There's no such thing as too long when it's good writing! And your post was just that, through and through. I loved Alessandro's idea with the ‘scene’ in the canteen—what he might lack in wits, he makes up for in cunning!

So now that the gang's all set up, we can get to said missions! They'll be...paying a visit to some informants first, it looks like. I'm not planning on making the job too easy for them—while Elena and Alessandro know names (and some locations), the people they're hunting should be pretty good at just [i]not being found.[/i] Their whole success depends on that, after all! Especially if, as Elena said, they actually do their jobs well.

Still thinking about the exact details. Feel free to suggest anything!