Double Your Pleasure; Double Your Fun
Magdalene "Maggie" Ingrid King, "Miss Primary" and Manager of the Order
In Differel's line of work, she sometimes has to make people, especially enemies, believe that she's one place when she's really somewhere else. For that she uses doubles: three women codenamed Miss Primary, Miss Secondary, and Miss Tertiary, who appear in public while Differel acts clandestinely behind the scenes. They are all volunteers, they have all had plastic surgery to make them look identical to Differel, and they have all been extensively trained in her behavior and mannerisms. They have also been trained in pistol marksmanship and fencing, both to better impersonate Differel and so they can defend themselves.
It's considered light duty: Differel only needs them a few times a year; the rest of the time they can live on their own. Differel gives them a generous salary and benefits package, including a flat and a car free of charge, in exchange for risking their lives on her behalf. However, the need to able to slip into her character at a moment's notice, their need to be available twenty-four hours a day, 365 days a year, and the requirement that their jobs must be kept absolutely secret, makes it almost impossible for them to have any kind of personal life. They are all orphans with no known family, single and unattached, and loners, but they still have the normal human needs for company, so their profession can nonetheless be rather taxing. As well, they must find some way to keep themselves busy that won't attract attention. Miss Secondary writes children's and young-adult books under the pen name Ida Christenson, while Miss Tertiary runs an internet porn business selling access to amateur videos and images.
Maggie King, codenamed Miss Primary, was the first. She was educated at Somerville College at Oxford and graduated with a degree in estate management, but was unable to find work. She did a serious of odd jobs until she landed a waitressing position at The Royal Boar and Hound, a historic public house converted into a "gentleman's" club. Despite the fact that she wouldn't "accommodate" the customers, she became popular and rose to be head "bar wench".
Shortly after the Grendel Invasion of Britain, the Order received a report that a fleeing Fomorian was hiding out at the pub. Being as the Order had no suitable female field agents, Differel infiltrated the pub herself. Maggie at once recognized that she was no working class girl, but she helped her fit in and to deal with her duties. Differel was struck by how much she looked like her. They became friends and Maggie helped her find and destroy the Fomorian.
Afterwards, Differel asked her to be her double, and she agreed. She moved into the manor as Differel's new lady's maid. That gave Differel and the others the time to train her, and Dr. Carmichael performed the plastic surgery needed to make her look identical to Differel. Meanwhile, Maggie immersed herself in the running of the Order, so as to strengthen her impersonation. Once her transformation was complete, Maggie the Maid left Differel's employment, and Miss Primary took up residence in a flat in nearby Denver, keeping busy by helping Aelfraed and Sharona Turing process reports and records.
Maggie has proven to be Differel's best double, both because she is willing to completely take on Differel's own personality, and because she is herself extremely tough and resourceful. Several times she has nearly been killed playing decoy, with half of those times surviving only because of her quick wits and willingness to fight back. She is willing to die in full persona rather than save her life by revealing that she is just a double; she feels she's owes it to Differel. Differel meanwhile has come to rely on her so greatly that she won't squander her in routine roles or hazardous assignments. She had Maggie supervise the training of the other two doubles. Before Differel met Team Girl, Maggie was her closest friend, and they sometimes hung out together, though the nature of their partnership precluded their socializing more than just occasionally.
Maggie's role at the Order changed after Differel reconciled with her son Henry. She decided to reopen the position of manager, to take some of the burden of the day-to-day operations off her shoulders. Her natural choice was Maggie, and as before she agreed. Though she still occasionally serves as Differel's double, now most of those assignments fall to Misses Secondary and Tertiary while Maggie runs the Order.
In Differel's line of work, she sometimes has to make people, especially enemies, believe that she's one place when she's really somewhere else. For that she uses doubles: three women codenamed Miss Primary, Miss Secondary, and Miss Tertiary, who appear in public while Differel acts clandestinely behind the scenes. They are all volunteers, they have all had plastic surgery to make them look identical to Differel, and they have all been extensively trained in her behavior and mannerisms. They have also been trained in pistol marksmanship and fencing, both to better impersonate Differel and so they can defend themselves.
It's considered light duty: Differel only needs them a few times a year; the rest of the time they can live on their own. Differel gives them a generous salary and benefits package, including a flat and a car free of charge, in exchange for risking their lives on her behalf. However, the need to able to slip into her character at a moment's notice, their need to be available twenty-four hours a day, 365 days a year, and the requirement that their jobs must be kept absolutely secret, makes it almost impossible for them to have any kind of personal life. They are all orphans with no known family, single and unattached, and loners, but they still have the normal human needs for company, so their profession can nonetheless be rather taxing. As well, they must find some way to keep themselves busy that won't attract attention. Miss Secondary writes children's and young-adult books under the pen name Ida Christenson, while Miss Tertiary runs an internet porn business selling access to amateur videos and images.
Maggie King, codenamed Miss Primary, was the first. She was educated at Somerville College at Oxford and graduated with a degree in estate management, but was unable to find work. She did a serious of odd jobs until she landed a waitressing position at The Royal Boar and Hound, a historic public house converted into a "gentleman's" club. Despite the fact that she wouldn't "accommodate" the customers, she became popular and rose to be head "bar wench".
Shortly after the Grendel Invasion of Britain, the Order received a report that a fleeing Fomorian was hiding out at the pub. Being as the Order had no suitable female field agents, Differel infiltrated the pub herself. Maggie at once recognized that she was no working class girl, but she helped her fit in and to deal with her duties. Differel was struck by how much she looked like her. They became friends and Maggie helped her find and destroy the Fomorian.
Afterwards, Differel asked her to be her double, and she agreed. She moved into the manor as Differel's new lady's maid. That gave Differel and the others the time to train her, and Dr. Carmichael performed the plastic surgery needed to make her look identical to Differel. Meanwhile, Maggie immersed herself in the running of the Order, so as to strengthen her impersonation. Once her transformation was complete, Maggie the Maid left Differel's employment, and Miss Primary took up residence in a flat in nearby Denver, keeping busy by helping Aelfraed and Sharona Turing process reports and records.
Maggie has proven to be Differel's best double, both because she is willing to completely take on Differel's own personality, and because she is herself extremely tough and resourceful. Several times she has nearly been killed playing decoy, with half of those times surviving only because of her quick wits and willingness to fight back. She is willing to die in full persona rather than save her life by revealing that she is just a double; she feels she's owes it to Differel. Differel meanwhile has come to rely on her so greatly that she won't squander her in routine roles or hazardous assignments. She had Maggie supervise the training of the other two doubles. Before Differel met Team Girl, Maggie was her closest friend, and they sometimes hung out together, though the nature of their partnership precluded their socializing more than just occasionally.
Maggie's role at the Order changed after Differel reconciled with her son Henry. She decided to reopen the position of manager, to take some of the burden of the day-to-day operations off her shoulders. Her natural choice was Maggie, and as before she agreed. Though she still occasionally serves as Differel's double, now most of those assignments fall to Misses Secondary and Tertiary while Maggie runs the Order.
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