Brookstone Mysteries- suspects and interviews

 Laura went out early in the morning to talk to some of the local trash raccoons, a rough and rowdy  bunch but not really good candidates for being porch pirates or the green house break-ins. They told her the boss paid them well and they had veterinarian  benefits too. They also informed her that they didn't need to steal off porches for anything because they found half eaten pizzas and other great stuff all the time and it was free for the taking. They laughed and gave each other high five's while they worked and ate pizza.

Next she went to a few local businesses and talked to a grey and black tabby with exceptionally good manners who seemed an unlikely culprit even though she was on Charlie's list of potential suspects. The Tabby's name was Felicia Cat and seemed very offended to even be questioned. Barbara Bunny recently had a fight with the kitchen manager who threatened to fire her, but that seemed to be smoothed over by now. Barbara was accused endlessly of eating the salads right off the customers plates and excessive farting on the job. She argued that  she didn't fart anymore than that slobbering old dog (the kitchen manager). Laura made some notes and put Barbara on her watch list, not for the farting but because she understood that she had over 20 bunnies just in the last year and possibly needed the Christmas gifts as they were all still living at home. Barbara stated defensively that she was to young to be spayed. Laura didn't argue just listened and took mental notes. Barbara had a good alibi for the time of all the porch pirate thefts as she worked full time and even some overtime during the holidays. Her boss (the slobbering dog) verified this and also said she was not the stealing type and all the cooks took a bite off plates here and there he was just sick of her farting little bunny butt.

She stopped into a few local bars in the Square which were all lively and full because of the holidays and heard a little useful gossip about The Anubis Associates being in town and maybe setting up shop but no idea where. By 4 in the afternoon the trash raccoons filed in and started drinking. Laura made her way over to one of the tables and sat with them. They were a fun group and she found out that the rumor was That some of the Anubis group had been hanging around the dumpsters and attempting to extort the trash raccoons, the raccoons said no way and told the boss. That's all they knew about that. Laura would check in with Charlie and see if he had any reports from the owners of the trash companies.

Garbage was a big business in Brookstone and there were several companies to check with. 

The pack rats were a likely candidate as they were a very organized group and their caroling scam work on a lot of people.

 

Trouble in the Kitchen

 

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Brookstone Mysteries-The first assignment-Porch Pirates

   Once the starting tour was done Laura went home and studied Thomas's book, which seemed a lot  easier to read now. "Go figure that" she thought and smiled to herself. Her cats were laying lazily in front of the fire snoozing off and on while she prepared for her first day of work tomorrow. 

 

 The next morning Laura stopped in at city hall and then the police department and picked up files for her cases. There was a stack! She decided to go to the book store and set up her office a little better for the new work.

 

 She started by organizing the many case files, some seemed to be pretty clear cut and should be easy to close out others not so much. One in particular was multifaceted and would probably be on going.There were several photos of suspects and their backgrounds. Some of these photos looked daunting and were marked priority by the mayor and detective Puuge. Extra discretion and caution were to be used.

Apparently a well known crime family had been moving in to the area recently and needed on going surveillance.It looked like she would need to do some hiring for this, luckily Anna and Charlie had a list of potential candidates for her.

File notes

The Anubis Associates out the city

 have been moving into Brookstone and setting up shop

start a surveillance team**

Along with residential porch pirates there have recently been several break ins and theft of poinsettia's at the local green house in Brookstone Square.*****

This is high priority as it is believed The Anubis Associates may be responsible-motive may be to poison local cats and dogs in the work force and put them out of commission to take over the area,----Vinny the Jackal was seen vomiting violently and appeared to have major eye irritation in an alley near the greenhouse on Monday night-local paramedics found him and treated his symptoms on site as he refused to be brought into to the hospital. Local PD has not been able to track Vinny down for questioning. 

Porch pirates are always rampant this time of year and could be anyone from youth gangs to inquisitive cats ( orange cats specifically)  local residents and business owners have also reported several sightings of a gang of pack rats hanging around the town and posing as Christmas carolers.

Beaver Meadow Green House

   
 

Part 5 Brookstone mysteries-The Tour

  Laura Benson still sitting in Mayor Czechs office finally started to get a grip on herself and said "you drugged me!!" to Anna and Charlie. 

Anna said "No. Not really, we actually went to your physician well before we hired you for PI services and cleared the ah, small dose of magickal powder we put on your donut. Perfectly safe and Thomas knows too. Your welcome to call both of them and check if you like. Just, well I would suggest, if I may that you take our little tour around town with us before going out on your own. You are perfectly safe and we did want to wait but time was getting to be an issue. The powder just allows you to relax enough to see what is actually right in front of you and accept it,rather than brush it off as your imagination. It will be much easier to show you how the city has kept up with the workforce shortage and managed to thrive. What do you say"  Anna continued in a gentle persuasive purring. Somehow Laura was relaxed yet completely aware of everything so she agreed to go and see what she had gotten herself into.

Anna told Laura that not everyone of course could see and know what she did, but several people in the community did and she would be able to tell the difference now. She would need that skill for her new job as Liaison to the animal community. Her position would require her to help the mayor's office and the Brookstone police department sort through mostly small but some big cases that involved animal and human disagreements and some crimes that may have been committed. She was to be an essential cog in the smooth running of the city. And Anna said that Thomas, Charlie, herself already had full faith in her sense of fairness and compassion towards animals. Laura nodded and then said "Hey wait! What about my cats, are they?

Anna smiled and said "No" and then explained every animal had a choice to morph or stay as they were-pets or wildlife and her cats loved things just the way they were. Laura showed more than a little relief. Anna also told her she would easily be able to tell the difference between regular animals and Antaria's, which is the technical name for animals that have morphed.

Anna then said "Okay let's tour the city and meet some of your new clients.

  

  Laura took in the sites of her home town businesses and residents like she had never seen them before and handled them very well. Her biggest surprise was The clerk in her own bookstore, Gerald. He was a sloth! He was also a long time trusted employee and also rented the apartment above the store. She took it all in and by the end of her tour which was only the beginning of her Liaison journey  she felt she was ready to go home and look over her first assignments which would start the next morning. As she left for home Anna and Charlie smiled and knew they had made a good choice for the position.