Sarah walks back over to Zero.

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"_{That's not a good sign. The more he readjusts his tie the worse the situation is.}"

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"What is missing Max, or did the thieves not take anything?"

"Oh, I'm still taking inventory..." Max sighed. "The displays are untouched but there are pleanty of items in the back that need to be accounted for."
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Joe grimmaced.

Sakura approached Geoffery with a bow. "Konichiwa. What brings you here?"
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Zero twitched his ears over. "Good timing."

"What do you want Clay and I to do to help," AJ asks.


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Geoffrey bows back before speaking, "Thank you for your hospitality. As I'm sure you've already heard in the Winter clan is under attack. I came to warn you the people we are up against are not kind and they will not hesitate to involve innocent civilians. I believe if you do a story, you can help reduce the number of casualties. I know what I am asking is difficult and that you do not trust me. Please do not trust me but verify what I am telling you is the truth."

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"We have several promising ones, the only issue I see is that they are getting impatient."

"Blood thirsty, the lot of them." Zero agreed. "But they will suffice. I like the look of the ram and the ermines in particular... regaurdless, I've just been informed of another problem, and the client is insistant..."
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"Ah.... here." Max handed a folder and a set of keys off to AJ. "Don't loose those, but I'd be grateful if you could check these sections for me."
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Sakura lifted a wing up to her narrow bill, studying the smaller bird for a moment. "...Very well. Would it be too much trouble to get a couple reporters, perhaps a few investigators on the scene?"

"Taking a bit of a risk, aren't we? That ram and ermines serve two of the families as goons. If you believe they can work together on this job I'm game. What happened?"
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AJ takes the keys, "I won't lose them I promise Max. I'll check the sections."
(Should there be something missing or no?)
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"Trying to stop them would be impossible," Geoffrey responds, "Believe me Lady Winter wants the world to know what will happen."

"As I said. They're all bloodthirsty. I admire the ermine's cunning, and it may be good to have some muscle. We'll take another look at your's, though. But I was just informed..." Zero tilted his head towards Falconi. "Winter had some unwelcome guests. Time is of the essence."
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(Yeah.)

Max waved his tail. "Thank you very much. Do let me know if you need anything!"
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"Very well." Sakura turned. "Kini, Joe, Why don't you two come with us?"

Joe folded his ears back and whistled through his teeth. "....Okay."

"Lead the way then. We don't have time to question this. I'll deal with the consequences."

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AJ comes back after a while not looking please, "Max there are a few stolen items. I've made a list. What do you know about Studioplois's past?'

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Kini nods once in response.
Geoffrey smiles and quickly leads the way out of the Press.

"Alright. Go get your favorites and we'll fill everybody in on the situation on the way."
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Max frowned slightly. "It's a fairly modern city, but yes. What of it?"
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Sakura followed behind as Joe pulled on his coat, pulled his bag over his shoulder, and downed the rest of his coffee.

Sarah quickly goes and bring back two rams, an eremite, and a mobian that is a small cat. She smiles as she looks at the cat, "Soph can you track the birds if we give you the feathers?"
"Shouldn't be a problem," Soph responds.
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"How modern? When was it built do you know?"

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Kini stays near Joe and Sakura as they walk. Geoffrey leads them towards the citadel. Kini frowns at seeing all of the track from the different mobians. It didn't take much to figure out this was going to be a big operation.

"It's roots.... no earlier than 18XX," Max returned.
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"Excellent. Let us go, then." Zero hummed.
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Joe stuck close to Kini. "I don't like this. I don't like this...." He mumbled.