>>5392154At dawn you set out into the city, Valentina at your side and your uniformed escort several paces behind. You have both brought your great swords, carrying them on your backs, and go cloaked with your hoods down - atop your head you wear your steely crown, glittering with Hazari jewels, so that there can be no mistaking who you are.
The streets aren’t busy yet, and so you and Valentina decide to stop at a cafe near one of the two largest markets in the city. The waitress is stunned, and takes a few moments before she even knows how to handle your order, but after a few minutes she brings you the coffee and pastries you ordered. Meanwhile, the guards settle into a table nearby and do the same thing you and Valentina have done.
The ‘hidden’ soldiers, if they’re here, are essentially invisible. You can’t tell that any of them are immediately nearby.
“This is a nice cafe,” Valentina muses. “The one time I came here with my father we stopped for an afternoon drink.”
“Is that so?” you reply. “Dominica brought me here a few times when my father was too busy with work to eat with me.”
“... two very different memories.”
“Indeed.”
A few of the customers who come in after you stop in the doorway, either recognizing you immediately or managing to work it out eventually. Some talk amongst themselves in low voices while waiting for their respective orders.
>Wait here. This cafe will be busier later in the morning, giving you a chance to mingle normally.>Finish up and head into the market. That gets you the broadest exposure to as many people as possible.>The market would be a good way to set up an “impromptu” speech. Head out there and make yourself heard.>Other? 