The Modern Cocktail

Collaboration

The 27th of June, 2015

Nicolette and Eggsy had been lead by Moonshine and Tequila to the top level of one of the buildings on the Statesman property. Said building happened to be the same building that looked like a large Statesman Whiskey bottle.

At this point though, Tequila was ahead of Moonshine, Eggsy, and Nicolette. He had opened the door to the meeting room and was the first to step in.

"Close the door behind you," Tequila said flatly.

Moonshine then entered behind Tequila.

Eggsy was next in line to enter, but he gestured for Nicolette to enter before him.

When she walked in, Nicolette saw what looked to be an older gentleman who was standing on the other side of the room, looking out of the window.

"At what point are you gonna start behavin' like a Statesman, Tequila?" The man asked, "You wanna go back to bein' a rodeo clown?"

"No, sir. I apologize, sir," Tequila answered as he stood behind one of the chairs that were set around a large table in the room.

"And you should know better than to encourage his antics, Moonshine."

"Sorry, sir," Moonshine said with a small bow of her head.

It was then that the gentleman who was facing the window turned around to face Eggsy and Nicolette along with the two aforementioned agents.

"I'm Champagne," The man introduced, "But anyone who knows what's good for him," The man then took of his hat before casting it onto a large bottle of what looked like champagne, "Calls me Champ. Sorry for your troubles."

Champ then moved to sit at the head of the table as he continued to speak,

"As your American cousins, I'm placing all of Stateman's considerably larger resources at your disposal."

Before he sat down, Champ pointed to a screen that was on the far side of the room from him.

Eggsy and Nicolette turned to see that it was a display of the market value for Statesman Distilleries.

"Can you imagine us in the clothin' business?" Champ asked the seat to his right with a chuckle as he sat down.

Tequila and Moonshine also took their seats at the table, putting on their glasses in the process.

"Now, how can I help you?" Champ asked.

"First of all, I've got to thank you for saving Agent Galahad," Eggsy started.

"Wait, I was told that you were Galahad."

"Oh, no, he is. He's just talkin' about the lepidopterist we've got in the base," Moonshine clarified.

"Yes, that was his codename before it was given to him after the presumed death of his predecessor," Nicolette said, pointing to Eggsy when she spoke of who the title had been given to.

"Galahad always said, 'you've got to look at the bigger picture, ask "why" as well as "who."' So, if someone wanted to take out Kingsman, they've got to plannin' somethin' major."

"So what do you know?" Champ asked as he smelt a cigar that had a Statesman seal on it.

"We believe they're a drug cartel. The name and symbol of 'Golden Circle' keeps coming up," Nicolette started to explain.

"Hmm. We'll look into that," Champ said to the chair to his right before looking back to Nicolette and Eggsy, "What else?"

"One of our former trainees is working with them."

"Charlie Hesketh. Total prick," Eggsy commented.

"Got any promisin' leads on him?" Champ asked.

"His ex-girlfriend."

"We've been tracking her through social media," Nicolette supplied, "We believe she's still in contact with him."

Eggsy then pulled out his phone, pulling up the relevant information.

"And she's going to Glastonbury Music Festival," Eggsy said before presenting the image of the post which gave the information.

"Oh, good," Champ said before putting the cigar he had back into its casing, "Agent Tequila, break out your dancin' shoes. You have a new mission."

"Yes, sir," Tequila said with a nod before knocking back what was left of the drink he had.

"Hold up," Champ said before studying Tequila for a moment, "You feelin' okay?"

"I'm a little tired, but fine, thanks," Tequila said simply before turning to look at Eggsy and Nicolette, "Galahad, you ready?"

"Tequila, what's on your face?" Moonshine asked, seeing the right side of Tequila's face for the first time since they sat down, "It's, blue."

Tequila's eyebrows furrowed at Moonshine's comment for a moment before he picked back up the glass he had set down.

Since it was a metal cup, he could see his reflection in the side. He used the cup to examine the right side of his face.

"What the fuck?" Tequila asked the air.

"Oh, shit," Champ remarked, "Head to sick bay. Have Ginger check ya out."

Tequila had gotten up from his seat to leave, but Champ gave a quick whistle. This caused Tequila to stop and turn to look at his superior.

"Hey, give him your glasses," Champ said, motioning to Eggsy.

Tequila seemed to let out a sigh before he tossed his glasses to Eggsy.

"You're in luck, kid. Put 'em on," Champ said as Eggsy and Nicolette examined the glasses.

Eggsy quickly took of his Kingsman glasses and stowed them in his blazer before he put on the Statesman glasses Tequila had thrown at him.

"You get our finest senior agent to join you instead. Right now he's in our New York office," Champ, who now had a pair of Statesman glasses on as well, explained, "Galahad, meet Agent Whiskey."

Champ them pointed to the seat he had been speaking to earlier, the one on his right.

Nicolette assumed that, similarly to how the Kingsman Agents could all be in a single meeting while being in different locations, the same technology was at work with the Statesman agents and their glasses. So, while Nicolette could not see Agent Whiskey, Eggsy likely could.

Eggsy gave a nod to the seat Champ had pointed to.

"So, will both of you be going on this mission?" Champ asked, looking at Eggsy and Nicolette.

Nicolette took a moment before she answered, "No. We have no indication that Clara would show quick interest in a female."

"Thought that'd be why you'd be lookin' 'androgynous'," Moonshine snickered.

"Moonshine," Champ scolded.

"I do, however, have a contact that should be able to get tickets and VIP passes for Galahad and Whiskey to get into the festival. In the mean time, I may be better suited to helping Merlin and Ginger Ale with the task for recovering the memories of our other comrade," Nicolette explained.

"Fair enough. Moonshine, escort Guinevere back down to Ginger; pass along any informaton relevant to the mission. Galahad, you can stay here with me until Whiskey's jet arrives."

With that, Moonshine stood up from her seat and started towards the door that they had entered through.

"Let's go, Gwen," Moonshine said as she passed Nicolette.

Nicolette gave Eggsy a quick look and held his hand for a moment, giving Eggsy a silent "good luck," before following after Moonshine.