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RE: The Flea Circus [CLOSED for new players] - Jaliqai - 02-17-2015

Meiko stood back as Inessa moved forward to get a closer look at the hat. As she got her closer look, the half-Doman woman started around the outskirts of the room, getting a closer look at all of the various pieces and the like, looking for clues. She was rather confident that the Flea had likely hidden some kind of note under that hat for them, but there was no harm in looking for others in other parts of the room. With how eccentric this guy was, there could be hundreds of cheeky little missive here, for all they knew.

[ OOC:  Sorry for the late reply! ; ; ]

RE: The Flea Circus [CLOSED for new players] - Jig - 02-17-2015

Innitiative:
- Meiko
- Inessa


Day 1
Ul'dah - The Weaver's Guild
The room's inside seemed fine. No traps at all. No further notes around. Just some fashion masterpieces and a lonely golden hat laying lonely on the floor. Upon further investigation Inessa could confirm that the object is not rigged and will not trigger any trap.

Women's actions certainly gathered a few alarmed guildmembers who would like to check what's happening, since the precious vault was opened and the shock attendant experienced was so intense she passed out. Poor girl.

Meiko didn't found any clues around. Then Inessa finally picked up the hat. By checking it's inside she has found a note, plucked there.

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Then she noticed one more thing. The hat left some mark on her hands.
Her palms were covered by gold dust or dye. Hard to tell at first glance.


RE: The Flea Circus [CLOSED for new players] - Jaliqai - 02-17-2015

No clues lurking about. That was a first. After finding nothing on her sweep, the woman turned around and glanced back to find Inessa inspecting the hat and the note. Stepping closer, she peered down at the other, though she couldn't rightly make out the words. She did, however, spot the gold that came away on her hands.

"A fake? Seems the Flea's a thief, poet and an artist." She scoffed lightly, nodding her head down at the note. "What's the bloody fool have to say this time?"

RE: The Flea Circus [CLOSED for new players] - Inessa Hara - 02-17-2015

"A bunch of bloody nonsense is what. . . regardless, he is speaking a tone of riddles that hint to something very important. I suspect that this theft was not a simple grab at something rich. I think it goes beyond that. I would bet gil on the fact that there is bad blood between the Flea and Teleji or whoever the rude Lalafell asshat is."

Inessa sighs and tosses the hat to the side. "Only way we are going to get to the bottom of this is if we figure out what kind of BEEF the Flea has with Neneji."

Inessa directs her attention to Meiko.   "I can use some assistance with this case. You help me and ill help you and we split the reward in half. deal?" Inessa says getting back up and extending her hand to Meiko, offering to shake to their partnership if she accepted.

RE: The Flea Circus [CLOSED for new players] - Jaliqai - 02-17-2015

"You're right. If it were simple profit the man was after, he wouldn't have left clues. That hat would've been sold on the black markets by now with nary a peep to be had. It is definitely personal." She paused. "Or if it isn't a personal grudge against Neneji, then at least this thief means to send a message."

As the proposition of partnership is offered, the woman stops to consider it for a moment. Cooperate and split the profit, fifty-fifty. It was the same deal she had offered Seth earlier in the day, though the other had turned it down. While she hadn't given it much thought at the time, having the same offer made to her now and the context of their conversation gave her cause to wonder, her brows furrowing in thought. Who in their right mind would turn down a one million gil offer, just for doing some running and gathering some information? It was easy profit, ripe for the taking, and he had passed without a second thought.

She pushed the thought to the side for now, for later contemplation. For the time being, dealing with Inessa was priority number one.

"Deal, then." She nodded to the other instead of taking the proffered gold-stained hand. "I would shake on it, but I'd rather not get that mess all over me."

Murmuring from outside drew Meiko's attention upwards to the door, where the throng of Weaver's Guild workers were starting to gather. Scowling lightly at the intrusion, she glanced back to Inessa.

"I would like to discuss what information we've gathered, but there are too many eyes and ears here. And as the Flea has proven with his gift for us, this storeroom isn't the most secure, either. Do you know of somewhere private we can speak?"

