Oskar Schultheiß peered over the rim of his glasses out the carriage window at the Danubian Congress building, as the municipal police and Hofburg guards clashed with Federals in a messy fight just outside.
‘Driver,’ he asked politely, ‘what in blazes is going on out there?’
‘Ich habe keine Idee, mein Herr,’ the man said unconvincingly.
Oskar glared at him.
‘My two pfennigs is, some sort of dispute between the Ministry of War and the Federal Congress is underway which has taken a turn for the violent. You sure you want to go in, mein Herr?’
Oskar crossed himself and pulled the rosary from his pocket, which he kissed and replaced. ‘Dear Christ preserve me. And I thought my career in the Wien municipal diet was an utter nightmare!’ he sighed. ‘But I was elected to this post, and I won’t desert it now.’
He paid the driver and ascended the steps to the Congress building, dodging the brawling soldiers as he entered.
((Coup: Against))
‘Driver,’ he asked politely, ‘what in blazes is going on out there?’
‘Ich habe keine Idee, mein Herr,’ the man said unconvincingly.
Oskar glared at him.
‘My two pfennigs is, some sort of dispute between the Ministry of War and the Federal Congress is underway which has taken a turn for the violent. You sure you want to go in, mein Herr?’
Oskar crossed himself and pulled the rosary from his pocket, which he kissed and replaced. ‘Dear Christ preserve me. And I thought my career in the Wien municipal diet was an utter nightmare!’ he sighed. ‘But I was elected to this post, and I won’t desert it now.’
He paid the driver and ascended the steps to the Congress building, dodging the brawling soldiers as he entered.
((Coup: Against))