You told me once that you "always find a way if you want to be somewhere". [ Yes, she's actually quoting you, did you think she'd have forgotten? ] I may need to put that to the test.
[ the castle, that's all? Loki couldn't say that the thought didn't cross his mind, but he didn't think it would be terribly difficult. not like breaking into the deepest, darkest cell in Asgardia. ]
And what would be the point of this little mission of yours? There has to be something that's caught your attention for a little B&E.
Well, we'll have to go at a time that he's there. I'm all for a little finding-the-answers-on-our-own, but it would be a shame to get caught and gain little from it.
We don't want to cause any of the blood spilling ourselves, do we?
[ A snort. She'll likely never give him a run for his coin, and he should be grateful for that.
ALASTAIR's forces are, what? Fifty, sixty—maybe an optimistic seventy altogether? She remembers the pile of them arriving before Odette's gate. Some faces she hasn't seen in weeks, but that doesn't mean they aren't around. That's all talent and resources going to waste. ]
Twenty? No more, surely, but I want to map the grounds before I make any decision. We'll need people to get us in and out, people to handle the guards, and people to make the search. Riza has accepted to be my second.
[ A guesstimate, so to speak, and at least some reassurance that there's a second set of eyes on this folly. The palace is both immense and full of guards and they'll need more than five or ten people if they want to A) comb the place and B) make sure the people who are doing A don't get caught. The last thing they need is more jail time. ]
[ is he talking to her, or is he talking to himself? either way, he hasn't said no, and he doesn't sound like he can't use it. it's as he said before, there's always opportunity. ]
So, we have those who like to hit things in the face take the guards. That leaves a handful of us to get in and out of the palace. We'll have one chance, and that's it. Nadda. Nothing else. If this is blown—if a single person fails—we're back to the drawing board without the option of a little B&E.
Tell me you have something at least. A map? Sonar? Something.
[ She's noticed that he hasn't said no--he can feel free to notice she's not disagreeing with him. It's definitely a balls-to-the-wall kind of thing, but she's that kind of person. ]
There ways to distract without hitting--but yes, that is the plan.
[ As in, there basically is no plan. WE'RE ALL IN. #YOLO ]
Not...yet.
[ But she's working on it! ]
You are coming, are you not?
[ Look--she doesn't know Loki that well, but. She knows him enough to know his interest is probably genuine. ]
[Though not her first choice, he's the only one she knows of that might be able to learn more about the barrier inside the jail that Kida had spoken about.]
[ it's not like Loki isn't now a fugitive. she's done her best to keep herself low after the whole ... arrested development. the voice that greets Riza is a bit higher, lighter, more feminine. ]
This has turned into quite the thing, hasn't it? So—a moment. Ah, yes, I'm sure I could find a way to spare one of those.
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