Toshiko took the key quickly and stepped out of the car, pausing a moment to wait for Ryuuko before leading her onward.

Toshiko walked ahead of the yakuza princess, beckoning her to follow, as she headed towards the doorway. Yes, the Daidouji family did have quite a bit of money... and Toshiko didn't have much at the moment(She'd blown all her spending money. She couldn't help it, that Egyptian Orb seemed so interesting...). When she made it to the door, she quickly knocked.

For several moments, there was silence, until finally the door opened.

[url=http://safebooru.org/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=1884481]Standing in the doorway was a very short maid. She was blue-eyed, and with long, brown hair. It would be quite easy to describe her as cute, really, and looked somewhat like she might have a nervous breakdown at any second. At least judging from all the shaking.[/url]

"O-oh, are you the detectives Daidouji-sama hired?" she asked, her tremors slowing.

"That would be us," replied Toshiko, smiling at the maid. Why was she so nervous and shaky? Was it just what she was like, or was there something more to it? That might need to be looked into... "I'm Ando Toshiko, and this is my employee, Miura Ryuuko. Is Daidouji-san here?"

The maid shook her head, shaking slightly as she did. "Daidouji-sama had to leave on urgent b-business... Daidouji Tomoko-sama and Ojou-sama are here, though. I'll take you to Tomoko-sama."

The maid turned on her heel and began to head inside, shaking as she did. Toshiko frowned, slightly. Why was she so nervous? Whatever the case, she began to head inside. There wasn't really any time for dawdling, not when there was a case to solve. It was time to scope out the mansion's interior.

The inside of the mansion was quite sizable. The entry hall alone was a vast room, with staircases heading to the second level of the mansion flanking a long, red carpet. That wasn't the only feature, however. Everywhere within the mansion, there were maids. There were five in the entry hall alone, not counting the girl leading them. Sweeping on the stairs, dusting... Certainly, the sheer amount of maids was notable. Did this mansion [i]really need[/i] so many? Not that Toshiko was complaining...