Last part, with Amandeath back from the Casino's medical bay after being treated for her injuries- the crew started finalizing their plans for "stealing the ticket to Dalkan". Or more literally, getting to the guarded teleporter that will bring them to the Dalkan territory.

Quilline's P.O.V.

"Any questions?" Elio asks and looks around at everyone, after a few seconds of awkward silence.

"Um- yes. What about my boat? Where am I going to summon it so that we can get our real "clothes" and put them back on?" Seric asks- which is a very good question indeed... our old bodies are all stashed away in there after all. Would've liked to have stored them away in my pouch instead but- tragically it's full to the brim with weapons.

"...Why not just do it in here? The second we make a run for the teleporter, all eyes are gonna be on us anyways. So if we destroy this room by summoning your boat inside of it- doesn't really matter." Amandeath suggests as she just stares up at the ceiling.

"Hm. I guess that works? I'll probably have to position it in a way that we'll still be able to get inside of it though, since it'll take up the entire room. Like maybe I can position it with the back of the boat facing the doorway. So that way um, we can still hop in the back of the boat and get to where our bodies are stored. Right?" Seric looks around the room for re-assurances.

"Sounds great pal. Good thinking, you certainly can be a clever one!" Metallic replies with an enthusiastic thumbs up, which the boy slightly smiles at.

"Ok. Anyways, anything else anyone wants to mention?" Elio asks once more.

"Nah. Not you anyways. Uhhh thanks for the briefing though, guess I should say that. But ya... so Queta. We should start getting our tools ready that you've got stashed away in your pouch. Also you're 100 percent sure that all the stuff we bought for our Dalkan trip got moved to Serreno's boat before we came here, right?" Amandeath asks, and I immediately shove my hand into my left pocket to dig the mentioned handy-dandy tiny pouch out.

"Agreed, now's most likely the time to prepare. And yes yes, all of the stuff that you'll need for your field trip was crammed into Serreno's boat. I can do a last quick feel-around in my pouch though if you really don't trust me that much. Which would be quite the shocker, since I like to think that I'm a very trustworthy girl." I say with a snicker and- no, whether anyone laughed or not doesn't matter. I like my own jokes enough that their feedback doesn't matter.

Anywho- after some feeling around after jamming my whole arm into the pouch, which of course leads to my much bigger "weapons shack" thanks to a teleporter inside the pouch, I finally find our most important weapons.

"So! First off- the poisoners for me and Amelia. As discussed- these guns are ours to fire at any threats we see. The canisters that the poisoners launch can go quite far, and they'll detonate after about 3 seconds- in which they'll spray out a whole bunch of toxic gas around a relatively big area." I announce after yanking out two of the surprisingly small pistol-like purple guns at once, and then place them on the table in front of us.

"And of course, everyone except for Matteo will need to wear gas-masks. Especially since we'll be using these poisoners in close quarters in the celebration room. Do remember that the toxic gas can most likely take out the big bad Prósopsi himself, so even the slightest inhalation of those fumes would be... not fun for any of you normal humans." I explain as I dig around in my pouch to find the gas-masks we bought along with the weapons...

And I feel them after a few seconds of frustration and sticking out my tongue, then start taking the masks out out one by one- dropping them on the table for my temporary crew to gawk at.

Elio starts to speak up, "So-"

"I wasn't finished, how rude. Also Emilis, did you get an idea of how high up the ceiling in the celebration room is? I assume so since you said currents were going through everywhere, and so you should have been able to track some wires going through the ceiling yes?" I ask, while being sure to put him in his place at the same time.

"Out of all the crap I saw, why would I have paid attention to the height of the ceiling and tried to measure it? But if I had to make a super rough estimate based on what I got a glance of, maybe like... double your original height? So like 14 feet around? Maybe? Bottom line if you're worried about us getting attacked from above, that's not going to happen." Elio replies with a bit of snarkiness, but I'll let it slide this time since he still did answer my question- I certainly won't tolerate that in the future however.

"Fantastic. Ok! Next up- harnesses, just because I felt them in my pouch before our other fun tools. Everyone wears a harness so that they can carry a few extra weapons while keeping their hands free. You know, just in case you need to use them~" I say with a hum as I begin to dig out the simple black fabric-based harnesses themselves, which just wrap around your back and chest- and of course can hold a few things with the way it's knots are set-up.

"What else what else..." I mumble to myself as I continue to take out the harnesses from my pouch, while some of the crew-members like Seric are already trying to putting them on. How enthusiastic.

30 minutes of unpacking and planning later...

"Hey heeeey- I have a surprise for you all!" I happily announce after pushing the door to our private room open with my one free hand, while carrying a platter of drinks with the other that I of course got from the lobby's bar. Quite the heavy load due to my currently small size but, I can make due. I did a whole lot of manual labor as a child after all.

And Metallic who's standing by Seric's seat is the first to react, "O.H. dear no! No, no way- those dangerous- but tempting drinks knocked my metaphorical socks off yesterday! I'm not doing that again right before the biggest moment of my life!" I scoff at his concern, and walk towards our table that's currently full to the brim with weapons, grenades, micro-bot filled bandages, and more.

