Drugs and weapons ?I fail to see anything malicous with their plan
That panel of the kids rushing in had me laughing out loud until the end of the chapter. It makes any aspect of the duke's kids' plan instantly backfire, and reveal them as creeps in the process. Any attempts at seduction are going to come off as extra pervy when there's a little kid right there, and drugging the food is going to show with the kids first.How to knock the nobility completely off-balance - bring a bunch of orphans to their ball and watch them writhe in discomfort.