Alexander leads Lewis along the dark corridor toward the neighboring house. Blugg keeps pace behind them, silent now, content to let the arrangement harden.
Alexander Pavlovich Romanov
You will do as you are told, Lewis. You carry the satchel, keep your tongue still, and you make yourself useful.
At the door, a prefect from the other house steps out, taking in the pair with one quick, assessing glance. The passage narrows around the three of them.
Blugg
He is mine to send, if that is your concern. He knows better than to be troublesome.
The prefect gives a curt nod and stands aside. Alexander turns slightly, making Lewis face the doorway with the satchel still in his hands.
Alexander Pavlovich Romanov
If he can pass this without protest, he will be accepted as part of the machinery.
Lewis is marched over the threshold, not as a guest, but as a boy on loan, already being measured for service in the new order.
✓ Quest Accepted
Prove useful to Alexander
✓ Quest Accepted
Avoid offending the neighboring house prefect
The younger boy must perform the assigned task or face the consequences of disobedience.
+ New Item Acquired
Satchel
“I carry the satchel through the doorway”
SUCCESS (Superb Etiquette, rolled +0)
Lewis takes the satchel and steps through the doorway. The burden is his now, plain and visible, as if the house itself has stamped him for service.
Alexander watches him cross without comment, satisfied to see obedience made physical. Blugg looks on from behind, his attention already shifting away.
The neighboring prefect gives Lewis one brief, final appraisal, then lets the passage remain open. No protest follows him over the threshold.
C. S. Lewis
The satchel is still in my hand.
Lewis clears the doorway and stands inside the other house’s corridor, carrying the load exactly as ordered.
Alexander Pavlovich Romanov
Good. Keep that manner, Lewis.
Quest Complete
Avoid offending the neighboring house prefect
Quest Complete
Prove useful to Alexander