Jessica was somewhat puzzled by this change of conversation. Was there a subtext of some sort here?<br/>She was horrible at figuring such things out,<br/>Vincent had told her that Jaxon was intimate with him and lovers often conducted conversations in sort of a private space.<br/>So, of course, did friends.<br/>She decided to take the comments at face value.<br/>"Certainly the Musketeers would have their own agenda. They did have such an agenda in the books. They have an agenda for the group and aech one would an individual agenda as well."<br/>Greed of course might be part of it. Richelieu might pay better then his rivals or offer opportunity that were not present at that time. Plus the armies of that period made heavy use of mercenaries so again money might be a big motive."<br/>"So too Buckingham might be suborning members of the French military with bribes or even long term contracts."<br/><br/>"Beyond that and on an abstract level motivation is a critical part of character development. Greed and its ugly sister avarice, lust, ambition and even gluttony can all power a character in how they are played."<br/>She went back to what Vincent had said. "Yes we have the fundamentals of our scenario. I am thinking that we could use instead of 7 sea's a simpler system designed for swashbukling pay called PDQ sharp.  I'll give you a copy. When we finish here come over with me to my dorm and I'll run up and get it."