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[Redjack]

Nix looks at Dingo, amazed at the question. "You're the matrix guy... right?"
As the hacker looks over the hardware, Nix cast Clairvoyance and begins to survey the exterior of the mansion looking for any places where it may have already been physically breached.

[Mickle5125]

Dingo hums and pulls out some of the tools he brought from his shop. As he begins opening the box up, he actually talks. "Gotta actually crack this thing open. Alarm on the door, microcamera here. I'll clean up the feed once I'm in."

[Gloin]

With the door being worked on, Fix takes up a watch of the area from his position at the door.

[fistandantilus4....]

Nix's wandering eye sees a lot more as he surveys the grounds. From a different vantage point it's easier to spot the blood splatter in the front, but it's nothing to the mess in the back. What was probably once a hell hound looks like it's been turned to hamburger in the back, and recently from the look of it. A number of trees and shrubbery show damage from gunfire as well, and it appears as though there was an attempt to enter through the back by force.
The exterior of the manor has been shot up as well, although it's thick walls took the punishment well. There's definitely more blood in the back that one hell hound would make however.

[fistandantilus4....]

About the time Nyx manages to finish his recon of the grounds, Dingo manages to bypass he biometric lock's systems, effectively hotwiring it into opening. There's a surprisingly loud *clunk* as a heavy bolt slides out of place and then a softer *click* as the door unlocks and opens slightly.

[Mickle5125]

Dingo grins and puts his tools away. "Need me to do anything else, boyos? Open the doors inside, too? Hold your hand so you don't trip?"

[Redjack]

The click of the door brings Nix' focus back to the front. At the wisecracks from the hacker, he raises an eyebrow. "Would you? While you're at it, shoot the guards and deal with the spirits." Looking to Fix, then back to Dingo with a smile, "We'll wait."

[Gloin]

With the door opened, and being covered from magic and matrix, Fix ignores the banter getting back to business.

Fix eases the door open with his shotgun, keeping a sharp eye out for any signs of traps or hostiles.

[fistandantilus4....]

Manor House- Front Door
The large door opens easily into a large entryway, hardwood floors and walls decorated with what one can only assume are distinguished family members in old oil paintings adding to the authentic "old english" feel. The home seems in good repair, halls and rooms coming off from the main entry way still dimly lit, the lights left on. It has a musty smell like old pipe smoke and a close, tight feel, much of the spare space taken up by furniture, end tables, and other odds and ends.

There's no immediate signs of life, no 'dog at the door' or any other response to the team's entrance.

[Redjack]

Nix temporarily dismisses his summoned spirit, follows fix through the doorway and ward after dropping his sustained and linked spells. Once across the threshold, he recasts and links his increased reflexes. He then looks to the team, "If you find an area in disarray, let me examine the area before we enter or disturb the area."

[Gloin]

Giving a short nod from Nix's prompt Fix keeps focused for threats.

Sticking to the hallway he beings checking the rooms one by one, just as he learned with the Einherjars. While it'd be nice to have the proper team for this, Fix knows he'll just have to trust his own skills and that of his teammates.

A small grin spreads across his face as the fear and thrill rises within, reminding him why he enjoyed working as a a merc for so long. Body tense and senses peaked, Fix steadily makes his way into the house.

[fistandantilus4....]

The house is quiet, the most prominent sound being the stead *tick* *tick* of a large grandfather clock just off the entry foyer. Listening for a minute, Fix can also hear a quiet but distinct whir of some sort of light machine down one hallway, as well as a quiet, irregular scratching sound coming from one of the further off rooms, in a different direction.

[Gloin]

Heading down the hallway with the machine sounds, Fix continues to check and clear the rooms as he goes, hoping that the active machine may give them a clue to go on.

[Redjack]

Nix wills his summoned spirit to appear. It does, appearing as something like a cross between an ork sized body builder and Sherlock Holmes. "Spirit." he whispers, "I am looking for clues as to the disposition of this home's owner or any persons here in. Search this home for signs of struggle, injury, death or anything living or dead." The spirit nods and pulls a spyglass from under its smoking jacket before streaking off into the mansion.

[fistandantilus4....]

Fix
Moving carefully down the hallway, Fix spots the machine quickly. It's a small household cleaning device, an automated vaccuum/sweeper/floor polisher moving along the hallway clearning the rug and shining the hardwood floor where it's exposed.

