"No doubt. I had hoped her track record of helpfulness would make it a lesser priority until there were no longer demons actively walking the streets but it seems it is not to be. There is a second question; do you want to continue to accompany the party, as yesterday? There was a report of shadows against which you'd be extremely valuable but of course you are a free agent."

"And just when I thought this city could hardly be less interested in the joys of life. Very well, I suppose I would be willing to accompany you, even if our party will be down its second-most-beautiful member."

"Thank you very much, Count Arendae. Enjoy your breakfast." And then he will go tell Irabeth and Anevia the good news.

Nod. "Did you have any preparations you wanted to do before the arrest? ...Is there any chance the Count would be willing to encourage the rest of his associates to leave the area, in case she becomes violent?"

"I have generally performed arrests with backup cutting off escape routes, at least two people and four is better; none of my spells today are useful for the task except Qualm which I do not have an excellent chance of landing on a caster. I am unsure how to discreetly ask him to do that particularly since I only just now spoke to him privately."

She has people covering the door already, but she can discreetly dispatch a runner to make it clear that they should in fact stop Camellia if she attempts to flee and move some people to cover the windows. Is Mr. Jefto still around?

Yes! No one has tried to pin the head on him at all, it's kind of amazing!

"Mister Jefto, would you please Message the Count to the effect that we request his assistance clearing the area of his associates?"

"Sure. Uh, just to confirm, you mean the whores, right?"

Sigh. "Yes."

Hey, Irabeth wants you to get the whores out of Crazy Murder Lady's murder area.

That seems like it might arouse her suspicions, but really that's all to the better. He will return to their table and imply that he's interested in sticking it to the Iomedaeans by repurposing the room they've so generously provided them, and they should ensure the room is appropriately configured while he finishes his breakfast. (And he'll at least make the pretense of distracting Miss Camellia by returning her attempts at flirtation.)

"Alright, let's move in."

"Do you want me to perform the arrest itself?"

"I can handle the actual arrest, but I want you there for backup if she tries to run."

"Of course." He will take up a useful position to this end.

"Miss Camellia, a word?"

"Of course. What is it?"

...There are an awful lot of armed people surrounding her.

"We're looking into a few incidents, and we were hoping to have you testify about them under an Abadar's Truthtelling. Please hand over your weapons and spellcasting components and come with me. You'll be free to go if you can testify to your non-involvement."

"Is this really necessary? The city is under attack by demons. Surely this can wait until Kenabres is safe?"

For some reason, Horgus Gwerm has decided to interrupt these proceedings. "I quite agree. Lady Camellia is a woman of good character, there's really no call for such formalities."

Anevia doesn't take her eyes off Camellia; she's positioned herself so as to very obviously be capable of interrupting any spellcasting she decides to attempt.

"Lord Gwerm, I'm sorry to say you may have been mistaken about her character. We found a severed head in her room. Now, Camellia, I'm sure you'd like to hand over your weapons and clear this up?"

Apparently she is occasionally capable of concealing her proclivities towards murder, because she looks genuinely surprised!

"If that's all, I would certainly be willing to testify—"

"To having killed none of Mendev's subjects since you first came to Kenabres, save of course for the cultists that we are already aware of?"

She gives the Count a look of — hurt, and betrayal, and anger. But if he's decided to side with the law, then any plan relying on her bloodline won't work, and if they're already planning on a Truthtelling she can't try her other backup plan.

"Sickening En—"