The clinical staff remain behind as Sentinel Vale accompanies Mari through a secured corridor. Three days pass under quiet observation before reinforced doors open onto her private suite.
Adaptive furniture reshapes around a bed, desk, and padded seating. Monitored access panels frame the room, while rehabilitation documents wait in a sealed folder on the table.
Sentinel Vale
This is specialized housing, not a cell. The access system, furnishings, and monitoring can respond to your biology without treating every change as a breach.
On the third day, the suite door admits a young adult man in a compact blue-and-white hero uniform, athletic and dark-skinned, with silver bracers and a translucent shield emblem.
The Young Force-Field Hero
I'm Aegis Vector. I reviewed your records, including the containment history. I believe my defensive fields can hold you if you go rogue, but I am here to offer a supervised partnership.
Sentinel Vale
Aegis Vector is authorized for the sidekick program. The assignment begins with consent, training, and observation, not blind trust from either of you.
Sentinel places the folder within Mari's reach and leaves a signing stylus beside it. Aegis Vector waits near the open doorway, his faint field shimmering harmlessly around his hands.
✓ Quest Accepted
Establish a conditional field partnership with Aegis Vector
“"... Sure I consent"”
SUCCESS (Legendary Willpower, rolled +0)
Mari
Sure. I consent to the supervised partnership.
Mari takes the stylus and signs the agreement. The suite records her consent, her access permissions, and the partnership's supervision requirements without delay.
Aegis Vector
Thank you. I will treat that consent as an ongoing conversation, not a blank check. You can question the exercises, and I will answer plainly.
Aegis Vector's translucent field settles into a faint halo around his hands, then fades to nearly invisible. He steps fully inside, leaving the doorway clear behind him.
Sentinel Vale
The consent is logged. From this point, either participant can pause a session, and staff will review every change before the next stage.
Aegis Vector
Then we start small. A conversation, a tour of the training spaces, and one exercise chosen together.
The sealed folder closes beneath Mari's signed page. For the first time, the room's records identify her not only as a containment risk, but as a consenting participant in a supervised team.
Quest Complete
Establish a conditional field partnership with Aegis Vector