Jason looked at Grim,trying not to glare as frustrated dark ish orange filled his underwings and freckles. "I can handle magic." He flashed his dragonic letters as he spoke,matching his words as he showed white tendrils that he let swirl around his hand. Somehow Fatespeaker came fluttering by,being chased in a game of tag with Shade,both giggling like bubbly rivers.

He gave Jason a disdainful look and went back to sleep. "Do we know anything about the building? Jason, you said you had been there before?" Puck asked. "Blueprints, security, that kind of thing?"

He looked back to the other two,letting the tendrils dissipate. "Yeah,used to go with Linda's boyfriend because of his job. He took the to the security room so I've seen a lot of things,so I have a map in my head and I know where the camera's are,even those we can't see." He said. He remembered it well actually,thankful for his dragon traits for once.

"They said they're holding the scepter on floor twenty-nine point five."

"Hm....that's a complicated one....but yeah.I see it." He said,nodding as he thought through the maps of each floor. "Few options on that floor to hide it but at least not to many. It's one of the higher scaled floors,not to many rooms but a really large area with plenty of things ready to be taken down to ship off."

"Twenty-nine point five?" Puck frowned. "How's that work?"

"I've no idea, darling. Thats just what they said. However--" and she produced a slip of paper with a flourish "--they were able to come up with this. Apparently, its some sort of code, used to get into the Iron faeries' lair. They couldnt solve it, but perhaps you will have better luck. Ive no head for numbers at all, Im afraid."

"Buildings go high as heck,trust me." He mumbled,looking at the slip. He then looked to Puck. "Do you guys learn math?"

"Math is stupid," Puck mumbled. Leanansidhe was right--it was definitely part of a code. 3


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"Okay," Puck mused, after several moments of racking his brain and not coming up with anything. "So, we just have to figure this out and then were home free. Doesnt sound too hard."

"Im afraid its a bit more complicated, darling." Leanansidhe accepted a glass of wine from a brownie. "As you said before, SciCorp is not a place you can just walk into. Visitors are not allowed past the front desk, and security is fairly tight. You have to be an employee to get off the first floor, correct?" She asked Jason

Jason nodded,still puzzling a little over the numbers. "Yeah.But the thing is,Linda's boyfriend is pretty dumb. He's nice like that so he sorta gave me a pass,because he was hoping to keep me despite how Linda spoke otherwise. Anyway,I could get in and take Puck in as well,but they'd ponder me why Jack's not there. But that could buy time,I can joke it up with them or just flat out rile them up." He said,thoughtful colors washing over his freckles and underwings. "Guess foster care has it's ups."

"I'm not sure if I'm ready to go into a building made entirely of metal," Puck pointed out.
Leanansidhe tsked at Jason. "Darling, you cant expect to waltz into SciCorp looking like that." She regarded his clothes and sniffed. "It doesnt exactly scream 'Im a business professional.' More like, 'Im a Goodwill junkie.' If were going to get you into SciCorp, youll need more than luck and glamour. Youll need an entire makeover."