"So then, we go into the Despora, find a good place, and wait for night to fall? And have a backup involving some fire?" Savidus leans back in his chair thinking. "Some Alchemist's Fire would do I should think. We could throw it into the area if we needed to."
Zanian finishes his glass, puts the bottle in his bag and makes his way back to the shrine. When he walks in, he looks around. "Oh, did you decide what is going on tonight?"
Amaya is very happy to see Yuki and immediately launches into a series of questions she had apparently been saving up on the best way to get a crowd to pay attention to an impromptu performance.
Without looking at Zanian Nesswen answers his question. "Yes. We are going to stake out an area in the Dospera region while the sun is up. Once we find a good area, we'll stake it out in hopes one of these things shows up."
Pulling her hand back to herself from Savidus's grasp she stands up. "I'm going to make certain I have everything I'll want for the fight." With that she leaves the room.
Prevara watches Nesswen leave and then looks at Zanian, "You know.. for someone who is supposed to be a part of the team you certainly do not make it easy." She shakes her head sadly, "You are almost as bad as the humans who despise us."
Savidus pulls back his hand as Nesswen retrieves hers, almost as though he'd forgotten he had been holding it. He watches the elf go, then turns his head to look at Zanian. "Looks as though your desire to get up on a roof will work well." He stands as well, stretching his hands up to the ceiling. "Next time it might be better though if we all managed to keep our tempers long enough to make a plan together," he comments off-handedly. "Can you pass the plan along to Yuki?" he asks, glancing over to Prevara.
Zanian looks down at his hands for a moment. Closing them into fists, a determined look crosses his face. Moving swiftly to catch up to Nesswen, he calls for her to stop. "Nesswen! Look, I-I'm sorry. I shouldn't have let my temper get ahead of me like that. It's a good plan. I also shouldn't have made that comment. It was uncalled for."
Prevara nods and runs off to find Yuki. Yay! Plan!
Savidus looks about the empty room for a moment before sighing deeply and heading to his room. Looks like it's time to get armored up.
It doesn't take long for everyone to get ready. Really, there isn't much to get. Within an hour the five mismatched and arguing 'rebels' are gathered in the sanctuary and heading out to the Dospera.
Several questions start to weigh on minds as you make your way through the streets. First, how to get through a guarded gate. You are all fugitives after all. Granted, the guards are likely far more concerned with what's coming in than going out, but still... Second, how do you get back in at night when the gates are locked? Or are you planning to spend the whole night in the no man's land?
Humming quietly as they move along, Prevara's stomach starts to growl, she stops abruptly, "Anyone bring any snacks?"
Zanian walks over to her while rifling through his pack. "I took some bread from the temple, and I have some chhese. Oter than that, all I have is some rations, you know, dried fruit, nuts that sorta thing." He holds out a few items from his pack. "Here, take what you want."
"Perfect!" She grabs a bit of the bread. "Tank oo," Prevara says around a bite of bread. Swallowing she asks, "Do you think the guards will recognize us? Because of everything we have done?"
Nesswen turns and looks at the girls, "And you honestly think that some macho, burly, bull-headed guard is going to publicly announce that he was knocked unconscious or scared stupid from a rag-tag group of girls?"
Looking over her shoulder she quickly adds, "And one walking statue."
"Well.. you can be pretty scary sometimes Nesswen and I doubt they know I am a girl," Prevara says as she tugs at the hood of her cloak. "But maybe you are right. Still.. we should avoid the guards right?"
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"I assumed that the guards would want a round 2 with us if we were spotted, not to run and tell. What better way to get your dignity back, right?" Yuki says while still thinking. "Also, even if they were to run, they'd probably get reinforcements. This group isn't all girls, just half, so it's not that embarrassing. Male or female, this group is a huge threat!"
"Ok, ok. We'll sneak in as best we can so as to avoid unnecessary fighting." She stops and looks at the looming wall in front of them. "The only thing I can think of, is get a few ragged clothes and try to get past the guards looking the worse for wear. Like they'd care about some poor beggars going into 'No-Mans-Land', right?"
She looks around to see if there are any tailor shops nearby that they can acquire such ragged robes from while suggesting the idea.
Zanian blinks a couple of times. "Carry the two... yep. You forgot about me!" He looks around at everyone else. "As for clothes, we could just buy some newer clothes, tear 'em up, and walk through the sewers for a bit, or is that no good?"
Prevara frowns a bit, "That sounds wasteful. Maybe we should just observe the area first? See what the guards are like... if there is a convenient way to get over the wall?" She shrugs.
Zanian nods. "Okay, so here's what I'm thinking. We send someone, preferably good with people, to talk to the guards, get on their good side. Not Prevara or myself. In the eyes of Cheliax, we are scum. We talk some info out of them, and see where we go from there. Sound good?" He looks around the group awaiting their input.
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Yuki begins,"We still have the problem of them knowing it's us. If either Nesswen or I walk up to them for a 'chat', they'll start swinging swords around." She looks at Zanian funny,"I'm pretty sure they know what we look like."
After thinking for a couple of minutes she suggests,"How about we do what Prevara said: observe the area. Then, we just try to sneak by whichever way we see fit. If the guards see us and try to stop us, we take them down?" Laughing she points out,"I know it's not the most brilliant idea, but I don't really see much of an alternative. And buying new clothes just to rip them up does seem like a bit of a waste, especially if it doesn't really work."
Please no sewers, please no sewers.. Prevera nods, "I agree with Yuki. Besides.. once we get inside, maybe they won't follow because they are scared."
Zanian nods. "Sounds good to me. When do we go?"
"Well, why not now? We're here already and it is busy. Why would they care? Besides, they might not stop us going through, but on the way back."
Nesswen made to move towards the gate.