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Lady Chandler was the first to give her response-Buttercream Pearl. She was followed by Alexander Amidale, who chose Aubergine Handkerchief. Visia, who had arrived slightly later than everyone else, chose Bronze Gear for herself. Adrianna mentally made note of all three, knowing that Rowena was doing the same.

Next were the Lockhearts; Chester with Velvet Pendant, and Elizabeth with Quicksilver Glove. Adrianna knew that Rowena was mentally rolling her eyes, so to speak, at the slightly incompatible nature of "velvet" with "pendant" and "quicksilver" with "glove". Adrianna personally thought that there were more important things to worry about.

Brass Goggles for Lady Valarios, Cinnamon Lace for Arsenio, Raven Spyglass for Professor Grey.

Finally, a man named Dameon Brown said he would go by Phantom Mask. Adrianna remained as impassive as ever when the man spoke, though her mind was whirling. [i]Ah. Mr. Brown. There will be plenty of questions for him, I am sure, considering his involvement the smuggling industry, if one could truly call it an 'industry'. Rowena, at the very least, will be curious.[/i]

They still had not heard from Lord Oaks (who would also be speaking for his brother, presumably), Dr. Halverson, Penelope Van Luthen, Lord Derrington, or Helena Burton. Lady LaVerre had not chosen one at all, though Adrianna saw that Rowena was already taking care of the situation. "How is Gold Chatelaine, my dear?" she was asking, her voice a soft murmur.

Adrianna cleared her throat, and she waited until all eyes were on her before speaking. "Thank you, everyone," she began. "For those of you who still have not chosen, please do so before you leave tonight, and inform either me or Lady Imperia-Airwright. Your cooperation would be much appreciated."

"Now for the first matters to attend to. Other than the circumstances surrounding Mr. Overton's murder, I have a...[i]source[/i] who has confirmed that there have been bodies turning up everywhere, even with Mr. Elliot in jail. The bodies are found with the skulls split open, which is part of the procedure for extracting Myalo, I believe." Adrianna paused, letting this all sink in. "The source, who will be henceforth known as Bread Pudding, may also have details on where the items taken from Mr. Overton's laboratory are. I am currently awaiting correspondence, but I shall notify you all if there is anything of import to report."

"In addition, Lady Imperia-Airwright and I have discovered three missing persons. The first, and most unusual, is Lieutenant Nathaniel Enright." Adrianna laid out a clipping from a newspaper published almost two years ago (which she had taken from a section of Phillip Osborne's library, coincidentally), right around when Victor Bennett passed away. The headline announced Lieutenant Enright's sudden disappearance, and was accompanied by a man in his forties with a windburnt face and dirty-blond hair, his blue eyes serious and his uniform indicated that he had been a part of the air-navy. "Lieutenant Enright was, by most accounts, a very dutiful man, and very dedicated to his job. His friends and fellow air-navymen have described him as loyal and reliable, if a bit gruff."

"The second is one Mr. John Jacob Smith, who graduated from the Polytechnique Institute as a Discourteous Genius, mainly due to his scatter-brained nature. He was reported to have been experimenting with building automaton parts on his own, and he was reported as missing about one year ago."

"The last two, Miss Philomena Shoreditch and Mr. Sebastian Bay, were to be married last August. However, they were reported as missing last July." Adrianna laid out another set of portraits. "Miss Shoreditch owned a small shop that sold a wide variety of clockwork trinkets. Mr. Bay worked in the library in Ravensford, primarily as an archivist. He also specialized in translating documents written in ancient languages."

The portrait of Philomena showed a pale, almost doll-like woman, with dark strawberry-blonde hair and a whimsical look on her face. Her fiance, Sebastian, very much looked like the bespectacled scholar that he was. 

Adrianna cleared her throat, slightly. "To be quite frank, we have no concrete evidence that connects these four individuals to Mr. Elliot. However, some of the prototypical plans of automaton parts that Mr. Smith drew up while he was still at school have been recovered, and I am in the process of obtaining the necessary permissions to inspect the confiscated automaton parts that Mr. Elliot built in person. I have also been told that Mr. Bay was well-versed in the languages of the Wasteland Cities, and that a woman who appeared to be Miss Shoreditch was seen outside a dressmaker's shop this past December."

Adrianna paused, letting her gaze flit around the room. "There are quite a few matters to address. Lady Imperia-Airwright and I have discussed it at length, and we believe that a division of tasks would be the most efficient way of confronting this problem."

"I would very much appreciate it if anybody familiar with members of the Craftsmen Guild could assist Lady Imperia-Airwright and Bread Pudding in investigating Miss Shoreditch. In addition, if anyone has information regarding the missing individuals, it would be very helpful. Lieutenant Enright is a member of the Legionnaire Guild-as I previously mentioned-and Mr. Bay a member of the Scholar Guild. Mr. Smith, as you may have inferred, is in the Scholar Guild as well, and was a student at the Polytechnique Institute."

"The Supreme Commander is of the opinion that determining what sort of procedure Mr. Elliot would have used to create automatons, as well as the materials necessary, would be helpful. I, for one, agree with this assessment, and I ask that anybody who is familiar with principles relating to automatons and Myalo to share what they know. I will also make Mr. Smith's notes and the materials we were able to salvage from Mr. Overton's laboratory available in the near future."

Adrianna glanced in Rowena's direction as she shifted slightly. "Yes, thank you very much, Captain Kingsford," she said smoothly, sharp brown eyes assessing the individuals gathered. "To add to what the honorable captain has already listed, it would be in our best interests to attempt to monitor the goods being smuggled into the city, especially from Brassham City, which is where many of the tools necessary to create automatons come from."

"And, finally, Bread Pudding has generously found someone to preserve the bodies that have been discovered. The captain and I would like to, mm, examine them more closely, and we would appreciate it if anybody who cared to join would let us know. We do apologize for the rather distasteful nature of such an investigation, but as we all know, such is a part of life."

And that was that. "Please, if anyone has questions, ask them now," said Adrianna. "Lady Imperia-Airwright and I will be setting dates later in April for all of us to convene once again. As I am sure you can tell, we would like to conduct this investigation with the utmost urgency."

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