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it's a beautiful day in fjerda, and you are a horrible thief
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Totally oblivious to things of that nature. 

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Just too busy with ordinary business.

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Fine examples of Fjerdan womanhood. 

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And while those two are enjoying their date, the rest of them can continue the prepwork for the job at hand.

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Excuse you, she is perfectly capable of multitasking here - 

And the place they've got the best view of is the nearest gatehouse, where the first road check of prisoners going into the Ice Court happens. There's even a wagon trundling up the road - and her eyes can pick out any tiny little details in what has or hasn't changed with procedure...

This wagon contains only ten prisoners - it seems undercrowded, and she makes an interested noise. 

"They're not going to have those wagons running at the same time guests are coming... They're probably trying to just clear out the cells down here, sending wagons just as soon as they can get people sorted... Though as we get closer to the actual celebration, they're going to start just shoving people in."

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"And becoming more and more likely to disregard procedure in favor of throughput."

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"And more likely to be under time pressure, especially the closer we get to the event."

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"How long until the wagons stop?"

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"The Embassy Gates open in the evening tomorrow... They'll want to try to get all the wagons in by noon, but they probably won't succeed. Processing at the Prison Sector itself is slow, and they'll try to delay incoming wagons so they don't get too much of a backlog... I'd expect wagons to be running until mid-afternoon at the earliest, possibly later.

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"Midday tomorrow, then."

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"Cuts it close, but reduces chance for things to go wrong."

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"Yeah. Objections?" she asks the others.

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"None."

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Jesper shakes his head. 

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"How are we getting on the wagons?"

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"Drop a tree in front of it, swap for the prisoners while the guards clear the road."

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"...Lot that can go wrong with that. But I can't think of alternatives."

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"We'll have to identify a spot today or early tomorrow."

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She has suggestions - she spent a lot of time here, growing up. 

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That's helpful.

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It'll probably be best for either just Inej - no one will see her - or Susanne and Nina - they have the best excuses if they get caught - to do the scouting. 

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"I'll handle it."

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"I'll work on felling a tree quickly and nonsuspiciously, I guess."

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"The other thing I want is eyes on the start point. How the prisoners are loaded, what they wear, typical guard disposition."

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"With Inej on the road, that one's probably best for me and Nina."

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