This was helped in that she was already known to be a smuggler of Equestrian goods: tobacco, avocados, and yes, even some of the liquors of the surface. Unlike the Night Guard, Ebonshield had unfettered access to the palace, including the well stocked storehouse, cellar, and pantry. As for her deception, there was interest mutual for both Rocks to keep their muzzles shut and the keg lids sealed. But if anypony should actually look into the barrels, tomorrow or even later, they would find nothing more than exactly what was stencilled on the outside: red vermouth, from the distilleries of the House Cadena de Vapores, bought on the Moon and imported to the Rookery's Temple of the Shining Stellar Dance a week ago. 