>>Give Arche the go-ahead. No plan survives contact with the enemy, but occasionally a thief does.
>> Have a little faith. Sure, Trace is a loose cannon, but he knows what he’s doing. Usually. Have Arche warn him.
>> Let Arche do his thing.
Back in the building, Trace finally finished dragging the unconscious janitor to the men's restroom, where he was out of the way. They weighed more than he did, and it was difficult work for the glimneon, who did not exercise much and mostly subsisted on a diet of junk food. Once the janitor was stowed in the bathroom, Trace took a minute to have a breather and dry the mopwater off his suit. "I can't believe how much trouble one janitor has been." He glared down at the offending aqualine, suppressing the desire to kick him again. Either way, he turned towards the door to leave. "Now I can finally get back to wor-" The voice of his team's overwatch, Redshift, came in through his headset. "Trace, the guard heard your fight and came upstairs, found the aqualine's stuff. He's going to come looking for them in a second." Trace expelled a breath in frustration. "Aw, come on! I don't want to have to deal with a gorm, especially that one!" He'd only seen them for a few moments, but they had seemed really surly, which usually meant they would want to beat him up if they found him. Redshift's reply was dry and unsympathetic. He must be annoyed that Trace had gotten into a fight. "Then you're going to have to either take the elevator or slip past him to the stairs, Trace." Trace turned off his microphone and tried to decide which would be better. The guard would soon know someone was in the building due to the knocked out janitor, so the best he could hope for was to avoid being found by him. If he could sneaking past him to the Stairs, it might take them a while to figure out where he was now, but they also might catch him, he didn't know if they had heat sensors or something, some gorm did, and those would see right through his stealth suit. On the other hand, taking the Lift (and probably disable it afterwards) meant he would have some breathing room to avoid the guard without having to sneak past him, but they would almost certainly hear the lift and know someone had used it, and would soon come up the stairs after him.







