A meeting in “the Shop”

Of the first Circle of woman-assassins, 4 were present . Amanda, Jeanet and Laura had other important Academy-”thing” to do. Op the 2^nd Circle Jurgen and Chris were there. Both were Technicians and they were in charge of the hardware present and controlled the recordings. Since a couple of weeks the hardware used by Academy-members was interconnected and synchronised. The data were accessible for every-one connected to the Academy.

“We have to decide this week.”, Yvanka said. “We have to keep tehe momentum going.. Summer is approaching and people become more open en responsive.” Ryanna smiled and nodded. “I agree, I feel the changes in energy.” She looked at the elderly man in the corner, who was reading a newspaper. “Master, do you have an idea.”

The interaction described above, took place in the back of “the Shop”, adark area, dominated by a poole-table and paintings of Chinese gods.

The other visitors were silent and stared at a big television-screen.

They are completely absorbed by the Grand Prix of Sjanghai. A sporting-event and part of the Formula 1-World Tour racing events.

On of the top-class racers is a 20 year old Dutch driver called Max Verstappen. He is personally responsible for the racing-madness that has hit our country. Max appears in tv-commercials on a daily basis. And a poisonous energy drink sells like Hell.