audio; un: romanoff

[deaddrop]

[In the evening, shortly after the train has returned to, Natasha ventures onto the network. The sound of her voice comes across as pensive and professional.

It's her first time doing this. She tries not to let that show.]

I just had an interesting conversation with Detective Pinot, if anyone would be available to hash out some of the details.

Points of interest include:
The fact Felix Day was also an archaeologist who died some years back in the course of the Days' work.
Unlike Hortensia, the whole family did not meet for his funeral.
In fact, the youngest may not have even met some of the older siblings.
Hortensia Day had a higher public profile than her husband. It sounds like the local tabloids enjoyed playing up the romantic adventure and history angle with the Days' work.
Allegedly, there is a whole 'uncovered history' in the caves and dig sites outside of Craemore.

Feels like some of that might be relevant, in light of what else we've been uncovering.

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audio | username: goodvibes

[aurable]

A couple of us tried to smoke out some more information about the family and whatnot from the local population. Didn't get us very far, but they all kept herding us to the museum.

I guess Pinot works for the museum? Bit like having a homicide detective moonlight as a mall cop.

[deaddrop]

Does make you wonder why they need someone that skilled working for them, doesn't it?

Pinot does seem to know a lot about them though. Could be it was a professional interest even before today.

[aurable]

Could be that his interest isn't so professional. He seems close to the family.

[deaddrop]

Some of the family more than others, probably. From the sound of it, it might be impossible to be close to all of them.

They weren't even close to one another.

[aurable]

I don't know if that's just sad, or if it means there are conflicting loyalties to account for.

[deaddrop]

We can't rule it out at least. That aside, it's safe to say they don't know each other well and we have to consider that there's not a lot of sentimentality between them.

Text; un: belova

[laviny]

This is a weird family.

[deaddrop]

To be fair, I'm not sure we have room to judge.

[laviny]

I don’t see why not.

[deaddrop]

You remember our family, right?

[laviny]

Okay, but we’re spies, we’re supposed to be messed up. These people are a bunch of glorified history nerds.

[deaddrop]

I'm not sure anyone is supposed to be messed up. That's why it's messed up.

But you're not wrong about them being weird. We shouldn't expect them to have normal relationships with each other.

audio | un: Ambus

[legalcy]

Don't most organic families meet for funerals regardless for which parent it is? Was their father so unimportant to the siblings?

[deaddrop]

Normally, I'd think so. It's not impossible that there was something different about their relationships. If their parents had been separated or something, it wouldn't be so surprising.

So the question is, what's the difference between the two parents' deaths.

Pinot seems to think at least some of them might be interested in the media attention.

[legalcy]

That is not an unreasonable hypothesis. I recall that the parents were not close to their children when they were young.

However, if the artifact she found is of great importance, there is a greater reason for them to come to the funeral.

[deaddrop]

The artifact could very well be the difference.

If there's some kind of inheritance involved, that's a good incentive to show up. And a reason to kill someone.

[legalcy]

But the list of suspects has not been narrowed. Apart from Luna, any of the siblings could have killed Jove. Or Jove's stand-in, if the lack of scars mean anything.

[deaddrop]

Which is another interesting puzzle piece.

You have to wonder if any of the siblings caught on to that.

[legalcy]

That would be quite the motive.

But wouldn't it be better to alert the rest of the family?

[deaddrop]

That depends. I haven't had the chance to talk to any of the Days directly to speculate too much, but that might all come down to whether or not the family sees their interest aligned.

Or, it's possible that they did. At least some of the rest of the family.

audio; un: Sabriel.Abhorsen

[bindsthedead]

Of the two orbs whose origins we've learned of, both were found underground. It wouldn't be surprising if the Days dug up this world's orb and brought it to Vrefesea.

It is odd how distant the family is from each other.

[deaddrop]

From the sound of it, the digs here are pretty rich.

It is strange. You'd think they'd still get together for vacations, holidays, something...

Pinot seems to think it's not so unusual to leave your kids at boarding schools all over the place, but you have to wonder how normal that really is.

If they'd wanted to be closer, there are ways.

[bindsthedead]

I mean, that's what my father did, but he still visited every midsummer and midwinter. But most of my classmates went home between semesters- Was what the Days were doing really so dangerous they couldn't bring their children to a dig?

[deaddrop]

Dangerous enough to kill both the Days' parents, apparently.

[bindsthedead]

True. And there doesn't seem to be any speculation about foul play in either case.

[deaddrop]

No one seems to have. Which seems a little strange on its own. Two people who worked together dying in the same way.

[Seems like a hell of a coincidence, but other than the fact there's been another death in the family there's not much reason to believe it's not.]

Either way, it's safe to say they prioritized their work over their relationships with their children.