Three's a Crowd

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"So do you get it now?" Mungojerrie asks Mistoffelees, desperation leaking into their voice. The three of them had been staring at a makeshift layout of a house for the last twenty minutes, the twins trying to explain their plans to the tuxedo cat, but that so far has only ended up with him more confused with each explanation. "I think I do now" he replies, Mungojerrie's face lighting up upon hearing his response, "so there's a locked gate that you two get get through"
"Uh huh"
"So i need to use my 'magical abilities' to get past the gate"
"Exactly"
"And once the gate problem is over with, you're going to hope that one of the windows is unlocked?"
"We're not hoping, we know there's going to be a unlocked window"
"Trust us when we say that rich people always leave at least one window unlocked"
"What if the unlocked one is out of reach?"
"Nothing is out of reach for us"
"Duh"
"So then we rob the place blind"
"Yup"
"Absolutely"
The magical cat stared blankly at the twins, "So that's the plan? Get lucky then rob the place?" Rumpleteazer suddenly looked at Mistoffelees like he had just murdered a kitten right in front of them, "We never base our plans on luck, Misto! We're smarter than you think, jeez" Mungojerrie crossed his arms and flicked his tail around, "what do you take us for? Fools?". Mistoffelees hunched his shoulders and raised his hands in defense, "Sorry, sorry, I didn't mean to offend you two. I'm just a little confused, this is my first time doing something like this after all." he retorted quietly.

Teazer then ran up to Mistoffelees and put a hand on his shoulder, "Hey, we're not offended" she said softly, "We're a little confused too, it's also our first time teaching someone else the art of thievery" she turned her head to look at Mungojerrie, "Right, Mungojerrie?" she asked him in a stern tone, "Uh, yes, totally...not...offended" he responded, unsure of the words he was spouting. Mistoffelees looked at the cat in front of him, "Anything else I need to know?" he asked. Rumpleteazer suddenly started to jump up and down excitedly, "Yes actually! You need something to wear! Your thieving outfit!" she shouted excitedly, "Wait here, we need to get something real quick" and with that, the twins then ran off, leaving Mistoffelees to stand there and ponder on what these two were about to come up with.

A few minutes had passed when they returned back to him, "You need to wear something like these" Mungojerrie stated, holding up a worn winter vest and pointing to the expansive looking string of pearls that Rumpleteazer was holding up. "You see, Misto, you need some kind of pizazz when stealing from people" Teazer states, putting the string of pearls around their neck, "These objects are some of our favorites things to wear when thieving" Mungojerrie interjects with, now wearing the winter vest. "But i don't have any stolen goods to wear to a crime" the tuxedo cat retorts with. The twins stare at him for a few seconds, "I know!" Rumpleteazer suddenly shouts, "What if you wear that cool and sparkly jacket you had on!". It was now Mistoffelees's turn to stare blankly at them, "Wouldn't that defeat the point of trying to sneak around? You could literally see me from miles away if I were to wear that".
"But it looks so cool"
"Plus we already cause as much noise as possible anyway, sneaking around doesn't really matter once we're in the house"
The twins stared at him with pleading eyes, Mistoffelees rolled his eyes, "Fine" he finally said, "I'll wear it". "Yes yes yes yes!" Rumpleteazer was now running around the area in circles, "We're the..." she stopped, "the...uh" she stood still, thinking intensely, "we need a name for the three of us" she said at last. They all stood in silence for a few moments, "Oh! I have an idea!" Mungojerrie piped up with, "How about the thieves' crowd? Because..." his voice trailed off and he pointed to his twin, "Two's a company..." Rumpleteazer's arm shot up and she pointed to Mistoffelees, "And three's a crowd!" they say in unison, "The thieve's crowd! The thieve's crowd!" they now started to chant, content with the name.