The Hand Of Lightning [Artifact]

[Aliara Mizuki Blackrose 293]

¥ having braided her thick,gold-white curls into a wild and elegant braid.Celestia hummed gently,Carving a beautiful dragon.using the combination of a knife,and wood.Adding tinged of flames,to represent how dauber could look as a dragon.¥"erm...d-d-Dauner?...I made ....a flame dragon....for you...as what..y'e may look like."¥She quickly stated,her voice quavering with shyness.gingerly handing dauner,his dragon wooden silhouette.Cheeks a faint shade of red,while packing her satchel.¥

[Dabi 1093]

Dauner took the dragon bro his hands he took a moment to admire the work of art. It had been carefully crafted with a majestic pose to depict might. Although Dauner couldn't actually transform into a dragon, he appreciated the feeling behind the gift, pausing for a while with a gentle smile across his face. Then he turned to Celestia.

"Why does it have horns? I've never seen a dragon with horns before" he stated carefully putting the dragon in with his other things in his backpack. When the group was ready to move out, the began their tell once again.

Edited August 8, 2020 by Dabi

[Aliara Mizuki Blackrose 293]

"Oh that is because.dragons with horns.are quite old,vera rare...and vera...vera powerful."¥Celestia quoted.smiling as Dauner put away his gift.into a bag.¥"I'm assuming we are leaving soon?"¥Celestia hedged while packing more of her things.¥

[Dabi 1093]

"Yep. As soon as we're done packing, we'll be on our way" Dauner answer. Just as he had said, as soon as they were done packing up, they set out once again towards Reyer. A couple of hours of walking, and they could see the prison walls not too far away. Dauner smiled as his gaze shifted towards the settlement not too far from the prison. He then made his way there. The settlement was small but big enough to have an inn. Dauner and the grouped signed in at the inn and got themselves comfortable in their various rooms.

After having resist from the trip, Ariana and Layla went to Dauner's room.

"Can you please go get Celestia" Ariana asked Layla. As soon as Layla returned with Celestia, Ariana turned to Dauner. "What's our plan of action? How are we going to sneak into Reyer?"

[Dabi 1093]

Dauner looked up at Ariana sleepily. "Can't you wait till breakfast" he asked sleepily. 

"It's already 9am" Ariana responded rather impatiently. Just then, Layla walked in with a tray of food. 

"I made breakfast. And Celestia should be here shortly... I think. Why don't we proceed while we wait". She then proceeded to place the tray by Dauner, who took it and began greedily eating. As soon as he was done he spoke up. 

"We're breaking in tomorrow" he said grinning.

[Aliara Mizuki Blackrose 293]

"Oh sounds like a plan,But...where and how shall we break in?"¥Celestia asked,running a combo of silver.Through her heavy and long,golden-white curls.While lips parted,causing a gentle yawn to escape her throat.Stretching both arms above,to loosen muscles from their sleep.Celestia bent forward,grasping a cup of warm,jasmine and honey tea.¥"...hmm.....I love this tea,T'is a lovely aroma and taste quite devine....a thought? perhaps we could find an old tunnel,or sewer system?perhaps slip in through there?"¥While asking this question,she'd tilt her cranium.making ears flicker somewhat rapidly.¥

[Dabi 1093]

"We could do that, but it's too risky" Dauner said pulling a piece of paper it if his drawer. "Last night, I did some extra research and got this map" the map barely had any details about how the inside of the prison was. It just had the walls, gates and surrounding fields, along with a few details about the underground sewage disposal system. "The tunnels are too heavily guarded for us to sneak in through. We be caught before we got far enough. Instead, the best way in" he said tapping on a point in the map. "Is through the front gate"

Edited August 15, 2020 by Dabi

[Aliara Mizuki Blackrose 293]

"...uh,Y'e sure? isn't  that......somewhat not....sneaky?"¥Celestia asked,with a gentle tone.sending a Questioning look toward dauner.¥"if we go through,the very front...won't every-abled man try and stop us? if not hide the artifact?"¥Asking this,she ran a left-hand through her mane of curls.wondering if the plan was a feasible one.¥

[Dabi 1093]

All eyes were looking weirdly at Dauner as if he had something on his face. The glares were beginning to make him feel uncomfortable.

