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Bright Honey Sea
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The rest of the day passes in a comfortable blur, as everyone relaxes and celebrates the Kol and Caleb's future wedding.
As the sun begins to set, Gabe gently pulls an arm free from Nemo and the lizard stirs slightly: cuddling closer against the warm mammal. The mouse opens his storage portal and pulls out his scrying gem, in order to let Cecil know what they've been up to.
The bird in the crystal droplet replies “Don’t worry, I figured you were... busy. But, how exciting! Congratulations are in order!”
The party conveys what they’ve learned as Mr. Ochre jots down notes. When the infodump is complete, he puts the papers into an envelope and writes “new heist info: important” and underlines it, before setting it aside.
“I think this is a solid plan: challenging Argus to a fight and stealing the Aegis during the match. As a fey he’ll have to stick to the script, so to speak, leaving you more or less free to act. And as long as you remain masked, you’ll be safe under the rules of masquerade.” Cecil nods, sipping his tea. “You just need to figure out how to beat an invincible fey.”
“I’m sure we’ll come up with something.” Gabe remarks, shrugging his skinny shoulders.
“You three usually do.” The bowerbird acknowledges with a certain resignation. “I’ll have my lawyers draw up a new contract: one that challenges Argus to battle. They’ll ensure that if we do fail, the terms of punishment aren’t too severe.”
“Counting on you Cecil.” Gabe says, pointing a finger-gun at him and winking. He sits up, and looks around the beach at the other conspirators. “Oh, I just realized something, if we’re wrestling in masquerade, we’ll need costumes. And, like, uhhh stage names, right?”
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