(blah, I came up with what I'd like to do and then totally forgot it all...)
Well, while Rianna was training the people, she was more or less testing them to see about how good a fighting force the Lantarnans have so she'd have an idea of what we'd be up against should we botch snatching the tablet....(would these guys be a fair representation?)
"main idea is....we can help eachother greatly. First thing we have to agree on is that whatever we speak here now, stays in this room.
I have the means to give you more credibility in front of the people, perhaps even to your father indirectly. You see, ofcourse that if people look up to you, you have more influence and your family will see in you more than the little brother.
In return for my services, i require information....soemthing that is definitely in your reach.
ofcourse, the most pertinent question you'd ask yourself now is..why should you trust me...and frankly there is no reason you should. i'm only offering you a possibility to improve your image, and if we keep this clean between ourselves there is nothing for you to lose.
if you're with me so far, i will continue...if not, you can ask me to leave and i won't bother you again assuming that you're doing fine as you are.
"i want to see it. one of my life-time passions is history..and i believe the tablet contains information important to my research. as for my part of the deal...name one task you're having trouble with at the moment..and i'll make sure you do a great job of it. you'll find my skills...very useful." says takuan pausing for a moment
"you would like to get me a drink" he says to his gran companion. use persuade....without the hand wave (IF possible at my level of skill 😛 )
Nope, there's always a visual component. But it normally doesn;t get spotted. He buys you a drink on the spot, btw.
"What do I look like, a bookie?" says Yago.
"Isn't that someone who arranges bets?" says one of his posse.
"No! Someone who reads a lot of books!"
"You read a lot of books?"
"No! I... shut up!" He turns back to you.
"You want a history, read the library," he says.
His interest appears to be non-existant. Basically, he's too simple, Takuan.
(don't show off too much, Takuan 😛)
Hmm...Rianna will pretty much hanging around the middle floor, trying to check out and identify any security systems and ways to get to the top floor (since this is likely where the tablet is and Rianna will probably be the one to go and try to make the grab once/if we manage to get a general idea of its location), and trying to not be obvious about it...more or less just acting like a casual observer.
There was something else that I wanted to add, but it escapes me now...
The way up is where the Lantarnans live. From what you can tell, Rianna, there is no unified security system like you might find on a military base. Insetad, each Lantarnas owns one section of the upper level and is responsible for their own secutriy (other than Yago, who had his bit confiscated yonks ago).
All you can tell from down here (REALLY alert playes would have asked to look when you first got brought up there...) is that there are definitely cameras up past the stairs so it is certainly of some sophistication, probably with a security room (or rooms) somewhere.