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[color=skyblue]Location[/color]: Château de La Lune: Dining Room
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Tony nodded and agreed without argument to let Sam talk to Jeanne first, although internally he had plenty. He tried not to stew over them much as they sat down to eat. They needed to focus on figuring out the secrets of this family, not fighting each other.

Unfortunately, so far there wasn't much progress on that front. More and more, Tony was becoming sure that if they were going to figure this mess out, they'd have to find a way to search through the family's private wing. Elenore's office in particular, but [i]any[/i] of their rooms could hold the secrets they needed. Finding a way to actually [i]do[/i] it would not be easy, though. Not only is their whole wing locked behind a keypad that none of them knew the code for, but even if they got past that, getting caught in there by anyone - family [i]or[/i] staff - would be disastrous. Maybe if they could come up with a legitimate reason for one of them to go in with one of the family members, they'd be able to find out enough to plan the real search. Figuring out the code and getting a peek at what lay behind would be a lot better than trying to go in blind. But how?

Of course, that wasn't the only mystery to be unraveled. When he'd talked to Jeanne earlier, she'd mentioned something about how Vorace - the namesake for the award that was now the least of their priorities - had [i]also[/i] died by falling down the stairs. Of course, he did not believe that Renee had [i]actually[/i] fallen on accident. Was it possible that Vorace hadn't, either? It was a stretch, but it would definitely be worth asking her about it a bit more.

And perhaps it was the least important of the mysteries, but where the hell was Agatha? Plenty of the La Lunes were showing up for the weekend's events even if many of them clearly would've preferred not to. So why was she the exception? It probably didn't matter, but it was weird. Elenore didn't seem like the type to tolerate people refusing to do as she wanted, so why had Agatha not been dragged out of wherever she was hiding? Tony supposed that the answer was probably something simple and uninteresting. Maybe she was just sick and recovering in bed, or something. That seemed far more likely than some grand conspiracy.

Although... that gave him an idea. It probably wouldn't work, but it wouldn't be risking anything either. If he was wrong, it would just seem like an innocent comment. But if he was right, [i]maybe[/i] it would be the in they needed.

Tony took a sip of his coffee, then turned towards Constance. He spoke in a casual tone, but loud enough for others to hear. [color=skyblue]"You know, I don't think I've met Agatha, yet. Did you see her come in? ...I don't think she was at dinner, either. I hope she's feeling well."[/color]

Maybe it was a swing and a miss. But if he happened to be right, maybe he could convince someone to let him pay her a visit.