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[color=skyblue]Location[/color]: Château de La Lune: Lavender Room
[color=skyblue]Skills[/color]: N/A
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The next step in Tony's very loosely formed plan was a meeting with all of the nominees together at the same time. There was some risk of the La Lunes noticing and catching onto what was happening, but he believed it would be worth the risk, at least to do it once. A lot of the guests didn't seem likely to be as proficient at discussing secrets in such a way that wouldn't attract suspicion from any eavesdroppers. Not enough to plan out the things they needed to plan, anyway. Frankly, Tony wasn't certain if even [i]he[/i] could be discreet enough for that. He's been around plenty of people that could effortlessly have entire conversations that sounded completely different to everyone else that didn't know all the codewords and such, but Tony never really had the need to be [i]that[/i] good at it. Not until now. So despite the attention it might bring, one meeting where they could all speak openly would be worthwhile.

Sitting at the desk in his room, Tony checked his watch. It was just past 11 am; there was still an hour until the meeting. And there was still plenty to do in the meantime. He'd made clear that he thought the meeting should happen outside if possible - standing in an open area was the only way to be certain they were not overheard, even if it would also look the most suspicious - but he had to admit, begrudgingly, that if the weather was still as bad as it sounded, gathering in the middle of the pouring rain might well be [i]too[/i] suspicious. Constance's proposed alternatives, while certainly far from ideal, were decent. The patio would be a perfectly normal place for them to be, and the museum would make sense too - it would be only natural for the nominees to want to explore and learn more about their hosts. The only issue was that there was every chance that any conversation in either place would be overheard. Or if too many of their guests were heading to the museum, the La Lunes may very well decide that the group should have a tour guide, which would effectively kill the meeting before it even started. But if there was to be [i]anywhere[/i] safe enough, those were decent candidates.

Glancing at his watch again, Tony decided to go see for himself how the conditions outside were. If outside wasn't going to be an option, they would need to decide which alternative spot they were using, sooner rather than later. With that in mind, Tony headed out through the hallway, towards the ballroom stairs.