"Hey Koop, beyond that Mary's official designation as cause of death is non accidental?" Roland asked smiling at his coworker. He knew that she didn't enjoy town meetings during the best of times, and this was most certainly not the best of times. "It's officially a murder is basically all the information that was shared at the meeting." He shrugged lightly, "But there is currently a working theory that the D'finn may be being targeted. We're all heading over to the nest to meet with a woman whose son has disappeared. It might just be a run away, but you never know."

"Well, I guess we can just announce that we think the D'finn are being targeted." Connor shot Roland a sharp look.

"You didn't complain when we told Emlyn." Roland retorted. He knew that Connor's frustration came less from actually sharing information than that Rose was so mad at him. Roland had never quite understood the differing dynamics between the two, it was strange in a way, it seemed as though there was a feud being maintained with he-said-she-saids between Rose and the D'finn sometimes. None of them seemed to want to be around her, and she consequently never wanted to be around them. All in all strange to say the least, due to the tight nit nature, inherent in Vampire culture, which was especially potent with the D'finn.

"You didn't tell Emlyn we thought the D'finn were being targeted, you said we were 'attending another matter'." Connor's imitation of Roland was terrible, a high pitched mocking tone. "You didn't say what we were doing."

"Well a D'finn kid, who is also thirty, may have been kidnapped and we are going to investigate." Roland said smugly, as they arrived at the crossroads of Lakeview and Hillcrest, turning left onto Hillcrest. Another block and the Nest was finally within sight.

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The D'finn nest is a massive building, made by constructing additional wing upon wing to a central "original" house. When Arryn became an official town, and new housing was built, houses popped up around the nest, however as the D'finn grew in population, they felt that in order to uphold their traditions the nest needed to expand, and so each newly turned member of the D'finn family is expected to buy a him adjacent to the D'finn nest, so that an expansion can be made to include that home. Yet another reason why Mary, the D'finn vampire who was killed was such a unique individual, old enough, strong enough both physically and in terms of will power, and respected enough to have been able to demand a house, not only separate from the nest, but actually relatively far away, on the other side of town.

This particular practice of building the nest up is unique to the D'finn, other vampiric nests in the city are large properties, to be sure, however, other bloodlines don't insist on living in such interconnected corridors, allowing branch families to build or buy homes off site.