If you can fly disguised, you could also look out and warn us if it looks like they're going with plan: swords and then we can decide what to do.

That I can do.

Speaking of disguised, there's something I should test before there's anything riding on it. Can you look away for five seconds and then back?

She turns around, counts to five, turns back around.

There is an unusually uninteresting thump sound shortly after three, and no one present when she turns around.

Huh. You still there? she thinks, and finds her immediately. Wow, cool!! You're invisible!

Kind of!

Amber reappears as soon as Irissë thinks at her, lying undignifiedly on the ground. She gets up Unnoticeable would be closer, and that was unnoticeable to you specifically. If anyone else had happened to be looking—they weren't, I checked—they would have seen me fall over for no apparent reason. I wanted to check it against your senses, didn't realize your telepathy would break it.

Oh. Sorry. 

No, that's good to know. Since I'll likely be trying it on your cousins later, and conceivably on the Enemy, much better to find out now. I think they'd have a harder time getting through it, too.

Oh good. Why?

You knew there was supposed to be someone there, and you even knew who once you thought about it. If I'm sneaking away from whoever they send to follow me, there'll be less of a connection for them to reestablish.

Makes sense. What cool powers. I'm sad I can't use them without the doom thing.

I said earlier you wouldn't necessarily start out doomed, but on second thought it is very possible that the regular doom could count for both. Which would be bad.

...how many people could you fly over in one trip?

Lifting capacity is a few tons, maybe more if it's slower, but most of that has to be water. I could take a passenger, maybe a couple of them if it was urgent. It'd be cramped. And if it's people, breathing is a complication.

Hmm, okay. What were you doing with that thing?

Cheating.

Eh, whatever. Irissë knows Definitely Too Much already.

I have a magic item for that. Traded for it from someone who used it for diving, which I assume is what it's for. No idea how it's made.

Okay. Well. I should check with the King about the actual content of the message, but that's the plan I'm currently leaning toward.

Good. I like this plan.

Presently, something does turn up inside one of the diagrams. One of the few areas where local eyesight isn't better: can't see magic. Given the surroundings, it's probably something useful.

Think I got a bite. Um, you probably shouldn't be around while I try to bind it; that might conflict with the cover story.

Right. Heading back. See you!

Let me know what the king says the message is!

This attempt at a binding involves a lot fewer words to overhear than the last one. Anyone who does hear might recognize the same tone, but the content is all in unintelligible English.

The King says the message is "we are crossing the Helcaraxe. No one has died yet, which means it's not too late yet for you to set this right." Irissë solemnly promises to convey it. 

Capturing the spirit actually works this time, with the better preparation. Getting it as secured as the originals takes longer, but this isn't time-sensitive on an immediate scale. It's not even freezing, thanks to the opposite-of-cold generator being used for the binding. Once that's done, she has the new spirit assemble a thin sheet of ice and instructs it on what it's preventing.

Should probably test this against an actual person with the infrared vision.

Does the telepathy work at range? If not, no harm in trying.

Yep. Forty miles easy. You can do hundreds if you know people well enough.

Wow. Lucky.

I think your idea worked, but can you confirm it before I go be visible at a second crowd of people with super-senses?

Sure. What am I looking for, are you flying already?