The deadbolt slams home. The service door bucks once, then again, the brass handle rattling under the shove from outside.
A gloved hand wedges in through the seam with a pry bar. Murderbone snaps forward and clamps down on the fingers instead, making the hand jerk back hard.
Dallas Fontaine
They are committed. One more push and they break the line.
Dallas steadies his revolver on the narrowing gap. Inside the ballroom, the music keeps going, thin and distant under the pounding at the door.
The Intruder
Open it. You do not want this to get ugly.
Murderbone growls low, planting himself in front of Dallas like a living wedge. From the seam, the pry bar scrapes again, but the grip behind it falters.
Elena Vane
Dallas, if they get through that door, the ceremony is done.
Dallas holds the line, revolver fixed on the crack in the door, while the forced entry stalls at the threshold.
✓ Quest Accepted
Hold the service door
“Fire a warning shot through the door seam to force them back.”
SUCCESS (Legendary Firearms, rolled +0)
Dallas squeezes off a single shot through the seam. The crack snaps white with muzzle flash, and the pry bar jerks away from the door at once.
The Intruder
Back off! He is shooting through the gap!
Murderbone surges into the opening, forcing the gloved hand fully out of sight. The pressure on the door drops, then shifts backward into the corridor.
Elena Vane
They are pulling away. Keep it closed, Dallas.
The brass handle stops rattling. From the other side comes a hurried scuffle, a muffled curse, and the scrape of boots retreating over carpet.
Dallas Fontaine
The line holds.
For a beat, the doorway goes still, but the faint suspicious noise from the service passage remains, waiting just beyond the now-silent seam.
Quest Complete
Hold the service door