Alois was apprehensive over being spoken to in such a familiar way by the bluenette, but appreciated it. He enjoyed the banter, but couldn't help but wonder what the man was up to. The way Ciel spoke had changed, slightly. The menace couldn't put his finger on how, though. All he knew was that it made him react in odd ways. He blushed and he giggled like some teenaged girl, disturbing him somewhat whenever he caught himself. Still, he was starting to enjoy Ciel's presence again, so it was a step in the right direction, despite of his persisting hesitance.
The pair spoke more freely, discussing plans for searching the Wakefield estate for anything shady. They managed to find blueprints from the Victorian era and make copies at city hall. While they were there, they either confiscated or destroyed any information on the Phantomhive estate. Discussion on places where things may be hidden arose and debate on how to access them without being caught went on until they were able to come up with a halfway decent plan. They would need to search the basement, office, and for any hidden passageways during their stay. If that wasn't hard enough, they knew that Wakefield would have his eyes peeled for them and be watching their every move.
"There's not many ways to prevent people from entering rooms while we're searching them." spoke the Watchdog, rubbing his chin while the two of them stared down at the blueprints. With a hum, his accomplice thought.
"Well, this might not be helpful, but Audrey and I were talking about cheap ways to deal with vampires a while back." Alois began, meeting the other's gaze as he looked up. "He said water is a good weapon. Spray a doorhandle with holy water, or use one of those pocket air humidifiers to essentially make an entire room an anti-vampire trap."
"Humidifiers?" echoed the bluenette with a curious, but slightly amused expression. For a moment, he stopped to think about it. "Actually, that's brilliant. Why hasn't H.E.L.L.S.I.N.G. used this?"
"Probably too focused on more 'advanced' approaches instead of the easiest." the menace stated.
"Understandable. We'll keep that as an available tool. Maybe we'll take a trip to the store and see what all they have."
"My only concern with this, though, is they'll probably understand that something is up once they realise there's holy water in the mix." confessed Alois, pointing to the blueprint. "There's not much in the ways of options for escape, either, should we get trapped. There's windows, but that's about it. Unless there's vents that were installed later than this details."
"There's another problem. Our map may not be accurate." Resting his elbows on the table, Ciel brought a hand up and rubbed his chin. "We can't guarantee a sure-fire escape route. Brute strength may not be an option, either, as it will disrupt the balance of Gehenna, due to the fact that various covens that are vital to the town's structure will be there and may get caught in the crossfire. In addition, Wakefield will have the opportunity to escape in the confusion, if things get too out of hand."
"So, we need to keep everyone oblivious and calm?" questioned the menace. "Really, I think this is a more than two-person job. It would be better if both of us were in Wakefield's view so that his attention is focused and his guard is dropped. Meanwhile, someone else can sneak around and see what they can find while he's distracted."
"The only person I know who is sneaky enough to do that is Sebastian."
"Then why not bring him along?"
"How will he get in?"
"Well, if he can't do something as simple as breaking into a mansion full of vampires, then what kind of butler is he?" the menace playfully inquired while wearing a coy smile on his face. The expression was returned as Ciel grinned as well in response.
"That sounds doable, if you put it like that." he said. "Now, what are we going to do?"
"Well, the hard stuff would be up to Sebastian in this scenario, so all we would have to do is make sure Wakefield doesn't get suspicious."
"Should we come up with possible tactics for doing so?"
"Eh, I was thinking about just playing it by ear." Alois shrugged in response. The suggestion was befitting of the menace, being so painfully "Alois" that Ciel was helpless in his effort not to smile.
"I'll go get Sebastian so we can go over this with him." said the Watchdog while standing. "It'll be best if he knows the basic layout as well. Also, we're going to need to sort out what to do with Luka."
"Why not have Revy look after him? He's a police officer."
"True, but I don't feel comfortable leaving him here when we're on a mission. Can you call Charlotte and Amelie?"
"Aren't they on the backup team?"
"You're right..." The bluenette's brow furrowed as he thought rather seriously about this. It somewhat surprised the menace, as he didn't know that Ciel cared so much for the younger Mackens. "Try Travis, then."
"Travis is better?" Alois questioned with an arched eyebrow.
"Well, not for coming over here, but if Luka and Revy could stay over there for the night, that would be fantastic."
"Why not Kris?"
"Travis is good with kids. That's my line of thinking." clarified the bluenette. "Though, Kris would be good, as well. Everyone would be supernatural. Also, I'm not sure how Patricia would feel about having a small demon and a revenant spending the night at her house."
"Sounds good. I'll ask both, though. You go get the Bass-man."
"Yes, your highness." Ciel said with a slight bow before leaving the room. Alois couldn't help but watch after him, after the display. It made him feel nostalgic, but he didn't know why.
Alois had been experiencing ups and downs in his opinions of the bluenette as of late. There was a spike in positive responses as the bluenette began to speak to him more casually and more regularly, but there were also times when the blonde felt suspicious of his actions. He knew that they were indeed "close" before all of this, so it made sense for Ciel to be friendly with him, but those dream-like memories he had occasionally made him nervous.
They still popped up occasionally, sometimes depicting romantic situations, while at others depicting more risque scenarios that he would rather not talk about. Even Ciel putting his hand on his shoulder momentarily could cause him to jump after these dreams. He found them confusing to his reality. The line between the "real" world and that of fantasy were blurring with each passing day and he was slowly becoming unable to discern what had and had not happened. He enjoyed being around Ciel, and even wanted to be, but found it difficult to get close, although he appreciated the kindness and patience of the other. They were friends, he considered the bluenette to be that much.
He wasn't sure about this mission, however. On his end of things, things seemed easy. In reality, they were. The hardest part would be interacting with Ciel at this party. Keeping Wakefield's attention was going to be easy in comparison. Part of him suspected that the bluenette was not a "party person", so he may have his work cut out for himself.
It was only a few days away, now. Everything had been arranged. All that was left to do was decide what to wear and wait for the time to arrive. As the day approached, however, the menace couldn't shake the unease in his stomach and the buzzing in his head.
A/N: Hello, hello... This chapter wasn't very good, I thought. What happened was, I came up with a better idea when I was already 400 words into this one. Next time, next time.
Maybe. I dunno. This other idea seems awfully short as well...
Oh well. There was an update today (tonight) so that counts for something I suppose.
Sometimes with "Character Shet", I have trouble coming up with answers to things because there are many times when the narrator is unreliable and intentionally misleading in their answer...
Also I need more questions...
Until the next chapter, my duckies~!
CHARACTER SHET
Question: "To Kris: how smitten you are with Logan? You wanna get into his pants dontcha?" by Tudupolis Fishie
Kristopherson: "That's kind of a personal question, isn't it? I fancy him and I'm very attracted to him, but I don't know if I'm ready for that kind of relationship just yet..."
