"How exactly do we do it?" someone asked.
"Every thief has to carry out a trick in a different city-state, and then..."
After you and Cipher finished explaining the plan, everyone praised it as brilliant.
Ghost Day.
The thieves gradually left through the Gate of a Hundred Worlds.
"Remember! Use your craziest tricks!" You and Cipher saw each person off at the gate.
That afternoon, you began your own "performance."
The location was Doros City's central square.
"Ready, Kitten?" Cipher asked.
"We can start anytime." You nodded.
You put on a splendid two-person act—Cipher drew everyone's attention by "stealing" the new King's scepter in broad daylight, while you used your ability to duplicate it, making it seem as though the scepter was still in its original place.
By the time the King realized the one in his hand was fake, you were already waving the real scepter in the middle of the square.
"Come catch us!" Cipher shouted provocatively.
The city guards swarmed in.
Just as you were about to fight back, Cipher grabbed your hand. "Kitten, follow the plan."
You gave up resisting and were thrown into the deepest cell in the prison.
Throughout the afternoon, other thieves were escorted in one after another after their tricks failed.
Yet the prison was filled with laughter and cheerful voices.
"You got caught too?"
"Of course. It's part of the plan!"
Zagreus
However, as time passed, the laughter gradually faded.
More than half of Ghost Day had already passed.
"Hey, little girl." A bearded thief leaned against the bars, his voice somewhat anxious. "Are you sure that Titan will really come?"
"Yeah." Another thief moved closer. "We all got caught according to the plan, but the Trickster Titan still hasn't shown up... Is this trick really going to work?"
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