Mara Vell descends from the warded guest room with a sealed guild notice clutched in one hand. Her usual composure is gone, replaced by tight urgency; Corrin follows close behind.
The guild doorkeeper remains above, guarding the guest floor and its wards. Below, the service hall feels suddenly narrow, every locked door and shuttered window seeming less secure than before.
Mara Vell
A household listener at Rosethorne overheard enough to connect you with the assassin’s cloak and the blood-sealed packet. Their report has already traveled toward Gideon’s circle.
Mara Vell
This revelation must be added to the accusation before you leave. If the guild records the listener’s report now, Gideon’s people cannot dismiss your evidence as an isolated rumor.
Corrin
And every moment spent writing gives someone outside another chance to test our doors. The guildhouse is protected, but protection is not invisibility.
Corrin checks the service lock without opening it, then glances toward the stair. Mara keeps the sealed notice against her chest, waiting for Desdemona’s answer while the ward-chimes tick softly overhead.
✓ Quest Accepted
Add the Rosethorne listener’s report to the accusation
Desdemona Blackwood's turn“I ask Corrin to watch the service lock while I give Mara my account.”
SUCCESS (Legendary Diplomacy, rolled -1)
Desdemona Blackwood
Corrin, watch the service lock while I give Mara my account. I want the report entered before we leave.
Corrin
I’ll guard it. Give Mara everything that matters, and I’ll make certain no one reaches this door unnoticed.
Corrin takes position beside the service lock, body angled toward the passage and one hand hovering near its mechanism. Desdemona presents the coded guild letter as authority, then chooses her evidence with deliberate precision.
Desdemona Blackwood
The household listener identified my cloak and the blood-sealed packet, then carried that connection toward Gideon’s circle. The report is already moving.
Her account separates witnessed facts from inference, preserving the accusation without surrendering her identity. Noble bearing gives the testimony weight, while her trained debate and careful omissions keep its most useful details under her control.
Mara Vell
I accept this account for the record. The listener’s report will be attached to the packet and ledger entry, and the guild will treat the connection as corroborated.
Mara breaks the notice’s seal, records Desdemona’s account beneath the guild mark, and binds it to the existing evidence. At the lock, Corrin remains still and watchful as the accusation gains a witness-backed foundation.
Quest Complete
Desdemona BlackwoodAdd the Rosethorne listener’s report to the accusation