Swamped

You were keeping an eye on the fight, but it seemed surprisingly low-key. A few swings here and there, but mostly everyone was watching for when someone else would make a move. And then they'd block, and go back to waiting.

And it turned out to be hard to give your full attention to that while ad-libbing lines. All of which is to say, by the time you noticed the person in the strange costume had broken off, they were already on the stage tackling Mackenzie.

Well, your plan was to cause a disturbance, so if one presents itself, may as well go for it. The other two actors, who were staying still, run around in a panic. You run towards the edge of the stage, hoping to get away before anyone asks too many questions...

"Where did you get that knife?" the costumed person asks, holding their blade in front of your path. The voice sounds like a woman's.

"I got dragged into a fight and grabbed it while trying to find a way out of it," you tell them. "Where did you get that sword?"

"From Matilda Laikenne's forge," comes the reply. It doesn't sound all that serious, but what really strikes you is the way the name is pronounced.

The wizard mentioned he was looking into the actor who played Matilda Laikenne, and Mackenzie said something about that name. But they pronounced it differently enough that you didn't actually recognize it up until now.

The way this costumed stranger is saying it sounds just like the way Rider said it when he gave you the orders to capture Marshall.

You don't know how this connects, but you're thinking you might want to look into it. Just in case you ever get back to your own damned time.

Which probably means you need to persuade this person into letting you have a more detailed conversation.