Nix
Sherl-Ork Holmes dissapears to investigate the home, returning within a few moments puffing on a pipe thoughfully.
A preliminary investigation of the premises has yielded startling discoveries. Quite stirring really. There are three living human beings within the premise, yourself and your compatriots. A rather queer awakened chicken like creature is pecking thoughtfully at it's apparent food bowl a top a rather uninspiring attempted representation of a satyr in stone chiseled form.
There are no signs of an injury or death I was able to detect on the premises in my initial search. There was however a rather compelling collection of flora in the second floor solar, a rather exciting collection of plants really. There's a creature of some sort lurking within there as well, apparently making it's self quite at home. Some sort of reptile. More than that I was unable to discern due to the heavy bio matter in the area.
Another puff produces a very good smoke ring, bringing a tusky smile to Sherlorks' face.

[Mickle5125]

While all of this was going on, Dingo pulls up his connection to the central node for the mansion and begins searching for internal cameras, commlinks linked in, etc etc.

[Redjack]

Nix listens intently as the spirit provides its report. He then relays the details about both the paranormals to his team members before addressing the spirit. Thank you. I hold your service fulfilled.

<<@Team [Nix] Dingo - Sounds like the cameras are going to be our best option. Can you go back to the footage around and before the time of his disappearance?>>

[Gloin]

The study will probably be our best shot for information aside from any digital recordings. The other animals are of no concern, unless you feel like feeding them Fix says, shooting a glance at Dingo.

With a clearer plan in established, Fix starts steadily making his way to the study keeping alert for any undetected threats.

[Mickle5125]

Dingo hums and waves his hand at them distractedly. "Yeah, yeah, boyos. I'm grabbing the feeds now. Switch to AR to see what happening in the Big Brother house!"

[fistandantilus4....]

The internal camera system covers a good degree of the potential entry points, each labeled helpfully in-system as the location it's covering. "Front Door" , "Kitchen Entry", and "Solar" are about as obvious as self explanatory, with the solar showing an elegant and lush green house complete with a small pool, although there's enough undergrowth that anything ould be hiding in the bushes.

"Dog Run" shows not only what looks to be a mostly concrete and chain link kennel, but also an access tunnel about the right size for a large dog, and what looks to be a hell hound laying very still and covered in blood down in the kennel.

"Servant's Entrance" has a large access door, probably for bulk or large item deliveries, as well as some damage where someone seems to have tried taking a blow torch to the lock from the outside.

"Rear Patio" appears to have mostly large glass doors, but heavy camera coverage, and offers open ground for security measures to cover, such as the "Death Balloon".

"Garage" shows a view of the closed garage door around the back side of the house.

The remainder show various views of windows throughout the house, showing little of the interior rooms themselves. The camera layout does appear to be set specifically with privacy in mind.

[fistandantilus4....]

Fix
Moving through the manor house is easy enough, the halls wide and open, with little breakable at ground level, as people tend to do with small children or large pets. Pictures adorn many of the walls, along with small busts or statuettes in larger alcoves, many apparently very old judging by dates, mostly showing family members, or scenes of english Bmythology and and history.

A few actual tapestries hang on sections of wall as well, although each is placed within a discreet, secure case and tastefully lit to protect and preserve. Most depict fanciful scenes of knights and dragons, although there are occassional figurines of other fantastic creatures.

Finding the first floor study, more of a receiving room for less formal occassions than a bachelor's actual study, Fix still finds the large room full of clutter and rich with the smell of pipe smoke. Actual dead tree books sit about the room and heavy on shelves, although each seems to be tended to with special care. A stylish wet bar stis open with a large glass decanter of what looks to be whiskey still sitting out but stoppered. The other attention grabber in the room is a life sized statue of what looks to be a satyr, exquisitely detailed and rendered, with what looks to be a mix between a lizard and a chicken sitting atop it, looking at Fix thoughtfully.

[Gloin]

Spotting the chick-ard, Fix makes sure to keep the shotgun pointed low and backs out of the room.

Once back in the hallway he starts rifling through his bag and addresses the others, "So, a chicken/lizard thing. Any thoughts other than shooting it?"

[Mickle5125]

Dingo starts skimming through the old camera feeds, looking for records of the time around when their target disappeared.

[fistandantilus4....]

It takes only a few moments to trace back through the inactivity of the security logs to get a window of time when there is no longer activity within the manor. As before, there is little in the way of inside views of the house and its occupant. A more detailed search finally reveals a shot from the garage as it opens and a tanned range rover pulls out. With the windows subtly mirrored, there is little to reveal or confirm the driver, but a thorough search shows no one arriving and no security alerts within the day of the departure.

[Mickle5125]

Dingo quickly fires off a copy of the feed to the others. "Found him, boyos. I'm sending you a clip now. Tan Range Rover. Looks like nobody else was here. I'm gonna see if I can find out anything about the car. Fix, did ya get a pic of the lizard chicken thing?"