You can mess with sounds, right? she continues. Can you block sound around him, so he still hears his own voice but nobody else can? He seems like the sort who’s too self-absorbed to figure that out.
That’s fairly simple, you reply. In fact, with a little more effort, I can even make it sound like he’s saying something different and he won’t notice.
Oh, that sounds very fun. I think I’ll need to tweak the plan a bit, Minnie sends. Just block the orders for a bit, unless he’s obviously talking to someone who might notice. I’ll let you know when the time’s right to twist an order.
She stops sending. You can barely track her position by focusing on the light ether that’s hiding her, or rather hiding the cloak – you only have a faint idea of what she’s even doing as she moves around, but she doesn’t seem to be heading directly towards the boss.
Nonetheless, you block orders when you can get away with it. There’s enough going on that the underlings probably just assume they can’t hear him over the chaos, even if they see him shouting. You start sending out indistinct noises just to make it seem a little more realistic.
Fortunately, it seems the underlings here don’t have enough respect for their boss to ask for clarification. They’re happy enough to have an excuse not to deal with him. That will probably help Minnie’s plan, whatever it is.
And suddenly, she sends to you with a specific request for a muddled order.
“Stop them! No not them, / them /!!”
“Help me over here and stay where you are!’
“Move all the supplies to the other gate!”
“Light all the lanterns!”
“Barricade the main road!” This will isolate the boss, leave him without any other reinforcements other than the ones he has here.
“Turn off all the lanterns!” To help Minnie sneak around more easily
“Let the red capes through!” Minnie is suddenly wearing a red cape and waltzing through