"No, but there's probably not that many places for ten people eight of them armed to get lunch that would fit the tastes of someone who has a yacht. ...assuming they're not having lunch on the yacht, which actually might be a great place for a lunch meeting.

I figure we could look for that car around the fancy part of town, maybe ask around about where she likes to eat? Or maybe just stake out her office or the warehouse or the boat and see if she shows."

“Alright. That—seems reasonable.”

There are gargoyles on top of the townhouse. As Zoe watches, on one of the gargoyles, a mouth briefly forms.

"Uhhhh. Araari. On that gargoyle up there."

Araari does not see ANYTHING on that gargoyle over there??? Are you sure there was something???

"There was a mouth. I saw it open, like it was yawning."

Araari squints at the gargoyle for a bit longer and then shakes her head. “I still don’t see anything. You have exceptional vision.”

"Well. I would be careful about trying to pay Miss Donovan a visit uninvited."

“Certainly.”

Looking closer: "Hey... doesn't that part look like..?"

“—The warding stone? Yes. Look there, too—“ Point. “I assume the other symbols are also protective.”

"Oh huh, I bet you're right. I wonder what she's warding against."

“I recognize one of these—“ Point again. “It’s a ward against the evil eye. And the warding stone meant the person in Dallol couldn’t see me.”

"But if she's part of the cult, why would she want to ward against it?"

“Just because she worships it does not mean she wants it to eat her. Or perhaps she has regrets.”

"Maybe the eyes are keeping the gargoyles out."

Nod. “Well. It is good to—learn other things that might be protective.”

Zoe tries to copy the various designs on the house into her notebook.

She is not a very good artist.

And so Zoe goes back to the hotel with their notes, and Araari continues stalking Montgomery Donovan around Valletta.

She has... a picture of Donovan. She can ask people what her favorite restaurant is and show them the picture.

The young barista in the café just up the street says: “Sure, she comes in from time to time. Gets an espresso with lemon. Used to come in with another woman a lot. Her friend likes tea with lots of milk. Not seen her friend in some time, and she’s quite the sorry one lately, isn’t she?”

Sympathetic noise. Araari will get a tea from this barista in thanks. “I hope very much that her friend is alright.”

Does she frequent any actual restaurants, or just cafes?

She manages to find a waiter at a posh restaurant who identifies the picture as Miss Donovan, says that she has a regular table with them, and says he is not in a position to say anything more about her.

Araari finds yet another cafe near the restaurant, and waits in it so she can keep an eye on the place during lunch hours without having to spend much money.

At the end of lunch, Montgomery Donovan emerges. She dismisses three of her guards and enters her car.

Well. At least now they know where the meeting was.

...Time to go back to the hotel, she supposes.

Meanwhile--

The last time someone went to check out the warehouse it didn't go that well, and Anita doesn't feel like she's going to do much better than Magnificence. Maybe they can both go see if they can learn anything about the freighters?

(She is not really sure how to communicate with the monkey but it seems to be following her. Hopefully that's not going to lead to problems.)