Dorset 2022 Mission

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### Objectives

Investigate the appearance of Alicia Karalis and her link to the parents of the child abductees attending the partyIdentify and arrest the abductor

### Episode

"Ghosts" (infraction and planning)"Masquerade" (planning and mission)

## Background

Between December 2022 and February 2023 the QIA investigated a number of child abductions, across many different time periods, including those of Amy Stoker, James Carson and Bridget Stanton. After analysing the data on all the victims intensely, Anna Vogel learned that they all had a single connection: as a consequence of the abductions, for various independent reasons, relatives of the missing children would attend a masquerade party held in Dorset in August 2022. ("Ghosts")

## Infraction

The confluence of all the missing children's relatives at the party was a result of the multiple infractions in which those children had been taken. This resulted also in the attendance at the party of Alicia Karalis, an otherwise highly reclusive millionaire rarely seen anywhere but her island home. Determined to investigate this and arrest the person responsible for the abductions, Enora Gallou sent Sarah Cunnington and Carlos Sánchez on the mission.

## Mission Outline

To facilitate their attendance at the party, a minor infraction was in fact caused: Alistair and Eliza Fareham, guests of the ball, were informed that an elderly relative in Cambridge had taken sick, prompting them to drop their attendance plans and go there instead. Sarah and Carlos then took on their identities and attended in their stead.

Initially, the plan was simple observation, followed by action to be determined as the situation developed. After identifying Alicia, they soon also observed a woman wearing a Plague Doctor mask who was also watching her. Besides a minor complication involving Sarah being surprised at seeing her old flame, Viktor Kozma, at the party, she and Carlos were able to apprehend the Plague Doctor, who - when unmasked - turned out to be Fran Grenouille.

While Sarah and Carlos got over this shock, Fran insinuated that she knew Carlos - though he did not understand why, having never seen this woman (or at least this version of her) before - and also indicated that this was not how the situation had played out in her memory, indicating that perhaps the future was not as set in stone as previously thought. However, as the two agents continued to process all of this, Fran then replaced her mask, walked out into the middle of the party and broke Alicia's neck in front of all the guests, before then Jumping.

## Repercussions

The fallout of this mission was considerable. Not only did Fran get away, but she also murdered Alicia - something that the Eye had not predicted previously. Sarah blamed herself, given what Fran had told her about the past having changed. She also showed renewed fears about who she was going to become.

Following the Prometheus Leak, the Plague Doctor murder swiftly became a major case again; having been investigated at the time but there being no leads, the case had not been solved. With dogged pursuit from Frank Nadler, Cameron Campbell and journalists like Giles Lester, DCI John Turner was given the case. ("Zoey", "Iulya")