"Elaria, Lily, break away from the crowd. We won't follow them. Let's find a place to hide first."
As the players rushed through the palace, John controlled the golems to create a diversion, but he and the two women slipped away unnoticed.
"This is the royal palace, guarded by thousands of soldiers. They won't be able to escape. Staying with them would make us bigger targets and put us in more danger. We'll hide here for now. Once they move away, I'll get us out."
The situation had escalated far beyond John's expectations. Waking Dolores now seemed impossible. He needed to find a way out first and then sneak back in to wake her once things settled down.
"But isn't the Atlantis royal family afraid of angering the players? There must be at least a thousand players here. If they unite, that's a considerable force."
