At the depot, John secures the weapons beneath service coverings and checks the communications equipment twice. Jesse and John change into matching security-contractor disguises before leaving.
John drives north while Corsio remains at the Los Angeles safe house, coordinating the timetable. The repaired escape car runs smoothly through the afternoon traffic.
Near North Shire Community Bank, John stages the car behind a commercial building, out of immediate sight. The equipment stays concealed, ready but untouched.
Jesse takes an observation position with the bank’s earlier layout in mind. The cameras, public entrance, loading zone, and staff door remain where reconnaissance placed them.
One detail has changed: an unmarked vehicle sits along the far curb, and an unfamiliar watcher lingers near the staff entrance without entering.
John Cavier
Communications are clear, and the gear is still covered. You call the start, Jesse. I’ll keep the car ready.
John watches the bank through a narrow gap between buildings, waiting beside the idling car for Jesse’s command while the unfamiliar watcher remains in place.
✓ Quest Accepted
Determine whether the unfamiliar watcher has detected the crew
“Alright John I’m gonna go over the plan with you one more time. We enter from the main entrance. The second we walk in I’m gonna spray the ceiling with a few round while you go and round everybody up in the corner. Remember there will be no casualties if anyone dies the mission will be fucked. After everyone is secured I’m gonna find the manager. Sometimes these vaults are time sensitive so if he can’t open the vault we gonna blast it with the c4 we have. Our earpieces are gonna be playing the towns emergency response channel. If any silent alarms go off we have 2:00 to escape before police arrive. We have to be quick we only want to be in there for 5:00 get in secure the people, secure the loot, get out in minimal time. Make sure to collect phones. Do you understand?”
SUCCESS (Great Willpower, rolled +3)
Jesse
John, one more time. Main entrance. I create a distraction overhead while you secure everyone in the corner. No casualties, or the mission fails.
Jesse
I find the manager and get the vault opened. If the timed lock refuses, we use the prepared breach charge. Keep the emergency channel in our earpieces.
Jesse
Collect every phone. If a silent alarm triggers, we have two minutes. Five minutes inside, secure the people and the loot, then we leave.
John Cavier
Understood. Main entrance, controlled distraction, people secured, phones collected, manager first, vault second. Nobody gets hurt.
John repeats the sequence against the layout, checking each timing point. His impatience settles into concentration as the bank’s routine continues beyond the buildings.
John Cavier
The watcher near the staff entrance is not random. I caught the same face in your reconnaissance notes, which gives us a confirmed blind-side route if the front gets crowded.
He taps the communications unit, confirms the emergency channel, and signals that the concealed equipment remains ready. The plan is understood, and John waits for Jesse’s start command.
“Alright let’s go”
SUCCESS (Great Willpower, rolled -1)
Jesse
Alright, let’s go.
Jesse triggers the planned overhead distraction. The bank’s routine breaks at once as attention shifts toward the disturbance, and John moves from the concealed car toward the main entrance.
John Cavier
Moving now. Keep the channel open.
John enters under the security disguise and directs the startled occupants into one controlled corner without firing a weapon. Their phones begin collecting on the counter.
Jesse crosses toward the staff entrance while the unfamiliar watcher turns and notices the movement. The watcher reaches for a phone, raising immediate suspicion, but does not block the route.
John Cavier
The room is contained. Manager is inside, and the watcher just made a call. We have less cover than planned.
The operation is underway with the bank controlled and the emergency channel active. Its concrete cost is exposure: the watcher has alerted someone outside, and the two-minute margin starts shrinking.
Secure the bank's loot
Quest Complete
Determine whether the unfamiliar watcher has detected the crew
Attribute Upgrade: Willpower Great→Superb