"I guess that's true yeah, most weapons and stuff require magic anyway." Raul thought over the other possibilities. "The other possibilities aren't any better to think about, though." He concluded.

Curious to try and determine what value the lamp could have held, Torgh began searching for any details regarding that specific lamp. He needed a full picture of just what could be going on with these specific items, should one person have all of them. If there was a final piece to the puzzle they were waiting to obtain for last, he wanted to figure that out before they got it.

"Well that sounds scary, it's not dangerous is it?" Lexi asked. The fact that her partner was already dead didn't give her any confidence with this question.

Rungle finally spoke up, his voice quick, clear and higher pitched for a male, but not particularly loud. "Unless it's a big one."

George sighed "It's not dangerous." he opened the door "It's the teleportation is always a little off and it's super annoying. Usually puts you a block or so from where you want to go."

"Oooh, let's get breakfast, yes," Willow agreed.

"Here are the ones we're going to talk to today," Aspen stated, handing several files to Torgh. It included the few files he'd already researched, as well as a few similar artifacts as well.

"Right, we should get working on communications then," Yves said, grabbing a pen and paper.

"Thinking anything particular?" Makoto asked Willow, curious.

"Hm." Torgh took the files with a nod of thanks and began looking over them with a calm focus.

"Alrighty, lead the way." Lexi nodded. "Do we pick up our equipment before we head out, or go without them?" Lexi asked, since it would be dumb to carry your equipment around all the time. She also wasn't the strongest looking girl, being a short harpy woman and all.

Rungle began looking around, not sure what to do while the two that actually communicate handle communications.

George asked "Don't you have a summon belt?" confused by that "It summons our gear in our locker should we need it, should be standard issue for all departments"

“It’s pretty standard cuisine,” Willow said.

“This way,” Aspen said, leading Torgh into the conference room where the other detectives were gathering.

“Food is good,” Utopia said.

"Well I figured, I just haven't been there. Some places put weird spices on their food." Raul replied.

Torgh followed, putting his glasses away as a confident smirk grew on his face again.

"Oh okay, that makes a lot of sense. Just a minute then!" Lexi ran off, coming back a moment later with the belt on. "Alright, ready to go for real this time!"

Rungle nodded in agreement, but didn't say anything else. He wasn't very good at making conversation.

George said "Good" and started to walk out with her "Little Pop Quiz for you. Do you know what makes these belts unique?" seeing if she paid attention at the academy. The Awnser: They are one of the few things in Brumel that is completely immune to Anti-Magic, which is why they are made for law enforcement and are very expensive to the common man.

George stated "Very good," He continued as they walked "But they aren't perfect, what is a key weakness?" They can only grab objects from specialized containers like the lockers, but a huge one is if the power rune in the center is tampered with it'll disable the whole belt.

"Well if you never eat bad food, how can you enjoy the good food?" Makoto replied with a raised eyebrow. "Don't know it's bad 'til you eat it, ya know?"

"Huh, we just uh, remember the stuff. Or forget if we don't." Torgh remarked, though didn't speak further when the chief had the last person in close the door and begin speaking.

"Good morning everyone, especially to our new transfer that just arrived today, Torgh Dashaban." The chief motioned with a hand briefly to the minotaur before picking up his notes and moving on. "To start, we'll be continuing on the widespread case of missing artifacts. You should all have files on the case already, but just as a summary, a number of artifacts from across Brumel have been disappearing, with many ending up here. From being sold by people in stalls to being sold off to pawn shops, they're being moved around in erratic ways for a purpose we're not clear on yet, but we have a strong feeling is connected in some way due to the timing." The chief explained from his chair, looking at his papers as he did so. "So, starting today we're going to be sending out groups of two or more to investigate or interview individuals connected to this case to find out what we can regarding how they came into possession of these items. If you have any questions, ask after I divide everyone up." He changed pages, and began listing off people in the room to go investigate specific people, naming off what they're connected to as well. Eventually, he spoke "File 23, Naloy Day Shaymin, human male age 50, unidientified hallucination lamp, handled by Aspen Talen and Torgh Dashaban." And kept going after that, until he was done. "Now, any questions before we head out?"

"Well, aside from the core issue I mentioned before with the guy tampering with his that can render it useless, uh, probably just that it can only grab stuff in the designated locker? If things are taken out of it by someone you can't bring it to you anymore." Lexi replied.

Rungle nodded. He didn't need to change, he only had three outfits and none of them were in good shape, but he tried his best to keep clean. A strong smell gives his position away easily, and people don't like him when he doesn't smell clean either.

George said "Finally, someone who knows what they are doing. I'm glad you actually pay attention" giving a genuine smile. "Right then, shall we?" standing next to the teleporter.

"Well, yeah, but scent is a thing too. Usually if something smells bad, you don't want to eat it," Willow stated.

Aspen nodded, taking a note to put a request for one in.

Utopia emerged not long after, looking a bit more refined and put together. For all intents and purposes, she was just a young elf of Ascension. "Alright, let's head up."