#dreaming

it takes an hour, for Siv to think of a 'plan', not much of a planner, but this might work, "Okay. I need to lay a disguise on one of you and have you sell my location to Sharpedge. He comes after me, and I seduce him get what we need to know from him and get the mask back. Should work."

"Absolutely nothing can go wrong with this plan" Vali nods

"Well, I don't think I'd be great at play-acting..."

"Vali's probably best for it."

"Ready for my close up, Mr. Deville" HE puckers.

Mph goes Jaymes ("Disturbing")

"I agree, Uncle Jaymes." Siv says "But it should work." And she casts and reforms Vali to look more likea a sleezy unseelie ogre... with warts

"Over did it on the warts, I think" Vali says as he check it out.

"I'm sorry, I thought we left Sylvi at home," Siv raised a brow, "Now, you know what to say. Dagmar and Jaymes will be waiting to take out his goons he brings with them while the seduction goes on in the boudoir."

"Goon-busting is more my speed, yeah"

"You're practically overqualified," Siv smiles "But yeah. "

Vali nods "Okay, I'll head out now, you get ready... if this were one of my books we'd be skipping to the next chapter and trusting the readers to just roll with the change in scenery." And he heads off to pass on the message while the others set up the trap.

The bedroom paid for, the room at the far end preventing easy escape, but with an alcove normally reserved for clothing by the door that allow even trolls to wait in shadow.

Jaymes waits with his daughter for the overwhelming numbers of goons..well, hopefully not OVER whelming. Just whelming.

Whelming is good!

Bartolomé slips in the shadowed hall, oh he's a piratical looking fellow. Eyepatch, swagger... he checks his breath as he gets to the door. Behind him, his goons wait, one has a sword on Vali, he turns to look at them, "The Sea witch slumbers so this one says. If it be true... I shall capture her without a fight.. at last she'll be mine. If this lout be lying, well, I shall call out, and you run him through."

"That's only fair," Disquised Vali says "Long as I get me gold after"

"Aye, Captain" The other pirates whisper.

And in Bartolomé goes to the seemingly sleeping Siv, closing the door behind him. Leaving the goons, Vali, and two trolls hiding nearby in the hall/alcove area

Jaymes gives Dagmar a look as if to ask if she is ready

She adjusts her grip on Flyswatter and nods.

And then... from with in, "Help I... nudity has not led to fun!" It is , thank goodness, not Siv's voice, but rather Bartolome's

Snort!

"Kill this cheat" One guy says looking to Vali . The other raises his sword to run Vali through

FLyswatter has REACH.

And Dagmar uses it, the force of her halberd's slam into the sword knocking it from the chimerical pirate's hand!

And then Jaymes is on them too, slamming into them. And Vali grins and creates an ice mace and slams antoher...

The pirates fight, well, valiantly isn't the right word, but if it looks like they'll live if they get to surrender???

"Yield and ye live!"

Siv is a bad influence.

And that's good enough for these bilge rats "Aye, we surrender we surrender"

"Alright then. Drop your weapons."

They do. Vali isn't as blood thirsty here. These aren't Thallian, just Chimera born of dreams of scurvy dogs

(With respect to Connor and Tiffany)

"Did ye win?" "Bartolomé's voice calls out to his crew.

The defeated goons look at each other

"Won your lives, didn't you?"

A call then "It's a tie'

Snort.

"Oh bullshit" Siv says "Dagmar, Jaymes... Vali, tell me I don't have this nude pirate in front of me only to have to rescue someone?"

her voice coming through the door

"We're good."

"Sea Gods be praised"

"Captain," One of the pirates says "Are you really nude in there?"

"Ah, not quite." Their captain says

"Eyepatch does not COUNT" Siv says

"Then I'm nude" "Bartolome corrects

"Is she nude?" The pirate who dropped his sword first asks the captain.

There's a long pause.