Re: Operation Olympus: Chapter 1 - Lake Champlain
Iain observed quietly and ate as the others said their peace. Although he did his best to keep a neutral face, his eyes betrayed some discouragement as the sparks flew between Si and Mickey, and encouraged approval at Amelia's intervention.
With the group reunited, he chose this moment to intervene, before Amelia's peacemaking was undermined further.
"Peace, friends. Thank you for your thoughts. Here are mine..."
"First off, I wish to apologize, in front of you all, to Amelia and René. My poor judgment did get you tangled up in this mess. I hope to be able to make it up to you."
"Now to you all, I am hired to bring some folks to Lake Placid. They wish to arrive this evening, they do not desire to arrive with illicit cargo, and they do not want their transport to continue being an obvious target for organized crime. That seems pretty reasonable to me."
"Therefore, I will be flying to Lake Placid as soon as we can stash the cargo somewhere nearby that will not endanger our host."
"Once our paying passengers have safely reached their current destination with their equipment, we can look into acquiring plane paint and cargo customers."
"Hopefully still under cover of darkness, I can fly the plane back here, where we can sleep, eat, repaint in private, and reload the cargo."
"That way, the Milk of Magnesia and the cargo will never be seen together."
"I cannot risk the plane further by flying anywhere near our two previous destinations. Even with a new paint job, they are bound to be suspicious of any plane resembling this one approaching those areas. However, Mickey can use his share to hire transport from Lake Placid to where his car was last seen, if he so desires. That should be safer for him as well as for us."
"I expect that most folks will be coming, though Doc might be more comfortable here sleeping things off. Munro, you are welcome to come, or to stay, as you wish."
"Any last words, heated objections, gushing praise, or other observations before departure? If so, speak now, or forever hold your peace..."
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