I push some of the weapons off of the table and onto the floor, and plop the tray of delightfully colored deep red glasses of cherry daiquiri down onto the free table space. Surprisingly Karia who acts like she hates me is the first to walk over to the drinks, but anyways back to Metallic-

"Oh please. Right when we swap back to our real bodies any effects from this tinsy amount of booze will disappear, so- hey!" Before I can even finish brushing Metallic off, Karia picks up one of the glasses and starts chugging it.

"Stupid bitch! There's a whole tradition around these drinks, that's the one reason why I got them for us- you- you ungrateful twat!" I reply while trying to slap Karia's face as she's still chugging away, but I can't due to my height. So I start kicking her kneecaps... which also doesn't do much due to my tiny legs.

"Ahh. Fuck I needed that." Karia says- ignoring me with a satisfied sigh after she finishes the entire glass, and then she has the audacity to just slam it back down onto the tray too when she's done.

"What if I dropped some... I don't know, harmful substances in the drinks before I got here? Wouldn't be so carefree then, would you?" I ask with a fake smirk, to hopefully scare her at least a little...

"You need all of us for this plan to work- especially me, so you obviously wouldn't have." Karia replies cooly after she plops herself back onto her chair that's in the corner of the room next to Seric. Argh.

"Hmph. Whatever. For all of those who aren't total buzzkills- c'mere, let's do a toast. I was joking about the poison stuff." I say as I beckon them to come to the table, or well I do so to Metallic and Seric at least- Elio and Amandeath are already lying on the couch next to the table.

Metallic starts walking towards the table, "Oh fine, one small glass of what I assume is less deadly alcohol shouldn't kill us I suppose... Serreno? Can we do this together? Please?" He stops walking once he reaches me and turns to the boy who's still sitting.

"U-um... I don't know. I'm sorry." He replies meekly, which seems to break Metallic a bit as he picks up two of the glasses.

"...I will not force you like I used to, but- please? I'm begging you pal. This- this means a lot to me... if you're worried about fueling Queta's evil schemes, then-"

"Not evil. This is just a tradition me and my old "pAlS" would do before big missions. Though if you're wondering about any ulterior motives, I do hope that this will make you all more cooperative when it's needed." I interject with a wink.

"...Amelia? You're usually pretty good at tactics. Think this is a good idea?" The boy decides to ask which surprises me, and Karia too as she raises her eyebrows and looks at him.

"Huh? I already talked to Met- Matteo about this yesterday didn't I? Anyways those are pretty small glasses of daiquiri, so if you're worried about being too drunk to swap to your real body or something- I doubt that'll happen. But I've fucked up a lot recently so, might be careful taking my advice." Amandeath replies groggily as she slowly sits herself up, and that finally convinces Seric to stand up and walk towards the now cheerful Metallic who hands the boy a drink.

"Screw it- if everything goes to shit I want at least one last half-decent memory. Amelia? Want one too?" Elio says after sitting himself up from the couch as well, and he grabs 2 glasses for him and Amelia.

"...Wouldn't be getting up if not. Thanks." Amandeath says after taking one of the glasses out of Elio's hands, hehe- all according plan.

"Hope you're happy about missing out on all the fun, Katelyn~" I say with a purposely exaggerated smug look on my face, but Karia isn't fazed at all as she's just tapping her nails across her thigh... damn.

"Ahem. Now we make a toast to our goals. And I'll start with- to becoming a living legend!" I proclaim, then raise my glass above the table. Which isn't that high but- enough jokes about my height.

"To... to the prosperity of my pals!" Metallic struggles to say with a smile, and I even notice him anxiously biting his lip for a second...

"Maybe he's smarter than I thought after all, if he knows the truth about some of my empty promises." I think to myself with a smirk.

"To new beginnings." Elio says, which I laugh at due to what's in store for him if we do survive this. He obviously doesn't appreciate my laughter but, I don't really care.

"...To not becoming a monster, I guess." Amandeath boringly says.

Seric goes last, "To the safety of my friends, and to dis-"

"Ah-ah-ah, the tradition is to toast to one dream only~"

"Ignore her pal, go right ahead." Metallic has the audacity to say which makes me gasp. I then focus really hard, and manage to teleport him a few feet away from the table- just to spook him a bit.

"Man! Here I am being nice, and you all still act like ungrateful little cocky pissheads time and time again... reminding me of why I've worked alone for years now. But fine, no time to put you in your places- go on Serreno." I mumble with a drawn out sigh as I wave my hand at the boy, and teleport the unphased Metallic back to our table.

"U-um. Ok then- not trying to make any enemies here, honest. But um- I guess I toast to the safety of my friends, and to finding out the truth of my past." The boy says reluctantly and finally raises his glass, and with that we all clink our glasses together- and start drinking the "blood-shot" drinks, which may very well be our last. And first for some of the people here, hah.