Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-26104528-20150518191206/@comment-26130256-20150608220145

Azulius perked up at the names he heard. They were never very active in Vacuo, but he had heard enough about the Order of the Black Dawn to be glad of that fact. Which meant that these killings were all about ideology, a theme Azzie could never quite understand. When the Cardamom family came gunning for someone, it was either to avenge themselves or strictly business. At least the White Fang had a cause that he could understand.

And Flagg. This meant that the other consultant, Fritz, was an Eliminator. He had heard of the tech company/mercenaries/Hunter school before, but his only interaction with them before was the rare times one would sit down next to him to gamble, only to be stripped dry of their Lien. Most of them were arrogant to a fault, and this blinded them to the idea that someone at the table could be hustling them. Hopefully, this guy would prove the exception to the rule.

"Wait a minute.  You said these murders were part of a string?  I need to see your files about the previous ones." A nearby officer handed Azulius his official Scroll and turned to the correct files.

"Let's see here:  April Runsley, weaponsmith. Schematics for some weapons found on her body. Bernard Arsho, swordsman. Scroll message from April asking for help in finding some missing raw materials. Kiwi Arsho, huntress-in-training, related to Bernard, her body was found in the back-alleys of her village outside of Vale. All found with that same sigil somewhere near the location of the body.  Can anyone here get a hold of the autopsies of these people?  I'm curious how many common denominators we have here." Just before Azulius handed the Scroll back to it's owner, he spied Honora's note, discussing the domino effect and the blood writing.

He began to pace, the cards once more in his hands. He had heard of that song before, but it was too long ago to remember the rest. But what did it have to do with a lion? Unless...

"Where's that birthday card?" He burst out after a minute's silence. "I just thought of something." He grabbed it and held it up to the light, but his eyes just couldn't resolve the details well enough to confirm his theory. "Any Faunus around here with good vision?" Azzie asked with a note of pleading. "I need a closer look at these symbols.  If one of the Hunters here has some kind of lion motif, then the message painted on Mr. Grei's chest here makes a lot more sense."