"Now now, you guys are weirding me out with those glares. At least listen to the whole plan first before you give me those looks"

Ariana sighed. "We're listening"

"Ok" Dauner continued as he turned to the map. "There is a scheduled delivery of food, medicine and the likes tomorrow. We'll raid the caravan that'll be bringing them, and disguise ourselves as the deliverers. That way we'll be granted entrance into the prison. There will be 3 carriages full of resources, and we have enough manpower to handle them. Ariana, you'll be leaving at once. I hear a couple of guards usually visit this town from time to time. Luckily for us I noticed a couple arrive in the early hours of the morning. You'll have to eliminate one of them and take his, or her place. Use this" he continued as he handed a mask over to her. The mask had no face on it. "It's a magical mask that allows you to assume anyone's face once you've scanned him with it. That's your ticket in. You'll need to get us 3 prisoners willing to escape and have them ready to exchange with us once we're in. The rest of you, have a mask too, and be ready to move out by 6:30 tomorrow"

Once he was done handing out the masks, he looked at them and grinned. "Pretty smart plan right? I'll let you congratulate he with a kiss on the cheek each"

"Not bad" Ariana said. "But I don't need to congratulate you now do I? I'll be going then. See you all tomorrow". And with that she was gone.

Edited August 16, 2020 by Dabi

[Aliara Mizuki Blackrose 293]

¥Sighing in relief,celestia nodded.seeing his plan, was actually very good.Hearing Dauner joke about a kiss,Celestia let a small grin,dance across her full lips of dark pink.Cheeks faintly reddening,she stood,approached him,sat near dauner.Before leaning up to place a gentle kiss on his cheek,And ghosting her lips across his own.Before turning away,To grab her mask.That dauber handed out.¥"heh~ well ...I-I'm going to change into outing-wear,And fetch us some delicious breakfast from the'h market."¥Celedtia gently replied,going to stand,and choose her clothes for the day.¥

[Dabi 1093]

After the meeting in Dauner's room, Ariana got herself ready and set out for the tavern in town. There, the 6 guards from Reyer that Dauner had mentioned were already about to return to the prison. In all there were 4 men and 2 women. Before the group left, Ariana followed one of the women into the restroom. There she 'accidentally' pricked her with a drugged needle. The sleeping drug on the needle was concentrated enough to knock someone out for a full 2 days. After the lady was pricked, it was only a matter of seconds before she slumped to the ground into a deep sleep. Ariana then hurriedly scanned her with the mask and put it on, taking on the lady's face. Then she undressed the lady, putting on her clothes and putting hers on her. After she was done, she put on a mask she had scanned herself with on the lady and hid the lady's body in one of the toilets before going out to join her group. That completed the easy part of her task, but the tricky part was still to come. 

Layla has followed Ariana to the tavern under Dauner's instructions, and noticed when she left with the other guards. She then went into the restroom and found the body of the other lady, who now had Ariana's face on her. Layla moved the sleeping body back to Ariana's room at the inn with the help of some good willed individuals.

In the meantime, Dauner went to scout for the best position to ambush the caravan from. At the end of their individual tasks, Layla and Dauner got back just in time to have some of Celestia's food.

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Results of this post: 

• Ariana: Infiltration successful
• There is an unconscious female guard in Ariana's room
• Dauner's feeling impatient to eat Celestia's breakfast

[Aliara Mizuki Blackrose 293]

¥Returning with freshly sliced,warm bread loafs,dried meats,and fruits chopped into a bowl of honey and whipping cream.Celestia entered the room.placing such a large tray onto their wooden floor panels.allowing gentle chuckles go escape her throat.seeing dauner's reaction about her breakfast.¥"I've returned with substantial food,now everyone should be able.to fill their bellies before tomorrow hehe.~"

[Dabi 1093]

Punching upon it like a hungry wolf, Dauner devoured every ounce of food he had indent of him, eating in a manner uncharacteristic of royalty. "Was, your good is the best Celestia. You'd make a killing selling these" he remarked with his mouth half full with food. "I could get used to this"

Layla giggled as she watched Dauner each so ferociously. "I agree. The way you moved the honey and cream, and combining it with the fruits like you did, it takes a genius cook to make such an ingenious combination" Layla added eating in a way more dignified manner than Dauner.

Soon enough, Dauner was done with his and pointed his plate forward towards Celestia. "Can I have seconds?"

[Aliara Mizuki Blackrose 293]

"..heh~ of course..and thank y'e layla...though i-i don't know..."¥Celestia giggled out,Facade a pale shade of red.While dishing out more dried meat,bread,and fruit honeyed in whipped cream.¥"heh,i-it's rather simple really...nothing of mastery for certain,perhaps on a level of dessert or wife level cooking."¥Celestia quoted,giving a slight raise of both shoulders,taking gentle bites of her fruit.While glancing away,having not been use to compliments much.¥

[Dabi 1093]

Just as fast as he had finished the first plate, Dauner cleaned his second running his tummy when he was done. "That tasted great. Well I guess I'll go complete the preparations for tomorrow"

With that, Dauner left beating the widest of grins on his face. Once Layla finished up, she too went on to finish her preparations.

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Ariana got to the prison with the others and immediately snuck away from the group. Dauner's plan to make her infiltrate had worked wonders. She immediately began observing the prisoners taking now of the ones that would prove useful for the next step of their plan. At the same time she had to make sure the other guards didn't end up suspecting her, which was not an easy task.