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He frowned at the man. "You are not Alina. Allow your division head to address questions directed to her."
"Please do," Rex promptly responded. "And then if you have employees that can add more details, then you should tell them when to speak."
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quidditch_captain Herod knew that the Department Head thought that he had overs stepped, but Herod disagreed. It was obvious that Mr. Vindictus was a hierarchy kind of guy. Herod completly disagreed. To him, it dodn't matter your rank or fancy title. If you had the news or were constructively contributing, then you had the right to speak. Unfortunetly, it was the Head's opinion that mattered......
Also unfortunate was the fact the his Divison head was not answering. Very strange. A cat had obviously got her tongue (not literally....seriously). He decided to hold his tongue. but only for a few more seconds.
Alina bit her lip. She wondered what had been going on with the Gobstones lot, what with Rex's reaction. It seemed...short. To the point. And like he didn't appreciate others butting in. All fair points really, and Alina hoped Herod appreciated that. Else it might be an easy way to get fired, especially if Rex was lacking coffee. had he taken one to the conference room with him?!
Anyway, report time. Alina cleared her throat. "Well, Suzanne managed to locate a fair few masks." She held up the map, with all the places marked in red. "It seems new shops have been popping up around the outskirts of London, but most seem to be clustered in the centre of the city." She pointed out these regions to emphasise the point. "Suzanne also reported a couple of items similar to those Herod had picked out from the filing cabinet to help us with the search. The cloak and whip. Rejected patents from the past, seemingly resurfacing in a slightly different form."
She paused. "I've been looking at possible inventors. I can't see an obvious link between the inventors of the cloak whip that have reappeared, and then this mask. That's not to say an alias has been used, of course. In fact, I'd say that was likely, really." She sighed. This case had been frustrating, as they had struggled with useful leads. "The closest theory I've got is someone craving attention, with previously rejected Patents, rather than someone meddling in the Dark Arts...but I couldn't say for certain."
She looked at Herod, who obviously wanted to speak and tell his news. She turned to him. "Perhaps you'd like to explain to Rex about the spell you found...what it should do, and how it'll help. And then we can get on with testing the theory to see if it'll help us..."