Fez – AS Adventurers

We awoke the following morning learning that we had infiltrated deep into the heart of the Fez medina. After a quick briefing by our inside man, we realized that complete control would be no ordinary walk in the park. No simple piece of cake. The medina consisted of over three thousand separate streets, each flooded with people that have never been outside the walls of the city. Most of these streets were unnamed and unmarked, making navigation an utter nightmare. We were awoken by our anxious supporters to start the day, fed a nutritious breakfast to keep our energy up, and went out into the labyrinth of the medina. Our initial plan was to vaguely wander around to map the areas as best as possible and cover as much ground as we could, but we were intercepted by an unlikely, but seemingly friendly citizen. Naturally, we were very suspicious of his intentions because of the nature of our game and the overly willingness to help of this individual. He claimed to have love for “the cause” and that he is just helping out in order to become “one” with the new ways. We were unaware of how he knew of our intentions, since few people in the city even knew of our existence. Was he a spy of the enemy? Some kind of double agent? Or truly a dedicated soul of ours to utilize? Only time would tell. Naturally, we kept our wits about us until his true motives would be revealed. However, much to our surprise, he seemed eager enough to spread the good word as much as possible, taking us to popular locales and avoiding dead ends, pun intended. We were able to visit the tanneries and see how our newly acquired (as in, right then…because we took it. Obviously. Called dibs on that real quick) leather goods were to be dyed and produced. We were able to see hordes of people migrate to the local mosques in order to worship. The people here needed no training on how to bow down, as they seemed fairly adept at it currently. We were able to peruse the herb markets to obtain some key ingredients for our future endeavors (you didn’t think we’d stop with just Spain and Morocco, did you?). We stopped by a notable jeweler’s shop/home to pick up some items to adorn ourselves with, as well as our closest and most trusted advisors. We also managed to drop by a carpet merchant and pick up something to adorn our new home. What we’re thinking is, in terms of décor, to create a room dedicated to our conquests. What that entails is to include pieces that represent regions that have come into our possession. This particular room we’re thinking of doing a Moroccan theme. You know, bright and energetic colors, ornate objects with intricate patterns, and trinkets or mementos that make us stop and think, “ah yes, I remember enslaving..er..gaining control of that. Good times. Gooooood times.”

With a full day’s worth of exploration and conversion behind us, we moved on to a well-deserved (and surprisingly scenic) dinner. We ate tajine while the entire medina was in an uproar, celebrating their newfound reformation. We don’t blame them, as we’d be celebrating too if we had great leaders (such as ourselves) come through and unify us under what has proven to be both the most successful and most desirable empire in history. And in future. Obviously.

All in All, what started out to be a daunting task quickly turned into a manageable one. It’s easy to do when you set realistic and attainable goals, like trying to take over the world. How do we do it? Baby steps, my curious Georges. For example, flying half way across the globe and covering 3 continents in 2 weeks. Not a problem, right? Right.

Moving on.

As we make our way down through Morocco, we would like to once again take some time to recognize those following along. You’ve made the right choice by witnessing history in the making. Good job! Feel free to pat yourself on the head…and rub your stomach. If you can do both at the same time then good for you, but nobody likes a show off so don’t be too proud of yourself. Anyway, we’ll keep doing our thaaang, if you keep doing your thaaang, which is reading along and throwing in some little head nods to signify how impressed you are at everything going on.