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"Ahh Cybele so nice to see you again, I hope you are settling in fine." Abdul gives the new arrival a slight bow as he passes through the doors. "And Kristophe, if you beleive our fair Finn is trapped in the sewers what would you suggest the best course of action is? I defere to your knowledge of the spirit realms in this matter."

Isaac looks a bit embarrassed. If blushing was still a thing his skin did he would probably be blushing now.
"Thank you so much for your kind words Henry. I appreciate the recognition. As far as Finn is concerned I volunteer my services such as they are for any excursion to find her though in keeping the group small I understand if we would rather I stay behind."

Gwynne steps towards Kristophe. "It's possible my tracking skills may come in handy... But, uh... what do we expect to find down there? If it's spirits and things will we be able to fight them? And what if the Inquisition finds their way down there too? I wonder if we should take a larger group as far as possible for safety, then have a smaller group continue on from there?"

"Of course it is okay Cybele. Any assistance in locating our missing court members is always appreciated. Once Mr. Kristophe has a better idea of where to start looking we shall set out to find Finn." Abdul declared, "Provided you have the ability to narrow down Finn's location."

"How big a group would you consider the optimal Kristophe and how many would you consider to be the upper limit?"

From a corner of the room Duccio had moved he slowly raises his head from the paper and parchment he had be working on as the table had been taken over by all of the writing implements taken out of his satchel. Shaking his head as if to shake something loose coming back to reality from a long instance of focus before taking in the last bit of conversation.

"I have the feeling the roots of this location go deeper than that of this city of Amsterdam from some of the information I have gleaned... Although I have not had time to delve too deeply into that line of investigation due to all that which has happened... Anyway I would exercise caution in the sewers as I believe that there are very ancient things that this city has been built over. I would offer to help with that expedition but I feel I would only slow the team down due to my leg, not to mention there is much to get into place if we are to safely remove these unwelcome zealots from this city."

Getting up from his chair Duccio makes his way over to the Prince's seneschal "I will require a meeting with the Prince as soon as possible on the grounds of working to rid this city of the Inquisitorial threats also," Duccio then turns to look at Abdul, "Warden Abdul are you aware of the current plan I have in regards to potentially removing this threat while minimizing the suspicion on this city?"

Abdul turns to Duccio, "I am not aware of your plan Champion. I have had some ideas my self but would gladly hear any course of action you have put together." The warden straightens his shoulders, "Removal of these Zealots sadly takes priority over recovering Finn. Kristophe, if you and Mr. Giovanni are able to pool your powers to narrow it down I may be able to lend a hand in removing some potential locations."

Isaac looks very troubled. He is quiet for a moment while Abdul speaks.
"I agree trying to keep us all safe from those hunting us is of the utmost importance and if I can be of any assistance let me know.....however...I can't leave Finn in danger. I will be going into the tunnels to find her alone if I have to. Though I hope others will join me."

"The plan is not one that can be enacted very quickly as we need to be thorough to ensure more do not just take their place so I think there might be enough time to locate our missing members. My plan is to locate the Leopold society and remove all members that we find combined with that hunter in secret. We then spread the rumor that they are leaving to investigate Sicily and get their bodies upon a ship of our control have it sail out and then be scuttled on rout as the sea is a dangerous place. It is a simple plan but there are many parts that can go wrong especially if the contingent of the Leopold society is here in any great force, or if it is the militant wing that has arrived or if there are witnesses to the attack that get away to tell the tale.

I am going to work on spreading rumors of Canite activity in Sicily and a few threads possible connections to their activity here along with finding a crew of pirates to agree to attacking the ship we get. We would then need to make sure we have either complete control over the docks or at least one ship that we can use and do not need combined with gathering more information on how large the group from the Leopold society is and their location and a plan of attack. I am thinking with all of this silver being bought up they might be planning an attack on the Lupines and that could be the opening we need to pincer attack."

At the end of the sentence Duccio trails off his head drifting towards further into the Abbey, "I will need to excuse myself." He says before abruptly walking away.

"I regret that this plan requires their deaths but I am not so naive as to think every time we have a problem it will be bloodless. I would normally recommend we at least try to negotiate with an enemy first like we did successfully with the lupines but that would be foolish here. So we have a bit of time to find Finn. The sooner the better. So myself, Cybele and Kristophe. Perhaps Heer Giovanni as well if he is OK with joining us? "

Gwynne looks between Isaac and Duccio. "Between the two plans, it sounds like one is entering the sewers, tracking down Finn, fighting some things in hand-to-hand combat, and rescuing her... While the other plan involves finding the Leopold society on their way to attack the wolves, destroying them with the wolves' help, and then smuggling the bodies onto a ship at the docks, making the correct contacts along the way..." She pauses for a second, thinking. "I believe there's a chance that my skills are better suited to the Finn rescue mission, since I do not fight with a weapon, and it was mentioned that weapons may not hurt the spirits. Isaac, since the wolves are familiar to you, maybe you should let them know of our pincer attack plan once it's fully formed?" She shakes her head, trailing off "...pincer attacks... Where is Aserymus? Sounds right up his alley..."

Gwynne looks at the two newer acquaintances, and shifts her stance nervously. She opens her mouth as if to speak to them, but then pivots in the direction of Kristophe instead. "Um... Kristophe, I have the same question that I think I heard Isaac ask... Sorry, I didn't hear if you answered already. How many of us do you think you can protect, and for how long?"