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After the meeting broke apart, Mariette sent her minions to scout. Using their Darkness magic, Deni and Eli could slip around unseen under the cover of stealth magic and glide from building to building in pursuit of targets with their slimy harpy-wings. After having confirmed there was no danger, Mariette held onto the black crystal that had been given to her while the minions scouted. They had been told to locate a suitable Magical individual for the purposes that suited Mariette.

Lily and Alexander just so happened to suit this purpose.

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The two of them would find themselves stalked by Deni and Eli through the night. They were capable Darkness scouts, they wouldn’t reveal themselves by some clumsy mistake unless someone with the Third Eye suddenly came hunting for them. They’d follow the two of them, and should Lily and Alexander split up then Deni followed Lily and Eli followed Alexander. They’d scout them until they figured they had learned enough, which could be as far as whenever they went to sleep, potentially. They’d eventually report back to Mariette.

Assuming that Deni/Eli wouldn’t have lost track of them or been otherwise compromised…

Mariette would then, at some point during the following day (or days if no opportunities arose) simply decide to walk in on one or both of them at some ample moment when they weren’t in the company of anyone else. It’d suddenly just be a portal that opened, and she’d walk through, transformed in her dress, eyepatch over her right eye and clutching a big stuffed bunny, with one slime harpy in tow. Eli was there with her Third Eye to ensure they were not being eavesdropped on as the portal closed. For with that, there should be no magical influences on this location. Mariette would be silent while Eli looked around to make sure of this, giving those they were visiting enough time to have the first word.

Deni, meanwhile, was holding onto the crystal while playing with kids in the park. Except for having been put on crystal-duty, she had been given the day off.