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Herod returned from the large, meesy room of ancient files and filing cabinets with exactly four files. He sat them down in front of his two workers. "Ok...." he sighed. "I've been looking non-stop for three days and this is all I could find." He opened the first file.
"This one is about a cloack that that makes the wear-er look like and animal. it covers the body so that it looks like an animal body with a human head. Now the important part is that it acheives this by using a very similar spell that the mask uses to bind the it to the face. It gave me some good incite into how to remove it. There is a counter curse, but we don't know if it will work with such a powerful sursed object or if it has to be perfomed by the wear-er." He closed the first file and chucked it on his desk a few feet away.
"The second file is about a mask. It isn't really that similar, but its one of the only other magical masks that we have records of. This mask lets the wearer change appearce slightly by altering the nose, mouth and eye areas. I don't know what exactly can be learned from it, but i thought it help."
With a flick he tossed the second file on top of the first. "Now this file..." he said, picking up and starting to read the third, "...is the only patent for a dakr object that deals with an Unforgivable Curse that we have ever recieved before. Its a...." he said, squinting to see the writing " a Crucio Whip. Owww......sounds painful. We can study it to find how he infused the dark magic. There are some really ancient spells in here." With that he tossed the third file and picked up his final discovery.
"This one is really good. It has nothing to do with the mask, but it can help us find it!!! Its a pocket watch that can locate magic. It can't distinquish between magic, but it will find the closest magic around. So if we can get near enough......" He threw his final file on the pile on his desk. "What do you think?" he asked.
"If you guys don't mind, I'll investigate the files some more, especially the spells to infuse the magic and un-stick the mask. Could you try and find one of those magic pocketwatches?" he said, turing to Suzzana.
Alina had looked up from her desk and current report as Herod entered the work area with a pile of files. Laying her quill down, she stood and headed in his direction. She wanted to listen in on what he'd found, and so not to pressue him, perched on a nearby desk as he explained his findings.
"Mind if I take a look?" Alina said, looking at the files on the table and reaching to pick to topmost one up. "Quite a range you've found...and certainly all of use. I think we need to keep looking for the area in which the source is located, and use these to help identify a bit more clearly what we are working with."
She looked at Herod with a smile. "Good work. Perhaps you wouldn't mind writing up the key points from each of these Patents on to the flip chart over there? So we can keep a clear idea of what we might be working with. It'll be easier to feedback to each other like that too, and build up a board of knowledge."
She turned to her other employees. "Suzanne and Loris, what have you been researching? And did you find anything interesting?"
And talking of what had been found out...
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demented_death_eater Rex had to escape his office for a brief moment because Colin MacKenzie was getting on his nerves. "Any updates for me?" he called out and hoped that Tom or Alina could give him something to think about besides a scandal.
"A few, mainly historical," Alina said with a smile. She'd seen Colin MacKenzie go into Rex's office, and wondered what it was about this time. Something told her it wasn't just a photo opportunity...
Letting Tom fill Rex in first, Alina waited for her employees to fill her in on what'd they'd been upto. She could talk to the Department Head later when Tom was done.