Shay quite enjoyed her conversation with the dressmaker, about her business and her troubles; it made the wagon ride entertaining and afforded her the opportunity to play at being a worker. Shay would tell the dressmaker that while she certainly could get a magical outfit to be cast upon her, that she, like the dressmaker and the Duchess, put more value in a real, physical dress made by real hands and fabric and with expert craftsmanship. Magic could accomplish a lot of things, but it's when the mundane achieves the extraordinary that really astounded Shay. Not to say she didn't appreciate magic infused garments and items...it was that Shay tended to associate those with work. Not that she would mention that last part to Miss Ariel. She'd accept Ariel's card with a smile and curtsey and watched her disappear into the palace proper.<br/><br/>With the dressmaker's main talking points of her tour in mind, Shay began to move among the many workers tending to the Estate's grounds. The estate certainly earned the designation. It was practically it's own little village--with a couple expansive and expensive houses--set apart from Seahurst. The place even had its own forest! Her eyes lingered on what had been pointed out to her as the Astronomer's Tower. No doubt she would be seeing the stars from there in a week's time at midnight. Already Shay was thinking about how best to scale the structure...though likely she would be going through the inside first.<br/><br/>Shay's main interest was getting<em>inside</em>the palace. There were several ways she could go about this. But first she was going to inspect each of the entrances that she could from the surrounding gardens. She was going to find the least populated one. Any alternate routes would be welcomed too. Shay would also try to identify the Palace's usual staff and get a look at what their outfits looked like. Maybe even what some of their faces looked like. And speaking of the servants, Shay would try and see how the guards handled letting the servants through, whether they needed documentation of some sort or if they were checking faces.