Eyes narrow at Longstreet, “Not apologizing for breaking the rules of Elysia and His Highness.” She studies him for a moment, “Interesting, and noted.” Seems he was going to be trouble, she’d remember that.
“If you want to scout those other locations, go ahead. But realize that torching a location does not mean we will have less to deal with. We also don’t know if she was speaking the truth, could be a ruse to get us to remote locations. A lot of unknowns and we could be making a move they want and expect. Now Her Grace,” with a nod to Twist, “is an unexpected advantage on our part. One I’m sure Dirge knows about, but we’re not sure if they’re expecting us to ask her to step in.” sure, torching their other locations could be great, but it could also be kicking the hornets nest. Driving the Brood to group more and hence be a bigger issue.
She then points over her shoulder to the white board, with an outline of the warehouse. Picking up some papers, she slides them to Longstreet, “The whiteboard has a rough outline of what the warehouse looks like. These,” indicating the papers she moved towards him, “Are pictures I took of the inside.” It was awesome that it was so easy to print off pictures at home.
Alice speaks about the gun, maybe he’s take it a little more seriously coming from not only the Seneschal, but his Priscus as well.
“I can make sure you have a weapon in hand. Securing knives isn’t an issue, so we’ll get you something.” It’d be easier if Alice had mastered the Claws, but that was a ways off. Not an easy study to take on.
Shaking her head, “If we soak the place and light it up, we risk ourselves as well. Not to mention the possibility of a frenzy. Not a risk I’m willing to take.” Plus it would draw attention. “And I’m not sure if the Brood would stick around if there was the scent of gas or not. They can be pretty damn relentless and we’ve already issues a few blows to them, so I’m guessing they’re not about to back down at the chance of a fire.” And it puts them all in harms way, especially Twist. It wasn’t happening.
Either way, the guy was ash and the Brood were holding a grudge against them.
“We’re the Brood an issue when he was in power? Or did Dirge have a relationship of any kind with him? Just trying to figure out why they are so bent about it. Not that it really matters in the end, just curious.” Building on Cross’s questions, sometimes it was good to know what drove people.
Nodding, “There will be no fury of fire and stakes, at least not on our end.” Stakes might help, but they could be tricky and more hassle than anything. “I’m not sure if we’ll have the chance to trap her or even really talk with her to figure out what the hell is going on. Why now all of a sudden.” Though she was pretty sure they’d been planning this for some time. “But I do believe they will protect her at all costs, and we have to keep that in mind. The Brood aren’t complete idiots, but most of them are mindless when it comes to a fight. They fight wild and without thought, which is what we saw in the warehouse last time. We need to use that to our advantage, neutralize them as soon as we can.” Outsmart them.
Nodding to Cross, “I agree, your ability to Cloak will be a great strength for us. It certainly helped last time.” Credit where it was due.
Again with the other locations. “I see the benefit to seeking the other locations and taking them out. But I see the risks as well.” She thinks things over, “Now if we were able to do that, burn their little nests and drive them into the open, it could give us leverage.” It could also bite them in the ass. “But if we take a couple nights, cause I don’t want to spend months doing this, do we think it can be done without causalities on our end? My main concern is that it’s a trap, a seed of information planted in our heads meant to draw us there. If your connections,” eyes turn to Longstreet, “can get us some information on these locations, size, populated, all the good stuff, I’m willing to take a couple nights to look into it. It would give me more time to get some extra weapons, but it would also seem to quiet the issue.” Eyes look around, “Thoughts?”