So Jean-Paul Marat is known as the hellfire under Louis’ tush for his execution, so to speak. It’s going to need divine intervention to make him change his mind- and for Siegfried and Bucky? Diplomacy may work, but it’s also Jean-Paul Marat. Most would think intimidation would work better, but in this case, with him close to being murdered within the next year? They don’t want to cause accidental martyrdom. That'd probably end up ruining what everyone else is doing, so they're going to try not to nullify what everyone else is doing. Because they love you guys that much.
So talking to this dude or intimidating him or even seeing him to speak with him in general? Not going to happen.
Their plan is as follows:
- Before the required dates, Bucky and Siegfried will acquire a map of Paris, and scout out the sewers that run underneath the city. They’ll map out who lives where (as the sewers were home to the poor, some Extremists and the like), what areas are vacant and away from anyone’s eye, what areas could be closed off that are large enough to hold someone and allow them to walk freely, etc etc. Doesn't have to be perfect, just needs to do the job. Which will make sense later. - Once this is completed, one of them will go to an apothecary (or several) and grab a poison that induces delusions, confusion, delirium, constipation, etc etc (because y'know that's how they usually work, with a bunch of lovely side effects), and try to make sure they have enough for 4 days. Also trying to be as inconspicuous as possible, for obvious reasons. - A day or so before the National Convention vote, someone is going to incite a mob (and by someone, we mean either Sieg or Bucky is going to go bug the Girondins at the cool kids club and say Marat was shit-talking them again). The mob is essentially going to storm towards their target in an angry fit and force Marat to take shelter in his little hideaway in the sewers beneath the city. It's okay, he's done it before, so this is just another Tuesday for him probably maybe. - In the interim, they're going to be Great Ninja Spies and keep tabs on Marat while waiting for the right moment. Because one can ghost through walls and the other is a metaphorical ghost assassin guy dude. Look we know they're Team Top Bara, but they can do it. They just gotta duck a little in the tunnels. - They’ll wait until an ally brings along his food for the day, play musical rations, slip the poison in, and wait some more. SUDDENLY, MARAT IS LE POISONED AND LE DELUSIONAL AND WHO WHAT WHERE HOW??? CURSE THIS INEVITABLE BETRAYAL OR SOMETHING? In his (hopeful) delirium, he'll be rather useless but not-dead. But useless. “Mentally incapacitated” is a phrase. - Cue Siegfried and Bucky evicting Marat from his sewer hideaway and dumping his ass in one of the winding halls of the sewers, making sure it’s one that can be closed off without much trouble. They’ll trade shifts as they watch Marat kind of… wander the place in a delusion and wonder where the hell he is. That tunnel wasn't there last time! Or was it… - While watching Marat mouse try to find the exit to the maze, they'll leave around poisoned food for him to find (all sneaky like) to continue the whole "I'm drugged and just trying to get out of here" to keep him none the wiser. This will continue until two days after the vote, where Marat will recover and be ??????? about being this far in the sewers and think he accidentally got himself lost. - Bonus: whoever brought him food that one time is the only culpable face he can place his ordeal to and can create discord within Marat's circle of allies as there's already a lot of political espionage going on and That's Not Cool, Man. This can possibly help to further delay any Strong Conclusions people reach about the King's beheading after the vote since it stirs the pot. - Bonus 2: if no guilt is found with the ally, then it introduces the idea that there may be an illness spreading that can cause the symptoms of the poison that has infected the food of the common folk. If rumors of this start, Sieg and Bucky can just perpetuate it nbd.
TL;DR Bucky and Siegfried will essentially keep Marat out of the vote for the National Convention, lost in the sewers, and remain out of sight as much as possible to make him think he was chased in, possibly poisoned by an ally, and then got lost in the sewers for almost 4 days because poisoned or new disease.
MARAT - Siegfried and Bucky
So Jean-Paul Marat is known as the hellfire under Louis’ tush for his execution, so to speak. It’s going to need divine intervention to make him change his mind- and for Siegfried and Bucky? Diplomacy may work, but it’s also Jean-Paul Marat. Most would think intimidation would work better, but in this case, with him close to being murdered within the next year? They don’t want to cause accidental martyrdom. That'd probably end up ruining what everyone else is doing, so they're going to try not to nullify what everyone else is doing. Because they love you guys that much.
So talking to this dude or intimidating him or even seeing him to speak with him in general? Not going to happen.
Their plan is as follows:
- Before the required dates, Bucky and Siegfried will acquire a map of Paris, and scout out the sewers that run underneath the city. They’ll map out who lives where (as the sewers were home to the poor, some Extremists and the like), what areas are vacant and away from anyone’s eye, what areas could be closed off that are large enough to hold someone and allow them to walk freely, etc etc. Doesn't have to be perfect, just needs to do the job. Which will make sense later.
- Once this is completed, one of them will go to an apothecary (or several) and grab a poison that induces delusions, confusion, delirium, constipation, etc etc (because y'know that's how they usually work, with a bunch of lovely side effects), and try to make sure they have enough for 4 days. Also trying to be as inconspicuous as possible, for obvious reasons.
- A day or so before the National Convention vote, someone is going to incite a mob (and by someone, we mean either Sieg or Bucky is going to go bug the Girondins at the cool kids club and say Marat was shit-talking them again). The mob is essentially going to storm towards their target in an angry fit and force Marat to take shelter in his little hideaway in the sewers beneath the city. It's okay, he's done it before, so this is just another Tuesday for him probably maybe.
- In the interim, they're going to be Great Ninja Spies and keep tabs on Marat while waiting for the right moment. Because one can ghost through walls and the other is a metaphorical ghost assassin guy dude. Look we know they're Team Top Bara, but they can do it. They just gotta duck a little in the tunnels.
- They’ll wait until an ally brings along his food for the day, play musical rations, slip the poison in, and wait some more. SUDDENLY, MARAT IS LE POISONED AND LE DELUSIONAL AND WHO WHAT WHERE HOW??? CURSE THIS INEVITABLE BETRAYAL OR SOMETHING? In his (hopeful) delirium, he'll be rather useless but not-dead. But useless. “Mentally incapacitated” is a phrase.
- Cue Siegfried and Bucky evicting Marat from his sewer hideaway and dumping his ass in one of the winding halls of the sewers, making sure it’s one that can be closed off without much trouble. They’ll trade shifts as they watch Marat kind of… wander the place in a delusion and wonder where the hell he is. That tunnel wasn't there last time! Or was it…
- While watching Marat mouse try to find the exit to the maze, they'll leave around poisoned food for him to find (all sneaky like) to continue the whole "I'm drugged and just trying to get out of here" to keep him none the wiser. This will continue until two days after the vote, where Marat will recover and be ??????? about being this far in the sewers and think he accidentally got himself lost.
- Bonus: whoever brought him food that one time is the only culpable face he can place his ordeal to and can create discord within Marat's circle of allies as there's already a lot of political espionage going on and That's Not Cool, Man. This can possibly help to further delay any Strong Conclusions people reach about the King's beheading after the vote since it stirs the pot.
- Bonus 2: if no guilt is found with the ally, then it introduces the idea that there may be an illness spreading that can cause the symptoms of the poison that has infected the food of the common folk. If rumors of this start, Sieg and Bucky can just perpetuate it nbd.
TL;DR Bucky and Siegfried will essentially keep Marat out of the vote for the National Convention, lost in the sewers, and remain out of sight as much as possible to make him think he was chased in, possibly poisoned by an ally, and then got lost in the sewers for almost 4 days because poisoned or new disease.