Cora
```A flier on a noticeboard, with a call for service right beside it, caught the attention of several people. The flier informs those who care enough to read, about a series of art expos over several consecutive days, across multiple galleries across the New Salvainia City - the call for service, by the law, requesting aid from mercenaries or investigators to help solve a mystery of unexplained thefts of the very art being exhibited in the expos. The first day of the expo is passed, and the call for service mentions stolen art, and a possible reward of up to 10 gold coins for successfully apprehending the thieves.
The location of the next art expo and call for service were very near from this board. If one such person who would be interested comes across this and intends to investigate, they may find an opportunity to make some easy cash.```
Julie
*Rip.*

Goes the flier from the board, snatched by a rough leather glove. The hand's owner belonged to a figure bearing simple garment, a cactus-green cloak shrouding their outfit. 

Grasping the beige coloured object in their hands, a toothy lil' grin danced on their face. Their clothed head bobbed along as they read the entirety of the document before rolling it to a close, swiftly turning their feet to skip. Strangers' eyes watched the smiling figure leave.

Fey isn't much of a person with artistic tastes; chunks of stone, dye splashed on a canvas, they didn't manage to win her interest. Simple objects given value. Though money could be said the same in this case. *Only that it keeps her fed.* 

The people among the street began to grow denser. One could see aristocrats among the numbers. Before long, she was at the location of the art expo, eyes squinted to spot a lawman somewhere.
Cora
```Indeed there were those types of people here. Love for art doesn't seem to be limited by wealth, but wealthy people were truly all that one could see here.
Several men, most of them law and two of them hosts for the expo, were speaking among each other in a small group apart from the other people. The expo seems to be planned to begin right now, but a delay has been caused due to concerns of the art thief striking again.
As Fey approaches, one of the lawmen look over, detached from the ongoing conversation, and approached. He was initially going to turn her away, but noticed that she was holding the call for service.
"Oh, you're here to help us investigate?" The lawman asks.
He awaits a response first before proceeding, expecting some questions to be asked about the happenings.```
Julie
"Yep~yep," Unfolding the call-of-service document open, she showcased it to the lawman with a smile. 

With that, Fey grasped the top of her hood, pulling it off her head. There, minty green locks, fixed into two braids resting against her shoulders. She was no taller than an average Macen man, with lengthy ears, and a youthful face of an adolescent. The ears, a universal sign of an elfin species. *Only that it was oddly prominent, though.*

"Theft goin' on about. Seems like you Macens need help, hah?" 

She didn't intent for her statement to look so.. Mocking. But with how her mannerisms are, it does give off that effect. 

"What's the last event's timezone? When did it happen?"

Fey then continued with a question.
Cora
```The man was, indeed, a Macen (I'm mainly just saying that to avoid confusion and forced editing because I forgot to mention his race lol), and he nods in agreement - that they did indeed need help.
"Yeah... All our other investigators are tending to 'more important' crimes, forcing us to request help from the general populace," He explains. Now he answers Fey's first question;* "The first theft happened at the first expo address, in the middle of the night long after the gallery was closed and locked down. Somebody got in, stole a painting, and vanished without a trace. We suspect the thief may hit this place at the end of the day... So we have reason to believe that the perp also attends the events." The lawman looks over to the group for a moment, scanning among them for familiar faces, and turns to Fay again. "We think it's one of the beastfolk considering the one stolen painting was a period in Elven history, where they enslaved many strong beastfolk for hard labour. Perhaps it's a grudge, but don't let bias botch your investigation - it could have been anybody."
Finally he stops talking. Guy realises he answered far more than was asked, and gave Fey the chance to ask actual questions.```
Julie
Fey tapped her chin with a finger, nodding her head at the Macen's words. Of course, if the state's enforcers were to deal with every problem in its borders, its "Adventurer" Culture would've died out a long, long time ago. 

Her eyes soon followed the lawman's gaze, only to return her attention back towards him. In the case of the perpetrator being a beast-kin, it could be possible. Many beast-kin do have long heavy resentment, stealing a painting to either burn it or sell it for a lot of coin to a collector? 

"I see, I see. This gallery isn't much guarded by then? Were the artwork already packed?"
Thomas
*Sugar wakes up after a long nap. She writes a note to Kalisha.''Dear Salt,thank you for letting me sleep in your room,but I have go do some stuff. If you ever need a friend.Just try make sure to meow like a panther.Also,go get laid from Pepper.''*Sugar gets her stuff and starts to leave.*
Cora
```"Until recently, no it wasn't guarded much. We will be watching the building tonight, but we want you to join the expo and talk to the people here, see if they might have an alibi or motive that could confirm or disprove our suspicions. We'll pay for your admission into the expo as well." The lawman offers. Saves Fey the expenses... But she could offer to pay for herself if she wants to.```
Julie
"Lead the way."

Having her admission fee covered, Fey would only have to worry about interrogating each aristocrat, or commoners within the expo. A lot of talking, that's for sure.
Cora
```The lawman nods and calls a person over to take his place while he goes to discuss free admission for Fey. This person was an Earth Macen woman with dark features, and she did not appear to be a woman of the law.
"I'm Lee," She says. "Working undercover. You and I will both investigate. You get to call the shots, tell me who to talk to, but need to report everything to me... Is that alright?"
Lee sounds kind, but very authoritative. Good qualities for an officer of the law. She's effectively telling Fey how it will all go down, and the 'is that alright' question is more of a confirmation of understanding.```
Julie
The young elf simply nodded her head in understanding, her arms crossed against her chest as she looked the enforcer from head to toe. She didn't expect to have someone to pair up with, considering that there's a constraint with availability. 

Not that it'd be a bad thing. Would hate if she was left alone for the whole investigation. 

"Mhmmm. I understand." Fey speaks in a more lackluster way.

"You people know who went to the first expo?"
Cora
```The Macen woman leads Fey toward the expo and gets in line with her. Though they could technically walk right in, it was less suspicious this way.
"Not yet. The gallery's logs up and vanished for some reason between the theft and the event of the first one," Lee explains. "We couldn't have expected that paintings would have been stolen either so we didn't do anything before it happened."
Lee looks through the crowd for potential suspects. Judging by how she is scanning everyone pretty much equally, even Beastkin as suspected, it was clear that she was free of bias. Whether that's a quality that is only showing for the investigation, or whether she herself isn't biased, isn't easy to be told.
"Guy said that Beastkin are to be watched... But I personally don't think it was one of them. For how sneaky and acrobatic Felinids are for example, they'd still leave signs of their presence, like claw marks. So it has to be a mage." Lee turns to Fay. "Are you able to sense magic in people? If the thief is a mage, we can narrow it down by figuring out who is magically attuned."```