Stolen! A Museum Gem Heist!

[Knight Errant]

"Strange..." Mutters Dact, then looks over as he is grabbed. "... I am helping. And I haven't touched anything. I was looking for a trail as to where this card has been. And it looks like... everywhere. Either its malfunctioning... or perhaps whoever was the perpetrator came by during museum hours to scout the place and had it in their pocket."

[Miku-chan]

*Several news vans pulls up out front of the museum. A dozen camera men and women get out and start setting up equipment in various locations around the museum, inside the hall and the room with Dact and Sgt. McGrumpy, and also in front of the fabled Girdle. A green haired man steps out of a RV looking bus and starts directing equipment locations..." Alright boys and girls, I want multiple shots of the area, approaches and exits to the building, have Del and Echi pull up the schematics of this place from the city records and find what the orbitals have for energy signatures. This is gonna be a spectacular news event..." he heads inside with his own camera in hand as well and heads strait for the crime scene...

[Guest]

@ Elliot-Chan:
Most of the other nearby businesses have been shut down for the night. Its unlikely that Elliot will be able to find any other witnesses here... :(

"Wait!" shouts the Hobo as Elliot leaves the alleyway. "Its dangerous to go alone! Take this!"

Our androgynous hero will suddenly feel something lightweight hit her in the back of the head. Its a hastily constructed tin foil hat!

"Protect yerself with it! It is de only way to keep dem nasty lizards outa yer ead! "

@ Sir Dact:

"Hmph. Your one of those adventurer types aren't you?" says McGrumpy sizing up Dact. "Of course you are. Nobody else would walk around in that get up. Very well then, I'll leave ye be fer now but be assured. If yer meddling holds up the investigation so help me..."

Chief McGrumpy walks off for a smoke break, leaving before he can finish his threat thus allowing the knight to investigate this new lead in peace.

@ Miku and Friends:

"OI!" shouts an irate McGruffy. "Whats all this then! This is a crime scene for Tim's sake, not the shooting for Discovery Channel! Get yer cameras out of here before I haul you lot to the station!" >:(

[Harri-chan]

Elliot stopped as the tin foil hat hit the back of his head, and stood there for a moment, his expression rather glum as he turned and looked down at the headgear for a moment, his nose wrinkling slightly. "I think I'll take my chances", he mumbled, putting both hands into the pockets of his shorts as he walked away, leaving the tin foil hat behind. Crossing the road, he wandered back through the collection of police cars and noticed the additional of several news vans. Approaching the nearest officer, he clears his throat. "Excuse me... do you know where they took the female security guard that was found inside?".

[Knight Errant]

"Right..." Dact heads over to a museum security guard. "Do you know if anyone odd was seen around the museum the day before the robbery?"

[Guest]

@ Elliot-Chan:
"You mean the Security Guard?" says the officer, an African American male in his early thirties. "She should still be in the curator's office. Last I check, the Chief still wanted to try to get some questions answered, although he's having a hell of a time with it. Apparently whatever warped the guy physically hit him pretty hard in the mind as well." He glances the boy over. "Your an amateur investigator eh? Hoping to claim the reward for returning the Eye I suppose. Best of luck to you, kid. You'll definitely need it."

@ Sir Dact:
"Hard to say, sonny" says the Security Guard, a wiry old man wearing a red shirt beneath his uniform. "We get tons of weirdos here, given the nature of this town. Still, now that you mention it, there was this strange fellow who was lingering near the Egyptian display around closing time a couple of days ago. I had to shoo him away I did. Course he didn't strike me as suspicious until you asked."

[Harri-chan]

Elliot nodded his head. "Yeah, something like that... one more question though. Do the security guards carry their own weapons when on duty? Even if it's just something like a taser?", he asked, once more pulling the phone out of his pocket, brushing his thumb across the screen a few times.

[Knight Errant]

Dact nods. "Can you tell me anything about what he looked like? And do you mind if I go over to the Egyptian display and take a look?"

