( ok so we're catfighting in the lobby to figure out who gets to put themselves in danger first, )

No way. Yeah, you might not look scary, but you have the most to lose if something goes wrong.

( An extremely pointed remark. He's not totally outing that Phil is made of glass bones and paper skin, but he's not afraid to reference his outwardly poor health. )

Look. It depends how smart these things are. How sentient is "sentient"? There's a chance we might have to use physical bait, but I'd rather we didn't start with that. Can any of you use illusions?

We could scout, look out for any somewhat alone automatons, and see if it takes the bait and goes for an illusionary person.

( Considering it attacked a mailman, Mika assumes they might be operating on an "attack on sight" level of hostility. He folds his arms. )

... The downside is that if it parses illusions, it'll probably alert its allies. But we shouldn't be too close, so we should be fine enough to evacuate.

( Thinks... )

... We could also always use one of those rich guys from the ball.

( mika, )