Rain thickens over Ketsuga as Rosmira and Jews hurry toward the civic district, the copied ledger page hidden beneath Rosmira’s coat. Patrol lights smear across the flooded street.
A dark alley exhales smoke. Bats spiral through the rain, gathering into Darath’s pale, aristocratic form while Sol, petite and sharp-eyed with ruby eyes and pinned black hair, steps beside him.
Darath
Stop before you reach those gates. Fanrir’s people seized Leon and Nayla. Cerebos has placed them under the authority of the wolf lord.
Sol
They moved them through restricted routes, not ordinary holding cells. Whatever you plan, understand that Fanrir expects someone to come searching.
Rosmira’s blue eyes flare, her fangs showing as the rain runs cold over her face. Beside her, Jews bares her own fangs, anger sharpening into purpose.
Jews
The ledger’s passage leads toward Fanrir’s Clan Halls. If they used it, Leon and Nayla may be beneath the estate, in the dungeon.
Darath’s smoke thins around him, and distant thunder rolls over the civic walls. The route is dangerous, but it is concrete, marked, and close enough to follow.
✓ Quest Accepted
Rescue Leon and Nayla
“Darath also explains should they free nayla and leon maybe they can change this place back to normal. with that sol and darath disappear having said there piece. JEws and ros prepare the next move.”
FAILURE (Fair Reasoning, rolled +0)
Darath
If you free Nayla and Leon, they may change this place back to normal. Their bond is tied to the balance Fanrir broke.
Sol
That is all we can safely give you. Fanrir expects pursuit, and the Clan Halls will be prepared for anyone following the marked route.
Darath dissolves into smoke, and Sol follows him into the rain-dark alley. Their presence vanishes, leaving only the thunder and the flooded street.
Jews spreads the copied ledger page across a shuttered shopfront. The route toward Fanrir’s Clan Halls ends at a sealed checkpoint, its access stamp already crossed out.
Jews
So the obvious door is closed before we reach it. Convenient, insulting, and probably deliberate.
Jews traces the original notation with one gloved finger, then notices a faint secondary mark beneath the copied stamp: a service route leading under the civic wall.
Jews
We cannot use the Clan Halls entrance, but this gives us another choice. We can reach the lower service tunnels without announcing ourselves to Fanrir.
Quest Complete
Learn how to infiltrate the civic district gates
Skill Upgrade: Discretion Mediocre→Fair
“Fine ros pulls jews in tight and teleports them to the closet access point underground. Ros needs a second to recharge. Jews offer a kiss to help.”
SUCCESS (Legendary Willpower, rolled +2)
Rosmira pulls Jews tightly against her, the copied ledger pressed between them. Blue light folds around their bodies, swallowing the rain and checkpoint behind them.
They reappear in a narrow underground service tunnel beneath the civic wall. Old pipes sweat overhead, and a rusted access ladder rises toward Fanrir’s district.
The teleport leaves Rosmira braced against the tunnel wall, her glow dimmed and her breath briefly shallow. Jews steadies her by the waist, watching her carefully.
Jews
Take a second, Ros. No gates, no patrols, no divine audience. Just breathe and let me help.
Jews lifts Rosmira’s chin and offers a slow, deliberate kiss, warm and grounding amid the damp stone. The contact carries affection without pressure, waiting for Rosmira to accept.
The tunnel’s silence settles around them. Rosmira’s strength begins returning in steady pulses as the distant city noise fades above the ceiling.
Jews
There. Better. When you are ready, we follow the service route together, and we do it on our terms.