"Do I have your permission to make a suggestion, Master?"  Antimony spoke up, when Elvas outlined the basic plan for them.  The best course of action he could give them would still be quite time-consuming to execute, but she would carry it out if Ilmlim could not come up with a better one.  There was, however, one point where she could see a much better alternative...<br/><br/>"When procuring scrolls a short time ago," Antimony would continue on, if given permission to speak.  "Ilmlim and I obtained them by stealing the scrolls, and framed Aeriyon for the theft.  Rather than potentially showing the house to be in a weak position by admitting that the Matron was assaulted by an assassin, it may be a better idea to simply bring to House Tormtor's attention the fact that a foreign thief slipped past their notice.  I was pretending to purchase the scrolls that were stolen, so you could bring it to them as a complaint, thus explaining House Llaeloth's interest in the matter."<br/><br/>A house mage from another house appearing in House Tormtor's place of business, complaining loudly about a foreign thief without a guest cape, who stole a couple of important scrolls from an apprentice of his?  Definitely likely to get House Tormtor's attention.  Their very reputation would be at stake.