The mysterious client slips through a narrow service door beside the command desk. Behind them, defenders and undead remain locked in the battered doorway, shouting over the fading gunfire.
Lavarsky follows with his empty tommy gun held low. The service passage is cramped, its walls crowded with dusty supply ledgers and locked chutes descending into darkness.
the mysterious client
Keep moving. The next wave will not care who fulfilled the contract.
The client moves quickly, boots scraping grit from the stone floor. Behind them, the service door swings shut, muting the struggle but not the heavy impacts.
the mysterious client
The quartermasters kept duplicate records here. Their payments, stolen stores, and names of intermediaries are all documented.
At the passage's end, the client presses a concealed catch beneath a ledger shelf. A narrow records alcove opens, revealing a metal strongbox and tied bundles of paper.
the mysterious client
Your payment is in the box. The evidence is beside it. Decide what leaves this castle with you.
✓ Quest Accepted
Secure the payment
✓ Quest Accepted
Secure the records of the quartermasters' theft
“I take the payment and the records. "Farewell, I have some unfinished buin=sness to attend to. Do you have any knifes for sale"”
SUCCESS (Legendary Scavenging, rolled +2)
“I take the payment and the records. "Farewell, I have some unfinished buin=sness to attend to. Do you have any knifes for sale"”
SUCCESS (Fair Agility, rolled -1)
Lavarsky opens the strongbox and takes the payment, then gathers the tied records under one arm. The metal lid scrapes loudly against the stone.
Lavarsky Barnacle
Farewell. I have some unfinished business to attend to. Do you have any knives for sale?
The client watches the records disappear into Lavarsky's possession. From somewhere beyond the service door, a muffled impact makes dust sift from the ceiling.
the mysterious client
I have two utility knives, both serviceable. One is yours for a portion of that payment.
The client reaches beneath the ledger shelf and produces a wrapped knife, its plain handle worn smooth by use. They hold it out, waiting.
the mysterious client
Take it, and we are even on the knife. Keep the records hidden if you value your remaining time in this castle.
The service door shudders under another blow. Lavarsky now has the payment, the records, and the offered knife, while the client studies him with fresh suspicion.
Quest Complete
Secure the payment
Quest Complete
Secure the records of the quartermasters' theft
+ New Item Acquired
Payment
+ New Item Acquired
Quartermaster records
+ New Item Acquired
Utility knife