Rubbing his ears after Orion's rendition of "Cats in a Blender" Danny suppressed his knee-jerk reaction of wanting to strangle him and instead took a breath not just to keep from yelling about the awful racket, but check his own pride. It was clear that Danny was out of his depth here, and the sooner he accepted that the faster that they could find out what happened. He couldn't rely on any advanced form of forensic knowledge and had to make due with what he- they had. And what they had was a psychometrist in August. While it wasn't that Danny disbelieved her (The CIA did all sorts of experiments related to it in the hey-day of the cold war) he couldn't help but worry that whatever was on these objects may affect her- possibly even cause her to behave as erratically as that Jackson guy. While he believed his thoughts were altruistic in nature he couldn't help but size her up in case she did go axe murderer only to feel a blanket of guilt fall over him.
Christ man, yeah you may not know these people that well but that doesn't mean you should think about breaking their spine. As if reading his thoughts August words snapped him back to (what probably wasn't) reality. "Oh I'm not sure about that. You seem to do well in a scrap with the power-lines....most of the time." Danny said trying to crack a smile. Could she read his mind? Could she read him from a distance? If you're reading my mind then I don't regret contemplating breaking your back you eavesdropper! Alright I expect that you're gone now and that you are focusing on the investigation!.....Damn it Herne, you're a real galoot. Danny held in a sigh cursing his cycle of paranoia. This was obviously his own way of compensating for his lack of control in a situation, and lashing out because he was scared. But for now that didn't matter since people were depending on him. So instead of questioning if these feelings were brought on by a malevolent demon from the far east or if he himself would end up vanishing like this kid he drew his khukri, put down his pack and approached the stairs as non-threateningly as possible to lead the way.
Slowly making his way up the stairs, Danny made a fist parallel to his head to indicate for the others to stop. Moving with a silence ill-befitting his size, Danny checked the corners, under the bed and even the ceiling before returning to the top of the stairs and giving them the all clear signal. With no imminent danger in sight Danny made his way back to the bed to look at it in more detail, speaking loud enough so that even those downstairs could hear. "Judging by the way this bed is still made but rumpled I'd say that our missing person was placed here while unconscious, not surprising if he was taken after getting the roofie treatment." Turning 180 degrees Danny went over to the collection of conspicuous boxes in the corner, blade held at the ready. While his ability would often times manifest as his very own spider-sense that was when someone in the locker room trying punching him when his back was turned, not when dealing with anthropomorphic succubi. And so with teeth clenched and heart pounding Daniel grabbed the lid of a box and threw it open to find...clothes? Letting out a breath he didn't realize he was holding Danny picked up a shirt and called out, "S'okay. Just some clothes- boys clothes here. But judging by the musty smell, it's been here for some time. A longer time than our guy has been missing."
Chewing on his lip Danny reviewed what they had known so far aloud. "Not only were there Kitsunes in Maine, they are tracked and recorded if they (who 'they' were is another pressing question) attacked humans. Kitsunes are magical beings that can shape-shift and hypnotize people- though only through eye contact. While this could affect someone for some time and repress a sense of reason it couldn't have been effecting the person perpetually otherwise August wouldn't have picked up what seemed to be a spike in anxiety off of our vic's guitar. That clothing being exclusively male and here for a long time definitely suggests that this was pre-meditated. According to Kanoa those are magical potions downstairs despite the fact that Kitsunes apparently don't need them to use magic, which means they were intended for someone else." As the gears whirled in his brain Danny concluded, "This gives me two theories. That there are laws in place of this secret world that Kanoa hasn't told us about yet and this spirit was using our guy as a proxy so the powers that be wouldn't rain down upon her, or this is like that book Misery. Either way, I believe that our missing person is like us. I think he was also an Awoken."