Kaelen just keeps his focus on the grand hall “Glad to see you all are okay. I vote for Nathaniel’s plan, maybe put some people up top as well so we also have the high ground.” He says keeping his focus on the hall.

Nisha ignores the dry remark from Laine as if it never happened. "There's one more crucial detail to highlight. This room here is strictly off-limits at all times. If anyone gains access and reaches out to... whomever I spoke to, it's over," she emphasises, her expression sour. "And I don't mean 'over' in the 'mission complete' sense. I mean really over."

Glancing around as Nathaniel laid out his plan, Nisha nods in agreement. "What about all these empty rooms with no windows we have at our disposal? We could get whoever comes in into one of them, say the first one (C1), since it didn't appear to have anything too weird besides the braziers..." her voice trails off. She had forgotten about the braziers, but the fact that they didn't get to see what is there on the upper floor also worries her. What if somebody is having a nap and they wake up to find an ambush happening in the hall?

"If you do hide behind the doors, can you make an illusion or something? Or do you guys only know how to blast stuff around?" Nisha asks Laine and Nathaniel after a short pause.

"I think you already know the answer to that one." The pale winged tiefling says with an amused smile, uttering a few words in celestial and with a motion of his hand the image of the skull of light with the same dark eyes appears floating before the team, and with another motion of his hand it starts to speak with the same sinister voice as in the office. "Reinforcements will be over at the Guild Hall shortly, so you better all get ready."

"I am proficient in blasting stuff but yeah, I can do illusions too," with a hand wave he copies the illusion of the skull that Nathaniel has conjured. "Do you have a specific one in mind though?"

"I am not sure, can you camouflage yourselves or something to that effect?" Nisha isn't particularly well-versed in the magic stuff, but usually it never hurts to ask. She goes around to close all the doors, so the great hall looks like when they first arrived. 

"I can take the form of another. Which would be useful in this situation if we knew what outr guild leader looked like," he answers.

The half-elf considers what they have at their disposal. Not knowing much about Laine and Nathaniel's illusion abilities doesn't help with conducting a plan, so she leaves them to think about whether their magic could be useful on their own. Meanwhile, she goes back to the meeting room, pulls a chair and wedges it against the second door (C5). Then after some consideration, Nisha rummages through her backpack, taking out a small pouch. She proceeds to walk back to door C3 and spill the contents of the pouch, which turn to be hundreds of tiny metal balls, in the room before closing the door. "Nobody enters here," she mutters as she walks back to the group, stopping a few feet away from the entrance doors. "I am going to wait right here so whenever someone arrives, I can greet them," she pauses. "Hopefully, I will manage to distract them for long enough to confirm they are the watcher so you can get them, but be ready to close this door quicker if needed."

Kaelen just listens as the plan begins to form snorting as he hits his weapon against his shield "I'm good at hitting things and mending, that's about it. Though probably won't be good at hiding myself unless I'm in another room. I can always charge them from another room and hurt them after you identified them and that's how we signal the attack, or stay near Nisha and just act like her bodyguard."

The pale winged tiefling nods at the half-elf's plan and moves to hide behind the door to C2 with the door a slightly ajar, ready to take action when the reinforcements have arrived. "You know, I could make an illusion of you standing there, even making it speak with your voice if you want me to. It would keep you out of harms way." Nathaniel peeks out and says to Nisha with a friendly smile.

Nisha takes in the giant frame of the minotaur from the tips of his horns to his hooves/boots with an unconvinced and sceptical expression on her face. "I would be on my highest alert if you were the first thing I saw in here, Kaelen," the half-elf eventually says with a small shrug. "But do as you wish." All else failing, maybe at least her huge companion will distract whoever comes in with his intimidating appearance.

"Fine. Make sure I look good enough," she responds to Nathaniel's suggestion with a small smirk. Even better that she doesn't need to risk her neck directly. "In that case, I can just wait behind the door so I can close it behind our guest of honour."

"You ask too much of me Ms Nasha, but I'll do my very best of course to match your looks." The pale winged tiefling says with a playful bow with a flourish. He then practices creating image and voice of the half-elf for a while, seeming to have fun with that, making the voice say silly things to tease the half-elf but soon turning serious again, ready with the image and the practiced voice for when the enemy arrives. "What do you want yourself to say as they step inside, or do you perefer me to improvise something?" He says to Nisha with a wink.

Kaelen just shrugs "If that's the case I'll just stay in a separate room and charge them."

"Careful with my poor doppelganger," Nisha responds with a mock dramatic expression. "As for what to say, keep it simple. Something like, 'Ah, at last, you've arrived. I've been expecting you.' Or just ask them to confirm they were sent here as discussed or something," she pauses, contemplating her next request. "While we are at it, maybe could you also add a subtle touch if the need arises? A tattoo of this godforsaken guild maybe, perhaps on the hand? Just to make it more convincing."

She nods in agreement at Kaelen's words, but glances at Gavyn and Laine to see what they think or plan to do. 

//think there won't be further preparations from nisha

"I will of course add that tattoo if you want, but the illusion won't decieve them for long, just so that they will enter, and then Gavyn will have to block their escape." The pale winged tiefling says. He then practices with his magic to mimic what Nisha said the illusion should say.

(Using Silent Image for the image and Minor Illusion for the voice :-)

Since Nathaniel seemingly has the illusion bit covered Laine spends his time scoping out the best place to hide to ambush someone.
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Perception: 14
Investigation: 4

Laine knows of the rooms explored so far and the Study would offer a hiding place behind the desk as the other rooms. You can also move one of the couches if you wish to. 

Laine moves around a bit before coming back to the group. "Alright. We put the Nisha illusion at the center of the room like we planned. We can leave the doors open, and move the couches a bit to where we can hide but also see out of the room to keep an eye out. Sound good?" 

Doing his best to follow the instructions of Nisha and Laine, the pale winged tiefling nods and readies the image of the half-elf and hides behind the slightly ajar door to C2.

Stealth: 13
Perception: 19

(ready...I think ;-)

Kaelen just quick bumps everyone's chest with his fist "May Pelor guide us in our endeavor." he says cast Guidance on everyone. He then moves to the room across from where Nisha positions herself that would offer the best path for movement and just leaves the door open as he moves to the other side of it against the wall, waiting for her signal.

OOC:
If I remember right Nisha is setting up in C3 so he will move to C5, if instead its C2 then he'll set up in C8. Mostly he is keeping his distance, but remaining in charging distance.

Also, as always everyone, here is some guidance to help out.

C5 is still locked. 

As the party finish their deliberations those closest to the front door hears the sound of a footsteps. 

A moment later you see a man of middling years step into the guild hall.