As our intrepid heroes work on getting to the bottom of the conspiracy that's shaken Haven to its core, we get introduced to yet another OC in the form of Cecily Silverfin, and she is one of my favourites. Infact, this story has been great for OC creation, I had a lot of fun with it. There's another OC that'll be introduced near the end of the story that could rival Cecily for top spot, but we won't meet Eden for a while yet.

For now, enjoy this.

Holly sat at her computer, staring at the screen. For her, the best way to get around her emotions was to dive into her work, and so that was exactly how she was going to play it. The curious case of Ferran Goy was still bothering her. It all fit together far, far too nicely to have been just his idea. The fact he had subsequently been murdered only furthered Holly's belief that he was being used somehow. They couldn't find any motives, nor anything that could have been used as blackmail, but there had to be something, something they were missing. There just had to be.
"Hey Holly" A quiet, unassuming voice said. It brought a smile to Holly's face. Ever since the attack on the LEP, the entire police force had been understaffed- That's what happens when several of them are murdered. To help stop the entire LEP from falling apart, several rookies had been promoted early from the academy, and each given a mentor to help them along. Holly, holding the rank of Major, was given one of the brightest recruits, a young elf by the name of Cecily Silverfin. She was somewhat shy to everyone around her, but got on well enough with Holly that she had finally started to come out of her shell a bit. She was also incredibly smart, not just for her complex problem solving skills, but just with the way she went about her everyday life. She slightly reminded Holly of Artemis.
"Hey Cecily" Holly replied, indicating that her protégé should take a seat. "I haven't seen you all morning. Did you get called away?"
"Artemis' coffee machine broke. You know, the one you like because it dispenses real coffee. I've spent all morning fixing it whilst still trying to hide it from everyone else. There's a 94% chance that they would confiscate it if it was revealed you had it here."
That was another thing- Cecily dealt with everything in percentages.
"Thank Haven for the coffee machine" Holly said. "Now that you're here, Cecily, you can help me with something. I want you to help me solve the mystery of Ferran Goy."
"Who's Ferran Goy?" Cecily asked, and Holly repeated everything that she had already been told about Goy and what had been going on in the prison. Cecily nodded her head the whole way through, though her eyes told the story of someone who was paying very close attention to every word Holly said.
"Ferran Goy could not have been the ringleader" Cecily said, once Holly stopped talking. "It is not uncommon for ringleaders to try and assume a low profile, but Ferran Goy's position would not have given him nearly enough access. His main powers were formulating the release of the prisoners, which would imply that he was responsible for setting them up with equipment and accommodation in which to reside before the attack took place. It is possible that on their release, the prisoners would have been told by Ferran Goy to contact another person who would be a part of the chain. Ferran Goy was the middle man."
"That's pretty much what we were thinking" Holly said. "But we don't know who Goy could have been working for or with, or what his motivations were."
"If there are no links to a group or individuals inside the Lower Elements, is it possible that Ferran Goy could have had contact with somebody on the surface?"
"The surface?" Holly asked back. "The surface. It could be worth a shot."

