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[Haspen]

"Um, but, there's too many people working outside, someone might... overhear. So, um, I know a place in the castle... and the peach-head girl can come along..."

[freeformschooler]

: "You made the right decision, plum-head."

Follow them when ready.

[SeriousConcentrate]

Chris shrugged.

"Why not just come in here and tell all of us? Gregor knows I'm going to follow you anyway."

[Sirus]

: "Chris' idea is a good one. No one in here is going to hurt you, or go gossiping to your father if that's what you're afraid of."

[Haspen]

"Um... well, if you insist." Alexandra slipped in and closed the door with her body.

"I've accidentally eavesdropped on my father when he was talking with Ernest earlier today... you're going to be executed tomorrow morning. If you do not manage to escape, that's it..."

[SeriousConcentrate]

"So 'Teach' was here. I should've figured."

Chris ran his hand through his bangs.

"All right, what do you suggest we do?"

[Gamerboy4life]

Upon hearing Alexandra's words, Seyena groaned.
"Why does stuff like this always happen?"

[freeformschooler]

: "I don't see any reason not to slip out. Senseless violence and all that. Why don't we get dressed real quick, alert Matilda and be on our way before they notice?"

[scapheap]

:"Oh well, it was about time ours lives were in danger again."

[SeriousConcentrate]

Chris smiled at Ami briefly. She had been quiet for awhile and it was good to hear her speak again.

"Seems like it, doesn't it?"

"We can't leave her here, though. I know how Prixima and by extension Ernest operates. I've done enough of those orders on my own to get an idea of how this is going to play out if she stays."

Chris put a thumb to his throat as he spoke and drew it across slowly.

[Haspen]

Alexandra shivered at Chris' finger motion.

"I don't think you will slip unnoticed right now. There are patrols and guards stationed most of the day and night, except the morning prayer." She paused for a while, and looked at the door, as if someone was to burst through right now. But no one did.

"At the morning prayer, most of the soldiers stationed in the castle pray at the shrine or in the mess hall. The main gate is still heavily guarded, but the rear entrance for supply wagons and couriers is not. During the prayer, there's only one guard looking over the road and backyard. I think I have a plan, if you're willing to listen?"

[SeriousConcentrate]

Chris glanced at Gregor and shrugged. He was the leader, after all.

[Sirus]

: "Of course. You know this place better than we do."

Even as he spoke, he wondered if Alexandra could be trusted after all. Could this "Ernest" person have gotten to her as well?

[Praefectus Screptum]

"It was bound to happen. But I did not expect it to happen this way."

[Haspen]

"See, before the prayer begins, I have to announce it by hitting a gong with a mallet. First hit tells the people to gather, the seconds starts the ceremony. So I thought that, at the first sound of gong, my servant will come and take few of you to the stables to grab your mounts. At the second gong, you would start your escape."

"I could go, and Matilda, we could manage the horses and pegasi. And I think Salvatore should come, too - I'm not sure that anyone else could approach his wyvern without startling it..."

"Now, listen - you're not far from the backyard at all. After you leave this room, instead of going right, toward the mess hall, go down the corridor and down the stairs. Then, go right. You will pass the storeroom and some cells. Then you will have a narrow corridor that leads to one of the doors that come out onto the backyard. If you do it right, you might not be noticed. But you can't open any of the doors; the storerooms are protected. And under any circumstances go left - the corridors lead toward the main exit to the backyard, as well as the officer's quarters and the shrine, where some people will gather." Alexandra took a deep breath.

"You think you can do all that? I... I don't want anyone to die - neither you, nor any of my father's soldiers. I've had to lead enough funerals this winter and I don't want to lead even more of them."