The warehouse groans hard enough to feel alive. Green light surges up through the broken floorboards, and the tilted speaker stack starts to slide toward the pit.
Veeran
Veyra, look at them. They know what this is.
The Man With The Copper Ring and The Circle Man are both at the vault opening now, hands braced on cracked boards, faces tight with alarm. The Third Man snatches at the paper slip, but the sigil on Veyra's jacket flashes back at him.
The Man With The Copper Ring
It's keyed to her bloodline. The vault won't open for anyone else.
The Circle Man
Then use her. Now, before the floor gives way.
The pit below clicks in a sharp, steady rhythm, like a lock testing its own teeth. A seam of brighter green splits wider under Veyra's feet, and the air tastes like metal and stormwater.
Veyra Thornveil
The vault is reacting to her mark, not the necklace.
✓ Quest Accepted
Protect the vault record
“I shove the paper deep into my pocket and stand behind Veeran.”
SUCCESS (Good Agility, rolled +1)
Veyra slips the paper deep into her pocket and slides behind Veeran as the floor shudders again. His shoulder blocks the men, and for a second the slip is out of sight, swallowed by jacket and shadow.
Veyra Thornveil
Pocketed. Hidden.
Veeran
Stay behind me. Don’t let them see you reach for anything.
The Man With The Copper Ring jerks his head toward the pit, then back to Veyra's jacket. The green seam throws hard light across his face as the clicking below speeds up.
The Man With The Copper Ring
She has it. Don’t let her move.
The Circle Man
Then stop talking and grab her before the boards go.
The Third Man lunges a step closer, but the speaker stack screeches as it slides, forcing everyone to flinch toward the widening hole.
For the moment, the record stays with Veyra, hidden behind Veeran and the chaos at the edge of the vault.
Quest Complete
Protect the vault record