Baron Louis Severin Descartes

Lt Harris, also known as toothpick,
waddles round S'til his hat falls off.
He grabs poor sods, chucks them in his nick,
And yet he's daft and we cough.