The TV washes the apartment in blue. Dallas and Elena eat in silence until the news anchor snaps to a live shot, Mercer docks burning behind a curtain of smoke.
The anchor says the church has been hunting the Liber Signorum Rubrorum, believing it moved during the chaos. Not stolen from the docks, hidden inside the cargo trail all along.
Dallas Fontaine
Then Dayton handled a real book, not a decoy.
Dallas sets his fork down. The shipping ledger, the chapel route, the Mercer manifest, it all clicks into one ugly line from church front to harbor cargo.
He rises, grabs his coat and fedora, and heads for the door. Elena watches him go, already seeing the next move.
Elena Vane
If Dayton missed it, it was because someone wanted him to.
Dallas leaves with that question burning hot, bound for the professor and the answer behind the disguise.
✓ Quest Accepted
Confirm whether Professor Dayton was deceived
✓ Quest Accepted
Expose the church-cargo deception
“Drive to Dayton's study and confront him about the book.”
SUCCESS (Legendary Agility, rolled +1)