Summary: Sybil and I are doing another FicTicTacToe. This time, we're doing Nichol and Lady Une with the set Symbols. This is move 6: 08. Map.
Nichol reviewed the situation in his mind. The Colonel was cracking up. He had been shocked when he had seen the tattoo on her back, but her behavior was becoming increasingly erratic. It was true that she was proving to be an effective negotiator, but was she truly serving the purposes of OZ, or some twisted agenda?
He looked at the map of the colonies before him and scowled in frustration. She was not conquering the colonies, she was crafting treaties. What good are treaties when trying to rule the Earth Sphere? It was necessary to rule them, not coddle them.
The difficulty was simple, really. The commoners in space couldn't be trusted to rule themselves, and treaties just left them with their misguided notions.
What was more disturbing was the strange personality flips the Colonel was going through. At one moment, she seemed to be a naive politician who couldn't see danger anywhere, and at the next moment she was a viciously ruthless military woman would annihilate anyone in her way. The strange dichotomy was disturbing, and made her a danger to the soldiers under her command.
He tried to remember when he had realized she was truly a danger. He had known she was strange when he'd seen the tattoo. What kind of officer would have such a tramp tattoo on her back? What kind of officer would try to be friends with those in her command?
Then there was the bizarre event with the Barton promotion. To promote a commoner so fast made no sense. To ignore the connections his father had, and actually threaten to demote him, was insanity.
Now, she was showing signs of split personality. He needed to get word to his father, and through him the generals, before she could destroy everything OZ had worked for. The only problem was, she was being effective.
How do you show mental incompetence, when all the evidence shows the opposite? What was worse was the bastard Khushrenada would protect her. He was the darling of Romefeller, last he'd heard.
Perhaps that was the tactic he would have to take. If Colonel Une was erratic and unstable, and Khushrenada didn't have the sense to restrain her, then what did that suggest about his judgment?
Vladimir smiled as he read his father's letter. Khushrenada was under house arrest, pending an investigation into his crimes against Romefeller. Soon, the Crazed Colonel would be removed from her position, and the commoner Barton as well.
He could see the map of his future. The path to advancement would soon be cleared.
