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Solia grinned to Ami's glare. "To quote the movie-"

"What's in the box?"

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Ami sighed. This wasn't enough. They needed to hear from someone who had actually interacted with the council.

"Clarice, would you mind?"

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The sudden barrage of questions and gossip that had been growing across the facility the last day or so had finally piqued Jerry's attention. He had enough troubles with day-to-day dilemmas, the past usually too much of a haze to mull over. He could barely remember his life BEFORE he had woken here, and everything on (and off) the island since was pretty much a blur of bad dreams.

But the mental image of that Hunter hanging from the noose, swaying slowly in his head couldn't be shaken.

He listened, grimly, as the conversation moved by them. He wasn't sure about timing. He couldn't remember how long ago certain events had happened.

His hand moved to quietly run his fingers over the scars of his cheek, while his other hand drummed nervously on the table. He hadn't seen the murder scene- it was probably for the best. He hadn't done any questioning or searching. He couldn't remember how things had lined up. Again, mostly distracted by his own dramas, too distracted to see the bigger picture.

He was a Sun, he wasn't paid to watch the bigger picture.

"What about a Halloween creature? It wouldn't be the first time ah... s-something p-powerful took one of our Leader's shapes. The weapon c-could have been a claw, for all we know." His mind trailed to Aria, and the awkward tension of her return. His scars burned.

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"I would image that sort of information would be available from a senior life or moon hunter." Jason replied to Ami, trying not to look to Dr.H as he said this. Though even though he tried not to, his eyes scanned the current Division leaders and assistants that where here. Most of them didn't seem to be interested in this at all, even looking downright annoyed at their time being disturbed.

Everything about this incident was strange. Including the people involved.

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Gale was beginning to think that this would never be solved. Nothing seemed to be making a great deal of sense, even the answers they were getting. He swiveled in his chair, eyes flicking across the division leaders and assistants in the room, debating.

And, well, as a few of the hunters around seemed to be thinking about her...

"Aria, if you wouldn't mind..?"

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"Huh." Clarice was Clarice. So nice even when on the spot.

"What I think is interesting is the fact someone claims to know that it was an inside job, claims that there were no traces of FEAR at the scene; meaning whoever set this up had either access to the case files in greater detail than us, or, were at the scene at the time of the murders. The notes we received referred to themselves as a 'we', so this leans that more than one person had enticed us here with the idea we shall uncover the real murderer (or murderers), of the council. They anticipated us finding the box and note in the council room both placed there after the fact, and the desk where the box and screwdriver needed to get the note required... roughly 15 people to lift?" She shook her head.

"Their second note asked us to conduct interviews, the group in question who set this up needed us to gather the data, though this person or persons, was able to lift a table that took 15 of us to lift. For what purpose did it serve to use us rather than themselves for gathering information? Rep's weapon attested that a hunter who specialized in dealing damage was incapable of dealing damage to the table, rendering our suspicions of each other and those of similar rank rather null- for the idea that one us murdered the council. It was a roundabout that was useless towards the effort of finding a culprit in our own ranks."

She shrugged.

"From what I know the division leaders haven't clearly benefited from the death of the council, rather they now are forced to take on more responsibilities and thus thinning their ability to lead on the field. This also doesn't really serve the assistants, as now they have more work to make up what the leads can't do for whatever reason. The sudden power vacuum doesn't clearly benefit anyone. And it's worth noting that none of us knew the council members, and we've not even touched the possibility that it was a council member who attempted a take over but was killed in the process."

Solia sat, smiling.

"It's very interesting."

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"I wasn't saying it WAS Aria... but how do we know it wasn't another... case of the same type of identity theft in some way?" Jerry still couldn't shake his own suspicions. Solia's soliloquy took him by surprised- she had always struck him as a bit air headed whenever he had heard her speak. Her thoughts, though, were very interesting.

His finger continued to tap a small nervous beat on the desk in front of him. "Why would the writer of the notes draw attention to the whole affair if they were the guilty party? That's a bit silly. But they clearly know more about what's going on than we all do."

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Solia's instigation was curious, Ami's mind worked quickly. Turning to Jerry, she said, "Easy. We'd be gathering evidence against them, which they could then cover up. It's possible we've been gathering their list of things to clean up."

She leaned back a bit in her seat. "As for someone being an insanity epidemic- don't you think someone would've noticed? There was a petrified dragon husk last time it happened. I didn't see any sort of remain in the council room." Then again, there was always the chance that someone cleaned it up ... and yet ... "Not to mention I don't believe we've perfected a way to clean up insanity, there'd be no way to hide it." Just in case.