<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/thumb/4/46/Jay.png/545px-Jay.png)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Jay Asarde<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Presidia Colony<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Errybody<br/><strong>Doing:</strong>Words<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Jay passed Dr. Xiang a wink when it came to the glance, so far keeping her somewhat subtle grip on Zaine's shoulders. (Unless he'd been pretty adamant about removing them by that point)<br/><br/>Alright, so.... Animals went missing first. Then humans started to go about two months ago. No bodies found, no signs of struggle.... "They go missing one at a time? Any, even the animals, go missing as a batch?" Because if not this could be something as simple as a serial killer finally working his way up to people and splurging or some nitwit moving higher on the food chain for sacrifices. Either way it wasn't good. There being no sign of struggle meant very little, if these were planned out they could have just as easily been tranq'd and hauled off.<br/><br/>If they went as a batch it could be something more wide spread like some kind of illness... Which reminded her.. "Any of the miners suffer some sort of injury before they disappeared? Were they ever reported behaving abnormally?" Not all diseases were airborne or spread through simple contact or water. "Also, were there any strikes going on within the last two years - major or minor."<br/><br/>When the man dropped a rather large batch of files onto his table she felt both brows lifting incredulously. Who the hell used paper these days?! "Do you have these files in data format?" Because she didn't plan to search through it all personally. In the long run she would filter through two categories on what had gone missing - chemical and instrumental (Including robotics). You know, not counting living things...<br/><br/>However the mention of their weapons making it cozy in a lock box had the woman's gaze sharpen considerably - those arctic blues steeling over. "I'm afraid we can't do that, Sheriff." She pipped up, her tone just as crisp as her demeanor. "You have to look out for the safety of yours but I gotta watch out for my own. We got our own codes to abide by, I can't allow them to wander about defenseless in a situation like this."<br/><br/>A hand lifted from Zaine's shoulder, motioning towards Miyako's SMG. "However, I can meet you half way. There's no need for anyone to carry around heavier weaponry. We can confine ourselves to blades and pistols, and we will keep them well concealed. Anything more can be taken back to the ship." She offered and it was about as far as she was willing to go on this deal. She couldn't allow them to leave their weapons with the Sheriff either - not when he and any of his personnel had been ruled out as suspects yet. Although she highly doubted<i>he</i>would have personally called for help if he had anything to do with this situation. Then again, he had to keep appearance going as far as his position was concerned regardless, didn't he?<br/><br/>She had no problem leaving this entire colony to die off if they wanted to be difficult over self defense, especially with those licensed out the ass to hold arms. In the long run if they wanted help and the situation was dire enough to call in the Wardens these people had a choice - they could help them solve this issue and cease further casualties or they could run themselves into the ground and join the other victims in all their self-righteous ignorance. Anyone that openly stood in their way, especially when they were peacefully investigating, would just join the list of confirmed suspects. After all, she'd seen enough crazy shit before that finding out this entire damn colony had something to do with the situation wouldn't really shock her either.<br/><br/>Jay didn't mind coming off as the bad guy, it was what she was good at in the long run. It was exactly what the council wanted.<br/>