"You've already said it..." Tanaka said with a grin. "I plan to find those stairs. Here, take a look at this." He opened his notebook and dug around in it for a few moments, finally pulling out a messy copy of the second-floor map (http://determinismsucks.net/2f.jpg) and holding it up so that Javert could see it.
"So far, nearly all the locks on the second floor have been forced or picked, with no stairwell in sight. The only exceptions are these." He pointed, in succession, to the appropriate doors, ending on the set of three doors off the South Hall. "These ones are the most interesting of the group; they're close to the known stairwells, and they seal off a large section of the floor. Since the usual ways of getting past locked doors don't seem to work on them, however, Admiral... Admiral ZEX and I" - it still felt strange to talk of the VUX as a collaborator, enough to make him stumble a bit - "have been planning another line of attack: explosives, currently being manufactured by Captain Usopp. I'll be checking on his progress tonight, before going to get more supplies and possibly scouting the three unopenable doors myself. And once Usopp finishes making some charges... BANG!" He pounded on the table, and his grin somehow spread even wider. They were finally getting closer to the plan he'd been suggesting ever since he arrived - and with ZEX's (ugh) circle of friends, it'd be no time at all until they were at Landel's throat.
Re: M14
"So far, nearly all the locks on the second floor have been forced or picked, with no stairwell in sight. The only exceptions are these." He pointed, in succession, to the appropriate doors, ending on the set of three doors off the South Hall. "These ones are the most interesting of the group; they're close to the known stairwells, and they seal off a large section of the floor. Since the usual ways of getting past locked doors don't seem to work on them, however, Admiral... Admiral ZEX and I" - it still felt strange to talk of the VUX as a collaborator, enough to make him stumble a bit - "have been planning another line of attack: explosives, currently being manufactured by Captain Usopp. I'll be checking on his progress tonight, before going to get more supplies and possibly scouting the three unopenable doors myself. And once Usopp finishes making some charges... BANG!" He pounded on the table, and his grin somehow spread even wider. They were finally getting closer to the plan he'd been suggesting ever since he arrived - and with ZEX's (ugh) circle of friends, it'd be no time at all until they were at Landel's throat.
Hopefully. If everything went well.