RE: The Flea Circus [CLOSED for new players] - Inessa Hara - 02-18-2015

"Lady, there is not a single place in Ul'dah that's safe from prying eyes and ears. With that said, if you want a more private setting, we can always move to my office from across the quicksand. Ample enough amount of privacy and the Brass who usually who has a guard position outside of my office will stop any shady figures from dropping in on us unless they pay alot of gil."

Inessa looks out to the crowd of people gathering at the door. "Hey! All of you! Get! This is a crime scene and im quartering it off for the brass to examine and collect evidence."

RE: The Flea Circus [CLOSED for new players] - Jaliqai - 02-18-2015

"Well, 'relatively private' was what I meant. Only a fool would think there's anywhere truly private within Ul'dah's walls," Meiko answered with a shrug of the shoulder. "The office should be sufficient, though. Lead the way, whenever you're ready."

RE: The Flea Circus [CLOSED for new players] - Jig - 02-19-2015

Day 1The Weaver's Guild
Evening
As the crowd gathered to check what's going on, the investigators prepared the place for Brass Blades to further investigation and gathering evidence. Soon after a few of them appeared on a place. One of them has not been wearing his headpiece, appearing as a young, blonde haired man.

- Private Grad Tinkleweed at your service! From the courtesy of Captain Vincent Fitzroy I'm locking out this place for further investigation. Thank you detective! Dismissed!

The blades started gathering evidence as the investigators retreated to Inessa's office.

Day 1
Inessa's place
Night
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The inside of Inessa's office was quiet and felt a lot more private than Redolent Rose's Fashion Masterpiece Vault. The chalkboard were filled with a lot of stuff as usual, and the mess... Certainly it felt like a busy place. The investigators had a moment to think and discuss what to do next and develop a plan and some theories...

RE: The Flea Circus [CLOSED for new players] - Inessa Hara - 02-19-2015

Inessa begins wiping all of her writings off the chalkboard and then takes a piece of chalk to it and begins writing.

"So we know that the thief is here to make some sort of statement at least. He took the hat and has left many, many clues behind, as if egging us on to follow him. Many of the clues point to him having some sort of history with the client, but why? This seems way too complicated of a manner to go about revenge this way, so why?"

the clicking and clacking of the chalk hitting the board finally stopped as Inessa took a few steps back and leaned backwards onto her desk, intently thinking with her arms crossed.

RE: The Flea Circus [CLOSED for new players] - Jaliqai - 02-19-2015

Meiko watched as the Brass Blades made their appearance, finally dismissing them from the scene. She eyed the blonde haired boy for a moment, committing the name and face to memory, before turning to follow after Inessa. 

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Inessa's Office

It had been forever since Meiko had actually stepped foot into a formal office to work. In Limsa, her 'office' had been the docks, the streets, back alleys and gambling halls. This was uncomfortable, almost stiflingly so. Frowning, she found a seat, sinking into the cushion as she watched Inessa from across the room. 

"I agree. Profit is almost certainly not the motive. And if it were an attempt at sending a message to the people at large, then I would expect the clues to be more public and less cryptic." Her arms crossed over her chest, hand propping up to tap thoughtfully at her chin. 

"Learning more about Neneji should be our priority. He's at the center of it in some way." As she sat, she pulled the throwing knife from earlier out of her belt, turning it over in her hands as she spoke. "You've had the.. pleasure of meeting with him in person, haven't you? What was your impression of him?"

RE: The Flea Circus [CLOSED for new players] - Inessa Hara - 02-19-2015

"You should know my opinion of him by now. He's a prick by far, but he was extremely forceful and paranoid as well. He acted petulant like a child too. Basically, the generic spoiled merchant lord."

Inessa sighs.  "Anyways, he was keeping a man in his house prisoner when I went there. I had half a mind to report it to the blades but they would just ignore me. He was beating the man senseless, trying to get information out of him. I thought he would be willing to hand him over if I agreed to interrogate the man and get the information out of him but he was extremely refusing about it."

