CONFIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM
*EYES ONLY HARDCOPY*
To: the Honourable Members of the Ruling Council
From: Fr. Joseph Thomas, OCR - Chief Investigator
Date: Tuesday, 4.12.1999, 19:12:34 GMT
Re:
Angel Island salvage efforts
The efforts to retrieve what we can from the ruins of
the SF House proceed ahead of schedule. Despite the
devastation, I admit to being surprised at how much has
survived, some even totally undamaged. We should be
able to have the service, reconsecrate, and break
ground for the chapel by the 12th - one month. It seems
an appropriate date. Please inform Mme. Rayne. It will
set her mind much at ease, and will free you of her
threat to request assistance from certain highly placed
personages.
Dr. Rayne's bedroom safe has been located, undamaged. I
am forwarding its contents. Amongst other things it,
contained: a copy of his will, a copy of the original
Spanish land grant and subsequent US deed to the
island, his Legacy journal for the past year, a
painting that he wished to go to his mother, and his
last communication. Although his last letter was
addressed to me, I see no reason why you should not
read it. Apparently, via his majordomo, he managed to
get other items out as well.
I spoke with Mr. Fitzgerald yesterday re: why he had
not reported this to either us or to Mr. Boyle. His
explanation was that he was trying to locate the young
woman mentioned in the enclosed letter. Evidently,
after the destruction of the house, Ms. Perez fled to
Mexico. With her criminal record, she was afraid she
would be blamed. I cannot agree with Mr. Fitzgerald's
"go-it-alone" reasoning, but I do understand it under
the circumstances. This House bred independent
thinkers. We have now put our full resources into an
effort to find Aurelia Perez.
We should have a full inventory for you within the
fortnight. Each item is being blessed "in situ" before
being touched. I know there will be significant
disputes between the Legacy and the Luna Foundation
over many of these items. I leave that to you. I want
no part of it. I merely investigate, retrieve, and
bless.
We have found a few personal items, which belonged to
Mr. Boyle, Ms. Moreau, and Dr. Corrigan and have
returned them directly to their owners. I have also
offered them all a Legacy sanctuary to escape the media
frenzy caused by that blasted newspaper story about the
cult link - which my presence caused. I must find a way
to put a stop to that.
Along with the inventory I shall be forwarding my
personal evaluations of Ms. Moreau, Mr. Boyle, and Dr.
Corrigan's current mental and emotional states. Each
has been under close observation, as have my own people
and the household staff, for any adverse affects caused
by the portal. So far, all seems well on that front.
On a personal note:
I shall shortly be informing the Council of this by
official means. However, I feel obliged to give
warning. When this affair has been set in order, I
intend to resign as Chief Investigator and return to my
priestly duties. It may simply be a sabbatical from the
Legacy, or it may be permanent. I do not yet know. All
I do know is that I do not feel as though we have won
here. We may have stopped the Apocalypse, but to do so
we have sacrificed our greatest champion, and not only
that, we must allow the reputation of that valiant and
honourable man to be dragged through the mud. It leaves
a bad taste in my mouth - it is disreputable, and it is
wrong.
I feel that it has broken my spirit to continue the
fight. It is my fear that there will be many others
besides myself who will feel the same. Therefore, it is
my suggestion that the Council be very liberal with the
offering of sabbaticals and with assistance in
temporary placements and relocations.
I cannot help but wonder if this was the intent of the
Darkside, and yet, I cannot help how I feel. It was an
immense blow to see the Boston House decimated, but it
has happened before. However, to see the ruins of this
House and to know the tragedy and the heroism that was
enacted here, and to realise that we were all a part of
allowing it to happen has quite overwhelmed my strength
and determination. We are not fools - there should have
been another way.
It is a Pyrrhic victory that has brought nothing but
desolation to my soul.
Pax vobiscum,
Joseph Thomas, Ordo Crucis Rosae
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