“Your superiors already know the threat, among themselves. They know that the Towers are not some mere myth, and they know what will happen if they all fall. It is quite fortunate for us that they do not want Vile to destroy them on his terms, else they would likely let it happen. But you are right; I hope to keep the Imperial and Dominion soldiers very…very separate. It would be best if they not even see each other unless absolutely necessary. We can plan our assault to keep them attacking flanks far apart from one another. The challenge I see will be determining who shall carry the Rueful Axe. Considering that the axe is absolutely vital to the plan, I imagine both sides will want to have it. But I need to be the one to carry it.” Meesei began. As Lunise finished changing, Meesei moved around behind her and started to tie the cords, taking care not to make it uncomfortably tight. Though, before releasing her, she wrapped her hands around Lunise’s waist and kissed her neck. 

“Aside from all of this business, though, it is wonderful to be able to see you again. If there is any silver lining to all of the work we are going to have to do over the coming months, it will be that we will likely be able to see each other much more often.” She commented, though she did not let her words linger long before releasing her grip on Lunise and beginning to create the portal. 

After a minute, Meesei stepped through her portal with Lunise into a completely pitch black room, though it was only a few seconds before Meesei illuminated it with a candlelight spell. It was a basement storage room of a distinctly Imperial style. It was filled with crates and barrels arranged in no particular order. Wordlessly, Meesei took the lead up the stairs, though curiously, she paused for a few moments to cast a spell of detect life before proceeding through the door upstairs. 

The home they were in was that of someone with reasonable wealth. Not of a noble, but a merchant, or some other equivalent trade. The Imperial woman sitting in her parlor in her nightclothes looked briefly surprised upon hearing the footsteps, but visibly calmed once she laid her eyes on Meesei. At least, she no longer seemed outright afraid. “Oh, Champion, it’s you. You usually don’t come here in person. I’m guessing there must be something important going on; probably something you can’t talk about?”

Meesei answered with a nod. “I am afraid so. I shall do my best to avoid waking you when we come back through, though I apologize in advance if I do.”

The Imperial raised a hand dismissively. “It is no trouble, Champion.”

With no further delay, the pair left the home and stepped out into the Imperial City’s Elven Gardens District. It was firmly after dark by this point, so the streets were illuminated only by magically-lit torches, and the moons and stars above them. Likewise, they were currently the only ones they could see on the streets, aside from the night watch. Anyone who was out at such an hour would naturally gain some measure of suspicion from the guards, but it was not illegal to simply be out after dark. “We need to make our way to the White Gold Tower.” Meesei commented, casting her gaze upwards at the structure towering above the whole of the city. “Such a beautiful place this is.”