Back on the Nomad, the crew compared their findings while Lottie slept.
"So the Queen has the King under her spell so that she can rule the kingdom and get what she wants" summed up Sinbad.
"That would sum it up" replied Firouz.
"Do you think you could break the spell Maeve?" asked Sinbad.
"I'm not sure" she smiled coming out of her trance. "I believe this is one where if he doesn't drink the water he might come out of it by himself."
"And if not?" asked Doubar.
"Could we kill the Queen?" asked Sinbad.
"Wow, you were listening when I told you that" smiled Maeve. "Anyway, yes, that would work. But you'll have a job because the King wont like it, in my mind. I believe he wont remember being under the spell."
"So what your saying is" thought Sinbad. "If we killed his wife, instead of being happy because we've freed him, he'll be angry because he wont know she was evil?"
"Exactly. I reckon we need to break him out of the spell and so that he can see what she's really like before we kill her" smiled Maeve.
"Meaning we'll need to get into the castle" smiled Sinbad.
"And the only way to do that is to become a slave." sighed Doubar.
"Meaning we'd have to free all the other slaves first" smiled Maeve.
"And Adele said the only way to do that is to replace them with a better slave" sighed Firouz.
"Meaning we have to blow our cover and swap ourselves" said Sinbad. Maeve shivered. "Unless you don't want to" he added looking at her.
"It's not that" she sighed still shaking. "I'm alright cause he wont do anything. I'm more worried about what she'll do to you."
"I know how you feel" he said seriously, thinking about what situation she might end up in. "but we have to do this."
"Rongar has an idea" said Firouz suddenly. "He says can't Maeve make a sleeping potion to put in their drinks."
"Excellent idea Rongar" grinned Sinbad. "Can you do that Maeve?"
"Definitely. And while he's out I'll see if I can break the spell on him"
"Great" grinned Sinbad. "Crew, we have our plan. Now, I suggest we get some sleep. We have a big day ahead of us."
So the crew went their separate ways and headed for their cabins.