Sally slips through Amilia Jacobs’s office door into warm lamplight and lavender hush. Floor-to-ceiling legal books crowd the walls, their spines tight as evidence boxes. The Hooded Ex-Villain stays close behind her, glancing at every shadow.
Amilia looks up from her desk, platinum skin glowing softly under the lamp. Her glasses catch the light as she takes in Sally, the folder, and the fear on the informant’s face.
Amilia Jacobs
You picked a bad hour, which means this matters. Tell me everything.
The Hooded Ex-Villain pushes the folder toward the desk but keeps one hand near his chest, like he expects the room itself to attack. Outside, Portland traffic murmurs through the glass, distant and uncaring.
The Hooded Ex-Villain
Someone inside the Commission is selling her name. There was a page missing, bidder names, maybe handlers. If they know I came to you, I am done.
Amilia’s expression hardens. She sets her pen aside, already shifting from lawyer to shield, and reaches for the folder with careful hands.
Amilia Jacobs
Then we lock the door, make copies, and find out who wants Sally exposed before they come knocking here.
✓ Quest Accepted
Win Amilia Jacobs as an ally
“I walk up to Amilia and give her a big hug. " Hey Girl!! I miss you! We really dont get together as much as we use to!"”
SUCCESS (Mediocre Persuasion, rolled +0)
Sally crosses the office in two quick steps and wraps Amilia in a fierce, grateful hug. Her badge taps the desk edge as she leans in, and the lavender-sweet air briefly gives way to old, familiar warmth.
Sally
Hey girl, I miss you. We really do not get together like we used to.
Amilia Jacobs
A split second of surprise softens into relief, and she eases her grip around Sally’s shoulders.
Amilia Jacobs
You are allowed to miss me, Sally. Just do not make me regret being the safe house.
Amilia’s smile fades fast as her eyes flick to the hooded informant, then to the door. She keeps one hand on Sally’s shoulder, the other flattening the folder against her desk like she is pinning the whole room in place.
The Hooded Ex-Villain
He relaxes by inches, but his gaze stays fixed on the door, listening for trouble that is not there yet.
Amilia Jacobs
Sit. Both of you. If someone inside your Commission is watching this office, I want names, dates, and every page you have.
“I show Amilia every page we have”
SUCCESS (Fair Investigation, rolled +3)
Sally flips the folder open on Amilia’s desk and spreads the pages wide. Names, dates, transfer stamps, and coded notes fill the wood between them like a spill of poison ink.
Amilia leans in at once, one finger tracking the bidder list, then the security access logs. Her jaw tightens as she recognizes a pattern in the breaches.
Amilia Jacobs
These are Commission routes. Not outside hackers. Someone is using internal access to move the file.
The Hooded Ex-Villain hovers by the door, but his shoulders drop a fraction when Amilia slides her desk lamp closer, turning the office into a bright little fortress.
Amilia Jacobs
This is enough for a warrant request and a preservation order. If anyone inside your agency is watching me, they just became a legal problem.
She pulls a second sheet from beneath the stack, an emergency contact form already signed and stamped. Then she taps the page once, hard, on the exact line that names the office’s camera feeds.
Amilia Jacobs
And that means this room is likely on a watch list already. We work fast now.
Quest Complete
Win Amilia Jacobs as an ally
Skill Upgrade: Persuasion Mediocre→Fair