Bringing up the activity logs of a deceased Prison Officer should not have been as difficult as Holly and Cecily found it to be. It only added to the suspicion of Ferran Goy that his files had been sealed pending an investigation, an investigation both Holly and Cecily knew wasn't actually taking place. Eventually, after some careful hacking, Holly had managed to break through the firewall and gain access to the records they needed.
"The prisoners in question began to get released about 2 months prior to the attack" Holly said. "So we need to probably start somewhere around there and work it backwards. It's unlikely he would make first contact after the plan was put into action."
Cecily began to go through the records, not that there was much to take in. Ferran Goy, it seemed, barely left the prison. But they kept going, waiting for the moment they found something of use.
"Ferran Goy is not an interesting person" Holly said.
"Or someone is trying to hide his true activity from us."
"I would agree, and the fact they sealed his file tells us there's something in here that the people behind this are trying to hide."
"Here!" Cecily nearly shouted out, pointing her finger to the screen. "About 2 and a half months prior to the attack, Ferran Goy made a trip to the surface."
"Prisoner retrieval" Holly said, looking into the note. "Not something he should have been doing."
"All it says here is that the prison were low on staff and that Goy was the most senior member available."
"Who was the prisoner?"
Cecily began delving deep into the file, bringing up several windows on her computer.
"The prisoner was a Sprite by the name of Axl Snow. Went in on a charge of breaching the perimeter to the surface whilst carrying an unlicensed Neutrino. A fairly standard thing to go down for, not like any of the other prisoners that were let free."
"Was he released early too?"
"No" Cecily said, highlighting a small paragraph at the bottom of the screen for Holly's effect. "Axl Snow was murdered in the prison kitchen, stabbed. It says here that a culprit was never found as overcrowding of the kitchen area made an ID match impossible."
"Cecily" Holly said, pointing to the screen herself. "Look at the date of when Axl Snow was murdered. It's the same date as the LEP attack. That can't be a coincidence. We have to tell Foaly."

"Holly, Cecily, it's nice to see the two of you" Foaly said as he let them into his ops booth. "You've found something, haven't you?"
"Oh yes" Cecily said, half hiding herself behind Holly. For some reason, Holly had found out that Cecily was somewhat scared of the centaur.
"We found a lead on Ferran Goy" Holly said, seeing as Cecily wasn't going to explain it herself.
"You do?!"
"5 and a half months ago Ferran Goy took a trip to the surface, to retrieve a prisoner by the name of Axl Snow. Nothing too unusual in that itself, but we also checked the timing log for when Goy checked in and out of the terminal. He was on the surface for 6 hours."
"What in Frond's name would he be up there for 6 hours for?" Foaly asked. "He must have had prior arrangements. This could have been the first orchestration in their plan, get Goy up to the surface for some reason. Do we know what part Axl Snow plays into all of this?"
"No" Holly said, "But I'm fairly certain he played some part. He was killed in prison on the day of the LEP attack."
"That can't be a coincidence" Foaly said, and began typing into his computer system. "But this still doesn't change the fact that there is somebody higher up in the chain. Axl Snow was a lowlife criminal and nothing more, there was no way he could set this into motion. I take it there hasn't been any progress on why Ferran Goy is involved in this?"
"No" Holly and Cecily said in unison.
"Then Axl Snow may be our best bet. Criminal like that, it wouldn't surprise me if he was easily persuaded to play his part."
"Myself and Holly..." Cecily started, but trailed off when she realised Foaly was actually listening to her.
"We wonder if Goy and Snow met with a mud man whilst taking their extended time on the surface" Holly finished for her. "Goy and Snow could have conspired anywhere, but to take time out on the surface would indicate that he was meeting with somebody very much human."
Foaly rubbed his temples. "That can't be discounted. But he could just as easily have been meeting with an exiled one of The People. Either way, meeting on the surface would indicate they were meeting with someone big. That could very well be the ringleader."
"Well I know for one I'm not just going to sit here and do nothing about it. I say we start by trying to find more about Axl Snow, and what role he could have played here. I know his personal items are still being held in Haven Maximum Security, it's protocol to keep them for 6 months before they're either turned over to the police or collected by family, or incinerated if neither option applies. I checked his file, he had no living relatives, and I'm fairly sure he was shanked in the prison kitchen so that there wouldn't be much of an investigation into him."
"This is a conspiracy Holly" Foaly said. "Remember that. Normal procedures don't apply here. You can't walk into Haven MaxSec and expect his things to still be there. We don't know who inside that prison could be a part of this. I have seen more evidence go missing or be destroyed on this case than anything else in my whole life. Every time I try to run a trace on something or try to crack the code that broke our system, I'm either misdirected or locked out. Something here is very wrong Holly, mark my words. Just please, for the love of Frond, be careful."