1. The paint can be traced, but unfortunately it can be traced to just about everywhere. The brand isn't very unique, and is common in most art and craft stores around the city. It's used in everything from street art to decorative flourishes on building exteriors, and will hold up against almost any weather. It's a good quality paint. While it isn't that special, it is readily available for Markus to purchase himself some.
2. The conspiracy boards are just a mix of speculation. There isn't anything on the connection between the proprietor of the Insomniac's Ball and the shrines, themselves. Most of the theories surround government and corporate lines, the Insomniac's Ball being a method of public complacency, and the shrines being a government tactic used as a diversion.
3. The shrines are being commandeered by privately owned construction contractors who specialize in not leaving a paper trail. There's a lot of red tape that goes into the removal of the shrines, and most involved want to keep their heads down.
Finding the buyers is simple, but may take some legwork. It's a matter of public tax record, and he'll have to use the servers at city hall to access them. The auctions themselves are a mixed bag, so it's difficult to tell who's there for what. The governor herself has attended some, but generally for reasons of political mingling. While names are listed, they are difficult to pin down in how that person may be important, as companies and the government are hush-hush about their higher ups. There is one family name that sticks out: "Maeda" has purchased one of the shrines recently. He may find more information if he asks Damian, Dick or Jason.
He's welcome to attend one, himself, but he'll need to find a way to secure an invitation. If you have any ideas on how he'd go about this, please let us know!
4. It'll take at least a week, and it would be overlooked by anyone normally passing by, but there will be a small bottle of wine left near Markus' street art mock shrine. The bottle's label will have a little paint on it with a hand-applied series of dots that, when researched, will turn out to be "the tree of life."
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1. The paint can be traced, but unfortunately it can be traced to just about everywhere. The brand isn't very unique, and is common in most art and craft stores around the city. It's used in everything from street art to decorative flourishes on building exteriors, and will hold up against almost any weather. It's a good quality paint. While it isn't that special, it is readily available for Markus to purchase himself some.
2. The conspiracy boards are just a mix of speculation. There isn't anything on the connection between the proprietor of the Insomniac's Ball and the shrines, themselves. Most of the theories surround government and corporate lines, the Insomniac's Ball being a method of public complacency, and the shrines being a government tactic used as a diversion.
3. The shrines are being commandeered by privately owned construction contractors who specialize in not leaving a paper trail. There's a lot of red tape that goes into the removal of the shrines, and most involved want to keep their heads down.
Finding the buyers is simple, but may take some legwork. It's a matter of public tax record, and he'll have to use the servers at city hall to access them. The auctions themselves are a mixed bag, so it's difficult to tell who's there for what. The governor herself has attended some, but generally for reasons of political mingling. While names are listed, they are difficult to pin down in how that person may be important, as companies and the government are hush-hush about their higher ups. There is one family name that sticks out: "Maeda" has purchased one of the shrines recently. He may find more information if he asks Damian, Dick or Jason.
He's welcome to attend one, himself, but he'll need to find a way to secure an invitation. If you have any ideas on how he'd go about this, please let us know!
4. It'll take at least a week, and it would be overlooked by anyone normally passing by, but there will be a small bottle of wine left near Markus' street art mock shrine. The bottle's label will have a little paint on it with a hand-applied series of dots that, when researched, will turn out to be "the tree of life."