Because with the emerald he can make catgirls. There are more ways to convince people to do your dirty work for you. Sure a mind control device like the statue is handy. Bit it is NOT the only way to do this.
Plus we still would end up with a few more catgirls.
Your idea to set a trap for them is an interesting plan with one problem. These catgirls are very slippery and managed to avoid being tracked before. Our best bet would be to enusre that they cannot get the item in the first place. And then wait for them to show up. We can even put a dummy with a tracking device in it for them to steal.
We follow the radio signal and beat everybody up, case solved.
sooo we won't let them steal the items from wherever they are, instead we bring 'em home and let them steal it from us
At home they would at least be more secure.
But, if we do the replica trick they wont know unless it is to late.
well, whatever, we wastin' time here, let's just go and get that relic before they steal it
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well, whatever, we wastin' time here, let's just go and get that relic before they steal it
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Good idea, but you only have time to get one, which one?
seems like grinny wanna go for the emerald no matter what, and gotta admit neither of us is too popular down in atlas park, so gettin' the statue would be a problem anyway.
let's just knock in a few family doors and see what the gangs have for us.
hope yer longbow buddies will take good care of the statue though...
Longbows cant even guard the senators puppy so consider the statue gone 
Btw If we could have a replica of the emerald with a nice little bug inside that would be very helpfull.
Unfortunately, due to the speed required we don't have time to make a replica.
The next mission is ready however, arc ID 75489.
Good luck.
16. April 2009, Vadember, Nekomimi Investigation, Personal Notes
good thing: i found the place
bad thing: kittens did too
good thing: i found the emerald
bad thing: they smashed it (beats me why...)
good thing: i found BCN
bad thing: she's not a friendly kitten (note to self: never listen to anyone!)
good thing: uhm noo.. pretty much that's it
things to do tomorrow(!) after sleeping(!!!) it's almost morning in japan!
- have Temperature Sprite translate the text on the photo
- the emerald too while we're at it
- save amanda, she looks nice...
- [strikethrough]laundry[/strikethrough] (can wait actually...)
- get a [u]dog[u]!!!!!
things not to do tomorrow
- die
- turn into cat
- laundry
sidenote: why destroying the emerald? isn't that something we should do? is BCN trying to stop the turning? and if she's, and if she's a third party in this game, did she kidnapped amanda? or the original badguy did, and now he using her as a bargaining chip against BCN?
Marioko is working on the symbols, she'll get back to us later.
As for the statuette, it's missing. I really don't need to tell you who stole it do I?
I think you caught all the clues herczeg. In fact I haven't seen BCN or a photo. But it was nice to see Emilio again.
And for the statuette theft? Well let me guess, a kitten?
I concur on trying to find out things about the new evidence. It also seems that at least one party of kittens does not like the idea of more kittens turning up. Which does suggest a third party being involved yes.
havent played the arc (sorry) but sort of got sucked into this thread.... please ignore if I'm breaking some rule (i'll get round to playing through the arc tonight) but...
doesnt it seem a bit curious that an orb that can propel everyone within ten feet forward in time 10,000 years is found beside 10,000 year old bones ?
possibility 1:
the guests were enemies of the owner of the bones. killed it before it could use the orb and then used the orb themselves to travel to the future
possibility 2:
use oroboros to travel 10,000 years back to meet mr.ms boney and bring an orb with you in case you cant use the oro portal to come back yourself
sorry to interject, I'll give the arc a play and see if I can think of anything else 
This note doesn't make sense, it reads -
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This is the catgirl who was to be our leader, we shall rejoice and return her to a human so she may lead us.
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It also contains cordinates for two locations within city limits.
oi ya, mysterious stranger bumping into our investigation, Sprite said (the magician not the drink) the bones belonged to a neko chick, also they used to bomb to seal down the temple and, probably it was just a clumsy-cat caught in the blast,
anyways, Sprite can ya tell me more about the two locations? seeing how we'll only have time to visit one again, aye?
ohyeh, and i'll think about that note later, but right now i'm kinda busy watching Amrican Idol
The translation is getting difficult, they appear to be fluxuating between different styles of Nekoian. But from what I can gather, one appears to be a holding cell like location, and the other appears to be a meeting point for the Nekomimi.
so putting it bluntly save the cheerlader or save the world?
Saving the world is so much cliche A proper hero could do both at the same time. Trust me, I found out the hard way. To tired now to have much cohesive thought though.
Did none of the 'arrested' catgirls voluntered to talk?
oi blue, it's me, Vadember. i sat down with my good old pal, beer, here, and thought about stuffs a lot. but now matter how hard i think i just can't figure out what lies in the shadow of statue. anyways, as grinny here said proper hero would save the girl and the day, but it aint nothing like heroes, so we're just gonna save the chick if that's okay with ya. so what were the coordinates of that holding cell again?
Only just come to this today (so I'm glad the 1st mission wasn't taken down yet).
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This is the catgirl who was to be our leader, we shall rejoice and return her to a human so she may lead us.
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Is that referring to last time Maestro tried to turn Paragon women into catgirls or is that referring to plans made 10,000 years ago to turn Amanda into their leader?
We have no idea who smashed the emerald... Enrique says the catgirls came in and got the emerald 1st... but it could be a 3rd party. I think he assumes that it was the catgirls as they were in the building...
Any evidence that it was the catgirls smashed it? (calling CSI:Paragon here...)
If so, do we know/think we know why the catgirls would smash a gem that creates more catgirls?
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The translation is getting difficult, they appear to be fluxuating between different styles of Nekoian. But from what I can gather, one appears to be a holding cell like location, and the other appears to be a meeting point for the Nekomimi.
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How are the styles of Nekoian fluctuating? Are they ones usually seen at different time periods, or geographical region, or cults, etc?
I second the time travel malarky to 10,000 years ago - or better 10,000.1 years ago so we get there just before whatever went on. :P
BTW How come we can't investigate both objects/locations? Is something surpressing timetravel for us? If so, is that something an in-story effect or a gamesmastering effect? 
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This is the catgirl who was to be our leader, we shall rejoice and return her to a human so she may lead us. - this is the tranlation of a text scribbled on the photo i found. whatever it is referring to you better ask the cats. call 1-800-BCN
and will ya pls let time traveling alone?!! it makes my head act all funny. and not good funny!
anyways Dave gave me an idea. Sprite could ya separate all the neko-texts we gave you by different Nekonian styles?
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!
The text describing the crystal is in European Nekoian and the one describing the statuette is in Egyptian Nekoian. I translated the statuette first and the crystal after!
The crystal is a cure for the transformation, not a method of transformation! The Egyptian Nekoian symbol for cat is the one the European Nekoians used for human!
I translated the photo into Egyptian Nekoian as well, that explains why the message didn't make sense.
The mission to save Amanda is up, arc ID 86001.
I wish you luck (and I recomend a team for this one)
grinny what shard are you doing this? vadember is brute on defiant...
Well i could ask a young heroic lady who despite hating me owes me enough to help you out,she is wp/scrapper. For our side I got more choice but none very highly advanced, a stalker, a brute, a widow and even a lady who likes to play around with corpses to much. Problem will be to set up a time we both can play
my friend, the evil genius uses catgirls to fight, righty? why not grab the magical statue then, which can control catgirls?
anyways, i think we just wasting our times with actually obtaining the relics. i mean for what point? the bad guy will be still out there, plotting a new plot, scheming schemes. better keep an eye on them (the relics) from the shadows, let them steal it. and then follow the thief back to the nest. we still gotta free the girls and we have no clue where to look. this might be our only chance