A reasonable explanation, Mearii decided. Toshiko was too lazy to explain things multiple times, and thought that no one else would be kind enough to explain it to anyone who came late. Plausible, but at the same time, the gumiho was pretty sure that there was going to be at least one nice person amongst the many employees of the detective agency that would care to explain. Nevertheless, she kept her mouth shut and accepted a cup of tea from that vampire-butler. It helped take her mind off her lethargy, if nothing else, as she sipped the hot liquid, careful not to burn her sensitive tongue. Quietly enjoying the tea by her lonesome, not interested in speaking to her colleagues just yet, she dully noted the last few late arrivals, before opening her ears as Toshiko prepared to explain the case.

Her nose twitched ever so slightly as more cigarette smoke filled the room, before drifting out of the opened window to poison the lungs of even more people in the city.

Then, as the redhead began her explanation, Mearii took out a well-worn notepad and a pen, scratching out notes in Korean like the good student she was.

[i]Yesterday, heirloom stolen.
Time is (?)
Daidouji Kenji and Tomoko went to investigate home. Were they out? Or just in other room?
No change, except for family heirloom gone. Spells weren't disturbed.
What is the family heirloom? Any actual power, or just sentimental value?
Who else was with them?
Assumption to be confirmed: Kenji and Tomoko are of the main branch.
Many branches in family, each hating the other.
“Backstabbing and murder”
Suspects should be in the family.
Why steal the heirloom then? Ransom? Psychological attack? Voodooism of sorts?
Other possibility: outside Mage family that wishes to destroy whole of Daidouji, by encouraging conflict.
	How would they bypass the spells then? Were the spells regularly recast? Insider help?
Other possibility: Kenji and Tomoko hid it, plans to frame other branches for robbery
	Explains why no spells triggered, since they stole it. Where hidden then? Who framed?
What IS the heirloom?
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She was still writing for a good five minutes after Toshiko finished her explanation, her tea going cold. Finally closing her notepad and storing it into her jacket-cape's pockets, the gumiho sighed, and asked a simple question, [b]“Will we all be heading to the scene to investigate? Or do you plan to do some division of labor, Toshiko-san?”[/b]