RE: The Flea Circus [CLOSED for new players] - Jaliqai - 02-19-2015

"I'm aware of your opinion on him, and I share it. I don't have any love for his type, myself. But I tend to keep my opinions and my impressions of others separate on the job. Bias tends towards misleading convictions." She lifted a shoulder in a half-shrug. But as Inessa went on about the man kept prisoner, she let out a soft 'hmm'.

"Lines up with my brief interaction with him. He seemed bothered by your pressing the issue, and he threatened me to not be 'too curious' like you." Meiko kept turning that knife in her hands, glancing up to Inessa. "So, to sum it up, Neneji is a wealthy man with an appreciation for extravagant fashion at the surface level. He seems to be confident in his power and authority over others, as he has right to be. Gold is the law in Ul'dah and, even if you involved the Brass Blades on his prisoner's behalf, his coin would win out against your sense of justice."

"Yet as confident as he seems in his authority, he is threatened by us overstepping our bounds and digging into his background. He simply wants us to trail after the Flea until we catch up with him, not find out the root cause." Finally, the knife ceased its turning. "He is hiding something. Something that, I figure, not even a prodigious amount of coin could convince the authority to look over. So truly, I doubt the man cares at all about this ridiculous hat and its retrieval. The Flea likely knows something particularly damning, and his capture for the theft will keep that from coming to light."

A subtle smile gradually came to the woman's lips. There were many questions left to answer and connections to uncover. But if she was right, that meant that there was like to be even more of a reward to be had, if they could bring down a haughty Monetarist's shady dealings.

RE: The Flea Circus [CLOSED for new players] - Inessa Hara - 02-19-2015

"Then it seems we share a common interest then."

Inessa walks over to an empty area of the chalkboard and starts writing.

'Im going to sneak into Neneji's estate tonight and exfiltrate his prisoner. Once rescued, we will care for him till he can flee on his own. This will give us time to interrogate him since we did him a favor and kept him from dying. If your with me, I can give you the details now.'

Inessa points to the chalkboard for Meiko to read, then after a moment, writes.

'Partially the reason why we are not speaking about it is because it might get out if they overhear us and talk about it.'

RE: The Flea Circus [CLOSED for new players] - Jaliqai - 02-19-2015

Meiko watched as the other started writing on the chalkboard, waiting until she was done before really reading it. She nodded, pushing herself up from her chair and replacing the knife in her belt as she strolled to the board.

"A common interest, indeed." As she answered, she pulled out the note that had come with the knife, handing it to Inessa to read:

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Her own subtle way of letting the other know that she was being watched, without speaking a word. She waited for the other to read the note before picking up her own piece of chalk, beginning to write in her plain, if not slightly crooked handwriting as she spoke. 

"Get some rest tonight, Detective Hara." If there were any windows in the room, she would make an active attempt to use her body to block the sight of what she was writing. "I have a feeling that this particular job is much more complicated than a simple theft, and potentially much more dangerous. It would serve us well to both be at our best. Though, I think before I retire for the evening, there is one more place that I would like to check. Regardless, we should meet back here in the morning. Is that acceptable?"

Meiko turned her body slightly towards Inessa, still trying to keep her writing secret from any potential window-watchers, while still letting the miqo'te woman read:

Not a great idea for me to come. Watched by Flea,
both of us potentially followed by Neneji's lurkabouts.
Agree to retire for evening. Feigning interest in another area
on other side of city to draw their eye. Sneak out when coast clear.
No one can be two places at once.


RE: The Flea Circus [CLOSED for new players] - Inessa Hara - 02-19-2015

Inessa begins to write on the chalkboard. 'As long as you do not go and take the glory or the prize on your own, you can do whatever you want for all I care.'

'Also, take care and lay low for a while. City should get stirred up when Neneji loses his playmate.'

((also, there was no window in the room. Only way in and out are the doors so visual security is pretty tight. Here is a picture of the layout.))