Team Spy Kids, Part VI (Session Summary)

**Team Spy Kids, Part VI** details the events of the February 16, 2022 session where the party begins to formulate plans for how to infiltrate Cleiya.

## Session Notes

* Cecily returns to the townhouse following having tea with High Priest Isaac, thrilled to finally be away from the creep.
* When asked about how the afternoon went, she notes that he asked her to attend a noble function with him next week but she deflected by pretending she needed her father’s permission.
* Agnes is quick to quip that having his attention isn’t such an honor when you consider that would mean certain employees of the city’s brothels would hold highest honors. She explains that she had heard he was inflicted with so many infections at once, that he had to pray to the Gods for extra assistance.
* Cecily wonders if Isaac slept with a fae, such as her mother or one of her mother’s lackeys.
* When Crom tries to pass off the comment as a joke, Agnes suggests that Cecily, as a Fated person, will believe whatever the gods tell her and will be letting Isaac have his way with her within a week.
* Hearing Cecily’s insulted outburst, Cyra tries to smooth things over by suggesting she isn’t like most Fated.
* Agnes quips about Cecily’s sparkling personality being the reason why men seem to be interested in her, and not the dowry Anastasios might have to offer, to the Tieve’s delight.
* Crom quickly notes that he isn’t fawning over Cecily, as he’s a happily married man, and decides to cause problems on purpose by stealthily pinching Cyra’s ass. It works.
* Cecily asks Talos what his plans are, and he tells her that he wants to get a sense of the military’s movements around the city. Agnes suggests asking the women in the brothels.
* Crom and Tieve seem quite interested in the idea, but Talos isn’t convinced that sending a married man is a good idea.
* After some back and forth, Talos decides to send Crom and Tieve to the brothel while he and Cyra stake out nearby vantage points.
* While ideal spots are discussed, there’s a knock at the door – it’s a handmaiden named Lily, delivering an invitation to Cecily on behalf of the royal family. She says that Isaac’s praise has sparked their interest in meeting her and she needs Cecily’s response before she leaves.
* Crom invites her inside while Cecily writes a response accepting the invitation, and he and Cyra immediately begin to pay the lady special attention in the hope of trying to learn more about the royal family – while Tieve offers a more realistic approach.
* When Talos remarks about the invitation being a high honor, Lily says that the princesses are quite curious about meeting a new noble woman and they hope she will make things “less boring.”
* Cecily returns with her response and is instructed to deliver her invitation to the guard at the palace gate to be let inside.
* Having completed her task, Lily makes a more pointed effort to leave the townhouse. Though her anxieties seem to draw the attention of the group, they chalk it up to her being anxious to see her task finished. Seth offers to escort her home, and Talos gives her a pastry for the trip back.
* Once Lily leaves, Cecily informs Talos that she will be leaving him to planning the rest of the team’s mission, as she will not be taking anyone with her – bringing her own guards would be seen as an insult.
* Talos recaps the plan: Tieve and Crom are to visit the brothels in an effort to learn about the military, while Talos and Cyra will stake out from nearby vantage points.
* Cecily asks Cyra to make sure he’s safe while she’s at the palace, and then she heads upstairs to get ready.
* Meanwhile, back in Astrapolis, Aedryan wakes up to discover that Simon isn’t in bed with her – but she can hear his voice, along with Oberon’s and Cecily’s, coming from his office. She gets up to eavesdrop.
* Cecily tells Simon that she has an invitation to the palace and will be able to “get started” that night, but complains that she anticipates trouble as she’s only one person. Simon reminds her that she insisted on keeping her plans a secret but Cecily is quick to remind him that this is all his scheme.
* Oberon confirms that ‘creations’ are hidden throughout the country and Cecily can easily control them – Lily, the handmaiden, being one of Peaseblossom’s constructs. He asks if Isaac agreed to the plan – he did on the condition that Simon’s decree regarding the clergy don’t apply to him. Simon agrees to whatever it takes, as long as the plan succeeds.
* Cecily tells Simon she’s mad about what happened with Seth, but Simon tells her to blame Anastasios. The two bicker and the call ends. Oberon assures Simon that, although Cecily plays the unwitting ingenue, it’s not who she really is – everything will be fine.
* When Simon takes his leave, Aedryan scurries back to bed and he finds her awake. She asks him about the plan, wondering why neither she nor Talos knew about it.
* When Simon tells Aedryan that he left it up to Cecily to involve Talos, Aedryan says she isn’t sure she trusts the woman’s judgment after what happened in Veitium, but insists she wants to know what’s going on.
* Simon reassures her that they’re safe in the capital, but they need to be prepared for anything due to the nature of who they’re fighting. He explains he found a loophole in their plans: by expanding Trafarna’s borders, he reduces the Gods’ power. This is why he wants the Ebrian Isles to become a Trafarnese protectorate and why Cecily is trying to destabilize Cleiya – so Simon can stage a coup.
* Aedryan says that she believes the plan is likely to be more successful if Cecily doesn’t keep things to herself, but Simon admits there isn’t much he can do to stop her from keeping secrets. Aedryan also asks Simon to stop keeping things from her and he tells her about why Seth is in Cleiya – he saw him kissing Cecily, was jealous, and convinced Anastasios to duel him before shipping him off to Cleiya. He is the one who told Cecily that Seth said she wasn’t worth it, but he told Cecily that everything was Anastasios’s idea as she’s more likely to forgive him.
* Aedryan insists that Cecily will figure it out but Simon believes she needs him to protect Talos from Anastasios – he isn’t certain that Talos is able to do it on his own, especially as he fears Cecily wants him to be someone he isn’t. Aedryan points out that’s for the two of them to work out, and not for Simon to fix.