[Miku-chan]

*Delphi looks at McGrumpy and starts to laugh..."You can't stop the power of the press sir. We have the right to investigate this henious act of villany against world cooperation and friendship. Besides, the rewards made it open season on the perpetrators and by you trying to keep me and my crew from our own investigations, you are biasing the search to those you select as representatives and can be accused of cohersion and collusion, thus leaving you To have suit filled against you and sanctions filled. Why I wouldn't be surprised in the least if you were shamefully fired from the police force to save the city from possible litigation due to your interference." the man says as he points the camera at the officer recording what McGrumpy has to say...

[Guest]

@ Elliot-Chan
"Yeah, of course" says the cop. "They wouldn't really be effective at dealing with intruders if they didn't have some bite to their bark. Usually the standard issue weapon for the security staff here is just a nightstick, although I do believe the night shift also carries a handgun as well. From what I've heard though, the gun and all its bullets were accounted for. The thief didn't steal any of the guard's weapons, only his manhood. Now you have to excuse me. I think the chief wants me to keep an eye on these reporters. If you have any further questions you should probably either ask Chief McGrumpy or perhaps that other private investigator that has shown up."

@ Sir Dact
"Well, my memory seems foggy but I think he was wearing a gray trench coat. Not one of them fancy kinds those brooding mercenary types wear. It almost looked professional, as though he was some kind o professor from a university somewhere. I DO recall that he was dangerously close to one of the sarcophagi on display, the one with the greenish face. Highly suspect, if I do say so myself... Anyways I don't mind ye searching the display so long as you don't damage anything."

@ Delphi and his Fun Pals
"Bah! Damn you media types" swears the Chief of Police. "You're all the same, you and your fancy speech and yer threats of lawsuits. Blah, blah blah!"

He sighs as though admitting defeat.

"Fine, tape yer damned TV special. If the investigation is compromised by your actions however, know that there will be hell to pay!"

He storms off, muttering something about needing a smoke break as he walks outside.

[Harri-chan]

Elliot smiled at the cop as he answered the question, "Thanks for your help", he said, waving him off as he left. Making a note in his phone, he slipped it into his pocket, looking quite pleased with himself as he jogged up the steps and entered the museum itself. Once inside, he began to wander around, until he either came across Chief McGrumpy or the curator's office where the female security guard was now being kept, whistling to himself as he went.

[Knight Errant]

Dact nods. "I'll go check that out. I'll do my best not to damage anything... Thanks!"

He takes out the glass again... heading over to the Egyptian exhibit and looking around for the sarcophagi in question... and if the trail goes near it.

[Guest]

@ Elliot-Chan
As it so happens, the chief leaves the museum just as Elliot enters inside. Judging from his disposition he is not in the mood to answer questions, no doubt quite peeved at the intrusion of the media. As the androgynous boy moves through the museum, passing by the display with the letter left by the thief (the same letter that has been ignored up until now, hint hint! ~.^) he sees a sign pointing out the curator's office in the back of the museum, tucked within an out of the way alcove. A single female cop stands guard at the door.

@ Sir Dact
Sir Dact's magical lens picks up a trail lingering near the bottom of a large golden sarcophagi, the one with a green face that smirks, almost mockingly at the knight errant! The courageous chevalier no doubt will notice something off about the relic; the lid has been slightly ajar as though somebody has meddled with it recently!

[Knight Errant]

"... ah. A Clue." He turns and heads back to the security guard. "It looks like someone has opened that recently... do you mind if I take a look inside? I'll be careful."

[Harri-chan]

"Hey, w-", he started to say as he saw the chief walking out, "Eh, I'll get to you later... ", he murmured, and continued inside. Coming across the display, he was pretty suprised to find the letter sitting on the satin pillow. "Weird... I'd have thought the cops would have removed this... ", he said, glancing about before reaching out to take the hand-written note, and then ducked around the corner, and continued towards the curator's office, holding the paper infront of him, and began to read from it while he walked.