They had moved past talking about the 'mysterious elf' and were now talking about Gale's armor.
"My wife and I put a lot of gold into this sucker," Gale declared proudly. "Thanks to the communication spell, I can talk to her every night regardless of where I am," Gale sighed. "Gods, I miss seeing her face every morning,"
"Ah, but you are heading to Reopes, are you not?" Belin asked before blinking and shaking his head. "I can't help but notice you've been demoted in rank again,"
"Yeah," Gale replied, "our last client was talking shit, and Vale decked the bastard; come to think of it, he almost always ends up beating on whoever hires us; it's a wonder Billie didn't decline us, even after being told we were liable to run out on her,"
"This Billie woman seems to be fairly nice," Belin noted. "Yet I sense you don't like her for some reason,"
"Ah, that Zoey person she's traveling with is a Glamored monster," Gale said. Bree stood in silence as she looked at Gale "and obeys her every word, telltale signs of an enslavement charm, at least that's what we think,"
"Oh God dammit," Bree face palmed herself in irritation. "Zoey must have let her tail slip,"
"But you found them in Irenfell and are taking her to Argits Domain," Belin noted while Bree panicked above. "Would it not also be possible she is attempting to take a runaway slave to safety?" Bree silently thanked Belin as Gale shrugged.
"We thought that too, but can't tell for certain," Gale shrugged. "But I told my wife and the guards will use magic to confirm if Zoey is a slave or not, so if all's good, I'll just have to find some way to apologize to her for calling her a slave trader,"
"Well, great," Bree groaned. "Now I have to figure out how to deal with all of this," Bree floated over the town as she tried to think of a way out.
"If they appraise me, they'll either find out I'm an elf, and this entire thing will have been for naught, or they won't be able to appraise me and might attack, and as Gale just said, even if I have Zoey undo her Glamour they'll still check for the spell just to be safe,"
"Oh well," Bree decided, "I suppose I can still make this work somehow,"
With the sun slowly rising, Bree summoned Zoey to her, and she appeared, now wearing her Maids outfit; Bree herself was now wearing a white trench coat with a purple fur shawl on her shoulders, a white undershirt, a pair of black pants, dress shoes, and a single red velvet glove on her right hand.
"I am ready to be glamoured," Zoey declared with a bow.
"Oh, no need," Bree said with a wave. "Your glamor had been found out somehow." Zoey was silent momentarily before changing from a bow to a groveling stance.
"I'm so sorry," She said, "The Crab legs were so good, and while I was lost in flavor, I let my tail wag like that of a lowly dog,"
"Oh, well, no worries," Bree said, waving her apologies away. "In retrospect, I should have had you act more human or have told them you were my sworn servant. Sadly, they plan to appraise you upon entering the city, and when that fails, they'll attempt to do so on me, and that will also fail, and I'm not one to surrender myself." Bree got up and smiled at Zoey, who looked like she would cry.
"Don't worry," She said, lightly patting her on the head to soothe her nerves, "On the bright side, if they think you are a slave, then the force in which they attempt to deal with me should prove enough of a judgment of character to answer my question of worthiness,"
"May I ask about your current clothing? Zoey inquired.
"Just figured I should spice up the human disguise, is all," Bree replied as she pulled on the trenchcoat, "now let us make haste to the Crab stand,"
"Happily, Mistress!" Zoey cheered in response. The two reached the stand and found Vern eating a few crab claws.
"Man, this stuff is good," He said as he failed to notice Zoey and Billie sit on either side of him.
"I agree," Zoey declared as the stand owner instantly gave Billie crab legs, having been asked to do so by Belin. Vern looked over at Zoey and nearly choked upon seeing her and Billie. While he succeeded in not choking, he failed to stay upright as he fell backward and onto the ground. Zoey propped her stool back up with her tail before wrapping it back around her waist and eating.
"Why, of all things?" He demanded as he looked at Billie and found her in a new outfit as well, "Is she dressed like a Maid?" he asked.
"That is my job," Zoey replied flatly.
"Oh, sweet heavens," Gale said, cutting Vern off from saying anything else as she ran to Zoey with a shine in her eyes. "Look at your little ears; You're so cute I could just eat you up,"
"Isn't she," Billie added, making Zoey blush at the compliment.
"So," Gale said, turning to Billie, "Care to explain why your friend was in a Glamore?"
"You're joking, right? You expect me to let her walk around Irenfell out in the open?"
"I hoped as much," Gunter declared, marking his arrival. "That said, I'll still be keeping an eye on you, but I see you took Vern's advice and upgraded your wardrobe,"
"Oh no, we had these all along," Billie noted, "But walking around in a maid outfit would make Zoey stick out, and she refuses to wear anything else, so me walking around like this with her in disguises just made me feel bad,"
"Yet you kept the staff," Vern noted as he picked himself up.
"I dislike being unarmed," Billie informed him curtly.
"Well then," Gunter said as he looked at the path before them. "Shall we be off to Reopes then?"
"Indeed we shall," Billie confirmed as the group set off from Greenwater.