Father, thank you for the Mass last night. It was quite moving, and seemed more sincere than the ones the Archbishop performs at home in Vienna.

I hope everyone has a lovely Christmas today, regardless of whether you celebrate the holiday.

Elisabeth, I shall call upon you later this afternoon, if you will permit me. I have a present for you.

Christmas Eve, and the City has a lovely coating of snow. If it is trying to make some us feel more at home, it is doing a somewhat decent job. Nothing compares to Vienna at this time of year, but the snow is a comforting, familiar sight ( Read more... )

The Christmas season is a time meant to be shared with family. I am fortunate in that my wife, Elisabeth, is here with me at such a time. It makes the season feel less lonely. But I do miss the rest of my family, and I believe the holiday time makes me feel it more acutely ( Read more... )

[Franz is breathing heavily and coughing a bit whilst talking.]

Good Lord...does this happen every year?

Saint Nicholas just attempted to stab me with an ice pick. Saint Nicholas.I have never in my life been so thankful for my military upbringing. I believe I have managed to barricade him out of my rooms for now, but it was not an easy thing to ( Read more... )

Actions that could be deemed "nice"~ Speaking kindly with the commoners at home ( Read more... )

[The Network device has turned itself on where it rests on a counter, and we see Franz peering down into some sort of display, staring intently at something ( Read more... )

Well. I never thought I would be quite so grateful to be back in this City, but after the events of the past several days, it does come as a relief ( Read more... )

Sisi, I am coming to fetch you, and we are going home. This is not a request, but a most urgent demand. And I do not demand things of you lightly.

[The camera shakes as it is set down on something solid. Franz steps away from it and into view in front of a curtain. A very wrinkled curtain ( Read more... )

Well. The annoying raincloud seems to have vanished for good. I thought it might have gone yesterday, only to have it reappear late in the afternoon, when I could not find my pen and ink pot. So far today, however, it has not returned. I presume this means that whatever curse was thrust upon me has ended ( Read more... )