Kel was sure that everyone thought the knock to her head must have sent her a touch loony but Kel saw the situation – and her plan – with perfect clarity.
"Shut up!" she ordered authoritively. Again she didn't shout but her command was no less clear. Instantly everyone fell silent. She continued as if there doubting had never occurred. "Once we have liberated our people – which include two mages – Wolset will set off his little surprise. I will aim straight for Maggur and then we'll have turned the tables on them.
They still looked unconvinced. "How is this anymore insane then chasing Stenmun and infiltrating Balyce's castle?" she tried once more. The remaining members Dom's squad couldn't help but grin in which Kel joined them.
A moment later Tobe walked seriously up to his mistress and patted her shoulder and said. "Ye are really crazy under that bland expression Lady?" which set them all off into full-on laughter.
Kel knew they would trust her plan, but each in their own way felt fear at what the consequences would be should they fail. Firmly she dismissed them all to get a couple of hours sleep, they would need every second.
Four or five hours later saw a groups of what appeared to be nothing more than shadows slinked through the city. Anyone whom caught a glimpse saw nothing upon looking again as if there had never been a thing there.
As dawn crept through the city Kel and her people moved into position. All that is except for Tobe, though he had been reluctant to leave her danger-prone side she had a special assignment for him.
One thing that had struck Kel was that only Habek, Nemic, Neal, Dom and Thom had been of the list of those to be executed, thus meaning that Belemy was the traitor to their little expedition. With that in mid they had already moved camps, but Kel was hoping against hope that the ally of Habek that had died was the only one killed.
Tobe's task was to attempt to make contact with a name Habek had mentioned to Kel should things go awry – she only hoped Belemy did not know it also. The perfect thing about Tobe for this was given his blonde locks he was the very image of a Scanran and besides who would suspect a ten year old boy scampering about the city of travelling with a small group of enemy knights?
One thing Tobe could thank his former master for was that he had miraculously picked up how to speak Scanran, which he put into practice when he entered a town centre bar called The Black Crow. Pretending to be small and insignificant Tobe madehis way to the bar, then after climbing on a stool to be seen he signalled to the barman.
Looking bemused the barmen asked, "Ey laddie what can I do ye for?" allowing his former bad speaking habits to drift into his voice to cover up any accent flaws Tobe replied.
"I'm lookin' for a chap by tha name 'o Harold?" helpfully the barman pointed out whom Tobe needed and then returned to flirt with a young woman who was practically hanging off the bar.
Sending a prayer to Mythros that he wasn't about to be roughed-up or worse if this too had been betrayed Tobe stumbled through the crowd to the table he had been directed to.
"S'cuse me." He practically had to yell to be noticed given the rowdy nature of the place, fortunately it was not a noble that Tobe was presently looking for so this place made slightly more sense.
Half an hour a later saw Tobe feeling very happy with himself, he had successfully made contact with the rest of Habeks's co-conspirators and what was more they were very willing to help and Tobe found himself thing that the lady's plan might just actually work.