Alright, posted! And
@xenon, me and
@Saiyan have been discussing things. Per his suggestion, placing Alison as the person in charge of the tunnel and the one who lets Zell back in when he returns before dawn would equally flow well with the time and allow her to be introduced to his character in a fun way that ties in with her connections to the Thieves Guild.
I imagine she's garnered a fairly impressive reputation within the guild by now to be trusted with that info, but due to the less-than-scrupulous nature of the guild, she's left in the dark about a lot of the more official sides of adventuring, like the comms and what not. She knows enough of the basic common knowledge through cultural osmosis and hearsay but never got any formal teaching if that makes sense. Either way, I think it helps give her that established history a bit more and have some developed contacts without putting her too far ahead or behind, but let me know what you think. I like the idea of the group having to catch Alison up a bit on those aspects, like the message and whatnot. I think it's more fun that way.