All staged
is this all staged that bigby was lured into crooked's domain? if you go to butcher shop first you find shard at lucky pawn and other way around. Beast tells u before that if you go to either of the places first the other will be alerted and also right after bigby arrives at crooked house tim was coming like he knew it. What sorcery is this? one more thing what is that written on blackboard in butcher shop if you go first there?(if you go after its rubbed)
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Good theory. But I just think this was done so you have to investigate both places.
As you say, it's probably some sort of magical alarm system. The door itself isn't locked, so there has to be some way for the Crooked Man to know when someone enters and whether to send a welcoming committee or someone to take care of the intruder in a more... direct way.
The blackboard at the butcher's is another matter, the butcher will be there no matter when you arrive, and he'll always press the button to alert the occupants and they'll have the exact same time to make their escape either way, which implies that if you go to the pawn shop first, they'll hear about it and wipe one or both boards clean beforehand just in case. If you go to the butcher's first then only one blackboard will be wiped clean, and the other will contain a list of all the buyers of the magical ingredients produced.
There are actually 3 boards. 1 with an items list, one with the buyers, and an unknown one (possibly Crane's Fabletown info).
Maybe they have their own mirror so they can track bigby and plant it so he can feel like he can get the crooked man but it was all staged like he said
It probably was not a coincidence that Beauty called. They probably knew Bigby was coming anyway.